25 August 2010, Cary, NC - The technologies behind
stretchable nonwovens, key market opportunities and an explanation of market
end uses, are all covered in a new report entitled ‘Stretchable Nonwovens Report’ authored by
Smith, Johnson & Associates, recently released by ...
13 August 2010, Znojmo - Pegas Nonwovens has announced that
work has commenced on the construction of its brand new production
facility in Znojm, Přímětice, Czech Republic. The Luxembourg headquartered company
announced in March this year that was investing in further product ...
11 August 2010, Hong Kong - Bringing together the finest
work in the field of high-tech fibre concepts for performance insulations, the
ThermoCool Innovation Excellence Award has been presented to Hong Kong
Non-woven Fabric Ind. Co., Ltd., specialist in the global insulations market.
The awa ...
11 August 2010, Binzhou, PRC – Ahlstrom has taken further
steps in implementing its growth strategy in Asia through the acquisition of
Shandong Puri Filter & Paper Products Limited in China from Purico Group.
The parties signed the share sale and purchase agreement today, said to be ...
3 August 2010, Greenbay, WI - Paper Converting Machine
Company (PCMC) has introduced a new folder product line called Athena, which is
aimed at both the dry nonwoven wipes and tissue napkin market sectors.
The Athena is a small footprint versatile folder for the
production of a variety of n ...
26 July 2010, Cary, NC - The ninth annual INDA Award for
Lifetime Technical Achievement is to be presented to industry veteran Terry
Young of Procter & Gamble, while the coveted Lifetime Service Award will be
given to Jay Forcucci, of Nanostatics Corporation, at the inaugural Research,
I ...
26 July 2010, Zele – Belgium’s Ontex, one of Europe’s
leading private label hygienic disposables manufacturers, has been sold to GS
Capital Partners and investment funds managed by TPG Capital (TPG) for €1.2
billion. The deal, which is believed to be the largest ever pr ...
20 July 2010, Brussels - EDANA, the association serving the
nonwovens and related industries, today announced its new Board of Governors
for 2010-2011. Incoming Chairman Jean-Marie Becker (Ahlstrom) will take over
from Kenneth Strassner (Kimberly-Clark), who has retired from his previous
pos ...
9 July 2010, Shanghai - Chinese companies have not
surprisingly moved into the production of nonwovens manufacturing machinery in
a big way over the past ten years, and at the recent ITMA Asia + CITME show in
Shanghai, virtually outnumbered the established names in this field from West
Europ ...
10 June 2010. Brussels - EDANA, the international Association
serving the nonwovens and related industries yesterday released its statistics
on Nonwovens Production and Deliveries for 2009. The figures for Greater Europe
(Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and CIS) show that as a res ...