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Partners explore route to bio-SAP

Monday, 20 May 2013

article thumbnailHaving earlier announced a partnership with Dow, OPX Biotechnologies, which describes itself as being in the business of ‘good chemistry’, is now linking up with Evonik Industries to jointly develop bio-based chemicals.Both Dow and Evonik are suppliers to the nonwoven disposables market and the OPX Bio partnership with Dow is aiming to bring BioAcrylic – as a direct and more-sustainable replacement for petro-based acrylic acid – into the $10-billion acrylic acid market. Among other uses, acrylic acid is the basis for the superabsorbent polymers employed in diapers, femcare and AI...


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How US gas shale fracking will change the face of the global nonwovens industry. New uses for nonwovens in solar panels, water purification and energy storage. Why Europe and the US could miss out on the coming biopolymers revolution. Where sales of adult incontinence products will overtake baby diapers by 2015. The LCA software that is being tailored specifically to the needs of the nonwovens industry. All of the new developments showcased at IDEA13 in Miami.... and more!



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Back to the chips

Monday, 20 May 2013

article thumbnailA new €700,000+ regranulation unit at its plant in Kaiserslautern, Germany, is allowing the highly efficient re-use of materials rejected from the production process for Freudenberg Nonwovens.“At...

Platform supply from HB Fuller

Monday, 20 May 2013

Lower odour in hygienic disposables and security of supply are two issues being addressed with the latest Full-Care adhesive platforms being launched by HB Fuller. Full-Care 5650 guarantees low odour...


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Sustainable case for local manufacturing

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Some of the biggest issues currently impacting on the global nonwovens industry will be analysed and discussed at this year’s Nonwovens Network UK conference, 'The Other Side of the Coin.'It takes...

The route to non-synthetic synthetics

Monday, 29 April 2013

article thumbnailTen questions for Dr Harald Kaeb, bioplastics expert, Narocon.


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Indorama casts a new $4 billion net

Wednesday, 10 April 2013

article thumbnailIf, as is being predicted, the 25% of nonwovens being made from polyester filament spunbond are to rise to over 45% by 2030, the chances are much of it will no longer be supplied by the Chinese...

$20 billion market for Donaldson

Sunday, 10 March 2013

article thumbnailWith record sales approaching $2.5 billion in 2012 and filter media accounting for 15-20% of its raw materials costs, Donaldson, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, is a pretty significant...


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