Sustainable case for local manufacturing
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.
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The route to non-synthetic synthetics
Ten questions for Dr Harald Kaeb, bioplastics expert, Narocon.
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Game-changing microfibre media
At the IDEA nonwovens show which opened in Miami today (April 24) Ahlstrom introduced its new Captimax media for fuel filters in passenger and commercial heavy-duty vehicles and off-road machinery.
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Ingeo advances on show
This week at IDEA in Miami, NatureWorks is showing the latest developments in nonwoven biopolymer applications via exhibits its own and various partner booths, along with technical presentations, and workshops.
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Hollow advantage with Bramante
While the need for discrete incontinence solutions is growing, the waste problem with these products is also increasing.
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Bostik inaugurates new China plant
Total company Bostik last week inaugurated its new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Changshu, China for the production of hot melt adhesives, polyester, polyurethane and sealants dedicated to the industrial markets for nonwovens and disposable hygiene, packaging, transportation and textiles.
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Indorama casts a new $4 billion net
If, 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 companies which have risen to dominance over the past 20 years.
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$20 billion market for Donaldson
With 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 user of nonwovens.
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Dropping in anytime soon...
“The use of biobased, non-fossil carbon will provide advantages to all kinds of products, whether disposable, reusable, recyclable or durable. Nobody will be able to escape from this logic in the future.
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Pushing the envelope for bio nonwovens
In 2013, Gevo – the company headed by Patrick Grüber, the polymer scientist previously behind the development of NatureWorks’ Ingeo PLA fibre – is aiming to produce a million gallons of bio-isobutanol a month at its first commercial plant in Luverne, Minnesota, USA, opened last year.
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