The internet is coming
Over 45% of all diaper sales in South Korea are now over the internet.
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Surging ahead with ITW Dynatec
ITW Dynatec took home a second ‘Most Innovative Technology’ award at IDEA 13, making show history as the first company ever to claim the award twice.
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Bostik advances for process savings
Two significant advances in hot melt adhesives for hygienic disposables were unveiled at IDEA13 by Bostik.
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Evolon success leads to French expansion
Freudenberg Nonwovens is to invest €5 million in boosting capacity of its Evolon microfilament materials to 3,000 tons annually at its plant in Colmar, France.
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Social route for Suominen
Is it possible for consumer disposables to make any kind of impact in the world of distraction and chaos that is social networking?
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GP to buy Buckeye
Georgia-Pacific (GP) is to acquire Buckeye Technologies, the leading manufacturer of speciality fibres and airlaid nonwovens made from wood and cotton, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
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€300 million savings for Unilever
All 26 of Unilever’s manufacturing and non-manufacturing headquarter facilities in the US and Canada are now zero waste to landfill (ZLF) and other countries in which it has achieved this milestone include the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Japan.
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EC action on ‘the green maze’
According to a recent study conducted by the European Commission (EC), 48% of European consumers are confused by the stream of environmental information they receive.
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3D printed disposables update
Tamicare CEO Tamar Giloh will be amongst keynote speakers at this year’s Nonwovens Network UK Symposium which takes place on Thursday July 11 in Bradford, UK.
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Is cardboard waste the future?
Pictured is Marjo Määttänen, a senior scientist at the VTT Technical Research Centre in Finland, with a new nonwoven manufactured from recycled cardboard.
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