Filter bag companies merge
Andrew Webron Filtration is a new Andrew Industries company which brings together two long-established UK filter bag manufacturers – Tyne Tees Filtration in Stockton-on-Tees and Ltd and Heath Filtration in Stoke-on-Trent.
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The inside story at Techtextil
Needle specialist Groz-Beckert is currently busy slicing up a brand new Mercedes saloon.
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Platform for biodegradable implantables
TissueGen is partnering with Biomedical Structures (BMS) to develop a finished textile platform for medical device applications such as small diameter vascular grafts and stents, tissue and nerve regeneration, orthopaedics and sutures, using TissueGen’s patented drug delivery technology.
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Desalination with Kelheim’s Galaxy
Galaxy, the patented viscose product of Germany’s Kelheim Fibres which is the global number one for tampons, has found a completely new and different application – in a direct solar desalination panel.
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Xerium orders Dilo giant
Papermaking leader Xerium Technologies is to invest in a 350 ton global press felt production increase through a combination of the following actions:
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Responding to Western China’s boom
Freudenberg and its joint-venture partner Japan Vilene are opening a new CNY 36 million production site in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, in response to the growing demand for automotive filters in the region
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Dow looks to Disruptor
Ahlstrom has entered into a collaboration agreement with Dow Water & Process Solutions (DW&PS), a business unit of Dow Chemical, to use Disruptor nanoalumina filtration technology in drinking water applications.
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US geosynthetics boost for Fiberweb
Having sold its hygiene business to Fitesa at the end of 2011, UK-headquartered Fiberweb invested some ÂŁ14.5 million in expansion programmes during 2012.
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Glatfelter backing for Dreamweaver
DreamWeaver International has announced a new partnership with wetlaid and airlaid nonwovens major Glatfelter to develop and manufacture the next generation of high performance and affordable separators for energy storage devices such as lithium-ion batteries and ultra capacitors.
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Natural flax laminate
At this week’s JEC Composites show in Paris, French companies Ecotechnilin and Depestele Group are introducing Lincore ML a technical-flax laminate fabric with a nonwoven core layer available in rolls or sheets.
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