13th Dec 2022
RecyOuest, a French green economy company, has successfully started up world’s first recycling line that produces recycling fibres for nonwoven applications from agricultural plastic waste nets. The unique dry-cleaning system of the recycling line was delivered, installed, and commissioned by international technology group Andritz in August 2022.
13th Dec 2022
Germany’s Sandler has named Philipp Ebbinghaus, the chief officer of finance and IT, and CFO of Sandler Nonwoven, as board member, effective January 1, 2023. On December 31, 2022, his predecessor, Wolfgang Hoflich will retire after 46 years. Christian Heinrich Sandler (CEO) and Ulrich Hornfeck, another board member, will continue in their roles.
11th Dec 2022
Avgol has announced that the company has invested in a new high-speed, high-capacity flexible multiple beam production line at its facility in Mocksville, USA. Headquartered in Israel, Avgol, an Indorama Ventures Limited company, leads the global hygiene market with the most comprehensive range of ultra-lightweight spun-melt nonwoven fabrics.
10th Dec 2022
Monadnock Non-Wovens LLC (MNW), a manufacturer of melt-blown synthetic media for automotives, surgical face masks, and air and liquid filtration markets, has promoted Sandra Jallow to the position of business development manager, automotive products. In her new role, Jallow will report to MNW president Jim Cree and will work with the automotive sales...
10th Dec 2022
India’s National Technical Textile Mission is working to promote innovation and production in the textile sector, said Union minister Piyush Goyal at the CII Global Economic Policy Summit in New Delhi. He added that the government is making efforts towards boosting the cotton sector and that the pandemic highlighted the country’s dependence on supply...
9th Dec 2022
Under the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM), India has so far approved 74 research projects worth ?232 crore in the areas of speciality fibres and technical textiles by premier research institutes and organisations in association with industry partners, minister of state for textiles Darshana Jardosh told the lower house of parliament recently.
8th Dec 2022
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued All India First license to two companies at a recent event. The All India First license was felicitated to Palwal-based SMPP Pvt Ltd for bullet resistant jackets as per IS 17051:2018 and to Faridabad-based Star Safety Hub for protective clothing for industrial workers exposed to heat as per IS 15748:2022.
7th Dec 2022
Technical textiles fair Technotex 2023 will be held in Mumbai, India from February 22–24, 2023. The event is being organised by the Indian ministry of textiles in collaboration with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Industry, under National Technical Textiles Mission. The ministry looks forward to more than 15,000 business visitors at the...
6th Dec 2022
ProQuIV, the solution developed by Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM, enables nonwoven masks to filter out at least 94 per cent of the aerosols in the case of the FFP-2 mask and 99 per cent in the case of the FFP-3 version. The solution also enables masks to let enough air through to ensure that the wearer can still breathe properly.