footwear leathers news

13th Sep 2022

North Carolina-based INDA has announced the appointment of Matt O’Sickey, PhD, as its new director of education and technical affairs. An accomplished market development, technology and product management executive, O’Sickey has more than 20 years of experience with Tredegar Film Products in the absorbent hygiene, food and medical sectors.

12th Sep 2022

Freudenberg Performance Materials has been awarded its first EcoVadis Silver Medal for its two UK facilities. It manufactures solutions for advanced wound care and ostomy products at these two locations. With the award, EcoVadis recognises the company’s performance in the categories of environment, ethics, labour and human rights and sustainable...

12th Sep 2022

Andritz has completed the basic engineering for its key process areas for Infinited Fiber Company´s commercial-scale plant in Finland. Infinited Fiber Company is preparing to build the line in Veitsiluoto, Kemi, with a planned regenerated textile fiber production capacity of 30,000 t/a. Andritz is a leader in pulp & paper, metals, hydro, and separation.

12th Sep 2022

NASA has selected Axiom Space to deliver a moonwalking system for the Artemis III mission, which will land Americans on the surface of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. This award is for a task order to develop a next generation Artemis spacesuit and supporting systems, and to demonstrate their use on the lunar surface during Artemis III.

9th Sep 2022

Don Lewis, president professional hygiene and member of Essity’s executive management team, has decided to leave Essity, a global hygiene and health company, with its headquarters in Sweden. Lewis has joined the company in 2002 and has held various leadership positions in Essity’s professional and consumer businesses North America and Latin America.

9th Sep 2022

Material design firm Techmer PM, LLC has announced that it has received a majority investment from Gryphon Investors, a middle-market private equity firm. Techmer PM's founder John Manuck, the company’s management team, and SK Capital, a private investment firm, will remain investors in the company alongside Gryphon. The terms of the deal were not...

9th Sep 2022

Denmark’s nonwovens company Fibertex Personal Care will now supply large quantities of ISCC Plus-certified nonwovens for the production of diapers. The primary demand is for bio-based nonwoven solutions and this new supply supports the goals for CO2 reductions. ISCC Plus verifies that certified companies meet high environmental and social standards.

9th Sep 2022

American healthcare company Medline has invested an additional $500 million in incremental medical supply inventory to ensure product availability and timely delivery to the healthcare providers it serves. The investment, completed at the end of the second quarter of 2022, brings the company's total on-hand inventory to more than $4 billion.

9th Sep 2022

Suominen, a manufacturer of nonwovens as roll goods for wipes and other applications, has announced that its energy costs have increased significantly during recent months and continue to rise during the coming autumn and winter months. Suominen can no longer absorb the full extent of these increases and hence will implement a new energy surcharge.