nylon news

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

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.

8th Sep 2022

The Kelheim Fibres team is looking forward to exchanging ideas and inspirations at its stand at the Global Fibre Congress 2022 in Dornbirn. The world’s leading manufacturer of viscose speciality fibres, Kelheim Fibres stands out in the industry not least for its innovative strength, as evidenced by awards such as the Techtextil Innovation Award.

8th Sep 2022

Responsible diapering company Dyper has announced that its plant-based baby diapers and wipes will be available in most Walmart US stores and on its online platform this month. Made with plant-based materials and without harmful chemicals, Dyper’s diapers and wipes can be returned for disposal via the optional landfill avoidance programme Redyper.

7th Sep 2022

Reifenhäuser Reicofil has announced the sale of its RF5 SMMS 3200 nonwovens line to PFNonwovens for the latter’s production facility in South Africa. The hygiene and medical line is scheduled to be commissioned in Q4 2022. PFN wants to set a new benchmark of high-quality and innovative products for the Southern African markets with this purchase.

6th Sep 2022

Messe Frankfurt India has announced that the ninth edition of Techtextil India will be held from September 12-14, 2023 for the first time at JIO World Convention Centre (JWCC), Mumbai. On the side-lines of the three-day fair, the organisers have planned a series of live sessions to spark debates on important industry topics and high-growth application...

6th Sep 2022

Uster solution gives producers of nonwovens total confidence in demanding applications. Drylaid nonwovens producers operate to the most stringent quality levels – with zero-tolerance standards for defects bigger than 1 mm. In this nonwovens segment, end-product quality depends absolutely on the efficiency of contamination sorting, early in the process.