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8th Sep 2021

An Indian Institute of Technology Delhi team has developed a modified cotton fabric capable of adsorbing harmful air pollutants from air. ZIF-8@CM cotton and ZIF-67@CM cotton, as these are called, are zeolite imidazolate framework-modified functionalised fabrics that adsorb high levels of organic air pollutants like benzene, aniline and styrene from...

7th Sep 2021

Welspun India Limited, the global leader in home textiles, has become the first Indian company to receive the quality approval from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510 (k) for its 3 ply surgical masks. Certified by BIS and CE already, it has all the required certifications to supply to global markets including critical medical uses.

7th Sep 2021

Ballyclare has been awarded a contract covering PPE for some 3,200 firefighters by three fire and rescue services in the Yorkshire and Humberside region. The contract includes new additions to the Xenon range which have been developed to meet the specific demands of this customer. Xenon range is multi-functional structural firefighting clothing.

7th Sep 2021

University of Gloucestershire and Versarien, an advanced materials group, have joined hands to test the first graphene-enhanced sportswear. The university will carry out the first wearer trial for the clothing. Versarien plans to commercialise graphene in textiles through products that harness graphene’s unique thermal and moisture management...

6th Sep 2021

Jacob Holm, Swiss leader in spunlace nonwoven fabrics and finished goods, has announced that the investment programme, Project Boost, announced in Q2 2020, has been fully implemented for the proprietary Jacob Holm dispersible wipes production line in Candler, NC. Construction and capital expansion began in May 2020, and finished in Q2 2021 as scheduled.

6th Sep 2021

US-based Ashland LLC has signed a definitive agreement to sell its performance adhesives business to Arkema in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.65 billion or 20 times LTM EBITDA. The transaction is expected to be closed by the end of 2021, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing...

3rd Sep 2021

Oerlikon Nonwoven will be exhibiting at the world’s leading nonwovens trade fair – the Index in Geneva, Switzerland (Oct 19-22) – with one of the market’s broadest portfolios. The Neumünster-based systems constructor will focus on market- and customer-oriented system solutions for filtration, hygiene, medical, geotextile and other industrial...

3rd Sep 2021

Autefa has announced that it is set to supply two complete needle-punching geotextile lines to Confidence Infrastructure, one of the leading engineering solutions providers from Bangladesh. Autefa is a Germany’s solution provider for turn-key nonwovens lines and machines for carded crosslapped needlepunching lines, spunlace lines, and thermobonding...

2nd Sep 2021

Kimberly-Clark, American personal care corporation, has announced a series of executive leadership changes in support of its global business. Tristram Wilkinson, currently serving as president of Kimberly-Clark’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) consumer business, has been named president of the company’s Asia Pacific consumer business.