31st Oct 2022
UK’s Pertex, a performance fabric brand, and Cycora, a material made from regenerated end-of-life textiles, will collaborate to make high-performance, woven fabrics from landfill-destined textile waste. This collaboration would be tackling the problem of textile waste, which sees over 70 per cent of clothing either landfilled or incinerated at...
29th Oct 2022
Freudenberg Performance Materials has launched an elastic variant of its flexible superabsorbers for modern wound dressings. Freudenberg will be debuting the elastic superabsorbers at Compamed 2022 in Dusseldorf. The superabsorbers increase the comfort level of patients as well as enable longer wear time, thus reducing the frequency of dressing changes.
28th Oct 2022
UK-based Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute Ltd (NIRI) announced that it will continue its investment strategy with major new upgrades to spray bonding capabilities for greater sustainability and better product performance. The institute features complete pilot-scale prototyping facilities for developing novel products and improving existing...
28th Oct 2022
US’ Sensoria Health and Padula Rehabilitation Technologies have announced their collaboration to develop NeurOpTrek, the first and only truly wearable solution for Risk of Fall (ROF) assessment to prevent and rehabilitate patients from fall injuries. Sensoria Health is a developer of wearable remote patient monitoring and artificial intelligence...
27th Oct 2022
The net sales of Kimberly-Clark was recorded at $5.1 billion in the third quarter of fiscal 2022, an increase of 1 per cent compared to the year-ago period, including organic sales growth of 5 per cent. Third quarter sales of the US-headquartered company’s consumer tissue segment was reported at $1.6 billion, registering an increase of 2 per cent.
27th Oct 2022
Following the recent establishment of Swiss-based, Santis Textiles, the sister company of global textile giant, Santis Textiles, Annabelle Hutter, a 2022 honouree of the prestigious Tatler Magazine Asia’s Generation T list of 300 leaders of tomorrow, has been appointed as managing director to bring a fresh perspective and creative ideas to the company.
27th Oct 2022
With the largest absorbent hygiene conference just three weeks away, INDA is ready to welcome more than 500 industry professionals and 50 tabletop displays to the sixth edition of Hygienix, the premiere event for the absorbent hygiene and personal care markets, from November 14-17, 2022, at The Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA.
26th Oct 2022
UniFirst Corporation, which offers customised business uniform programmes, facility service products, and first aid and safety services, has announced the addition of Spotlite MV to its core uniform rental offerings. The expansive Spotlite MV visibility workwear collection includes pants, shorts, shirts, polos, vests, and jackets for both men and women.
25th Oct 2022
Milliken & Company, an expert in polymer additive and colourant technology and PureCycle Technologies, Inc., have announced that they have created the first fully sustainable concentrate for PP on the market. This development advances circularity, since the concentrate based on PureCycle materials will allow for greater use of 100 per cent recycled...