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24th Feb 2023

Babycare has entered into strategic partnerships with specialty materials maker Eastman and pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes producer Avery Dennison, with the aim of creating safer maternity and parenting lifestyles. The signing of the new agreements with Eastman and Avery Dennison increases Babycare’s number of strategic partners worldwide to eight.

23rd Feb 2023

Sweden’s hygiene and health company, Essity, has unveiled that Jessica Alm will join the executive management team in the role of chief communication officer. Alm will join from the industrial company, Sandvik, where she has served in various roles, the past ten of which as head of group communications and as a member of group executive management.

23rd Feb 2023

UWE Bristol researchers at the Centre for Print Research (CFPR) have successfully developed a prototype of a simple piece of fabric, which when placed around a wrist can monitor heart rate and can be worn and washed at least 10 times without compromising its monitoring ability. The research team is being led by senior research fellow Dr Shaila Afroj.

23rd Feb 2023

Glatfelter Corporation, a leading global supplier of engineered materials, has reported net sales of $1.49 billion in FY22, representing an increase of 37 per cent compared to the previous year. The increase in net sales was driven by airlaid materials and composite fibres segments, which reported net sales of $601.5 million and $523.9 million,...

22nd Feb 2023

Metsa Tissue, part of Metsa group, has invested in a new tissue paper machine in its Mariestad mill in Sweden, as part of the recently announced tissue mill expansion and modernisation project. The investment implements the company’s Future Mill programme, aiming for world class environmental and operational performance in tissue production.

22nd Feb 2023

Andritz has received an order from Procter & Gamble (P&G) to supply a PrimeLineTAD (Through-Air Dried) tissue machine for its Family Care plant in Box Elder, Utah, USA. The start-up is scheduled for 2024. The new PrimeLineTAD machine will be supplied with state-of-the-art energy efficient process equipment to meet P&G’s demanding sustainability targets.

20th Feb 2023

Germany’s Freudenberg Performance Materials is widening its range of technical packaging textiles. The new Evolon ESD collection protects automotive and industrial parts with electronic components from electrostatic discharge. This includes trim lines, dashboards, mirrors, steering wheels, etc. Evolon ESD also prevents scratching of sensitive surfaces.

20th Feb 2023

With India’s technical textiles market—the fifth largest with a size of $22.5 billion in 2021-22—growing at 9-10 per cent per annum in the last five years, the textiles ministry will soon organise ‘Technotex 2023: Envisioning Indian Technical Textiles@ 2047’ in Mumbai, aligning with government efforts to make India a top technical textiles...

20th Feb 2023

Sweden’s Autoliv, a leading manufacturer of automotive safety systems, has reported a 7.4 per cent increase in net sales for fiscal 2022, with net sales amounting to $8,842 million. The company's gross profit decreased by $115 million to $1,396 million, and the gross margin decreased by 2.6 percentage points to 15.8 per cent, compared to the previous...