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15th Dec 2022

Finland’s Ahlstrom has named Helen Mets as its president and CEO, effective January 1, 2023. With the company entering the next phase of growth and transformation, Mets will succeed current president and CEO, Hans Sohlstrom, who has been with the company since 2016. Sohlstrom will leave Ahlstrom at the end of December to pursue new opportunities.

14th Dec 2022

Switzerland’s Autoneum has announced Eelco Spoelder-who has over 25 years of experience in the automotive supply industry-as its new CEO. Matthias Holzammer is handing over the operational management of Autoneum due to personal reasons as of March 27, 2023. Autoneum is one of the leading manufacturers of vehicle acoustic and thermal insulation for...

13th Dec 2022

RecyOuest, a French green economy company, has successfully started up world’s first recycling line that produces recycling fibres for nonwoven applications from agricultural plastic waste nets. The unique dry-cleaning system of the recycling line was delivered, installed, and commissioned by international technology group Andritz in August 2022.

13th Dec 2022

Germany’s Sandler has named Philipp Ebbinghaus, the chief officer of finance and IT, and CFO of Sandler Nonwoven, as board member, effective January 1, 2023. On December 31, 2022, his predecessor, Wolfgang Hoflich will retire after 46 years. Christian Heinrich Sandler (CEO) and Ulrich Hornfeck, another board member, will continue in their roles.

11th Dec 2022

ILC Dover, the leading provider of spacesuit pressure garments and components since the Apollo era, has announced that it is producing the next generation of spacesuits for the International Space Station (ISS), for use in low-Earth orbit, deep space, and lunar/planetary exploration. The US-based company will work as part of the Collins Aerospace-led...

11th Dec 2022

Avgol has announced that the company has invested in a new high-speed, high-capacity flexible multiple beam production line at its facility in Mocksville, USA. Headquartered in Israel, Avgol, an Indorama Ventures Limited company, leads the global hygiene market with the most comprehensive range of ultra-lightweight spun-melt nonwoven fabrics.

10th Dec 2022

Monadnock Non-Wovens LLC (MNW), a manufacturer of melt-blown synthetic media for automotives, surgical face masks, and air and liquid filtration markets, has promoted Sandra Jallow to the position of business development manager, automotive products. In her new role, Jallow will report to MNW president Jim Cree and will work with the automotive sales...

10th Dec 2022

India’s National Technical Textile Mission is working to promote innovation and production in the textile sector, said Union minister Piyush Goyal at the CII Global Economic Policy Summit in New Delhi. He added that the government is making efforts towards boosting the cotton sector and that the pandemic highlighted the country’s dependence on supply...

9th Dec 2022

Under the National Technical Textiles Mission (NTTM), India has so far approved 74 research projects worth ?232 crore in the areas of speciality fibres and technical textiles by premier research institutes and organisations in association with industry partners, minister of state for textiles Darshana Jardosh told the lower house of parliament recently.