leather footwear technology news

4th Nov 2022

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has collaborated with multinational tech company 3M to develop a technique to drastically reduce the amount of energy required for melt blowing the materials needed in N95 masks and other applications. Many of the materials in these masks are produced by a technique called melt blowing.

4th Nov 2022

Ahlstrom has invested €2 million in a laminator at the Louveira plant, Brazil. With a planned installation in 2023, the equipment will be operational by Q1 2024. This initiative will expand manufacturing capabilities at the Louveira plant. It reinforces the company’s ambition in filtration markets by shorter lead-times and improved local technical...

1st Nov 2022

GO Wipes Europe 2022 is set to return as an in-person conference on December 7-8, 2022, in the picturesque city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bringing together the entire wipes supply chain, this event is designed through research conducted directly with the industry to explore the latest in science, technology, business, and EU regulations.

1st Nov 2022

Outlook 2022, held from October 19-21, 2022, in Malta, featured 33 high-level speakers presenting on a broad range of topics including the ongoing energy crisis, market data, the latest technological advancements in recycling, sustainable fibres, and the European Union Green Deal. The event had gathered 464 delegates from 199 companies and 37 countries.

31st Oct 2022

The Heat Sealing Module (HSM) from Zund has bagged the Unsurpassed Innovation award at the recently held CAMX 2022 Composites and Advances Materials expo in Anaheim, California. The HSM facilitates the processing and handling of dry fibre materials with thermoplastic content. This new tool helps in the easier processing of these types of materials.

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.

29th Oct 2022

The net sales of Suominen Corporation, the global market leader in nonwovens for wipes, were €131.9 million (€98.7 million) in the third quarter of fiscal 2022. Sales volumes increased as did sales prices following the higher raw material prices. Currency impact was significantly positive at €11.1 million. The quarterly EBITDA improved to €5.1 million.

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...