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21st Oct 2022

The supervisory board of BASF SE has extended the appointment of Martin Brudermuller as BASF’s chairman of the board of executive directors until the end of the 2024 annual shareholders’ meeting. The board has also appointed Dirk Elvermann as the new chief financial officer and chief digital officer. BASF SE is a German multinational chemical company.

20th Oct 2022

Piana Technology, the 439-year-old Italian-made textile company, has installed a solar panel system at its nonwovens facility in Cartersville, Georgia. The company’s E/Smart high-performance nonwoven fibre technology was named as a CES 2022 Innovation Awards Honouree, and it received an honourable mention as one of Fast Company's World Changing Ideas.

18th Oct 2022

Index23, the world’s largest nonwovens exhibition, will be returning to Geneva, Switzerland, from April 18-23, 2023. In this crucial moment for the industry, the participation in the leading event will allow businesses and customers to sustain an updated network, staying ahead on both business opportunities and new developments, thus encouraging...

18th Oct 2022

Tuff-N-Lite is exhibiting the latest in its line of protective gear at GlassBuild America 2022 – the largest trade show in North America for the glass, window, and door industry. The three-day trade show begins today in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tuff-N-Lite is showcasing its full range of safety apparel, including a state-of-the-art cooling T-shirt.

18th Oct 2022

Andritz has received an order from Welspun Advanced Materials to supply a Metris predictive maintenance system for its spunlace production line at the Telangana plant. This will be the first Metris solutions system to be installed in a spunlace line in the country. The maintenance system will enable Welspun to increase its operating efficiency.

17th Oct 2022

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has announced new dates for the 22nd edition of IDEA – The World’s Preeminent Event for Nonwovens and Engineered Fabrics. Originally scheduled to take place from April 23-25, 2024, IDEA will now be held from April 29-May 1, 2025, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida.

17th Oct 2022

Ascend Performance Materials has unveiled two materials for electric vehicles that improve safety and passenger comfort. The company’s Starflam X-Protect and Vydyne AVS tackle two unique challenges automakers face when developing their EV platforms. Ascend, which is headquartered in the US, is the world’s largest fully integrated producer of nylon 66...

17th Oct 2022

Nahtlos, an Empa spin-off, has got one million Swiss francs in a first round of financing from business angels in Switzerland and Liechtenstein and from the Startfeld Foundation. Nahtlos aims to drive the market entry of its textile-based electrode for medical applications. Empa is the research institute for materials science and technology development.

15th Oct 2022

Bast Fibre Technologies (BFT) has closed a strategic financing with Ahlstrom Capital of Finland. BFT will expand its fibre manufacturing capacity at its US-flagship facility in Lumberton (NC) and its EU-facility near Düsseldorf (NRW). BFT will produce over 10,000 metric tons of sero hemp fibre per year by 2023 and up to 50,000 metric tons per year by...