nylon news

18th May 2020

PFNonwovens based in Prague, Czech Republic has sold its nonwovens business and plant in Wuxi, China to Jofo Nonwovens, based in Weifang, Shandong Province, China. The transaction will enable Jofo to enter the growing medical sector on top of its existing hygiene and industrial businesses. Jofo is a fast-growing and leading nonwovens supplier in China.

18th May 2020

Macpower CNC in Rajkot recently claimed to have produced India’s first indigenous hot air seam sealing machine used to manufacture personal protective equipment kits at half the price of imported ones. The machine, manufactured with the guidance of member doctors of the Indian Medical Association was unveiled by Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani...

15th May 2020

Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) today conducted a webinar on ‘Medical Textiles (PPE) – Marketing Opportunities’ to identify market opportunities for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in government. About 1,800 participants, mainly apparel exporters from across the country, logged on to the webinar to understand the scale of business...

15th May 2020

Ontex, a leading international provider of personal hygiene solutions, with expertise in baby care, and adult care, has announced that the company plans to start the production of face masks by September 2020, with a capacity of around 80 million IIRtype surgical face masks per year. The new production is Ontex’s own initiative and no government...

15th May 2020

Representing the importance of plastics industry in fighting coronavirus, Nordson Corporation has supplied large quantities of gear pumps and screen changers to producers of melt blown polypropylene microfibre sheet for personal protective equipment such as masks and gowns. There has been an increase in demand for microfibre fabrics from healthcare...

15th May 2020

Mitsui Chemicals is collaborating with Nagoya University and Friend Microbe, a spinoff venture from Nagoya University to develop a new, reusable 3D-printed mask. The mask filters out viral particles and can be reused. The mask has a reusable body and a disposable filter. Mitsui Chemicals is providing the nonwoven disposable filter, which removes...

15th May 2020

Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Filterpak and K Group will cooperate to produce and supply face masks for civil use in Finland. The first batch of masks will be available end of May. Ahlstrom-Munksjö is responsible for production of fibre-based mask materials at its plant in Tampere, Filterpak for assembly of masks in Hanko. K Group will take care of logistics &...

15th May 2020

Hexcel has announced its role as materials development partner for Institut de Soudure Group’s winning JEC project - the Innovative Solutions for Welding (ISW) of Thermoplastic Composites. ISW is a novel solution co-developed and patented by both Institut de Soudure Group (IS Group) and Arkema, providing high-performance welding for thermoplastic...

15th May 2020

Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET), a supplier of state of the art process technology for the man-made yarns, has reportedly received unprecedented enquiries for non-woven melt spinning system since the onset of Coronavirus. Worldwide demand for medical grade masks has stretched manufacturing capacity which relies on specialist meltblown process for...