textile technology

9th Jul 2020

PFNonwovens has appointed Cedric Ballay as the PFN group's new chief executive officer. The appointment is the result of a long-planned succession process at the helm of the Prague-headquartered group. PFNonwovens is the global producer of polypropylene and polyethylene-based nonwovens textiles used for personal hygiene and medical purposes.

8th Jul 2020

Haydale, the advanced materials group, is working with IRPC Public Company (IRPC) to further develop functionalised graphene coated fabric, that Haydale has produced, for medical and related applications. The fabric has been shown to have antibacterial properties and under the deal signed between the two, it will be further tested for antiviral...

8th Jul 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming the global market for a number of non-wovens-based personal protective equipment products, according to a new study. As their demand continues to soar, producers are investing in new machinery and expanding capacity to avoid supply shortfalls seen at the pandemic's onset and allow the market to renormalise, it...

7th Jul 2020

Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), part of Barry-Wehmiller, has announced the recent milestone sale of a full tissue solution to Select Products. PCMC, headquartered in the US, specialises in the design and manufacture of high-performance converting machinery for the tissue, nonwovens, package-printing, and bag-converting industries worldwide.

7th Jul 2020

Lydall, a leading US manufacturer of value-added engineered materials and specialty filtration solutions that create a cleaner, safer and quieter world, has been awarded a $13.5 million contract by the US Department of Defence (DOD). The contract will support Lydall's investment in two new meltblown production lines in its Rochester, New Hampshire...

7th Jul 2020

Ahlstrom-Munksjö is collaborating with Spanish sports and life style accessories company Buff to supply its innovative, replaceable filter media which has been now included in Buff’s new range of face masks. The Buff face masks are available in the US and Canada following a launch in Europe in June. Each Buff face mask includes five single-use filters.

7th Jul 2020

Queensland company OZ Health Plus will establish Australia’s first manufacturing plant to make the critical fine plastic material used in most protective face masks. OZ Health Plus has purchased a plant of the Swiss-based technology company Oerlikon to establish a Queensland-based production plant for spun-bond and meltblown nonwovens.

7th Jul 2020

China has added polypropylene (PP), along with polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), as a trading option on the Dalian Commodity Exchange in the country's northeastern province of Liaoning. With this, the number of options listed for trading on the Exchange has increased to seven, according to Chinese media reports.

6th Jul 2020

TRB is running an apprenticeship scheme to give individuals the understanding, skills and competencies needed for a role in the composites sector. Two apprentices from TRB have already been enrolled on this scheme. The apprenticeship has been developed by people in the industry to meet the current and future needs of the composites manufacturing sector.