6th Sep 2022
London-based clothing brand Fifty One Apparel uses a technology funded by US’ NASA called Outlast that can assist in alleviating symptoms of those suffering from menopause. By bonding Outlast to cellulosic yarn, the company’s clothing maintains the temperature-regulating properties of phase-change materials but retains the look and feel of high-end...
2nd Sep 2022
Avient Corporation has completed its purchase of the protective materials business of DSM (including the Dyneema brand), which will now be called Avient Protective Materials and reported within the company's Specialty Engineered Materials segment. The business includes 6 production facilities, 4 R&D centres and over 1,000 employees located around the...
2nd Sep 2022
Spain’s Recypur Eco SL in L'Alcúdia has successfully started up a complete airlay line delivered and installed by international technology group Andritz. The line is designed for recycling of post-industrial and post-consumer foam and was developed for the bedding and furniture industry, with material heights reaching 20 cm and densities of up to 120...
2nd Sep 2022
The United States’ Department of Defense (DOD) has entered into a shared $6.8 million agreement with Burlington Industries, LLC to sustain and strengthen the domestic clothing and textile industrial base. The firm will invest in equipment and infrastructure necessary to sustain and stabilise the supply chain of dress military fabrics for the DoD.
1st Sep 2022
Hygiene and health company Essity has finalised the acquisitions of Canadian company Knix Wear Inc and Australian company Modibodi, both leading providers of leakproof apparel for periods and incontinence. With these acquisitions, Essity will become the global market leader within leakproof apparel, the fastest growing product segment in intimate...
1st Sep 2022
PET Baltija, which is one of the largest PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) recyclers in Northern Europe, has announced an agreement to acquire a leading Czech fibre producer Tesil Fibres s.r.o, a spin-off of SILON s.r.o. Once closed, this transaction will become one of the largest investments by a Latvian company in the Czech Republic to date.
31st Aug 2022
Lear Corporation, a global automotive technology leader in seating and e-systems, has received two first-place J.D. Power 2022 US Seat Quality and Satisfaction StudySM awards. In addition, Lear placed among the top three in four award-eligible categories. Lear's overall quality score reinforced its position as a quality leader in seat satisfaction.
31st Aug 2022
The Map Ta Phut site of Covestro in Thailand recently received ISCC PLUS certification, an internationally recognised system for biomass and bioenergy sustainability certification. In addition to Map Ta Phut, Covestro's sites in Shanghai, Changhua, Leverkusen, Dormagen, Krefeld-Uerdingen, Antwerp and Filago have already been certified to the standard.
31st Aug 2022
Soul Wipe has turned sanitation into a quick moment of surrender. The brand consists of seven different SKUs, each of which feature 100 per cent bamboo wipes soaked in 70 per cent ethyl alcohol infused in various calming essential oils. Soul Wipe is a female-owned business headquartered in the US that was founded by Monica Rodriguez Dean in January...