Nonwovens / Technical Textiles
ANDRITZ to supply high-speed spunlace line to Karweb Nonwovens, Turkey
International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Karweb Nonwovens to supply a complete neXline spunlace line for its plant located in Gaziantep, Turkey.
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Berry to invest in meltblown capacity serving face mask demand in the EMEIA region
Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE: BERY) has advanced its investment in an additional specialty meltblown asset to produce high-efficiency filtration media serving the EMEIA markets. Current projections are for commercial production to start in the June quarter of 2020.
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ANDRITZ has developed a high-speed converting line for the production of face masks
ANDRITZ Diatec, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has developed a fully automatic, high-speed face mask converting line for the production of disposable face masks.
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Reifenhäuser Reicofil supplies meltblown line for the production of filter material for FFP respirators to Berry Global Group.
Reifenhäuser Reicofil and Berry Global Group have signed a contract for a meltblownline for the production of highly efficient filter material for FFP2 (N95) and FFP3 (N99) respirators. The plant is scheduled to be deliverd in June. In order to support the fight against the corona virus, Reifenhäuser Reicofil had reduced the delivery time of the line by one third, to 3.5 months.
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The global automobile markets are very competitive. For manufacturers and brands, every detail is crucial in order to rise above the competition. For the buyer, both the design and interior of the car are important factors when making a decision to purchase or not.
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Award finalists announced for 2020 World of Wipes® (WOW) international conference
INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announced the three World of Wipes Innovation Award® Finalists who will present their innovations at the 14th edition of the World of Wipes® (WOW) International Conference 2020, June 22-25, Minneapolis, MN.
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Suominen and Ahlstrom-Munksjö strengthen their co-operation
Suominen and Ahlstrom-Munksjö have signed a multi-year commercial agreement that renews and strengthens the existing co-operation at the Ställdalen plant in Sweden. The agreement secures supplies from Ställdalen to Suominen's customers for several years and will also considerably improve the companies' joint service to the customers.
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Oerlikon Nonwoven large-scale meltblown sold to Asia
A leading Asian large-scale manufacturer of manmade fibers and polymers has invested in a new Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown system. The recently-signed contract comprises a 2-beam system for manufacturing filtration nonwovens – predominantly for medical products such as face masks – with a nominal capacity of up to 1,200 tons of nonwovens a year. The commercial production launch has been scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2020.
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Despitelow growth in last two years, Greater European Nonwovens Production reaches 4.4% annual average growth over the last decade.
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International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from BCNonwovens, Spain, to supply a neXline spunlace line as a turnkey project to meet growing needs from customers globally.
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Suominen receives the first Fine to Flush certification granted to a nonwovens substrate manufacturer
Suominen is the first nonwoven substrate manufacturer to receive the Fine to Flush Manufacturer’s Generic Certificate from Water UK. The certification was granted for HYDRASPUN® Royal, which is a dispersible nonwoven material especially designed for moist toilet tissues that are flushed after use.
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Coronavirus: harmonised standards for medical devices to respond to urgent needs
Yesterday, the Commission adopted decisions on harmonised standards which will allow manufacturers to place on the market high performing devices to protect patients, health care professionals and citizens in general. The standards will facilitate a faster and less expensive conformity assessment procedure.
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Washington lawmaker, cities, and wipes industry applaud Governor Inslee’s
Washington Representative Joe Fitzgibbon (D-34) joined the Association of Washington Cities and INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, in applauding Governor Inslee’s signing of HB 2565, a law intended to address the labeling of certain disposable wipes.
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Suominen’s carbon footprint information help customers make informed decisions
Suominen’s vision is to be the frontrunner for nonwovens innovation and sustainability. As a concrete step towards the frontrunner position in sustainability, we are continuously developing new sustainable products. In addition, we are calculating the carbon footprint of our nonwovens. This information helps customers make sustainability-related decisions that are based on facts.
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Reifenhäuser Reicofil supplies material for up to one million face masks daily.
The German machinery and plant manufacturerReifenhäuser Reicofil has temporarily converted two of its test plants due to the corona pandemic: The lines installed in the nonwovens technology center, which are otherwise exclusively used for research and development as well as customer trials, have been producing meltblown material for the production of urgently needed face masks for one week. This is the company's response to the current emergency in the supply of medical protective material.
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Reifenhäuser Reicofil shortens delivery time for the supply of meltblown lines.
To become more independent from China in the area of medical supply, states increasingly think about setting up own productions. Reifenhäuser Reicofil now supports countries and other investors to implement such projects as speedily as possible by shortening the delivery time to only 3.5 months for Meltblown lines to produce the crucial middle material layer for face masks.
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