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Editorial
August 9, 2011
In February, it took Huggies just three weeks to become the second largest Facebook brand page in Hong Kong, where the social networking site has a hi… Read More »
July 5, 2011
Last month, Associated Hygiene Products (AHP) announced it would purchase former rival in the private label baby diaper market, Arquest, Inc., creatin… Read More »
June 21, 2011
The global nonwovens industry has an excellent opportuni- ty during the next few months not only to extend its knowl- edge in the consumer products ar… Read More »
June 8, 2011
Wipes, like many nonwoven-based products, credit at least part of their success to their ability to lessen the burden of everyday tasks for their user… Read More »
May 3, 2011
One of the undisputed highlights of last month's INDEX show was the presentation of the INDEX awards. These seven awards, spanning… Read More »
April 7, 2011
It's that time again. Time for the nonwovens industry to once again convene in Geneva, Switzerland for the INDEX show. For me personally, it'… Read More »
March 16, 2011
The spunmelt market has been in the headlines a lot as of late with major capacity installations going in around the world, reportedly to meet the nee… Read More »
February 16, 2011
The spunmelt market has made our jobs here at NONWOVENS INDUSTRY very easy these past couple of months. The many line investments announced between No… Read More »
January 24, 2011
The good news for the many nonwovens manufacturers doing business in the diaper market is that this business is fairly recession proof; the better news is that diapers are the one area of the tissue and hygiene market where consumers are willing to spend more to make a splash. Read More »
December 8, 2010
Avgol’s and FitesaFiberweb’s recent announcements that they would each add two spunmelt lines—particularly that each company will add a U.S. line—has set the hygiene industry rumor mill afire. Read More »
November 10, 2010
The sale of Polymer Group, Inc. to the Blackstone Group was no big surprise. Read More »
October 8, 2010
A decade or so ago, airlaid industry expert Ivan Pivko described airlaid as a technology in search of new markets. Read More »
September 15, 2010
There’s no doubt about it. There are a lot of wipes out there. Everyone knows about the gold standards—baby wipes, floor cleaning wipes, d… Read More »
September 9, 2010
Every September, as I finish up our annual top companies report, I urge readers not to take too much stock in the rankings or in the actual sales figures and instead to read the profiles to determine how the nonwovens producers are producing. Read More »
