Editorial

  • Disposables Could Help Defeat HAIs

    August 7, 2013
    Growing concerns about hospital acquired infections (HAIs) are driving the demand for disposables, including nonwovens in health care facilities. Demand for disposable hospital supplies is growing across the world, as they reduce risks of cross-conta…
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  • INDA, EDANA Join Forces

    July 24, 2013
    Responding to the rapidly expanding global nature of the nonwovens industry, the two global nonwovens associations—INDA and EDANA—are working hand in hand to encourage the implementation of an ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment…
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  • To Flush, Or Not To Flush?

    Tim Wright, Editor June 12, 2013
    Seems like a silly question but in fact flushability is a major issue facing the nonwoven wipes industry.  We live in a disposable age, with convenient products, which can be used and thrown away. While wet wipes have been blamed for clogging up…
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  • Off to Miami!

    April 17, 2013
    In this issue we provide in depth previews of what some select exhibitors plan to represent at IDEA 2013. This is the second part of a feature we first published in last month’s March issue. In addition to this IDEA 2013 Show Issue, Nonwovens…
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  • Adult Incontinence Market Is Booming

    Tim Wright, Editor March 8, 2013
    It is estimated that 25 million Americans experience incontinence symptoms. Long associated with the elderly, the adult incontinence category is changing its perceptions both in terms of how it sees itself and how others see it looking in. Major comp…
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  • A Sustainable Future

    February 7, 2013
    The fear of global warming. The uncertainty of future oil supplies. Overflowing landfills. Am I sounding paranoid? Wait, sorry. Let me explain. Last night before falling asleep I watched part of a film called Collapse and woke up on the alarmist side…
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  • Happy New Year!

    January 7, 2013
    A couple of things to start off. First, I’d like to introduce myself as the new head editor of Nonwovens Industry. I’m taking over the helm from Karen McIntyre who is still on board, at your disposal, and luckily mine. I’ve been wor…
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  • Lean Times Ahead

    Karen Bitz McIntyre, Editor December 4, 2012
    Last month, Veronica Hagen, CEO of PGI Nonwovens, one of the largest—if not the largest—makers of spunmelt nonwovens in the world, made a (not so) startling revelation. It could take until 2016 before the world’s major hygiene marke…
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  • K-C Exits Europe: A Win-Win?

    Karen McIntyre, Editor November 16, 2012
    Last month, Kimberly-Clark announced it would halt diaper production in Western and Central Europe, areas where the maker of Huggies diapers has struggled since entering the market in the 1990s. This announcement was not met with surprise by industr…
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  • M&A’s Breathe New Life Into Nonwovens

    Karen Bitz McIntyre, Editor October 8, 2012
    If 2011 was the year of expansion, 2012 is shaping up to be the year of mergers and acquisitions. While this trend officially began in late 2011 with the sale of Ahlstrom’s wipes business to Suominen in October, in 2012 we have seen the sale of…
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  • Ahlstrom’s Next Move

    Karen Bitz-McIntyre, Editor September 12, 2012
    Ahlstrom recently announced its intent to exit its Label & Processing business, reaffirming its commitment to the specialty materials business and making it a company 100% invested in nonwovens technology. Even though Label & Processing compr…
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  • To Flush or Not to Flush

    Karen Bitz-McIntyre, Editor September 4, 2012
    One of the key developments shaping the wipes market today is flushability. With the third generation of INDA/EDANA’s Guidance Document for Assessing the Flushability of Nonwoven Consumer Products just about complete, manufacturers are poised t…
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  • Nanofibers: Challenges or Opportunities?

    Karen Bitz McIntyre, Editor August 6, 2012
    As hygiene markets in the developed world continue to face saturation, nonwovens makers have taken a few tactics to ensure growth in the future. For some, the bet is that developing regions, like China, Southeast Asia or Africa, will offer impressive…
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  • Industrial Wipers: The Wait Seems to Be Over

    Karen Bitz McIntyre, Editor July 9, 2012
    It seems like the fight to lift onerous hazardous waste regulations from disposable nonwoven wipes in the industrial setting might soon be over…finally, after nearly three decades of fighting. These regulations stem from laws enacted in the 19…
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  • Growing with Girl Power

    Karen Bitz McIntyre, Editor June 1, 2012
    It seems that tweens, or teens, are becoming major influencers in the feminine hygiene market. In the past couple of weeks alone, both major U.S. fem hy producers, Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble, have launched new products geared exclusive…
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