Nonwovens Industry Magazine

September 2011

  • Company Cameo
    One Good Vendor

    Berk Wiper Converting & Packaging, LLC is a true family business. It got its start in the wiper business from the family home – in the garage.
    08.31.11

  • New Products
    Automatic core cutter

    Appleton Mfg. Division has introduced the A301 Automatic Core Cutter.
    08.31.11

  • New Products
    Entanglement tester

    Lawson-Hemphill Inc., has introduced its latest generation entanglement tester called the EST.
    08.31.11

  • New Products
    Industrial cutting machine

    Integrated Textile Solutions (ITS) has recently purchased a new industrial cutting machine, the GERBERcutter Z7.
    08.31.11

  • New Products
    Moisture measurement system

    Streat Instruments of New Zealand has launched the new Drycom 8+ Moisture Measurement system.
    08.31.11

  • New Products
    Reusable bag

    Centurybox, a Belgium-based packaging company, has launched a new type of reusable bag, the US-TNT.
    08.31.11

  • New Products
    Dual-mandrel core cutter

    Core Systems' announces the Dual Mandrel Shark, a dual-mandrel core cutter that eliminates the expense and floor space of two core cutters, as well as time consuming and cumbersome tooling changeovers.
    08.31.11

  • New Products
    Specialty sheeter

    Sheeting of abrasive materials such as emery paper, sand papers or abrasive cloth can now be achieved with minimal knife wear with a new specialty sheeter from Maxson Automatic Machinery Company.
    08.31.11

  • New Products
    Tank cleaning machine

    Lechler's M20 tank cleaning machine is a powerful, gear-driven unit that is designed to clean the largest tanks and handle the most difficult cleaning applications.
    08.31.11

  • Financial
    P&G posts profits, lowers forecast

    Procter & Gamble (P&G) said that profits in the April-June period jumped 15%, but it also gave a disappointing forecast for the current quarter.
    08.31.11

  • Financial
    Fiberweb profit falls amid rising costs

    Britain's Fiberweb Plc posted a lower first-half profit, hurt by sharply increasing raw material prices, but the nonwoven fabrics maker said it expects full-year performance to be slightly ahead of last year.
    08.31.11

  • Financial
    DuPont profits, raises 2011 forecast

    DuPont's quarterly profit beat expectations on strong sales of seeds, titanium dioxide pigment for paint, and Kevlar bulletproof vests, sending shares up as much as 2.6%.
    08.31.11

  • Financial
    Lydall reports strong 2Q

    Lydall reported second quarter 2011 net sales of $98.8 million, reflecting an increase of $21.8 million, or 28.2%, compared to the second quarter of 2010.
    08.31.11

  • Financial
    3M sales rise 14% to a record $7.7 billion

    3M reported record second-quarter sales of $7.7 billion, up 14.1% year-on-year.
    08.31.11

  • Financial
    SCA 2Q sales rise 5%

    SCA's net sales for the second quarter rose 5% and operating profit rose 2%, compared with the first quarter of 2011.
    08.31.11

  • Financial
    Buckeye reports record fiscal 2011

    Buckeye Technologies Inc., the Memphis-based manufacturer of specialty fibers and nonwovens, set sales and earnings records for its fiscal year 2011.
    08.31.11

  • Financial
    Ahlstrom cuts outlook as it divests wipes unit

    Finnish fiber and specialty paper company Ahlstrom Corporation cut its full-year guidance as it announced the divestment of its wiping fabrics business, Home & Personal, which will be sold to Finnish company Suominen Corporation for about €170 million.
    08.31.11

  • Financial
    Kimberly-Clark tops Q2 estimates

    Kimberly-Clark (K-C) reports its second quarter adjusted EPS of $1.18, is ahead of consensus estimates of $1.15 per share.
    08.31.11