12.30.13
Japan's Shinwa has formed a joint partnership with Tokyo Medical in Indoneisa. The new company, SNI, will make spunlace nonwovens starting in 2014. According to Nonwovens Industry Far East correspondent Kin Ohmura, the grpup will make more than 5,000 tons of spunlace nonwovens per year. Shinwa holds an 80% stake in the operation, which was established in mid 2012.