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Published May 4, 2005
International Newsletters has published “World Markets for Nonwovens and Other Unspun Products to 2010.” This report has been produced by experts assembled by the internationally renowned organization Comite International de la Rayonne et… Read More »
Published May 4, 2005
First quarter sales grew 18.5% to reach $244.4 million during the first quarter ended April 2, 2005 at Polymer Group Inc., N. Charleston, SC. Profits increased 15.6% to $43.9 million. Sales growth was reportedly driven by higher volumes in all of the… Read More »
Published May 4, 2005
EDANA’s Nonwovens Research Academy kicked off at INDEX 05 in Geneva last month. A newly launched initiative of EDANA, Europe’s nonwovens-related trade organization, the aim of the Academy is to provide an exchange of ideas and research re… Read More »
Published May 4, 2005
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court has approved a reorganization plan for Watertown, NY-based Knowlton Specialty Papers Inc. that will allow the papermaker to pay off all of its creditors in full. The company has also settled a claim with insurance companies st… Read More »
Published April 28, 2005
PHS Group, a subsidiary of Synergy Brands, Inc., plans to leverage its Dominican Republic relationships in the cigar business and enter the country's disposable diaper market as a result of an agreement with Associated Hygienic Products, LLC, Duluth… Read More »
Published April 28, 2005
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Dallas, TX, is underway with plans to combine its North Atlantic Personal Care and Family Care businesses into a single organization under one leader. Steve Kalmanson, currently group president-North Atlantic Personal Care… Read More »
Published April 20, 2005
One year after purchasing Czech Republic-based nonwovens producer Vigona, Fibertex has finalized plans to add a large needlepunch line to the operation. The NSC line will be installed at a Greenfield location near the two existing Vigona sites in Svi… Read More »
Published April 20, 2005
Bleached cotton producer Ihsan Sons, Lahore, Pakistan, has unveiled plans to forward integrate by installing a hydroentangling line at its Lahore headquarters. The new line, featuring technology from Fleissner as well as Truetzscler and Spinnbau, wil… Read More »
Published April 20, 2005
An Indian textiles producer has partnered with French systems provider Rieter Perfojet to establish its country?s first spunlace operation. Ginni Filament, based in New Delhi, will install a 3.6-meter-wide, 12,000 ton-per-year Rieter Perfojet Jetlace… Read More »
Published April 20, 2005
Advanced Fabrics (SAAF) has purchased a Reicofil 4 multibeam machine from Reifenhäuser. The new line will be installed in SAAF?s Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia plant when it comes onstream in 2006. The investment will increase SAAF?s capacity to 30,000 m… Read More »
Published April 8, 2005
Scientists at Texas Tech University's Institute of Environmental and Human Health have unveiled a new composite nonwoven cotton fabric they say will protect against biological and chemical agents. The fabric, developed with the U.S. Department of Def… Read More »
Published April 8, 2005
Weyerhaeuser Company will appeal a decision made by a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge awarding $460 million to the estate of diaper producer Paragon Trade Brands. Weyerhaeuser has not recorded a charge against earnings because it believes the bankruptcy decisi… Read More »
Published April 8, 2005
Concert Industries has appointed Tony Molluso president and chief executive officer, effective April 11, 2005. Mr. Molluso joins Concert from Vicwest Corporation where, as president and CEO, he recently completed a highly successful turnaround mandat… Read More »
Published April 8, 2005
Saurer has acquired a 100% stake in Kortec GmbH, a supplier of festooning machinery for the nonwovens industry. Kortec will be merged into Neumag, which manages Sauer's nonwovens business. Kortec offers a wide range of festooning machine types and en… Read More »
Published April 8, 2005
Foss Manufacturing Company has appointed Jeff Dellinger as managing director of its Fiber Business Unit. Mr. Dellinger's responsibilities include the management of several key areas for Foss's Fiber Unit as well as global sales and marketing, technic… Read More »
