Nonwovens News
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Basell Expands Wesseling Site
Basell will build a new Spherilene S polyethylene plant at its Wesseling industrial site near Cologne, Germany. The plant will be based on Basell’s new Spherilene S single reactor gas phase design. Start-up is planned for 2008. Basell currently…08.01.06
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K-C Delays Close of Nonwovens Plant
Kimberly-Clark Corp. will keep its Neenah, WI nonwovens plant open until the end of 2008, two years longer than previously planned due to greater-than-expected demand for its baby and child care products, which is expected to continue. In March, the…08.01.06
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Airlaid | Needlepunch | Spunbond | Spunlace
Neumag Opens Carding Center In Austria
At the end of July, the new Neumag Carding Center was officially opened at Neumag Austria (formerly Fehrer) in Linz, Austria. The center contains a carded nonwovens production line extending from bale opening to end product winding and offers a compl…07.31.06
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Wipes
PGI Files Suit to Protect Apex Technology
Polymer Group, Inc., through certain of its subsidiaries, has filed a suit against The Kroger Co. (Kroger), Inter-American Products, Inc. (Inter-American) and U.S. Nonwovens Corp. for patent infringement related to private-label imaged wipes sold thr…07.28.06
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Composite | Filtration | Meltblown | Turkey | Wipes
Mogul Invests In Several Technologies
Mogul Nonwovens, a Turkish roll goods producer, is building a new facility on a 23,000 square meter land parcel located three kilometers away from its existing plant in Gaziantep, Turkey. The facility will house a number of new machines includi…07.27.06
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Avgol Sells 20% Stake, Invests In Eastern Europe
In June, Avgol Nonwovens Industries sold 20% of its outstanding shares to Israel Petrochemical Enterprises (IPE), which also owns a 50% stake in Carmel Olefins, a polypropylene and polyethylene resin producer in Israel. Nir Peleg, Avgol C…07.25.06
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PaperPak Expands In NC
PaperPak products, a manufacturer of adult disposable incontinence products, will expand its workforce by nearly a third and invest $9.7 million in its facility in Pitt County, North Carolina. As part of the expansion, PaperPak will also move its cor…07.18.06
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Kimberly-Clark To Restart Diaper Line
Consumer product giant Kimberly-Clark, Dallas, TX, plans to restart one idle diaper production machine at its Lakeview production facility in Menasha, WI next month. The company will bring back 20 to 25 of the workers it laid off in June as part of a…07.17.06
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Composite | Construction
Colbond To Be Sold
London, U.K.-based specialty materials group Low & Bonar plans to purchase nonwoven roll goods producer Colbond, Arnhem, The Netherlands, for $137 million on a cash-free and debt-free basis, subject to certain post-completion adjustments. &quo…07.17.06
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Apparel | Filtration | Spunbond
Cerex Adds Line, Unveils New Product
Cerex Advanced Fabrics, Inc, a division of Western Nonwovens, Inc, is producing high quality, nylon-based spunbond nonwovens on a new line at its Cantonment, FL facility. The new fabrics will be sold under the SpectraMax brand name to the automotive…07.11.06
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Spunbond
Bayteks Adds Second Line
Turkish nonwovens producer Bayteks, based in Gaziantep, started up a second spunbond line, based on proprietary technology, in May 2006. According to general manager Aykut Peltek, the new line is 2.5 meters wide and features unique technology which a…07.11.06
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Spunlace
Jacob Holm To Separate STA Division
Jacob Holm & Sons has broadened its industrial textile products business through the acquisition ot Tytex and will form a new company combining the activities of Tytex with its STA (Specialty Technical Applications) division with the name Jacob H…07.07.06
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Celanese Revs Up CEE Business
The Emulsions & PVOH business of Celanese has expanded its distribution agreement with Poland’s HSH Group for the sale of Mowilith and Vinamul emulsions into Central and Eastern Europe, including the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Roman…07.07.06
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Cardinal Sharpens Focus Outside U.S.
Cardinal Health, a provider of healthcare products and services has reorganized to align its manufacturing business and sharpen its focus on expanding its non-U.S. business. David Schlotterbeck has assumed additional responsibility for Cardinal Healt…07.07.06
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Fibers
Temafa NA Needs To Be Handled Through Dilo, Inc.
Temafa, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, has named Dilo, Inc., Charlotte, NC, to be the exclusive sales and service representative for North America. Temafa’s North American needs were served by Louis P. Batson, Greenville, SC, prior to Dilo’s…07.06.06
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Intissel Examining Xinlong Partnership
Intissel, French subsidiary of Chargeurs Interlining, specializing in nonwovens technology, is discussing the possibility of a strategic partnership with Xinlong Group, a leading Chinese supplier of technical nonwovens. The agreement would allow Inti…07.05.06
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Needlepunch | Spunbond | Wipes
Rieter, NSC Show Fruits Of Collaboration
French machinery manufacturers NSC Nonwoven (Thiebau-Asselin) and Rieter Perfojet recently held a celebration inaugurating a joint pilot line at Rieter Perfojet’s technical center in Monbonnot, France. The two companies announced an alliance to…07.05.06
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Construction | Filtration
Ahlstrom Invests In Specialty Papers
Ahlstrom will invest approximately € 5.2 million in a new specialty glassfiber reinforcement plant in the U.S. The investment further strengthens Ahlstrom's position as a leading global developer and manufacturer of specialty reinforcements for…06.30.06
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Küsters Ownership Changes
Austrian technology group Andritz has bought its remaining 40% stake in the paper and nonwovens machine business of Eduard Küsters Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG. Andritz purchased the 60% stake in Küsters's in November 2006 from J…06.28.06
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Airlaid | Feminine Hygiene | Thermal Bonded
New Airlaid Company Formed
Two airlaid veterans have formed a new company, Danish Airlaid Technology A/S, to offer flexible airlaid technology to a number of markets. Lars Laursen and Mogens Olesen have erected a new building in Horsens, Denmark for the commercial production o…06.28.06
