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Published March 1, 2013
Due to increasing pressure from raw material price increases, Freudenberg Politex has implemented a 5-7% price hike for different products in its portfolio, effective March 15. The company says PET chips prices have been on the move since the summer… Read More »
Published February 28, 2013
Autoneum, a Swiss thermal and acoustic nonwovens insulation company, is boosting its local presence with a production plant in Russia. Starting in the fall of 2013, Autoneum will be producing acoustic and thermal components in Ryazan for the growing… Read More »
Published February 27, 2013
Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. has decided to build new verification and production facilities for cellulose nanofibers at Iwakuni Mill, part of its of chemical division, to develop the cellulose nanofiber business using pulp as materials. Cellul… Read More »
Published February 26, 2013
$13 million raise led by SABIC Ventures, Saudi Basic Industries. Read More »
Published February 25, 2013
Clopay Plastic Products Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, announced that Clopay Europe will exit certain less profitable product categories in 2013 in order to focus on operating and growing its more profitable business lines… Read More »
Published February 25, 2013
Projected to grow by 19% in 2013. Read More »
Published February 21, 2013
RoboVent, a U.S. supplier of ventilation and filtration equipment, has acquired Bisco Systems, a 19-year-old Indianapolis area business. The acquisition marks the latest move from this Michigan-based corporation to extend its reach to key manufacturi… Read More »
BWF Envirotec introduces PM-Tec membrane product line
Published February 20, 2013
BWF Envirotec, a manufacturer of filter media for industrial filtration, has extended product portfolio with the new PM-Tec product line and is offering new filter media specifically used in filtration of minute dust particles. The name for the new p… Read More »
Published February 19, 2013
Elsner Engineering Works has named Jim Brown its newest sales team member. Brown will have direct sales account responsibility in both the domestic and international arena. Prior to working at Elsner, Brown managed accounts relating to similar automa… Read More »
Published February 15, 2013
Ahlstrom's head office will move to the Töölönlahti area in the center of Helsinki at the end of February, 2013. The company's current head office has been located in Salmisaari in the western part of Helsinki since the end of… Read More »
Published February 15, 2013
Suominen’s board of directors has decided to move the company's head office to Helsinki. The head office address is Porkkalankatu 20 A, FI-00180 Helsinki, Finland. Previously the company’s head office was located in Tampere. All telep… Read More »
Asahi Kasei hosts grand opening for spunbond plant in Thailand
Published February 15, 2013
Asahi Kasei Fibers held a grand opening ceremony for a new spunbond plant in Thailand on February 12, 2013. Since beginning its spunbond business in 1973, Asahi Kasei Fibers has supplied Eltas spunbond for use in a wide variety of applications. The… Read More »
Published February 14, 2013
Teijin Limited has received a Grand Award at the nano tech 2013 International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference, which took place at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan from Jan. 30 to Feb. 1. Teijin presented advanced nano materials, including p… Read More »
Published February 14, 2013
New line will add specialty fiber production to Lenzing HQ Read More »
Published February 13, 2013
Enables a wider variety of drugs and biologically-based entities to be effectively used in implantable fiber-based medical devices. Read More »