02.05.23
Here's your weekly recap—the most viewed news stories on our site for the week ended Feb. 4, 2023.
Kimberly-Clark has asked a Texas federal judge to throw a proposed class action suit by four parents alleging that its Huggies brand diapers caused unsafe levels of a proprietary chemical and caused burns. The Dallas, TX-based manufacturer reportedly says the claims are meritless. The suit was filed by New York Attorney C.K. Lee and the Lee Litigation Group last year, alleging that Huggies diapers caused severe chemical burns to their infants, which in one case involved a life-threatening ulcer. The complaint was lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, where Kimberly-Clark is headquartered, but the plaintiffs hail from four different states and seek to represent a nationwide class of consumers defrauded by Kimberly-Clark.
In other news, WPT Nonwovens Corporation has invested $18.5 million in a new man-made fiber (MMF) nonwoven manufacturing line that will add 35 new jobs to the existing WPT workforce of 110 employees. The new manufacturing line will be housed in a newly constructed 75,000 square feet building owned by WPT Nonwovens.
WPT partnered with Trützschler Nonwovens, which teamed up with Schott & Meissner to deliver a state-of- the-art, high-capacity line including the T-Blend fiber preparation system, two TWF-NC roller cards and Schott & Meissner’s high-speed “Speedliner” belt oven.
Here are our top 3 most viewed stories from the past week:
1. K-C Requests Huggies-Related Lawsuit to be Thrown Out
2. WPT Nonwovens to Add Thermobonding Line in Kentucky
3. Glatfelter Develops Compostable Wipe Substrate
Kimberly-Clark has asked a Texas federal judge to throw a proposed class action suit by four parents alleging that its Huggies brand diapers caused unsafe levels of a proprietary chemical and caused burns. The Dallas, TX-based manufacturer reportedly says the claims are meritless. The suit was filed by New York Attorney C.K. Lee and the Lee Litigation Group last year, alleging that Huggies diapers caused severe chemical burns to their infants, which in one case involved a life-threatening ulcer. The complaint was lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, where Kimberly-Clark is headquartered, but the plaintiffs hail from four different states and seek to represent a nationwide class of consumers defrauded by Kimberly-Clark.
In other news, WPT Nonwovens Corporation has invested $18.5 million in a new man-made fiber (MMF) nonwoven manufacturing line that will add 35 new jobs to the existing WPT workforce of 110 employees. The new manufacturing line will be housed in a newly constructed 75,000 square feet building owned by WPT Nonwovens.
WPT partnered with Trützschler Nonwovens, which teamed up with Schott & Meissner to deliver a state-of- the-art, high-capacity line including the T-Blend fiber preparation system, two TWF-NC roller cards and Schott & Meissner’s high-speed “Speedliner” belt oven.
Here are our top 3 most viewed stories from the past week:
1. K-C Requests Huggies-Related Lawsuit to be Thrown Out
2. WPT Nonwovens to Add Thermobonding Line in Kentucky
3. Glatfelter Develops Compostable Wipe Substrate
