ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order to supply a complete wetlace line to the leading Turkish nonwovens producer Akinal Sentetik Tekstil. The highly flexible ANDRITZ technology combines wet forming and hydroentanglement and is especially suitable for the production of flushable wipes that are dispersible and 100 per cent biodegradable without any chemical binder.
Year: 2015
Trevira has considerably intensified its activities in the area of brand control. The control measures involve not only monitoring flame retardancy, the feature safeguarded by trademark testing, they also include chemical tests and analyses.
New figures suggest foreign-owned businesses are continuing to ramp up their investment in Vietnam’s garment manufacturing sector in anticipation of the potential Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ´ yet one of the country’s leading economists has urged Vietnam’s authorities to consider restricting the number of textile and garment projects due to environmental concerns.
For more than 60 years, WEKO, Weitmann & Konrad GmbH & Co KG from Leinfelden-Echterdingen near Stuttgart, has been active in their present business fields. WEKO develops, manufactures and sells sophisticated liquid and powder application systems for the film, non-woven, tissue, textile, paper, printing and fibreboard industries.
EDANA, the leading global association and voice of the nonwovens and related industries has announced the launch of a new award for the nonwovens industry, specifically aimed at the Asia-Pacific region.
Ronald J Ebelhar, senior principal with Terracon in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been named chairman of the 2015 ASTM International board of directors.
Established in 1996, Coimbatore-based Nestling Technologies is one of the leading providers of up-gradation of machinery like carding, open-end and spinning, etc. Apart from other products and services for the textile industry, Nestling´s main focus in on providing solutions for contamination issues.