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The company will add a large-scale Dan-Web airlaid production line to the Engineered Absorbent Materials (EAM) facility. This move will help the company become a leading airlaid nonwovens provider.

As a fresh wave of Covid-19 virus hits the country, innovative products such as the PyroTex specialty fiber are the need of the hour as it prevents the spread of the deadly virus, says Rajanna L Gotipamul & S B Vhanbatte.

Recent research showed that face masks helped to curtail the COVID 19 spread in the US, when face mask mandate was in effect in different states, says Dr Seshadri Ramkumar, Professor, Texas Tech University.

Nonwoven textiles are integral components of surgical masks, N95 face masks and different PPEs, which have saved lives. The state of the nonwovens sector during the current pandemic, innovations in this sector and its contributions to counter future pandemics will be discussed in a forthcoming virtual conference.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö is a global leader in fibre-based materials, supplying innovative and sustainable solutions to its customers. The company’s offering includes filter materials, release liners, food and beverage processing materials, decor papers, abrasive and tape backings, electrotechnical paper, glass fibre materials, medical fibre materials, diagnostics and energy storage solutions, as well as a range of specialty papers for industrial and consumer end-uses. The company’s annual net sale is about EUR 2.7 billion and employs about 7,800 people. Lionel Bonte, Vice President, Medical Business, Ahlstrom-Munksjö discusses the scope of medical textiles in India and the rising awareness of viral protection post-pandemic.