The Nonwovens business unit of Germany-based Freudenberg & Co. KG has installed a regranulation unit at its Kaiserslautern plant to enable it to reprocess and reuse materials that have been rejected from its production process. The unit ...
Tags: Freudenberg Nonwovens, Textile
In our ageing society, the need for discrete incontinence solutions is growing. At the same time, the waste problem with these products is increasing. Kelheim Fibres, the leading manufacturer of viscose speciality fibres, has created a ...
Tags: Textile
Duni releases interim report from 1 January – 31 March 2013 Highlights -Net sales amounted to SEK 852 m (856). Adjusted for exchange rate changes, net sales increased by 2.5%. -Increase in sales adjusted for currency exchange rates ...
Brazilian food company Vigor, a subsidiary of JBS, has entered into an agreement to acquire 50% stake in dairy cooperative Itambe for BRL410m ($208.3m). Itambe, which is one of the leading dairy cooperatives in Brazil, sources milk from ...
Tags: food company, Vigor, food
Germany-based specialty fiber manufacturer Kelheim Fibres GmbH has developed Olea, an intrinsically water-repellent viscose fiber. The company reports it is able to retain the viscose fiber's characteristic properties by incorporating ...
The Bavarian viscose fibre specialist Kelheim Fibres has developed the first viscose fibre with intrinsic water repellent properties; the fibre has been named Olea. In contrast to other methods of creating hydrophobic properties, Kelheim ...
Tags: water repellent viscose fibre, viscose fibre, fibre industry
The hotel sector, health care system and food industry generate huge amounts of linen every day which is becoming increasingly expensive to treat and care for due rising energy costs. Therefore manufacturers of commercial washing machines ...
Tags: Hohenstein, Greying, Linen, Sustainable Process
First,there's a certain amount of humor attached to the bathroom,of course.It even has a type of humor named after it–bathroom humor!This is because in North America,we're queasy about our bodily functions enough to make jokes about ...
The new alliance covers the co-branding of future product developments using Amicor fibers and yarns and the Sanitized hygiene function. The Amicor anti-bacterial and anti-fungal intelligent fiber – integrated technology was ...
Tags: Amicor fibers, yarns, Thai Acrylic Fibre, Santized AG
Over ninety five members of the SCLAA, Queensland Division, spent their annual Christmas party for the third consecutive year with a twist. The SCLAA members spent three hours packing 600 hampers for Foodbank to distribute to those in need ...
Tags: SCLAA, Christmas, hamper, families in crisis
BEIJING — December 5, 2012 — A new survey released today by DuPont revealed a growing understanding of green products among urban Chinese consumers. Seventy percent of these consumers expressed confidence in the environmental ...
Tags: green products, Chinese consumers, sustainability targets
CCL Label has announced the launch of a new shrink sleeve, Easy4opening paired with a tamper-evident seal. The easy-to-open sleeve covers the neck/top of bottles and comparable containers for food or cosmetic and hygiene products. ...
Tags: Shrink Sleeve, sleeve, comparable containers
SCA Hygiene Products and Sappi applied at the German Federal German Cartel Office for approval for the formation of a joint company on 5 November. The companies thereby implemented the announcement made by SCA in September that by the turn ...
Sorubin, a supplier of energy efficient aeration products for water treatment, has developed its Microluft aerator to make it fully operational in unfiltered wastewater. This means pumping fibers (hair and fabric) and various solid objects ...
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Sorubin, a supplier of energy efficient aeration products for water treatment, has developed its Microluft aerator to make it fully operational in unfiltered wastewater. This means pumping fibers (hair and fabric) and various solid objects ...
Tags: market view, water treatment, technical