The group has just been awarded a PEFC sustainable forest management certification. APRIL is Indonesia’s second largest paper and pulp company, and will rely solely on plantations to provide the fibre for its pulp, and not ...
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OrganoClick AB, a Swedish company that develops, produces and markets functional materials based on environmentally friendly fibre chemistry, has received funding of SEK 815,000 (approx. $99,542) from Vinnova, a Swedish governmental ...
The BMW has pared off extra pounds from its 7 Series sedan, production of which has kicked off at its Dingolfing plant in Germany. With the series output of the new variant set to begin next month, the sedan boasts of innovations in ...
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The Hohenstein Institute has developed a model specifically for predicting the lifespan and period of use for cotton textiles, so that uniform providers can work out their costs for replacing worn out materials. “The weakness of ...
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The Mafatlal brand of Mafatlal Industries has been awarded India’s No.1 Brand in 2014 under India’s Best Textile Company category by the No.1 Brand Awards Council. The award was presented recently at a ceremony in Mumbai. ...
Wacker Chemie AG has started up a new specialty monomer plant with a yearly capacity of 3,800 metric tons at its Burghausen facility in Germany. "The specialty monomers; vinyl neodecanoate and vinyl laurate are key raw materials in the ...
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Sustainability - we often hear about this, but what does it really mean? It means changing the way we think about how we use our resources and make small changes that have a big impact on nature and community. To this cause and with a ...
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Praedium, the Spanish investment Group which owns Nylstar, a producer of polyamide yarns and fabrics, has acquired acrylic fibre manufacturer Montefibre Hispania SA. Praedium has invested €2 million to acquire a 90 per cent stake in ...
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Global packaging and paper group Mondi has agreed to acquire two extrusion coating facilities from Walki Group for EUR60m. The transaction includes Walki's industrial packaging facilities in Pietarsaari, Finland and Wroclaw, Poland. ...
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Breakfast cereal manufacturer Uncle Tobys has launched a new product in its Plus breakfast cereals range, ‘Plus Iron’. The Company says the new ‘Plus Iron’ would fall into the existing Plus Breakfast range and ...
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Cotton Council International (CCI), which works in conjunction with the National Cotton Council to promote US cotton exports, is all set to launch its 25-year old flagship brand COTTON USA in India. Under COTTON USA brand, CCI ...
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Dr Greg A. Constable of Australia has been declared the winner of 2015 the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) researcher of the year, the committee said on its website. The ICAC awards the researcher a shield, an honorarium of ...
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The VDMA Textile Machinery Association organised a press conference on sustainability at Techtextil, which was addressed by representatives from Trützschler, August Herzog Maschinenfabrik and Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Segment. ...
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While there is still some interest in digestive health claims on food products globally, changes in legislation around such claims have meant that food manufacturers have started to focus more on specific ingredients with a ...
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Matthews Australasia launched the Autolabel label printer applicator (LPA) to the Australian market at Auspack 2015. The product was also a finalist in the Best New Product award category. Mark Dingley, Matthews’ General Manager, ...
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