Sappi has reported a net profit of $58m for this financial year’s third quarter, compared to $32m for the same period last year. For Q3, its earnings per share stood at $0.11, excluding special items. Sappi had also reduced its debt ...
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The Indian subsidiary of Clariant, a producer of specialty chemicals has acquired the black pigment preparations business of Lanxess, located at Nagda in Madhya Pradesh. Lanxess manufactures black pigment preparations used for processing ...
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Aditya Birla Group has announced the launch of Birla Cellulose’s ‘Liva’ brand. The Liva fabric uses Birla Cellulose’s viscose staple fibre (vsf) and is manufactured by the company’s accredited partners, who are ...
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Preliminary figures released by Austria based producer of specialty viscose fibres indicate that its consolidated sales declined marginally in 2014 from 2013. Consolidated revenues of the Lenzing Group slipped slightly to €1.86 ...
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Outlast Technologies, a developer and producer of temperature regulating fabrics has launched a new fabric by blending PCM viscose fibres with down fibres to offer a solution for climate comfort in bedding and apparel products. Outlast ...
Manmade fibre industry, which is witnessing an increasing demand for sustainable products, is likely to use wood pulp (a renewable source) as the main raw material for manmade cellulosic in the coming years. Speaking to Fibre2Fashion, ...
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Fortress Paper Ltd. announces that that China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") has made a preliminary determination to impose an interim duty on the import of Canadian dissolving pulp into China. The interim duty applied against the ...
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Kelheim Fibres has introduced new viscose speciality fibres at this year’s Techtextil. The newly developed functional fibres from Kelheim Fibres have a wide range of applications, including nonwovens and filtration. Kelheim Fibres ...
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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 ...
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Kelheim Fibres is particularly reliable and trustworthy. The AEO C certificate, which Kelheim Fibres has received following a thorough examination by the customs authorities, proves what long-term business partners of the viscose fibre ...
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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 ...
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This was the title of the paper given to approximately 280 attendees at the third Cooperation Forum Biopolymers in Straubing by Dr. Haio Harms, CEO of Kelheim Fibres GmbH. The paper illustrated impressively the versatility of viscose fibres ...
In order to take advantage of tariff preferences available in Vietnam such as Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP)and other Free-Trade Agreements(FTAs),several textile and garment manufacturers worldwide are investing in textile projects in ...
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The R&D team of the Bavarian viscose specialities manufacturer Kelheim Fibres has developed a completely new viscose fibre named Umberto. The most remarkable thing about Umberto is its cross section - or better: cross sections. By ...
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The Board of Jilin Qifeng Chemical Fiber Co Ltd announces that the Company entered into the Assets Purchase Agreement with Jilin Chemical Fiber Co Limited (JCFCL), pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase and JCFCL agreed to sell ...
Tags: JCFCL, PAN, water treatment assets