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INDA presented the World of Wipes Innovation Award to ITW Professional Brands for the Sertun Rechargeable Sanitizer Indicator Towels at the WOW conference, which took place in Minneapolis in the USA last week. The award is given to the product that demonstrates the most innovative, creative and novel use of nonwovens that most expands the use of nonwovens in terms of creativity, novelty, uniqueness and technical sophistication.
News11 Jun 2014More than 13,000 diapers were stolen from a diaper bank serving babies’ families in need in Durham, North Carolina in the USA. This unusual theft from a non-profit organisation made news the headlines across North America and beyond.
Almost 500 exhibitors are set to participate in Cinte Techtextil China, which will be held from September 24-26 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. The standalone event will utilise an extra hall and a total of 35,000 sqm of exhibition space, as it is no longer held with alongside Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics.
News5 Jun 2014HeiQ is offering new hangtags to explain the benefits of its Glider textile finish, designed to reduce friction and increase fabric comfort. The textile surface treatment aims to help the wearer feel more comfortable and at ease while moving and during sport.
Concept III Textiles is launching three new fabric lines at Outdoor in Friedrichshafen, Germany, to celebrate 30 years in developing performance textiles for the outdoor and active apparel markets. The company was founded in 1984 by UK-born David Parkes and is based in Red Bank, New Jersey in the United States. Concept III also has a European office in North Yorkshire in the UK.
Unifi is expanding its Repreve recycling centre, which opened in Yadkinville, North Carolina in May 2010. The company will increase recycling capacity from 42 million pounds to 72 million pounds annually, thanks to increased demand from new customer adoptions from companies including Ford, The North Face, Nike, Volcom and Patagonia.
Profile3 Jun 2014Cocona has re-launched as 37.5 to emphasise the performance benefits of the activated carbon textile technology. Tara Hounslea catches up with Jeff Bowman to find out the latest about the company’s new brand name, updated business model and expanded capabilities
Review3 Jun 2014CIDPEX 2014, organised by the China National Household Paper Industry Association (CNHPIA), was held from May 14-16 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, with more than 700 exhibitors and 30,000 visitors. The event dedicated to the tissue paper and disposable hygiene products industry attracted more overseas exhibitors and visitors this year too.
Rockline Industries has installed the largest single geothermal heating and cooling system for use in a production facility in the United States. The company said its 1.2 million square foot nonwovens converting plant, located in Booneville, Arkansas, is the first and only production facility to be heated and cooled by geothermal technology and is expected to reduce Booneville’s reliance on overall energy and natural gas by 65%.
Techtextil North America, JEC Americas and Texprocess Americas attracted 9,039 visitors to the three-in-one event that was the largest technical textiles, nonwovens, textile machinery, composites, sewn products and equipment trade show in the United States.
Arvind OG Nonwovens Private Limited, a joint venture between Arvind Ltd and OG Corporation of Japan, inaugurated its manufacturing facilities near Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on 31 May 2014. The JV will manufacture high quality nonwoven fabrics using needlepunch technology for bag house filtration, artificial leather and a variety of other applications. The JV also has a technology alliance with Kureha Ltd of Japan.
INDA, the US-based association of the nonwoven fabrics industry, has purchased the Insight conference from Marketing Technology Service (MTS) and plans to combine the event with its Vision consumer products conference. Both events have focused on the absorbent product and disposable hygiene market segments.
The predominantly short wooled second shear offering from the North Island saw the shears, lambs’ wool and oddments ease with longer and finer fleece wools firm to dearer. Of the 11,000 bales on offer, 95% sold, according to Wool Services International.
The Australian Wool Exchange’s (AWEX) Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) rose by 1 cent on the previous week’s sale (May 22). The EMI closed at 1,040 Australian cents per kilo clean on Thursday May 29. In US dollar terms, the EMI increased by 3 cents to 965 US cents per kilo.
