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Expert Opinion
Adrian Wilson
On the Floor
Dornbirn 2020: It’s five past twelve…
Austrian Minister for Climate Action Leonore Gewessler opened the virtual Dornbirn 2020 Manmade Fibers Confere
Events Calendar 2020
- 24 September 2020 Research Triangle Park, NC
- 1-3 October 2020 Atlanta, GA
- 15-30 October 2020
Online
Game on! The Innovate Textile & Apparel virtual trade show makes its mark
- 4-6 November 2020 Indianapolis, IN
Nonwovens & Converting
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11th May 2020
NHS agrees contact for manufacture of PPE gowns in Scotland
The agreement will provide more than half of NHS Scotland's weekly requirement for non-sterile gowns, the Scottish government has announced...
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11th May 2020
Free Webinar for Nonwovens Network members
The new Golden Fleece of fabrics: Responses to a crisis will be broadcast at 15.30 GMT on Friday May 15th 2020...
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11th May 2020
INDA launches ‘Allies against COVID-19’ website
The new site connects suppliers with buyers and increases awareness of actions by nonwoven & engineered fabric producers in the fight against COVID-19...
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11th May 2020
INDEX 20 rescheduled for September 2021
The leading European nonwovens exhibition INDEX 20 has been be postponed until September 2021. The organisers issued the following statement this afternoon...
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6th May 2020
The new Golden Fleece of fabrics
Forget gold, copper, silver and steel. The hottest commodity of the coronavirus crisis is a little-known synthetic fabric called meltblown,” wrote Guy Chazan in an extraordinary article in the Financial Times on 1st May....
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4th May 2020
Exception proves the rule in the USA’s PPE shortage
The unique combination of factors that have led to North America’s shortages of PPE in responding to the current Covid-19 pandemic was explained in detail in a webinar presented by Brad Kalil...
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30th April 2020
Oerlikon Nonwoven expands laboratory nonwovens production
Within the context of supporting the critical infrastructure in Germany, Oerlikon Nonwoven immediately began converting its laboratory systems in Neumünster to manufacture nonwovens at the end of March ...
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28th April 2020
ITWM software supports nonwovens production for infection protection
Fraunhofer ITWM vs. Corona: with mathematics against the crisis...
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27th April 2020
Turin plant to make filtration media for 500 million surgical face masks in 2020
Ahlstrom-Munksjö expands the production of filtration media for 500 million surgical face masks in 2020 at its Turin plant in Italy ...
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23rd April 2020
Ahlstrom-Munksjö signs 100 million face mask material deal with France
During May, the company will produce material equivalent to 100 million face masks for civil servants in contact with the public such as police, prison administration and social workers ...
Latest Comments
Viscose fibres against marine pollution
PETROTECH PROCESSORS. 18th February 2019, 12:07PMWe have viscose short cut fibres in 30 denier in grey color. available regularly for marine use. [email protected] would it be of any further use.
Teijin develops highly modified cross-section crimped yarn
Fazil Khan - Research And Development Manager - BText. NZIM, CText. FTI/ Woolyarns Limited/New Zealand 25th November 2018, 21:00PMWe are a woollen yarn spinner and interested in Solotex Octa fibre. Please advise if you are able to supply 20Kg sample in 1.3dtex - 55mm fibre length for our spinning trials. Our contact details are : WOOLYRNS LIMITED 25 - 27 EASTERN HUTT ROAD, LOWER HUTT WELLINGTON NEW ZEALAND Tel: + 64 4 920 5304 Mobile: +64 21 353 018 Email: [email protected] Website: woolyarns .co.nz
Dragon Silk delivered to medical firm
bob 1st November 2018, 11:58AMlove dragon silk
Highly accelerated biodegradation rate for new synthetic insulation material
john 29th October 2018, 19:53PMThe article announces that "the bio-degradation process leaves behind water, methane, carbon dioxide and biomass." Both methane and carbon dioxide are widely considered undesirable in relation to carbon footprint. Water is OK. This leaves me wondering what the 'biomass' residue is actually composed of chemically, since the original polymer - albeit reclaimed - is synthetic. If this unspecified 'biomass' can still be ingested in an ocean environment, then where is the upside of the equation?
Next generation software for 3D warp knitted fabric simulation
Matt Bauer 23rd October 2018, 19:06PMWhat is the cost of this program and where can i purchase it ? Matt Bauer 423.834.1226