February 2024

Danish femcare startup launches cotton-free menstrual products made from Sero fibers Danish Femcare Start-up Mewalii, founded by Simone Westergaard and Frederikke Dahl, has introduced the period pads crafted from Sero regenerative hemp fibers without the use of cotton. The launch, which took place in January 2024, marks a significant milestone for the founders after more than […]

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper is expanding production of its innovative range of paper-based EcoWicketBags. This comes in response to increasing demand for sustainable packaging in the home and personal care (HPC) industry, particularly for products such as diapers and feminine hygiene products. By expanding the production of EcoWicketBags at its plant in

Smaller machine offers lower cost femcare dispensing option for lower traffic areas Hospeco Brands Group, a leader in menstrual care and other products for the away from home market, is offering an affordable, pad-only public restroom dispenser intended for use in lower-traffic reas for schools and other facilities that serve younger people. Ideal for use

Integrated technology solutions will reduce Türkiye’s polymer imports and meet growing demand for polymer products Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced an integrated technology award from BAYEGAN. BAYEGAN will license Lummus’ CATOFIN® technology for a new 450 KTA propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit and Lummus’ Novolen® technology for a new 450 KTA polypropylene (PP)

The Lenzing Group, a global producer of regenerated cellulosic fibers for the textile and nonwovens industries, has updated its climate targets to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit the human-induced global temperature increase to 1.5°C. The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), the most respected organization in the field of climate-related target

Daio Paper Corporation and Hokuetsu Corporation have agreed to begin concrete discussions toward forming a strategic business alliance to resolve management issues faced by both companies and to further enhance their corporate value amid the severe business environment surrounding the pulp and paper industry. Daio Paper and Hokuetsu are paper manufacturers that have worked to

 Eastman (NYSE: EMN) today announced a long-term agreement with Nord Pal Plast SA part of Dentis Group, a leading Italian multinational company specializing in the recovery and mechanical recycling of PET packaging waste. Through its mechanical recycling sites in France (Nord Pal Plast SA), Spain (PET COMPAÑÍA PARA SU RECICLADO) and Italy (Dentis Recycling Italy Srl), Dentis will provide 30,000 metric tonnes per

Freudenberg Medical, a global contract design and manufacturing (CDMO) partner to the medical device and biopharma industry with facilities in key industry hubs across the Americas, Europe and Asia, announced it is to establish a second manufacturing site in Costa Rica. With this $25 million investment the company is expanding its technologies to deliver increasingly

Berry Global, a leader in the design and manufacture of innovative, sustainable packaging solutions recently opened the doors to its “Circular Innovation and Training Center” in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The new 12,000 square foot center will accelerate the development of highly innovative products driven by superior materials science and engineering, foster a collaborative space for training, and

ITMA 2023 exhibitors in the nonwovens arena embraced the show’s sustainable theme. In North America and Europe, spunmelt nonwoven technologies— spunbond and meltblown technologies and their composites — dominate, while in the rest of the world, staple fiber process technologies dominate. Note that the spunmelt technologies are becoming significant in Asia Pacific as well. Europe,