March 2024

Ontex, a leading international provider of personal care solutions, is proud to announce that it has secured a place in the top 10 of Belgian applicants at the European Patent Office (EPO) for the year 2023, for the second year in a row. Maintaining its position at number 8, Ontex reconfirms its commitment to research and development […]

Torayfan PP film is made with certified circular resins. Toray Plastics announced it is offering its customers Torayfan PP film made with certified circular resins. Toray is purchasing certified circular resin from Exxon Mobil, which makes use of an advanced recycling technology called Exxtend. Toray’s PP film is used for a wide variety of food packaging applications. According

ACG Kinna Automatic and ACG Nyström develop fully automated system After an intensive few years of development, ACG Kinna Automatic and ACG Nyström – members of TMAS, the Swedish textile machinery association – have delivered the first microfactory for the production of fully finished filter bags to a major international filtration industry customer, in cooperation with JUKI Central Europe.

Companies aim to provide the market with circular material and product solutions based on recycled textiles at scale The Loop Factory and Rester announced a strategic partnership in response to the critical challenge of finding circular solutions at scale for non-reusable textiles. The Loop Factory and Rester will join forces to meet the growing need for innovative solutions

Insights First Quality has announced the next phase of their investments and growth in the absorbent hygiene market. The company will increase baby diapers and training pant manufacturing capacity by 50 per cent. This expansion will include an investment in a new manufacturing facility, new diaper manufacturing lines, new training pant lines and a new

Neenah Industrial Solutions, a Mativ brand and leading manufacturer of critical components and specialty solutions, today announces a name change and rebrand to Indafor. The rebrand provides the perfect opportunity for Neenah Industrial Solutions to move beyond the legacy parent company Neenah-based name and adopt a new name, look, contemporary website, and updated marketing collateral,

At SaigonTex from April 10 to 13, 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the Oerlikon Business Unit Manmade Fibers Solutions will be presenting complete solutions from a single source. At the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center, the machine manufacturer’s experts will be providing information about their sustainable machine and system technologies at the Illies

Hengst Filtration, Germany’s leading filtration company, has unveiled its cutting-edge facility in Yelahanka, Bengaluru. This strategic move aims to address the surging demand for filtration systems in automotive, hydraulics, healthcare, and industrial sectors within the country. With an initial investment of 2 million Euros (INR 17 Crores) allocated towards machinery, IT infrastructure, and warehousing, Hengst

Polypropylene manufactured from bio-attributed and bio-circular propylene will support growing consumer demand for more sustainable plastics Shell Chemicals recently started to supply Braskem (BM&FBOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) with bio-attributed and bio-circular propylene feedstocks, based on a mass balance approach and independently certified by a third party.   Braskem will utilize such

 The new staple fiber technology center of the Neumünster-based plant construction company Oerlikon Neumag, which opened in 2022, is now also available to customers for tests on continuous inline pilot lines for processing various polymers. The ultra-modern technology center initially focused on the further development of polyester fibers. Product development in the Oerlikon Neumag staple