Partnership will help INDA members achieve their sustainability goals Good360, a global leader in product philanthropy and purposeful giving, announced a strategic partnership with INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, to support its ongoing sustainability initiatives. This collaboration will play a vital role in advancing INDA’s Sustainability Theme, which launched earlier this year to […]
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Insights Ontex Group NV (Ontex), a leading international developer and producer of personal care products, has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to sell its Brazilian business activities to Softys for an enterprise value of BRL 671 million (~$121.90 million). Softys is a personal hygiene company with operations across Latin America that
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Insights Ontex Group NV (Ontex), a leading international developer and producer of personal care products, has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to sell its Brazilian business activities to Softys for an enterprise value of BRL 671 million (~$121.90 million). Softys is a personal hygiene company with operations across Latin America that
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Insights INDA, the Association of the Nonwovens Industry, based in Cary, North Carolina, and EDANA, the Voice of Nonwovens, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, have announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) in Rome. The proposed alliance aims to enhance value for members through expanded educational programs, joint advocacy efforts, and operational synergies. It
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Insights Freudenberg Performance Materials is expanding its business in coated technical textiles (Mehler Texnologies). The technical textiles specialist is acquiring major parts of the Heytex Group from the private equity investor Bencis Capital Partners. The acquisition covers the core business of Heytex with three production locations (Germany and China) and all headquarter related functions, including
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Insights Olli Hanninen has been appointed as the senior vice president (VP) of strategy at Valmet, effective October 1, 2024. He will report to president and CEO Thomas Hinnerskov and will join Valmet’s executive team. Hanninen has held various management roles in Kone’s services business from 2014 to 2024, culminating as senior vice president of
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Lenzing – The Lenzing Group, a leading supplier of regenerated cellulose fibers for the textile and nonwovens industries, announces that LD Celulose International GmbH (the “Issuer”), a wholly owned subsidiary of its Brazilian joint venture, LD Celulose S.A. (“LDC”), has successfully priced the offering of Green Notes in an aggregate principal amount of USD 650
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Program helps consumers, businesses and purchasers find products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named the American Cleaning Institute (ACI), the trade association for the U.S. cleaning product supply chain, as a Safer Choice Partner of the Year. This honor is ACI’s fifth
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HEIDENHEIM. Today, a world without wet-laid nonwovens is impossible to imagine. Absorbent, tear-resistant and adaptable, wet-laid nonwovens are ideally suited for wound dressings, hygiene products and cosmetic items. They are also found in clothing, electronics, construction and agriculture. Primarily, these kinds of products are manufactured using a hydrodynamic process, which means they are first dispersed in
Oak Brook, IL September 18, 2024 – Maxcess International, a global leader in innovative products and services for automated web handling applications, is pleased to announce the acquisition of International Cutting Die Inc. (ICD), a renowned manufacturer of precision cutting solid dies and supporting tools based in Melrose Park, Illinois. This strategic acquisition enhances Maxcess’s capabilities and strengthens
