OUTLOOK™ 15 Delivers Unrivaled Opportunities for Dialogue across the Nonwovens Hygiene Value Chain，"With the broad supply chain for the NW hygiene market present at OUTLOOK, the Athens event confirmed the value of attending for our business." Said Eamonn Tighe, European Fibers Business Development for Natureworks LLC. With more than 420 delegates from across the nonwovens and related industries, OUTLOOK™, the world-leading conference for the nonwovens hygiene and personal care industry, was again confirmed as the must-attend event of the year for the personal care and hygiene products industries,showcasing EDANA’s daily mission to support the growth and promote the sustainable development of the industry.
"OUTLOOK is the event where the global NW hygiene industry meets. As a nonwoven supplier to this industry, it was essential that we attend and network with other participants." Said Ray Dunleavy, Head of Global Marketing, Strategy and Business Development at Fitesa.In 2015, EDANA welcomed back Robert Ward from the Economist Intelligence Unit as the keynote speaker to address the “Global and EU Macroeconomic Outlook”, which was complemented by David Dodwell, CEO of Strategic Access Limited, on the final day of the conference on “The Rise of China and the Asia-Pacific: Understanding the challenges, harnessing the opportunities”.Speakers across the conference presented market data, consumer and demographic trends from Europe, Asia and the global hygiene markets, and product and technology developments, and a special presentation on the role of private equity in the development of the nonwovens industry.OUTLOOK™ 2016 will take place in Madrid, Spain, from the 21st to the 23rd September, 2015, and OUTLOOK™ Asia will be held again in Singapore for its third edition form the 2nd to 3rd March, 2016.
PGI September 08, 2014 (United States Of America)
US-based nonwovens manufacturer Polymer Group Inc. (PGI) said it has expanded its Spinlace production capacity by adding one more line at its North Carolina facility.The new Spinlace line, the second such line at the plant, adds more than 300 million square meters of manufacturing capacity to the plant capacity and is expected to start commercial production in late third quarter of 2014, PGI said."The specialty materials industry is highly competitive, and PGI continues to lead the market through an unparalleled combination of innovation and quality," said CEO Joel Hackney."Whether they serve consumer or industrial users, our customers know to expect the best quality nonwovens developed with the most advanced technology available", he added.The Spinlace technology utilizes a highly efficient process that incorporates almost limitless material inputs, including pulp, with high-speed hydroentanglement.Additionally, the process uses PGI's proprietary Apex technology to impart customizable three-dimensional images directly into the fabric to impart both functional and aesthetic attributes.This process results in stronger and higher performing materials at typically lower weights, with a better value proposition than traditional manufacturing methods.PGI operates from 24 locations in 14 countries and has around 5,000 employees on its rolls and serves the home and personal care wipes, commercial wipes, hygiene and healthcare segments.
22-5-2014 CTT News
Morning of May 19, 2014, Zheng Junlin, vice President of CNITA to attend a seminar for technical textiles industry exchanges, and made the broad prospects for development of Chinese technical textiles industry report. Changzhou technology bureau, productivity promotion center and related businesses, and so on more than 30 people attended the meeting.Changzhou is a city in technical textiles machinery, the structure of the related textile especially fiber reinforced material, the respect such as automotive textiles industrial foundation is leading of China, need to continue to increase the intensity of support, seize the historical opportunity, speed up industrial development. In the afternoon, Mr. Zheng and other experts to visit Changzhou Hongda Technology Group and PGTEX welknown in FRP area.Subsequently,Director Leitongbao of the China textile academy of sciences composites center, ZhongFang chemical LiHayu deputy GM, Zhangguoli Tianjin polytechnic university professor, Beijing institute of cloth associate professor Gonkui made special reports respectively.