Technical Textile & Nonwoven

Chinese Export Of Spunlace Nonwovens Rises 10.1% In March

Textile Insights May 3, 2024

Chinese exports of spunlace nonwovens rose to 34.61 kilo tons in March 2024, an increase of 10.1 percent over March 2023 and an impressive growth of 45.2 percent over its previous month. “The average price declined 6 percent over a year ago month in March 2024, but grew 6 percent over February

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Poland Top Destination For German Technical Textile Exports

Textile Insights May 2, 2024

Poland was the largest destination for technical textile exports from Germany where they stood at $1.02 billion in 2023. “Among other top destinations, technical textile exports to Austria stood at $880.1 million, France $772.19 million and Italy $718.46 million,” data from Statista informed German technical textile exports stood at $679.1 million to Netherlands, $660.4

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Andritz Commissions Nonwovens Production Line In Turkey

Textile Insights April 26, 2024

Andritz has commissioned a nonwovens production line at Teknomelt Teknik in Turkey. The new neXline wetlace CCP line will produce nonwoven roll goods for biodegradable, plastic-free wet wipes. By combining the benefits of two technologies, spunlace and wetlaid, the line enables the use of bio-based fibres, like viscose and wood pulp, to produce high-performance and […]

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Ahlstrom Launches Longer Life Dual-Layer Filtration Technology

Textile Insights April 22, 2024

Ahlstrom has introduced a new dual-layer filtration technology for longer lifetime and reduced size of air intake filters. According to Ahlstrom, the quality of air intake is a substantial factor in the overall performance of today’s engines. An efficient air intake filtration supports optimal operation, preventing particulate contaminants from entering the engine while

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Picanol Showing Revolutionary Product Platforms At Techtextil

Textile Insights April 20, 2024

Technical textiles are one of the pillars in the long-term product strategy of Picanol, the world’s leading manufacturer of weaving machines. Picanol will be exhibiting at Techtextil Frankfurt in Hall 12.0, Booth C01 and will show revolutionary product platforms in rapier and airjet weaving technology and the digital platform PicConnect. The Belgian company will have […]

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Archroma Displaying Planet Conscious Innovations At Techtextil

Textile Insights April 13, 2024

Archroma is bringing its planet conscious innovations to Techtextil that deliver optimised productivity, enhanced sustainability and value creation. Archroma will introduce its new Super Systems+ concept and highlight breakthrough product innovations in Hall 11, Booth B-41. Drawing on the industry’s broadest product portfolio, the Super Systems+ suite encompasses wet

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Nonwovens Output In Greater European Countries Drops 5.7%

Textile Insights April 13, 2024

Nonwovens production in Greater European countries dropped 5.7 percent year on year by volume to 2.86 million tons in 2023, while it fell 5.5 percent in surface area to 81.7 billion square metres. “However, differing trends were seen at the national level when comparing output between Greater European countries, and also when assessing the various […]

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Chinese Technical Textile Export Grows 12.8% Between Jan & Feb

Textile Insights April 12, 2024

In the first two months of 2024, exports of the technical textiles from China totaled US $6.49 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.8 percent. “In the same period, imports of technical textiles by China stood at $700 million, declining 10.1 percent over the comparable months of earlier year,” data of Chinese Customs informed. From January […]

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VDMA Members Showing Smart German Technologies At Techtextil

Textile Insights April 11, 2024

More than VDMA 50 members will be presenting smart technologies for technical textiles in various application areas, with seven of them at the VDMA stand at Techtextil The focus of the exhibitors will be on automation and digitalisation and offer highly efficient and resource saving production technologies with the provision of cutting-edge equipment for recycling. […]

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EDANA Will Hold Inaugural Innovation Forum From June 4-6

Textile Insights April 8, 2024

EDANA will hold its inaugural Innovation Forum from June 4-6 in Munich during which, it will present three sessions covering innovation in nonwovens applications, technology, and material solutions. Innovation Forum is being organised by merger of two long-standing EDANA events, the International Nonwovens Symposium (INS) and the Nonwovens Innovation Academy (NIA). “The