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Insight18 Nov 2013Tighter legislation is just one of the reasons the demand for high-performance nonwoven filter media continues to rise. Adrian Wilson reports from Filtech 2013
Insight18 Nov 2013From implantable textiles and new blood filters to smart diagnostics and 3D printed bones – new technologies promise a wide range of effective new medical treatments, writes Adrian Wilson
Hollingsworth & Vose (H&V) is to produce Technostat filtration media at its plant in Floyd, Virginia, USA. The production line is expected to begin operation by the fourth quarter of 2014 and will support production of Technostat and Technostat Plus in Europe.
Figures published by India’s Textile Commissioner’s office indicate continued strong growth in the country’s cotton yarn output. Production amounted to 1,924,000 tonnes between April and September 2013, some 10.3% more than the corresponding period last year. Output of blended and non-cotton yarn also increased at a decent rate, rising 7.8% to 678,000 tonnes.
Lenzing is to cut 600 jobs with the implementation of a ‘massive, far-reaching cost optimisation programme’ to save €120m per year until 2015. This expands on the ExcelLenz cost-saving programme which was started at the beginning of the year.
News18 Nov 2013Brands and retailers linked to the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh earlier this year are being urged to sign up to a ‘credible and collaborative process’ for delivering compensation to the victims of the disaster.
News18 Nov 2013M&G Chemicals, one of the largest producers of polyester (PET) resin for packaging applications in the world, is to construct a second-generation bio-refinery in the region of Fuyang, Anhui Province of China, for the conversion of one million metric tonnes of biomass into bio-ethanol and bio-glycols.
News18 Nov 2013V-ZUG AG from Zug, Switzerland, has been awarded the quality label ‘Innovative Technology’ from the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim, Germany, for its product Refresh Butler which refreshes textiles without washing while also actively reducing microorganisms.
News18 Nov 2013Texus Fibre, the New Zealand manufacturer of high performance ingredient materials that harness the superb characteristics of natural wool, has developed a dust filtration technology which it believes could become a hit in Asia.
