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What’s Special About Films and Synthetics?

(Converting Perspectives)

July 09, 2023, ... and benefits. The latest films and synthetic materials, including laminated substrates and nonwovens, may offer enhanced, or more economical, or cross-over characteristics, including: Higher levels ...

Biax-Fiberfilm Corporation Announces Expansion of Melt-Blown Fabric Production

(News | New Products)

April 25, 2020, ... Greenville factory. It is enough for about 3.5 million masks per day. These complicated nonwovens fabrics consist of synthetic fibers stretched in an airstream and flattened into rolls for mask production. ...

The Balancing Act of Equipment, Labor and Raw Materials

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

October 13, 2024, ... food, cosmetics and coatings. It can replace synthetic and non-renewable materials. Its abundance and high cellulose content are key benefits. These are the elements, according to Chris Plotz of Cellucomp... ...

Consider Wool an Eco-Friendly Industrial Material

(Web Handling)

July 28, 2024, Wool is an incredible material which can do things that are very hard to replicate with synthetic materials. By David F. Erb Jr., President, Edward H. Best Co. Wool is an incredible material which ...

Addressing Bio-film/Compostables and Plastic Film Processing Challenges

(Bag Pouch)

March 17, 2024, ... constituent of plants. Typically associated with paper and board, the fibers when separated and processed using small amounts of natural and synthetic binders lead to the production of cellulose film ...

Materials Lead The Way

(Web Handling)

November 26, 2023, ... plus synthetic fibers and resins are common raw materials. Domtar’s Engineered Absorbent Materials (EAM) facility in Jessup, Georgia, recently celebrated the completion of a $90 million project adding ...

Italy’s Majocchi Achieves Exacting Textile Functionality and Aesthetics With Baldwin’s Corona Treatment Technology

(Surface Prep)

February 07, 2023, ... improves the penetration and absorption of liquids on cellulosic and synthetic fabrics. Utilizing corona treatment before resin application on fabrics such as lycra and nylon facilitates superior adhesion ...

Baldwin Technology Partners With Fi-Tech to Represent Textile and Nonwoven Finishing Technologies in North America

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... was on synthetic fibers and nonwovens and it has since expanded its portfolio to represent manufacturers of complete machines or technical components used in the production of nonwovens, synthetic fibers, ...

New At K 2022: START-UP ZONE

(News | New Products)

February 28, 2022, ... plastics to promote the circular economy online and offline and HEALIX from the Netherlands, a company that collects nets, ropes and other plastic waste based on synthetic fibers to recycle them into high ...

Expansions and New Markets for Nonwovens

(Nonwovens)

November 28, 2021, ... in average annual growth rate by weight, from 2021 through 2025 are geosynthetics, filtration, and vehicle construction. The geosynthetics market is primarily driven by the strength of the economy, which ...

IDEA The Triennial Event for Nonwovens & Engineered Fabrics Spotlights Post-Pandemic Global Trends and Market Intelligence for 2022 Conference Program

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2021, ... products including PPE (personal protective equipment), home & office furnishings, transportation, geosynthetics and building construction sectors from over 60 countries. IDEA® Achievement Awards will ...

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Names Christopher Voght General Manager of the Torayfan® Division

(News | New Products)

October 04, 2020, ... provide real solutions to the challenges the world faces. The Toray Group is the world leader in synthetic fibers and textiles, carbon fibers, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and high-performance ...

Digital Printing Driving Innovation in Textile Printing

(Digital)

December 05, 2019, ... and manmade materials that require no extensive use of water for processing, namely pigment inks for cotton and sublimation for synthetics. A key to success for Spoonflower is its on-going R&D, which looks ...

Ceresana Issues Study on Polyamides

(Materials)

April 17, 2015, ... of Ceresana, especially important are polyamide 6 and polyamide 66 are important. “In 2014, global revenues of 24.4 billion US$ were achieved with these two polyamide types." Synthetic fibers made of ...

Show Preview | CPP EXPO & GRAPH EXPO 2014 Cover Printing & Converting Technologies

(Trends/Management)

September 11, 2014, ... and hot foil stamping.   Mohawk (Booth 3240) will launch a line of inkjet substrates, introducing a unique surface technology to so synthetic materials specifically designed for emerging Memjet-class ...

Litco Adds New Sizes to Core Plug Line

(News | New Products)

March 31, 2014, ... slated for production in the second quarter of 2014. Company’s Inca brand core plug is produced using a proprietary molding process combining hard and softwood wood fibers with a synthetic resin. The engineered ...

Americhem Color Solutions Are Green

(News | New Products)

May 29, 2012, ... of custom color and additive solutions for the plastics and synthetic fiber industries, is addressing issues of compostability, renewability, reusability, and degradability with its nBalance sustainable ...

Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... performance will come for the most part at the expense of film, foil, and synthetic substrates in flexible packaging markets due to a perceived benefit for paper-based materials by users in the areas of ...

Slitting Nonwovens: A Slit Decision

(Flexpack)

May 31, 2010, ... various densities, thicknesses, and synthetic blends, such as polyester; polypropylene; polyamide nylon 6 and 6,6; acrylic; viscose; polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinyl acetate; modacrylic; and low melt. NWS can ...

Paper or Plastic?

(Archive)

November 30, 2009, ... is replacing super-calendered kraft (SCK), poly-coated kraft (PCK), and glassines, as well as other synthetics, and is ideal for clean room and pharmaceutical applications because it is debris-free. Mitsubishi ...