This report provides a round-up of the latest developments in the global technical textiles sector, including: acquisitions, divestments and mergers; business news; events; investments; and joint ventures. The report contains news relating to a number of innovative companies and other organisations, including: Ahlstrom; Atex USA; BCNonwovens; Chomarat; Cinte Techtextil China; EDANA; ErtelAlsop; Evonik; FibreCoat; Fibroline; Hohenstein; INDA (the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry); Invista; Mehler Texnologies; Michelman; Monforts; Navis TubeTex; Nibertex; Oeko-Tex; Oerlikon Barmag; Physical Properties Testers (PPT) Group; Pincroft; Under Armour; Unifi; and Van Robaeys
- SUMMARY
- ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTMENTS AND MERGERS
- Ahlstrom has acquired ErtelAlsop, a US manufacturer of liquid depth filter media
- BCNonwovens has acquired nonwovens producer Atex USA
- BUSINESS NEWS
- Coated technical textiles producer Mehler Texnologies is to close its production plant in Fulda,
- Germany
- INDA and EDANA have released their eighth Global Nonwoven Markets Report
- Invista has been granted a patent for recycling polyamide 6.6 and has submitted a further patent application
- Repreve producer Unifi is to close its yarn manufacturing plant in North Carolina, USA
- Textile standards body Oeko-Tex has announced new regulations for 2025
- EVENTS
- Cinte Techtextil China is to return to Shanghai in September 2025 with two new zones: Medtech &
- Protech and Mobiltech
- Dornbirn Global Fiber Congress Asia will be held at Techtextil India in November 2025
- INDA (the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry) has announced that registration is open for
- FiltXPO 2025
- INVESTMENTS
- Andritz Group has established a technical centre to develop technologies for the production of dry moulded fibre
- Chomarat has started up a new line for producing unidirectional carbon fibre reinforcement fabrics
- FibreCoat has secured nearly Euro20 mn in funding to enable it to develop products which make use of a process for coating fibres with metals and plastics during spinning
- Fibroline and Navis TubeTex have opened the Fibroline USA Innovation Lab for developing and promoting dry powder impregnation processes
- Flax fibre producer Van Robaeys has invested in two bast fibre lines supplied by Andritz
- Nibertex has secured seed funding to ramp up the development of its electrospun membrane for outdoor wear
- Pincroft has invested in new fabric printing technology
- Textile finishing machinery manufacturer Monforts has installed a non-contact precision-spray finishing system at its Advanced Technology Center
- JOINT VENTURES
- Coatings specialist Michelman is supplying a sizing for aluminium coated fibres produced by
- FibreCoat
- Spinning machinery company Oerlikon Barmag and speciality chemicals producer Evonik are to cooperate in the development and commercialisation of technologies for the chemical recycling of waste polyethylene terephthalate
- Under Armour, Hohenstein and PPT Group have developed a standardised test which quantifies the amounts of microfibres released from textiles during washing
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