Global technical textiles business update, September 2022
This report provides a round-up of recent corporate developments in the global technical textiles sector, including: acquisitions, divestments and mergers; business news; investments; joint ventures; and markets. The report contains news relating to the following innovative companies and other organisations: 3D Noodles International; Ahlstrom-Munksjö; Alchemie Technology; AstenJohnson; Avient Corporation; Babcock International; Biteam; Carbios; Daiwabo Rayon; Deakin University; DSM Protective Materials; Ecowipes; Euratex (European Apparel and Textile Confederation); Fairmat; Fiberline Composites; Gaston Systems; Gen 2 Carbon; Grabher; Graniteville Specialty Fabrics; Gurit; INDA (Association of the Nonwovens Fabrics Industry); ITMA; Lenzing; Livinguard; Navis TubeTex; PFNonwovens; Renewcell; Saertex; Suominen; Teijin Automotive Technologies; Textilcolor; and the University of Edinburgh.
- SUMMARY
- ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTMENTS AND MERGERS
- AVIENT CORPORATION HAS ACQUIRED DSM PROTECTIVE MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE DYNEEMA BRAND
- GURIT HAS STRENGTHENED ITS POSITION IN THE WIND ENERGY MARKET BY ACQUIRING A 60% SHARE OF FIBERLINE COMPOSITES
- NAVIS TUBETEX HAS ACQUIRED GASTON SYSTEMS
- BUSINESS NEWS
- ALCHEMIE TECHNOLOGY IS TO ESTABLISH A DEMONSTRATION HUB IN TAIWAN FOR ITS NEW WATERLESS DYEING TECHNOLOGY
- APPLICATIONS FOR EXHIBITION SPACE AT ITMA 2023 HAVE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS
- BITEAM HAS ESTABLISHED 3D NOODLES INTERNATIONAL, A MANUFACTURER OF WOVEN GUSSET FILLERS
- CARBIOS HAS SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED AN ENZYMATIC RECYCLING PROCESS WHICH TRANSFORMS COLOURED TEXTILE WASTE INTO WHITE FIBRES
- EURATEX (EUROPEAN APPAREL AND TEXTILE CONFEDERATION) ASSERTS THAT HIGH ENERGY COSTS ARE UNDERMINING THE EUROPEAN TEXTILE AND CLOTHING INDUSTRY
- GRABHER HAS LAUNCHED A SCHEME FOR COLLECTING AND RECYCLING FACE MASKS IN AUSTRIA
- INDA HAS RELEASED THE NINTH EDITION OF ITS
- SUOMINEN HAS INTRODUCED AN ENERGY SURCHARGE IN EUROPE
- INVESTMENTS
- AHLSTROM-MUNKSJÖ HAS INSTALLED A LINE FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS MICROFIBRE MEDIA
- ASTENJOHNSON IS TO BUILD A NONWOVENS PLANT IN TEXAS, USA
- ECOWIPES HAS INVESTED IN A SECOND CARDED/PULP LINE FROM VOITH AND TRÜTZSCHLER NONWOVENS
- GRANITEVILLE SPECIALTY FABRICS HAS INVESTED IN A NON-CONTACT PRECISION SPRAY FINISHING SYSTEM
- LENZING HAS OPENED A LYOCELL PRODUCTION PLANT IN THAILAND WHICH IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST
- PFNONWOVENS IS TO INVEST IN A NEW NONWOVENS LINE
- SAERTEX HAS OPENED A PLANT FOR PRODUCING MULTIAXIAL FABRICS IN MEXICO
- TEIJIN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES HAS OPENED A SECOND FACTORY IN CHINA AND IS BUILDING A THIRD
- JOINT VENTURES
- A FACILITY CALLED FASTBLADE FOR THE RAPID FATIGUE TESTING OF LONG COMPOSITE STRUCTURES SUCH AS TIDAL TURBINE BLADES HAS BEEN OPENED IN THE UK
- FAIRMAT HAS SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH SEVERAL PARTNERS TO RECYCLE COMPOSITES
- GEN 2 CARBON HAS FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH DEAKIN UNIVERSITY TO LEAD A CARBON FIBRE RECYCLING INITIATIVE
- LIVINGUARD AND TEXTILCOLOR HAVE FORMED A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF A RANGE OF LIVINGUARD ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENTS
- RENEWCELL AND DAIWABO RAYON HAVE SIGNED A LETTER OF INTENT RELATING TO COLLABORATION IN THE PRODUCTION AND SUPPLY OF TEXTILE FIBRES MADE FROM CIRCULOSE
- MARKETS
- STRONG GROWTH IN DEMAND IS PREDICTED FOR WET-LAID NONWOVENS BETWEEN 2022 AND 2027
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