Global technical textiles business update, July 2023
This report provides a round-up of the latest 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: Andritz Group; Archroma; Autoliv; Boer Group; Coats; CTA Green Fibre; Cygnet Texkimp; Dell Orco & Villani; DiloGroup; EDANA; FRX Polymers; Grasim Industries; Huntsman Textile Effects; INDA; Indorama Ventures; Lotus Teknik Tekstil; Milliken & Company; Nanollose; Nouvelles Fibres Textiles; Pellenc ST; Polymateria; Porcher Industries; Renewcell; Schott & Meissner; SGL Carbon; TechnoPlants; Terre de Lin; Tex Tech Industries; TextileGenesis; Trevira; trinamiX; Trützschler Nonwovens; and WPT Nonwovens.
- SUMMARY
- ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTMENTS AND MERGERS
- Speciality chemicals producer Archroma has completed the acquisition of Huntsman
- Textile Effects
- Tex Tech Industries has acquired the business on SGL Carbon’s site in Gardena, California, USA
- BUSINESS NEWS
- Action against the flushing of wipes has been taken by UK and US officials
- FRX Polymers will benefit from the classification of three common flame retardants as substances of very high concern (SVHCs)
- Milliken & Company has become the first USA-based textile manufacturer to eliminate all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from its products
- Nanollose has been awarded a US patent for its sustainable viscose production technologies and has renewed its collaboration agreement with Grasim Industries
- Trevira has been renamed Indorama Ventures Fibers Germany
- INVESTMENTS
- A plant for producing fabrics and cushions for airbags is to be built in Vietnam by Autoliv
- An innovation centre for the development, prototyping and testing of composites and other advanced materials has been opened by Cygnet Texkimp
- Coats has opened a pilot plant in India for spinning and twisting sewing threads made from recycled and renewable materials
- Lotus Teknik Tekstil in Turkey has started up an Andritz Group wet-laid/hydroentanglement(wetlace) line
- WPT Nonwovens has invested in a thermal bonding line for producing filter media from Trützschler Nonwovens and Schott & Meissner
- JOINT VENTURES
- An industrial-scale sorting and recycling line will be built in France by Andritz Group in partnership with Nouvelles Fibres Textiles and Pellenc ST
- Boer Group is working with trinamiX on advancing its textile sorting capabilities using nearinfrared (NIR) Spectroscopy
- China Textile Academy Green Fibre has signed a letter of intent with Renewcell for the supply of dissolving pulp for the production of lyocell
- DiloGroup, Dell’Orco & Villani and TechnoPlants are to collaborate in the supply of complete systems to the textile recycling sector
- Indorama Ventures and Polymateria have signed an exclusive partnership agreement relating to the production of biodegradable polyolefins for use in nonwovens for hygiene applications
- Porcher Industries and Terre de Lin have formed a partnership to increase sales of thermoplastic composites reinforced with flax fibres
- Renewcell is to partner with TextileGenesis to attain supply chain transparency
- MARKETS
- Production of nonwovens in “Greater Europe” fell slightly in 2022 but it was up in comparison with 2019
- The North American Nonwoven Materials Annual Study 2022 has been published by INDA
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