Global technical textiles business update, April 2024
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; legislation; new facilities; and standards and test methods. The report contains news relating to the following innovative companies and other organisations: 21st.BIO; Ahlstrom; the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists; AMSilk; Berry Global; BG Soluções Tecnológicas; Clean Solutions Group; Cortland Biomedical; DITF Denkendorf; Fibre Extrusion Technology; Fibroline; Glatfelter; HDK Industries; the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA); the National Composites Centre; Navis TubeTex; North Carolina State University (NCSU); Nouvelles Fibres Textiles; Perlon; Seiko Epson Corporation; Sfilacciatura Negro Biella; the University of Manchester; Vartega; and Zünd Systemtechnik.
- SUMMARY
- ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTMENTS AND MERGERS
- Berry Global is to merge its nonwovens business with Glatfelter
- Clean Solutions Group has acquired HDK Industries
- Digital cutting systems developer and manufacturer Zünd Systemtechnik has acquired footwear, packaging and textile machinery distributor BG Soluções Tecnológicas
- BUSINESS NEWS
- A nonwoven sterilisation wrap developed by Ahlstrom has been approved for sale in the USA
- Researchers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have found that eliminating “forever chemicals” from clothing for firefighters may require compromises
- US researchers have determined the lengths of yarn-shaped supercapacitors which yield their highest energy output
- INVESTMENTS
- Biomedical textiles producer Cortland Biomedical has invested in two jacquard looms to expand its weaving capacity
- Carbon fibre and composites recycler Vartega has secured a US$10 mn investment
- Fibre-based speciality materials producer Ahlstrom is investing in a new line for producing molecular filtration media in Italy
- Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) has been awarded a grant of £50,000 to collaborate with the University of Manchester on spinneret design
- Sfilacciatura Negro Biella has invested in a line from Andritz Group for recycling garments
- The National Composites Centre (NCC) has purchased a filament winding machine for developing hydrogen storage vessels
- The textile industry in North Carolina is to receive funding of up to US$160 mn over ten years in order to focus on sustainability
- JOINT VENTURES
- A joint agreement relating to the development of a new fibre recycling process utilising dry fibre technology has been signed by the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and
- Apparel and Seiko Epson Corporation
- AMSilk and 21st.BIO have formed a joint venture to scale the production of spider silk proteins
- Dry impregnation technologies developer Fibroline has formed a strategic alliance with US finishing machinery manufacturer Navis TubeTex to target the US market
- LEGISLATION
- The European Parliament has adopted a directive which aims to ban greenwashing and improve product labelling
- NEW FACILITIES
- A melt spinning pilot plant has been modernised and expanded by DITF Denkendorf
- Nouvelles Fibres Textiles has inaugurated an industrial-scale automatic textile sorting and recycling plant in France
- Perlon has opened a synthetic filament plant in India
- STANDARDS AND TEST METHODS
- The latest edition of the Manual of International Test Methods and Procedures has been released by the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
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