Global technical textiles business update, October 2020
This report provides a round-up of recent corporate developments in the global technical textiles sector, including: business news; investments; joint ventures; and markets. The report contains news relating to the following innovative companies, other organisations and research centres: 3M, Andritz, Arevo, Asia Symbol, Bechinger & Heymann Holding, Berry Global, Bolger & O’Hearn, Borealis, Br?ckner Textile Technologies, ColorWorks, Eclipse, FET, Freudenberg Performance Materials, GKN Aerospace, Koepfel Group, Merrow, National Composites Centre (NCC), the Nonwovens Institute (NWI) and North Carolina State University (NC State), Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag, Paper Republic, Retech, Sateri, Teijin Carbon Europe, Zhejiang Baoren Hezhong Technology, and Zhejiang Kingsway High-Tech Fiber (Kingsway).
SUMMARY
BUSINESS NEWS
3M has prevented the sale of counterfeit respirators via Amazon
China-based wipes manufacturer Zhejiang Baoren Hezhong Technology has ordered a hydroentanglement line from the machinery engineering group Andritz
EU manufacturers are set for a 20-fold increase in nonwoven face mask production by November 2020
Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) has four melt spinning systems for biomedical materials scheduled for delivery in 2020
GKN Aerospace has taken ownership of a Global Technology Centre (GTC)
Swedish textile machinery manufacturers are adapting to a post-pandemic world The IFAI Expo is to be switched to a virtual event for 2020
Three lines for producing bicomponent staple fibres in China have been commissioned by Oerlikon Neumag
Three USA-based textile companies have joined forces to supply personal protective equipment (PPE)
Two new companies, FleeceForEurope and Lindenpartner, have been formed to manufacture meltblown nonwoven fabrics and face masks in Germany
Window blinds manufacturer Eclipse has invested in a back coating line from Br?ckner
Zhejiang Kingsway High-Tech Fiber (Kingsway) is to acquire five Oerlikon Barmag lines for producing high quality yarns
INVESTMENTS
Arevo is building an additive manufacturing plant for producing continuous carbon fibrereinforced plastic (CFRP) composite components
Berry is to invest further in the production of meltblown nonwovens in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Retech has invested in new facilities at its headquarters in Switzerland
Teijin Carbon Europe has increased its capacity for producing carbon fibre in Europe
JOINT VENTURES
Borealis and Paper Republic have teamed up in a social business initiative called mask republic to produce sustainable and reusable face masks
Freudenberg Performance Materials is partnering with North Carolina State University (NC State) in the manufacture of face masks
Sateri has entered China’s lyocell fibre market in partnership with Asia Symbol
Teijin Carbon Europe and the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) have strengthened their partnership by focusing on carbon fibre composites
MARKETS
Smithers has forecast that there will be a slowdown in growth in the global market for wetlaid nonwovens between 2020 and 2025
BUSINESS NEWS
3M has prevented the sale of counterfeit respirators via Amazon
China-based wipes manufacturer Zhejiang Baoren Hezhong Technology has ordered a hydroentanglement line from the machinery engineering group Andritz
EU manufacturers are set for a 20-fold increase in nonwoven face mask production by November 2020
Fibre Extrusion Technology (FET) has four melt spinning systems for biomedical materials scheduled for delivery in 2020
GKN Aerospace has taken ownership of a Global Technology Centre (GTC)
Swedish textile machinery manufacturers are adapting to a post-pandemic world The IFAI Expo is to be switched to a virtual event for 2020
Three lines for producing bicomponent staple fibres in China have been commissioned by Oerlikon Neumag
Three USA-based textile companies have joined forces to supply personal protective equipment (PPE)
Two new companies, FleeceForEurope and Lindenpartner, have been formed to manufacture meltblown nonwoven fabrics and face masks in Germany
Window blinds manufacturer Eclipse has invested in a back coating line from Br?ckner
Zhejiang Kingsway High-Tech Fiber (Kingsway) is to acquire five Oerlikon Barmag lines for producing high quality yarns
INVESTMENTS
Arevo is building an additive manufacturing plant for producing continuous carbon fibrereinforced plastic (CFRP) composite components
Berry is to invest further in the production of meltblown nonwovens in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Retech has invested in new facilities at its headquarters in Switzerland
Teijin Carbon Europe has increased its capacity for producing carbon fibre in Europe
JOINT VENTURES
Borealis and Paper Republic have teamed up in a social business initiative called mask republic to produce sustainable and reusable face masks
Freudenberg Performance Materials is partnering with North Carolina State University (NC State) in the manufacture of face masks
Sateri has entered China’s lyocell fibre market in partnership with Asia Symbol
Teijin Carbon Europe and the UK’s National Composites Centre (NCC) have strengthened their partnership by focusing on carbon fibre composites
MARKETS
Smithers has forecast that there will be a slowdown in growth in the global market for wetlaid nonwovens between 2020 and 2025
