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August 2010
Trevira to manufacture Naturework’s plant-based fibres in Europe
August 2010
Ahlstrom opens medical nonwoven fabric plant in India
July 2010
Teijin at full capacity for aramid fibre
July 2010
Honeywell bids for major expansion in personal protective equipment
April 2010
Fibertex expands nonwovens capacity for Asian hygiene market
April 2010
Tredegar Film Products builds new production plant in India
March/April 2010
Fibre glass demand returns for PPG plant
February 2010
Elmarco forms alliances
February 2010
Nano-Tex targets China
February 2010
Winner Medical opens PurCotton pilot stores in Shenzhen, China
February 2010
Derma Sciences obtains exclusive worldwide rights to Medihoney
January 2010
Shalag to open nonwovens plant in North Carolina
January 2010
Prestige Ameritech reopening former surgical mask factory
December 2009
NanoHorizons expands facilities
December 2009
Oerlikon divests Enka Tecnica to management buyout
December 2009
Teijin to move production of diaper fibre to Thailand
December 2009
KCI announces final approval to enter Japanese market
December 2009
Polymer Group acquires remaining stake in Argentinean joint venture
November 2009
Fibertex expands in Malaysia
November 2009
Ahlstrom to focus on added-value
October 2009
FOV Fabrics to take over L. Michael’s production and distribution
October 2009
Clean room facilities part of expanded headquarters at Argotec
September 2009
Truetzschler to reorganize
August 2009
BSN Medical to expand US facility
August 2009
P2i raises $6.7 million to exploit nanocoating opportunities
August 2009
Argotec restructures in response to customers’ needs
July/August 2009
Polymer Group to close Arkansas plant
July 2009
Sanitars adds third spunlace line
July 2009
Polymer Group to close North Little Rock manufacturing plant
June 2009
NWS selects NSC Nonwoven for medical-grade product line
June 2009
PGI completes installation of Mexican spunbond line
June 2009
P2i looks to expand in USA
June 2009
Ahlstrom seeks further savings
May 2009
Kuwaiti government unit buys Lifeshirt systems to monitor first responders
May 2009
New carding line starts up at HDK Industries
April 2009
UK production site for adsorptive materials
April 2009
ConvaTec divests Unomedical Wound Care and Ophthalmics
March 2009
TenCate takes holding in another synthetic turf company
February 2009
Teijin to reorganize High Performance Fibers Business
January/February 2009
More efficient dyeing of polyamide fibres
January/February 2009
Whitford Flexible composites opens facility in UK to serve Europe
January/February 2009
Environmental Agency approves US sale of Bayer’s carbon nanotubes
January/February 2009
Saati opens Chinese facility
January 2009
Ethicon completes divestiture of professional wound care business
January 2009
Benninger sells Weaving Preparation Division to Karl Mayer
January 2009
DSM sells Solutech to Lydall
December 2008
Hosaf in talks to close fibre production in Durban
December 2008
US military boost for glass fibre reinforcements
December 2008
Changes to Ahlstrom’s executive team and to business structure for 2009
December 2008
North Carolina State opens centre as proving ground for plasma technology
December 2008
MW–Klopman to create 30 million metre facility in India
September 2008
Lenzing Group’s results improve but fibres business weakened
September 2008
Ahlstrom to reduce its production of wound roving in Karhula, Finland
September 2008
Ahlstrom to reduce production of wound roving in Karhula,Finland
September 2008
Lenzing and Weyerhaeuser to cooperate on lyocell nonwovens
September 2008
Name change for Synergy
September 2008
Fiberweb creates global consumer fabrics and airlaid units
July/August 2008
Ethicon receives offer for professional wound care business
July/August 2008
Fiberweb creates global consumer fabrics and airlaid units
July 2008
Ahlstrom inaugurates Russian plant
July 2008
Polymer Group begins expansion at Mexican plant but shuts US facility
June 2008
Pantex establishes subsidiary in UAE
June 2008
Concordia Medical to move into larger facility
June 2008
Zavod Elastik invests in spunlaid line
May 2008
Toray Industries starts up SMS production in China
May 2008
Ossur divests advanced wound care product line to BSN Medical
April 2008
Covidien to sell European incontinence business
April 2008
Ahlstrom Chief Executive Officer Jukka Moisio resigns
March/April 2008
Freudenberg Nonwovens to close down two of its US production lines
March 2008
Fiberweb in talks on possible offer from Avgol
March 2008
Coloplast renews Compeed contract production agreement
February 2008
Lenzing invests heavily in cellulose
February 2008
Polymer Group increases price of medical nonwovens
February 2008
Lenzing Plastics buys another manufacturer of speciality fibres
January/February 2008
Ahlstrom announces investment plans totalling €55 million: - €10 million at Turin nonwovens plant to rebuild and convert paper machine
January/February 2008
Polymer Group forced to hike prices
January 2008
Oerlikon Neumag expands spunlaid pilot plant in Germany
January 2008
Ahlstrom to build medical nonwovens plant in India
January 2008
Ahlstrom to spend €10 million at Turin nonwovens plant
December 2007
Ossur expands network to Asia
December 2007
Poland’s Pani Teresa Medica launches initial public offering
December 2007
Lenzing expands Austrian lyocell production
December 2007
European synthetic turf organization to promote industry
November 2007
Jacob Holm & Sons moves to Basel
October/November 2007
Eleksen enters administration
October/November 2007
Stäubli takes stake in Deimo
October/November 2007
Teijin buys into NatureWorks
October 2007
Boston Scientific to divest cardiac and vascular surgery businesses?
October 2007
Lenzing Group opens viscose fibre plant in Nanjing
October 2007
Carbon nanotube production expanded
October 2007
Teijin Twaron renamed Teijin Aramid
October 2007
Concordia to expand biomedical manufacturing facilities
October 2007
Polymer Group announces capacity expansion in North America
September 2007
Oerlikon Neumag relocates airlaid business from Denmark to Germany
September 2007
Wellman sells its European recycled fibres business to Germany’s Aurelius
September 2007
Jacob Holm & Sons STA changes name to Vernal
August 2007
Hohenstein Institutes opens second Indian office
August 2007
Kimberly-Clark to close another diaper plant
July/August 2007
Daikin and Dow Corning collaborate to improve fabric protection
July/August 2007
Polymer Group Inc teams with Hanes Industries to supply flame-retardant fabrics for mattresses
July 2007
Lenzing increases its share in Indonesian concern
July 2007
Durable wetting characteristic for polyester
July 2007
Coatema opens new head office with expanded facilities
June 2007
Saint-Gobain Vetrotex increases production capacity of Twintex composite reinforcement
June 2007
Johns Manville increases production capacity for filtration media by 20%
May 2007
Polymer Group appoints Chief Executive Officer
May 2007
LD Equity becomes sole owner of Jacob Holm & Sons STA
May 2007
Lenzing builds viscose plant in India
May 2007
Ginni Filaments, Rieter celebrate inauguration of spunlace line
April/May 2007
Lenzing buys in to carbon fibres
April/May 2007
LD Equity increases its stake in Jacob Holm & Sons STA to take complete ownership
April/May 2007
Three-way collaboration on ropes for faster, safer offshore pipe-laying
April 2007
Buckeye to sell Lumberton Fiberline operations and facility
March 2007
Covidien is new name for Tyco Healthcare
March 2007
Pegas to reduce reliance on large customers
March 2007
Swiss firm to open medical fabric plant in Uzbekistan
March 2007
Huntsman Textile Effects looks to technical textiles and Asia
February 2007
Tyco Healthcare announces senior management team
January/February 2007
DyStar opens plant in Nanjing, China, at a cost of $55 million
January/February 2007
Rieter sells Valence operations
January/February 2007
Lanxess announces divestment of textile processing chemicals
January/February 2007
Now Rieter sells off its Winterthur operations
January 2007
Linen Connect expands healthcare product range
January 2007
Norafin is new name for Jacob Holm’s STA division
January 2007
Suture factory to be built in Serbia
December 2006
Fiberweb demerger plans announced
December 2006
Advansa quits polyethylene terephthalate and sells to Spain’s La Seda de Barcelona
December 2006
Celanese Corp agrees to purchase Acetate Products Ltd
December 2006
Freudenberg Nonwovens acquires UK finisher of battery separators
December 2006
Andritz takes sole control of former Küsters nonwovens unit
December 2006
DelStar doubles manufacturing capacity in Suzhou, China
November 2006
Heart rate sensing sports apparel expands into UK market
November 2006
FiberVisions announces expansions
November 2006
Kimberly-Clark to establish innovation centre in South Korea
October/November 2006
BFF Technical Fabrics for sale
October/November 2006
TenCate makes €39 million with sale of Synbra
October/November 2006
Jacob Holm & Sonner acquires Tytex Group
October/November 2006
Peratech acquires SOFTswitch
October 2006
BFF Technical Fabrics for sale
September 2006
Jacob Holm acquires Tytex
September 2006
McAirlaid’s announces US investment and expansion
September 2006
Zoltek to make Hungarian carbon fibre plant world’s largest - Government grant will also help to establish research and development centre
September 2006
Schaetti divests its machinery business
August 2006
PGI installs spunbond line
August 2006
Second SPIC nonwovens plant opened in Jordan
July/August 2006
Maccaferri Group buys Epitropic Fibres and Linear Composites
July/August 2006
Teijin Twaron establishes sales team dedicated to tyre industry
July 2006
Tefron sells healthcare division
July 2006
Polymer Group to expand hygiene nonwovens capacity in Argentina
June 2006
Cookson sells its ceramics fibres interests
June 2006
BBA Fiberweb to close lines in Simpsonville and Washougal
June 2006
More closures for BBA Fiberweb
May 2006
Kimberly-Clark closures expected in the USA by the end of 2007
May 2006
Rieter sells first complete extrusion system for industrial yarn
April 2006
Rumours over Fiberweb disposal
March 2006
Tyco International to separate into three publicly traded companies
March/April 2006
Ciba agrees to sell Textile Efffects business to Huntsman Corp
February 2006
Unicharm to acquire Saudi hygiene product producer
January/February 2006
Ten Cate completes acquisition of Polyfelt,and sale of Permess and Multistiq
January/February 2006
Management buy Benninger Textile Systems from Charles Peter
January/February 2006
DuPont invests in aramid capacity
January/February 2006
Diolen Industrial Fibers invests in polyester technology and capacity expansion
January/February 2006
Partners sell BSN Medical joint venture to equity investor
January 2006
Bleeding-control products to enter UK professional healthcare sector
January 2006
Koch to buy Georgia-Pacific
December 2005
Ten Cate buys European market leader in geosynthetics Polyfelt
December 2005
Fiberweb to be sold
October/November 2005
EMS and Showa Denko end speciality nylon joint venture
October/November 2005
Diolen sells North American plants to Performance Fibers
October 2005
Smith & Nephew and Beiersdorf prepare divestment of BSN Medical
September 2005
Kimberly-Clark to close 20 production sites by 2008
September 2005
Itema to reorganize business
June 2005
Teijin Twaron announces further fibre capacity expansion
June 2005
Ontex expanding in Europe
June 2005
Sale of Mölnlycke Health Care to Apax Partners’ funds
February 2005
Lohmann & Rauscher to build a new plant in the Czech Republic
January/February 2005
Sabanci takes sole charge of DuPontSA polyester venture
January/February 2005
Low & Bonar buys manufacturer of reinforcing fibres for concrete—Adfil
December 2004
Investment firm buys Honeywell Performance Fibers
December 2004
Austrian Court blocks Lenzing takeover of Tencel
November 2004
Nexia refocuses spider silk fibre
November 2004
Zoltek restarts carbon fibre production lines
October 2004
DuPont opens advanced composite nonwovens facility
September 2004
Liquid-crystal plant expansion advanced
June 2004
Made Up Textiles Association now Pertexa
December 2003
Ahlstrom to close Swedish medical products converting facility
October 2003
Pantex to concentrate on feminine hygiene business
September 2003
European Disposables and Nonwovens Association elects officers
September 2003
Management buyout at BFF
July 2003
EDANA Secretary General joins DuPont Medical Fabrics
March 2003
ITEMA appoints Managing Director for Sulzer Textil
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