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  2. March/April 2009

March/April 2009

Uncertainty lies ahead despite big jump in sales and profits at TenCate

1 March 2009
For the financial year ended 31 December 2008, TenCate's sales were Euro1033 million (2007: Euro886 million). Most of the 17% increase in revenues is attributable to acquisitions.
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Push for man-made fibre innovation despite troubled times

1 March 2009
The effects of financial and energy crises on the real economy and subsequent costsaving measures being taken must not be allowed to obscure the industry's vision of a positive future, according to th
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Freudenberg Nonwovens invests in active carbon finishing plant in UK

1 March 2009
Freudenberg Nonwovens has officially started its latest production facility, one for adsorptive products in Littleborough, UK.
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Nanostitching makes stronger, more conductive aerospace composites

1 March 2009
Engineers in the USA are stitching aerospace materials together using carbon, in work that could make airplane skins and other products some 10 times stronger at a nominal increase in cost.
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Textile innovations for composites make their mark in Paris

1 December 2008
The annual JEC Composites exhbition took place in Paris, France on the 24-26 March.
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Tamfelt, paper machine clothing and filter fabrics feel the squeeze

1 December 2008
Finland's Tamfelt has enjoyed good growth in recent years in both its core areas of paper machine clothing and filter fabrics.
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Nonwoven composites: the benefits of winning combinations

1 December 2008
Due to their origins as hybrids - combining materials and processes from the disparate fields of textiles, plastics, paper and glass - nonwovens can make further progress in the wider field of industr
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Industry looks towards Frankfurt for a timely and vital boost

1 December 2008
As the home of the European Union's (EU's) Central Bank and with a long history of association with banking, Frankfurt is a leading financial centre closely associated with the world's current economi
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Techtextil North America makes its debut on the West Coast

1 December 2008
Messe Frankfurt's decision to make the North American version of its Techtextil show an annual event, alternating between the East and West Coasts, was made before the current economic crisis really b
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