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Andritz of Graz, Austria, is to supply a line for the recycling of end-of-life textiles to Renaissance Textile of Laval, France. 

A coating for leather that can inactivate the SARS Cov-2 virus responsible for the human coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic has been developed by Brazilian companies JBS Couros and Nanox.  

In response to an increase in demand for high-performance filtration media, Ahlstrom-Munksjö is to re-start a piece of equipment essential for their production at its plant in Turin, Italy. 

A thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) that can be easily extruded and laminated to polyamide (PA) and polyester (PES) textiles – such as those used to produce raincoats – to create a protective, durab

A laboratory dedicated to the testing of face masks has been opened in Helsinki, Finland, by SGS. 

In response to an increase in demand for its nonwovens from such as the fuel-cell and defence markets, Technical Fibre Products (TFP) has installed a new manufacturing line at its headquarters in K

Glatfelter Corp is to acquire fellow manufacturer of nonwovens, Jacob Holm, for US$308 million, following the signing of a definitive agreement by the two companies. 

A laboratory-scale spunbond line has been installed at the Clothworkers’ Centre for Textile Materials Innovation for Healthcare (CCTMIH) at the University of Leeds in the UK by Fibre Extrusion Tech

A line capable of producing 20 million surgical face masks a year is to be installed at Textilcord in Steinfort, Luxembourg. 

As part of efforts to cut its emissions of wastewater, the Lenzing Group is investing £20 million (€23.3 million) to build a wastewater-treatment plant at its lyocell production facility in Grimsby

RotaSpray has been taken-over by Weitmann & Konrad GmbH & Co KG (Weko), which says that it can now offer technologies for the wet finishing, digital printing pre-treatment and spray dyeing

A reactive hot-melt adhesive for use by manufacturers of textiles is to be produced using bio-based feedstocks by H.B.

Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibres have been produced using ethylene derived from mixed plastic waste by Royal DSM of Heerlen, The Netherlands, and SABIC of Riyadh, Saudi Arab

A perfluorinated compound (PFC)-free water-repellent finish for use on garments that can only be dry-cleaned has been launched by Schoeller Technologies of Sevelen, Switzerland.  

An increase in the consumption of disinfecting wipes, driven by the human coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic, consumer and legislative demands to eliminate single-use plastics and growth in the use of

As populations look to protect themselves during the human coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic, they are generating up to 7200 t of medical waste every day, much of which is accounted for by disposable

Myant Inc has secured Class II medical device clearance from Health Canada for its underwear (Skiin Underwear) that can continuously monitor the health of its wearer. 

Production of textile machinery in Italy in 2020 fell by 22% compared with the previous year, while exports fell by a similar amount (21%), according to the Association of Italian Textile Machinery

A soft, hydrophobic and biodegradable lyocell fibre has been launched for use in absorbent hygiene products by Lenzing. 

A guide-bar arrangement for a double-needle-bar raschel machine that enables, among other things, the spaces between the cover surfaces of a spacer fabric to be filled with a bulked yarn – yielding