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The Boards of Directors of The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) and EDANA have approved the foundation of the Global Nonwoven Alliance (GNA), with both organisations becoming fou

A variety of testing, instrumentation and machine-control technologies for the production of textiles are to be shown by members of the British Textile Machinery Association (BTMA) at ITMA Asia

Wellman International Ltd has filed a petition with the Irish High Court to place its factory and headquarters in Mullagh, Ireland, into examinership⁽¹⁾.

Dow, of Midland, Michigan, USA, is to sell its 50% interest in manufacturer of carbon fibres and composites based on these, DowAksa Advanced Composites Holdings.

Unifi has sold its yarn-manufacturing facility in Madison, North Carolina, USA, to a third-party buyer for US$45 million.

US manufacturer of coated and laminated textiles, Bondcote Performance Textiles (BPT), has purchased compatriot and fellow coater of textiles, Graniteville Specialty Fabrics (GSF).

Honeywell of Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, has completed the sale of its personal protective equipment (PPE) business to Protective Industrial Products (PIP) of Latham, New York, USA,

Harper International is to supply carbonisation lines for the manufacture of carbon fibre to Fujian Fuwei Advanced Material Co Ltd in Yong’an City, China.

The developer of a hydrothermal process for the recycling of polyester (PES)–cotton textiles, Circ, has received backing from the French government and the European Union (EU) to build a €450-milli

The Zurich-based Swiss Textile Machinery Association has appointed a new President and an additional member to its board.

Autoneum has signed an agreement to acquire supplier of parts for acoustic and thermal management to the automotive industry in China, Chengdu FAW-Sihuan Interior Parts Co Ltd, for CHF16 million (a

OC Oerlikon is to sell Barmag – the new name for its Polymer Processing Solutions division, which includes Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven – to Rieter for an upfront purchase

A hydroentanglement line for the production of wipes has been started-up at International Paper LLC Uzbek's plant in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, by Andritz.

Approximately one year after it first revealed that it was considering options for its polyamide (PA) fibres business, includ

The Boards of Directors of The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) and EDANA have recommended a plan to incorporate a separate tax-exempt federation, the Global Nonwoven Alliance (G

As it looks to enter the nonwovens business, Turkish yarn manufacturer Göliplik Şeremet Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (Göliplik) has ordered a complete wetlaid/hydroentanglement (wetlace) line from

B.I.G. Yarns has invested €25 million in equipment for the production of three-ply yarns for carpet tiles at its site in Comines, France.

Airtech Advanced Materials Group of Huntington Beach, California, USA, has purchased Blackburn, UK-based manufacturer of needlepunched and air-bonded nonwovens, Cosmotec Nonwovens.

After five successful years of partnership, Xefco has acquired the shareholding of HeiQ Materials AG in a joint-venture company set-up to bring its metallic, radiant barrier coating for textiles (X

Technical-fabric manufacturer Nonwovenn is investing £1.5 million in its ProTech division, which manufactures fabrics for use in personal protective equipment (PPE).

Beaulieu International Group (BIG) has sold its technical textiles business in Europe, known as Beaulieu Technical Textiles (BTT) to private equity firm RCP.

Supplier of advanced high-performance processing equipment and steel belts, IPCO AB, has acquired manufacturer of web-converting equipment, New Era Converting Machinery Inc.

In 2024, the production of nonwovens in Greater Europe increased in volume by 2.6% (to 2.9764 Mt), and by 2.9% in surface area (to 85.1 billion square metres), compared with 2023, according to the

At its meeting on 1 April 2025, the Supervisory Board of Sandler AG announced that, on 1August 2025, its current Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Philipp Ebbinghaus, will assume the role of Chief Exe

Adlington, UK-based manufacturer of textiles for workwear and protective fabrics, RTS Textiles, is bringing together all off its operations and joint-venture partners to form a unified entity known

Freudenberg Performance Materials has merged its two coated-fabrics businesses, Mehler Texnologies and Heytex, to form a new brand named MehlerHeytex.

US-based manufacturer of threads, American & Efird (A&E), has opened a manufacturing facility just outside the port city of Chattogram, Bangladesh.

The global market for nonwoven filter media was worth US$6.1 billion in 2024, according to a new report by market research company Smithers, of Leatherhead, UK, and Akron, Ohio, USA.

The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry (INDA) is calling on the US government to exclude products that fall under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) permanently from tariff

EDANA has raised concerns about the potential for "unintended consequences" for the nonwovens industry with regard to the European Commission (EC)’s potential decision to implement countermeasures

Karl Mayer of Obertshausen, Germany, a manufacturer of multiaxial warp knitting machines and warp knitting machines with weft insertion, says that it welcomed many of its regular customers at J

Bridgwater, UK-based technical-fabric manufacturer Nonwovenn is to invest a further £5 million in its business to support the next phase of its expansion and development.

US manufacturer of basalt fibres, Rock Fiber Inc, has formed a joint venture with Norwegian supplier of composite reinforcements for concrete, ReforceTech, a global leader in composite reinforcemen

Owens Corning is to sell its glass-fibre reinforcements business to the Mumbai, India-based Praana Group for US$755 million.

Producer of flax-fibre reinforcements Bcomp has formed a strategic collaboration with composites manufacturer SFG Composites to mass-produce flax-fibre composites for the automotive industry.

After three years of work and €2 million in investment, Chomarat has started-up a new line for the production of unidirectional (UD) carbon-fibre reinforcements at its headquarters plant in Le Chey

Numerous reports in the German press and knitting trade journals suggest that Karl Mayer is considering the divestment of the flat-knitting machine builder Stoll in 2025.

Rotary screen-printing technology has been installed at the Adlington, UK-based facility of printer, dyer and finisher of military fabrics, Pincroft, which has invested £1.5 million in the project.

Invista is developing two technologies that it says could enable the increased use of post-industrial and post-consumer waste in the manufacture of polyamide (PA) 66.

Manufacturer of fibres and yarns (Repreve) from recycled waste, Unifi, is to close its yarn-manufacturing plant in Madison, North Carolina, USA, with the loss of approximately 250 jobs.

German companies Oerlikon Barmag and Evonik are to work together to develop and commercialise technologies for the chemical recycling of waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by 2030.

Leigh Fibers has completed restructuring to integrate the recycling operations (ReVive Fiber) that it acquired through its purchase of Martex Fiber into its existing business. 

An innovation centre dedicated to the development and promotion of dry-powder impregnation processes for adding functionality to textiles is to be opened in Lexington, North Carolina, USA, in Febru

Manufacturer of hydroentangled nonwovens, BCNonwovens, has acquired speciality-nonwovens producer Atex USA Inc from EOS Investment Management Group (EOS IM).

Supplier of coated technical textiles, Mehler Texnologies, is to close down its plant in Fulda in its home nation of Germany.

Milliken & Co, of Spartanburg, South Carloina, USA, has invested in its compatriot, a developer of chitosan-based finishes for textiles, Tidal Vision, of Bellingham, Washington. 

The organisers of ITMA ASIA + CITME Singapore 2025 report they have had to increase the floor size of the show in response to a 30% rise in the number of companies applying to exhibit.

The Aachen, Germany-based developer of a process for coating fibres with metals and plastics during spinning, FibreCoat, has raised nearly €20 million through a Series-B funding round.