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A university spin-out business that specializes in developing high-performance nonwoven products has invested in a range of equipment and moved to a dedicated new facility in Leeds. UK.

Irving, Texas, USA-based Kimberly-Clark is to spend $30 million for expansion and improvements to its nonwovens manufacturing facility in Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA.

Bangkok, Thailand-based petrochemicals producer Indorama Ventures (IVL) is to acquire a 65.72% stake in Israel’s Avgol Industries, a producer of nonwovens for hygiene applications.

A unique high-pressure resin-transfer moulding (HP-RTM) and composite press facility at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Composites Centre in the UK is no

New Silkroutes Group of Singapore has announced it is acquiring two Shanghai, China-based makers of medical consumables for S$65 million (US$49 million).

Lectra has become the sole supplier of high-ply cutting equipment and services for Dual’s seating and interiors business, and laser cutting equipment and services for the company’s airbag cushion b

DSM has successfully defended its patent on its ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) Dyneema Force Multiplier Technology for soft body armour.

SGL Carbon has sold its 51% shareholding in the SGL Kümpers joint venture to Kümpers GmbH and Franz-Jürgen Kümpers. 

Berry Global Group Inc of Evansville, Indiana, USA, has agreed to pay US$475 million to acquire Clopay Plastic Products Co Inc of Mason, Ohio, USA, on a debt-free, cash-free basis.

Ontex Group of Erembodegem, Belgium, is to build a new production plant in Radomsko, Poland, to further expand its personal hygiene business.

BeoCare Group, a North American manufacturer of knitted medical textiles, and Dusino San Michele, Italy-based FRA Production have entered into a strategic alliance.

The Board of Directors of Tokyo, Japan-based Toho Tenax Co Ltd has elected one of its members, Shukei Inui, to be its President effective from 1 April 2017. 

Shareholders in Ahlstrom and Munksjö have given the go-ahead to the proposed merger of the two companies.

On 13 December 2016, Huesker Inc officially opened its new geotextile production plant in Shelby, North Carolina, USA.

Responsibility for Teijin Group’s aramid fibres business is to be separated from that for its industrial polyester (PES) fibres according to a reorganization announced by the Tokyo, Japan-based Gro

Lenzing is investing €100 million to increase production capacity for its speciality fibres.

Sandler has officially inaugurated the latest production facility at its headquarters in Schwarzenbach, Germany.

Productos Familia of Colombia, of which SCA is the owner of 50% of the shares, has been found guilty in another anti-trust inquiry related to baby diapers.