Milliken Included On America’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — September 20, 2023 — Milliken & Company, a diversified manufacturer with materials science expertise across textile, specialty chemical, floor covering and healthcare applications, made America’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces for the second year in a row. The list, presented by Newsweek and featuring Milliken as one of five manufacturing honorees, recognizes leading workplaces building employee-centric cultures as the basis of corporate success.

“At Milliken, our success starts with our team,” stated Halsey Cook, president and CEO of Milliken & Company. “When our associates feel valued and respected, when they are empowered to grow, and when we all work to build a better future together, we create a meaningful impact for generations to come.”

This latest honor comes on the heels of being recognized as one of Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. Nearly half of Milliken’s global workforce of 8,000 associates are based in the U.S., emphasizing the prominence of this award. The list was created after surveying more than 2 million employees from businesses with workforces varying in size from 50 to more than 100,000. The key areas included in the analysis are based on how well companies demonstrate the areas within the Spark Model as defined by BPI including Systemic Collaboration, Positive Vision of the Future, Alignment of values, Respect, and Killer Achievement. Employee sentiments and emotions indicating how engaged employees are, how positive they feel about their workplace, and how committed they are to the organization’s success were analyzed to identify the Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces.

“With the rapidly changing workplace and competition for top talent, more companies are recognizing the importance of employee engagement and commitment,” said Nancy Cooper, global editor in chief, Newsweek. “The workplaces that have demonstrated a commitment to their employees in 2023 are more likely to attract the best talent and deliver strong business outcomes.”

For more information about careers at Milliken, visit careers.milliken.com.

Posted: September 21, 2023

Source Milliken & Company

INDA Partners With The Waterloo Filtration Institute For The Filtxpo™ 2023 Technical Program

CARY, N.C. — September 21, 2023 — INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, is partnering with the Waterloo Filtration Institute to deliver the FiltXPO™ technical program on October 10-11, 2023 in Chicago. The Waterloo Filtration Institute was instrumental in recommending program topics and world-class presenters.

Engineers, scientists, and industry professionals will gain the latest insights into the filtration and separation topics affecting the industry today and into the future. The speaker lineup with conference details are available on the FiltXPO website.

The program features presentations include: filter media technologies, advancements and opportunities in filtration machinery and equipment, innovations in clean air for homes and urban areas, standards and testing, industry trends and new developments, and filtration challenges and opportunities.

The keynote for this year’s event is “IAQ Is the New Black” presented by Suzanne Shelton, President & CEO, Shelton Group. Shelton will share the latest data around consumer views on health, safety, people, and the planet. Participants will gain an understanding of the filtration opportunities and the challenges manufacturers face in communicating the value of their products.

A preview of the subject matter experts includes:

  • AAF Flanders – “Air Filter Standards Activity and What It Means for Innovation”
  • Ahlstrom – “Expanding Wetlaid Filtration Media Performance Through Innovation”
  • Air Techniques International – “Application of Automated Filter Tester in Quality Control Testing: Importance of Consistent Aerosol Particle Size Distribution”
  • American Truetzschler, Inc. – “How Really Good Filter Media Is Made”
  • CEREX Advanced Fabrics – “The Antimicrobial Nylon Advantage”
  • Elsner Engineering Works, Inc. – “When Does Automation Make Sense”
  • Hollingsworth & Vose – “Accelerating Membrane Adoption with ROI”
  • INDA – “Beyond Porter’s Five Forces – When Regulation Reshapes Markets”
  • MANN+HUMMEL GmbH – “Filtration for Cleaner Urban Mobility – Introducing Horizon Europe Innovation Action Aersolfd”
  • NatureWorks – “Optimizing Biopolymers to Improve Filter Performance – A Spectrum of Approaches and Opportunities”
  • Palas GmbH – “Influence of Temperature and Humidity to Filter Efficiency and Dust Holding Capacity”
  • Ptak Consulting – “Residential Filtration – Performance Against Infectious Aerosols”
  • The University of Georgia – “Recent Advances in Melt Blown Nonwovens and Filter Media Research”

New this year to FiltXPO are Lightning Talks. Lightning Talks are an opportunity to connect with new trends, products, innovations, and ideas with speakers rotating every eight minutes. Presenting companies include Ahlstrom, Elsner Engineering Works, Inc., Gottlieb Binder GmbH, TSI, and the Waterloo Filtration Institute.

The FiltXPO exhibition takes place October 10-12 and will run concurrently with the technical program. To register or view program updates, visit the FiltXPO website.

Posted: September 21, 2023

Source: INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry

Arxada Appoints Sanjeev Rastogi As CEO; Previous CEO, Marc Doyle, Continues As Board Member

BASEL, Switzerland — September 21, 2023 — Arxada, a global, science-based provider of innovative specialty chemicals, today announced the appointment of Sanjeev Rastogi as CEO, effective immediately. Concurrently, Marc Doyle who has successfully led Arxada since its foundation, will transition to a new role as a member of the Board of Directors. This strategic move reflects the company’s commitment to driving continuity, growth and sustainability in its portfolio.

Sanjeev Rastogi

Rastogi joined Arxada in April 2023 as president of the Consumer Microbial Control (CMC) business. With 30 years of industry experience, he has a proven track record of profitability, growing and building businesses through his strategic thinking, marketing excellence and operational expertise. Rastogi is accomplished in building high-caliber teams that execute effectively, while building sustainable portfolios. During his tenure with Arxada, he has quickly and positively impacted the CMC business, reflecting an innovation-forward and customer-centric approach. Rastogi intends to continue driving the company with a focus on the disruptive, sustainable innovations Arxada’s customers seek along with further developing a performance-based work culture.

“I am both honored and excited to take on the role of CEO at Arxada,” Rastogi said. “It is a privilege to lead such a talented team and work alongside dedicated colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional results. I am grateful to Marc Doyle for his strong contributions and his tireless commitment to the business. I look forward to building upon the robust foundation he has laid. Additionally, I am eager to take Arxada to its next level, together with a first-rate team, navigating the evolving landscape of our industry as we strive to be the preservation go-to within specialty chemicals.”

Before joining Arxada, Rastogi served as senior vice president for Hexion’s Resins and was Vice President of Honeywell’s Fluorine Products businesses. He has an MBA in finance from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware.

“My time with Arxada has been a unique and rewarding opportunity,” Doyle said. “I look forward to staying involved as a member of the board and know I am handing Arxada’s leadership over to very capable hands.”

Doyle joined what is now Arxada in July 2021 upon the acquisition of Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI) by private equity firms Bain Capital and Cinven. His leadership was pivotal during the carve-out phase and the acquisitions of both Troy Corporation and Enviro Tech Chemical Services. The clear and concise business strategy he developed helped establish the business for its future growth trajectory. Doyle will join the board as a non-executive member and will continue to remain involved in guiding Arxada’s path forward.

Posted: September 21, 2023

Source: Arxada

 

KARL MAYER Launch HKS 3-M ON PLUS Offering More Flexibility Than Ever Before

OBERTSHAUSEN, Germany — September 21, 2023 — KARL MAYER has added a new model to its successful HKS 3-M ON family. The newcomer is called HKS 3-M ON PLUS, and — as the name suggests — offers more flexibility than ever before. One particular recent addition to the production repertoire are net-like fabrics that can be produced in a variety of densities and structures, including square marquisettes and shoe fabrics, with both also realisable in coarse gauges. The extended fabric spectrum increases the limits of the HKS 3-M’s range of uses, and unlocks new potential areas of applications. The HKS 3-M ON PLUS is the go-to machine especially when rough, durable textiles are required. The all-rounder also scores additional bonus points such as an even better fabric quality and increased competitiveness thanks to higher speeds. KARL MAYER’s ON pattern drive makes it possible to create patterns without repeat limitations in a highly efficient way.

Technical features for maximum utilization effects

The performance upgrade is based on specific technical adaptations. These modifications include reinforced needles and knitting elements, and a more robust knitting motion. The sinkers now also have more room to manoeuvre, which increases the patterning flexibility. Apart from the targeted modifications aimed at increasing the range of uses, the HKS 3-M ON PLUS offers all of the features and technologies of the latest digital generation of three-bar HKS models. These include a batching device that provides additional benefits, Multispeed optimisations to avoid speed losses, and energy-data monitoring – all presented in the form of prototypes at ITMA 2023. Further innovations simplify the handling and ensure a better product quality.

HKS 3-M ON PLUS is available in the gauges E 14 to E 28, and with working widths of 130”, 180” and 210”.

Patterning with the utmost flexibility and efficiency

Customers who want to fully exploit the extensive patterning potential offered by the HKS 3-M ON PLUS efficiently can use the HKS 3-M ON family’s digital options with either k.innovation CORE or k.innovation CORE lite.

KM.ON’s two web-based software solutions from the k.innovation product range were developed for patterning with unlimited repeat lengths without mechanical data carriers, and the machine must be connected to the KARL MAYER GROUP subsidiary’s cloud. Pattern changes take considerably less time and effort, which offers significant advantages. No more lengthy ordering processes and transport costs, stock holdings or elaborate manual interventions on the machine, as is usually the case when pattern discs are used.

k.innovation CORE lite is a browser-based chain link editor. For already existing patterns, the required chain link information can be conveniently imported from any mobile device and simply edited with k. innovation CORE lite. New patterns can be created by entering the lapping values of simple designs for any ground guide bar. Before loading them directly onto the machine, the software completes a plausibility check.

In addition, patterns can be created on any mobile device using a design tool via the web-based software k.innovation CORE, with everyone involved in the creative process participating online. Working from a single source shortens processes, helps to prevent mistakes and promotes creative output through uncomplicated exchange.

Development led by practical requirements

As the HKS 3-M ON PLUS focuses on maximum performance, KARL MAYER closely collaborated with its customer Heathcoat Fabrics when designing and developing the new model.

The UK-based company, which was established in 1808, has been a KARL MAYER GROUP partner for many years, and is one of the market leaders in the area of warp knitted and woven fabric manufacturing. It specialities include technical textiles for specific uses, whose development and manufacture often poses complex challenges that must first be resolved. Heathcoat Fabrics supplied Queen Elizabeth’s veil fabric on the occasion of the royal wedding in 1947, as well as parachute fabrics for NASA’s Perseverance rover mission to Mars, for which this pioneering company won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2022.

To manufacture its product portfolio even more efficiently, the company initiated development of the HKS 3-M ON PLUS, and provided support in the form of processing tests with yarns that were heavier than the previous norm for tricot machines. In addition, the customer contributed their wide-ranging practical expertise to the cooperation.

Posted: September 21, 2023

Source: KARL MAYER GROUP

U.S. Textile Executives Raise Concern Over Department Of Veterans Affairs’ Lack Of Compliance With Legislation Mandating The Purchase Of American-Made PPE

WASHINGTON — September 21, 2023 — The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) and member companies issued a statement today, sounding the alarm over the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) lack of compliance to date with legislation mandating the purchase of domestically-produced PPE.

NCTO President and CEO Kim Glas commended the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs’ (HVAC) Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations for holding a hearing on “VA Procurement: Made in America.”

The Make PPE in America Act, which took effect in February 2022, requires that all PPE purchased by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and VA be made by manufacturers in the United States using domestic components.

“I applaud the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations for scrutinizing the VA’s compliance with the Make PPE in America Act. It is alarming that this key federal agency has not yet complied with the underlying provisions of the law or provided a demand signal for the procurement of more American-made PPE. That inaction has left the vital domestic textile and apparel supply chain — the very industry that retooled production lines to produce desperately needed PPE during the pandemic — with idled capacity, financial losses and closures,” Glas said.

“The VA and all federal agencies need to fully implement this law immediately. It is critical to the viability of the domestic PPE supply chain and to our nation’s long-term health and national security. Without the commitment, our manufacturers will be forced to shutter operations and the PPE domestic supply chain will disappear, leaving our country overly reliant once again on unreliable imports from China and other foreign suppliers,” Glas added.

Norman Chapman, president and CEO of Inman Mills, a South Carolina-based yarn manufacturer and weaver, said: “The Department of Veterans Affairs’ lack of compliance with the Make PPE in America Act to date has essentially cast aside proven American-made goods in favor of cheap foreign goods from an unreliable and often unfriendly supply chain, costing our company and others millions of dollars, and disincentivizing future calls to rush in to help.”

“We invested in the expansion of PPE production at our facilities based on the promise of a consistent domestic market due to the passing of the Make PPE in America Act,” said Marisa Fumei-South, COO at Two One Two New York. “That promise, however, has not been upheld, as the Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to issue contracts and make wide scale purchases of domestically produced PPE, as required by the Make PPE in America Act. The failure to comply with key elements of this legislation has had a significant financial impact on our business, in favor of cheap foreign goods from unreliable supply chains — as the COVID pandemic exposed.”

“We were able to boast over 1 million yards of elastic per week during the peak of the pandemic demand from our humble factory,” said Adolfo Solorzano Z., general manager of American Elastic & Tape, a Florida based textile producer. “During that time, we proved that we could create American jobs, produce at competitive prices, and pay a decent wage. However, the struggle now lies when our clients are still sitting on inventory that is not circulating because organizations like the VA are not complying with simple requirements in the Make PPE in America Act. Without consistent demand, jobs are lost, shifts are cut, profits are diminished and the path for Asian dependence is laid forth once again for another generation.”

Posted: September 21, 2023

Source: The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO)

MyCarbonFootprint: BASF Launches Dashboard For Sustainable Procurement

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany — September 21, 2023 — BASF has released a new digital application designed to help customers gain a better overview of the sustainability status of the product portfolio they purchase from BASF. It also helps customers identify the best BASF solutions to reach their sustainability targets with regard to CO2 reduction and/or use of renewable raw materials. The app called “MyCarbonFootprint” contains data on over 700 selected large volume BASF products, including pharma ingredients, amino resins, butanediol and derivatives, acids, polyalcohols, acetylenics, carbonyl derivatives and amines. It is initially available to certain BASF customers who purchase products included in MyCarbonFootprint. Currently, more than 50 customers are already using the app.

Customized overview for each customer

MyCarbonFootprint informs customers about the individual cradle-to-gate product carbon footprint (PCF) of the BASF products they purchase.2 The app furthermore indicates the share of renewable raw materials used in the manufacture of these products. The data is presented in a customized way for each customer: Depending on the purchased quantities of a selected product, MyCarbonFootprint calculates the CO2 emissions, the product carbon footprint and the share of renewable raw materials according to the respective customer’s purchasing portfolio at BASF.

Optimizing the carbon footprint and renewable raw material share

With the help of MyCarbonFootprint, customers can determine how adjustments in their purchasing portfolio affect their sustainability status in terms of CO2 emissions and the use of renewable raw materials.

For example, MyCarbonFootprint calculates the potential reduction in CO2 emissions when a product variant with a lower carbon footprint is selected instead of the previously purchased product. MyCarbonFootprint also shows BASF customers various alternatives to increase the proportion of renewable raw materials in the value chain by choosing a suitable product variant.

“We developed MyCarbonFootprint to create the transparency that our customers need to pursue their CO2 emission reduction goals and to select the best sustainable product variants from the BASF portfolio to achieve their desired sustainability positioning,” explains Niels Möller, Global Strategic Marketing, Operating Division Intermediates, BASF. A team lead by Möller invented the innovative IT tool and developed it to market maturity.

BASF portfolio offers various sustainable product variants

MyCarbonFootprint provides an overview of the various sustainable product variants from the BASF portfolio. BASF customers can for example reduce their CO2 emissions by using BASF’s low-PCF products. These products have a significantly reduced product carbon footprint based on a specific customer request or compared to a reference value. The low-PCF portfolio includes, among others, bio-based or biomass balanced products (BMB), which can help customers achieve CO2 emission reductions compared with fossil standard products. In some cases, BASF additionally offers net-zero products, which have a PCF of zero or less than zero.3

Switching to BMB products is also an easier way for customers to increase the share of renewable raw materials in the value chain. In the BMB approach, BASF feeds renewable raw materials into its Verbund in the very first steps of chemical production. A corresponding share of these raw materials is then attributed to specific sales products by means of a certified mass balance method. Certification of BASF’s biomass balanced products is carried out according to recognized standards like REDcert2 or ISCC PLUS4. Being identical in quality and properties to fossil standard products, biomass balanced products are “drop-in” solutions. Customers can use them without having to adapt their existing manufacturing processes.

1 Physical or attributed via a certified biomass balance approach.


2 The product carbon footprint (PCF) values displayed in MyCarbonFootprint come from a digital PCF calculation solution and methodology developed by BASF. BASF’s PCF calculations follow the requirements and guidance given by ISO 14067:2018. In a methodology review, TÜV Rheinland has certified that BASF’s PCF calculation solution and methodology is scientifically-based, is in accordance with ISO 14067:2018 and reflects the state of the art (ID-Nr. 0000080389; BASF SE – Certipedia).

3 The product carbon footprint (PCF) of BASF’s net-zero products is zero or lower than zero in a cradle-to-gate assessment. For example, if biomass is used in the production of products, the carbon bound in the biomass reduces the cradle-to-gate PCF. The originally determined PCF can be reduced to zero or even below zero by including the biogenic carbon of the product. The calculation does not include downstream value chain emissions such as transportation emissions from factory gate to customer, emissions from further processing and the end-of-life emissions (e.g., from waste treatment). In general, the calculation of the cradle-to-gate PCF excludes the use of external compensation measures.

4 REDcert2 and ISCC PLUS are standards for the use of sustainable biomass as raw material in the chemical industry. Regarding BASF’s biomass balance approach, certification according to these standards confirms that the biomass used is sustainable and has been fed into the production Verbund in the required amount. It also confirms that the sustainable biomass has been correctly attributed to the corresponding sales products. The certifications are awarded on the basis of on-site audits conducted by independent auditors.

Posted: September 21, 2023

Source: BASF

Two Society Of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Leaders Appointed To National Manufacturing Boards Of Directors 

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — September 21, 2023 — Society Of Manufacturing Engineers (SME),  the nonprofit committed to accelerating new manufacturing technology adoption and building North America’s talent and capabilities, announced the recent appointment of two of its leaders to national boards of directors in the manufacturing industry.

Appointed were Toni Neary, director of community engagement and workforce innovation for SME, who was named to the board for the National Coalition of Advanced Technology Centers, and Greg Surtman, workforce development manager for Tooling U-SME, who was named to the board for The Uniquely Abled Project.

“Toni and Greg were no doubt chosen for their passion for developing people and expertise in workforce development,” said SME’s Chief Workforce Development Officer, Jeannine Kunz. “Their insight, experience and counsel to these two organizations will help them to thrive, which ultimately will benefit our national manufacturing workforce.”

Neary and Surtman join other SME leaders who are committed to volunteering on the boards of partner organizations, which SME collaborates with to support workforce development.

Neary serves as SME’s director of community engagement and workforce innovation, leading efforts to grow diversity, equity, inclusion and access in the manufacturing industry as well as highlighting and strengthening successful such programs throughout the United States.

She works directly with communities to build, fill, and sustain viable manufacturing ecosystems. Throughout her career, she has been a passionate advocate for career and technical education — engaging, developing and helping to grow advanced manufacturing programs through various roles. Neary’s self-professed goal is to combine workforce partners, strategies and best practices to unite and uplift individuals, communities and organizations. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of Toledo.

“It is an honor to rejoin the NCATC Board representing SME, to work side by side with the most innovative advanced technology centers in the country,” Neary said. “The leadership, growth and initiatives that NCATC works toward is significant, and I am excited to roll my sleeves up and do good work with these community and technical college leaders from around the country.”

NCATC is an Affiliated Council of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), catalyzing a network of higher education and industry-led strategic partner resources that advocates, advises, and promotes the use of advanced technology applications to enhance economic and workforce development programs and services.

With over 160 members from community and technical colleges, universities, career and technical education (CTE) high schools, adult education organizations and the corporate community, NCATC provides great networking opportunities at their Fall Conference every year.

Surtman is the workforce development manager at Tooling U-SME, where he is responsible for leading the team that supports Tooling U-SME’s 900+ partner network. This includes academic institutions (high schools, colleges and universities), manufacturing extension partnerships, workforce and economic development agencies, manufacturing associations and community-based organizations. His focus is addressing the skills gap by creating better alignment between the educational ecosystem and employer demand.

Surtman has more than 26 years of workforce development experience during his career including Tooling U-SME, manufacturing companies and academic institutions. He holds a bachelor’s in business administration from the University of Toledo, is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt, and is a Certified DiSC Facilitator.

“I am honored to be part of a group that’s focused on providing hope and life-changing opportunities for the uniquely abled and their families,” Surtman said.

The Uniquely Abled Project (UAP) is a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind collaboration with the business community. Its focus is the creation of vocational opportunities for the uniquely abled by matching their unique abilities to jobs in demand. It is different from other jobs programs because it has a business conversation with companies and provides an extraordinary solution to a need that businesses have. UAP is not asking them to “help the handicapped.”

The organization enables those with a diagnosis to have the possibility of a meaningful career providing income, dignity, and purpose while filling a major need for employers.

Kunz said, these SME leaders – and the organizations they provide volunteer leadership support for – do the hard, innovative work of addressing national challenges in workforce development which exemplifies the importance of these collaborations.

Posted: September 21, 2023

Source: Society Of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)

The New Cavimelt Pro Embodies Bi-Functional Textile Coating With Quick And Easy Switching

Cavimelt Pro for multi-functional coating

TOBEL, Switzerland — September 20, 2023 — The Cavitec high-performance portfolio of coating, laminating and impregnating solutions is now extended with the launch of a two-in-one machine featuring rapid switching between rotogravure and full-surface coating. Its technological superiority of the new Cavimelt Pro — based on hotmelt adhesive application — delivers bonding performance which meets the highest expectations for quality and sustainability.

The task is easy to describe: two layers are bonded together to create a laminate. Yet the process itself draws on pure science underpinned by detailed knowledge of materials, adhesives, technology and machines. That’s how to achieve the best results for demanding customers manufacturing the end-product.

Cavitec a brand of Santex Rimar Group is the world supplier of coating, laminating and impregnating dedicated to identifying and meeting the critical requirements of companies in this sector: “We have engaged in countless discussions with customers and potential customers over several years, combining the insights gained with our own experience to design exactly the machines that customers want,” says Stephane Fernandez, head of Sales and Lab (Hotmelt Division) at Cavitec. Cavimelt Pro is the new bi-functional hotmelt laminating machine which enables switching between rotogravure and full-surface coating quickly and easily, thanks to new technology.

Quick-change head

Cavimelt Pro offers a carefully thought-through solution, down to the last detail. In the priming position, the dosing roller is open and the tool holding device is pivoted down. This allows the doctor blade holder and the side dams to be changed, to switch the coating. Using side dams for roll coating means this process can be started immediately. The gravure roller is easily exchangeable with a smooth transfer roller.

The quick-change application head combines gravure and full-surface coating in one single system. With this, it is possible to change in a few seconds from one coating method to the other, without the use of tools.

Innovative details are the dosing roller driven by an individual motor for smooth operation and the special positioning of the doctor blade, which avoids the risk of leaking, even with extremely low viscosity values. A big advantage is the high-precision wedge gap control between dosing and gravure/application roll to increase or decrease the coating weight steplessly.

The hot solution

Cavimelt Pro is based on hotmelt technology. Hotmelt adhesives commonly used in textiles are one-component solvent-free thermoplastic polymers (non-reactive) or thermoset pre-polymers (reactive) heated to melting point before application. Hotmelts are applied in a hot plasticized state onto a substrate material such as wovens, knits, nonwovens, foams, membranes, films, nets, silicon paper etc. With this process, substrates are not subject to any deteriorating thermal stress.

In some applications, the material is coated only to change the surface composition, but more often the purpose is to bond or glue two layers of material together to build a composite material.

Cavimelt Pro is the two-in-one solution covering the most important application range, and offering users the opportunity to extend their customer base.

Flexibility, quality and sustainability

Full-surface coating is established in mattress ticking and grinding paper production. Applications for rotogravure cover breathable active wear, protective wear and also lingerie, upholstery and automotive seats and interiors, hygiene and medical products, technical composites and materials for roof underlay etc. Cavimelt Pro was also designed for sensitive materials and innovative applications. It offers flexibility from using membranes of 5 micrometers (one tenth of the diameter of a single human hair) and foam of 20 millimeters of thickness.

The multi-roller coating machine masters each single process perfectly due to precise mechanical control of factors like tension (vital for filmy materials) and even pressure on the full width of the roll. Applying a correctly-defined temperature is essential for reliable adjustments and constant spread on the roll surface.

Empowering users to achieve unmatched coating results and meeting high sustainability standards make Cavimelt Pro ultimately the machine that customers really want. Its hotmelt technology is an environmentally-friendly process, free of solvents and water. Furthermore, as no drying or sintering is necessary Cavimelt Pro also scores in energy-saving aspects. “Cavimelt Pro unites the full set of advantages which can drive success in the finishing business,” Fernandez said.

Posted: September 21, 2023

Source: Santex Rimar Group

Lenzing Receives EU Ecolabel For Environmentally Friendly Fiber Production At Indonesian Production Plant

LENZING, Austria/PURWAKARTA, Indonesia — September 21, 2023 — The Lenzing Group, a provider of specialty cellulose fibers for the textile and nonwoven industries, has received certification from the internationally recognized EU Ecolabel1 for its fibers at the Indonesian site. This means that Lenzing fibers produced in Purwakarta (PT. South Pacific Viscose) meet high environmental standards. The product portfolio thus expands and qualifies for the production of LENZING™ ECOVERO™ brand fibers for textiles and VEOCEL™ brand fibers for nonwoven applications. By switching its previous production capacities to specialty viscose, Lenzing is in a better position to serve the strongly growing demand for environmentally friendly viscose fibers.

The substantial investment of EUR 100 mn to modernize the Indonesian site has enabled Lenzing to significantly reduce its specific emissions. In addition, the site recently began sourcing energy from renewable sources and is driving the conversion to biomass in line with Lenzing’s goals of reducing group-wide carbon emissions per ton of product sold by 50 percent by 2030 and achieving carbon-neutral production by 2050.

“We are working tirelessly to make the industries in which we operate even more sustainable and to drive the transformation of the textile business model from a linear to circular. I am therefore very pleased that we have now received the EU Ecolabel, which once again confirms our sustainability performance. Our investments in Indonesia, as well as in other Lenzing sites around the world, put us in an even better position to meet the growing demand for specialty fibers with low environmental impact,” said Stephan Sielaff, CEO of the Lenzing Group.

1The EU Ecolabel is recognized in all member states of the European Union, as well as Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. The voluntary label, introduced by an EU regulation in 1992 (Regulation EEC 880/92), has gradually become a reference point for consumers who want to help reduce pollution by purchasing more environmentally-friendly products and services. 


Posted: September 21, 2023

Source: Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft

ANDRITZ Starts Up Extra-Wide Carding Machine For Italian Nonwovens Producer Albis

From left to right: Gianni Boscolo, CEO of Albis, and Fabien Ravier, managing director of ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau
Photo: ANDRITZ

GRAZ, Austria — September 21, 2023 — International technology group ANDRITZ has successfully started up the new carding machine and opening/blending line it delivered to Albis in Roasio, Vercelli, Italy.

This investment represents an important step for Albis in meeting new demands and producing innovative nonwoven products for hygiene and medical applications.

With its large working width of 5.10 meters, the machine allows for the production of nonwoven fabrics tailored to specific customer requirements while maintaining excellent properties and consistent quality. One example is Albis Curacell ®, a multilayer composite nonwoven fabric in a weight range between 35 and 70 gsm that is produced with a fully water-free patented process and is able to absorb liquid flows of over seven times its own weight. The production line also includes an advanced upstream opening and blending system from ANDRITZ.

Albis CEO Gianni Boscolo said: “ANDRITZ has both the expertise and innovativeness we are looking for in a partner to realize our vision. The reliability of their machinery was another important factor in our decision to partner with them. Our new installation will help us meet our clients’ demands and enable us to continue creating nonwoven products that set new standards in the hygiene and medical sectors.”

Albis, a privately owned group founded in Italy in 1995 by Gianni Boscolo, has been a major player in the nonwoven market for over three decades. Through continuous research and development, the company offers innovative, high-quality nonwoven solutions across various sectors, including hygiene, medical, personal care, textiles, filtration, and agriculture.

Posted: September 21, 2023

Source: International technology group ANDRITZ

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