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while nonwovens have driven their way into many automotive end uses in the U.S., passenger compartment floorcovering remains the 'holy grail' Automotive applications for nonwovens have proven to be a [...]

Remember when the year 2000 sounded so far away? The turn of the century...the end of an era. Amazingly, the year 2000 is now right around the corner and companies [...]

The International Nonwoven Roll Goods Companies While maturing markets plagued the U.S. and major economic problems hit Europe and Japan, the Top 40 nonwoven roll goods companies continued to move [...]

The Japanese arm of the new triennial nonwovens trade show schedule, Expo Nonwovens Asia '94, was held March 16-18 in Tokyo, Japan. According to show organizers Miller Freeman, the show [...]

An internal focus moving outward. A pessimistic general outlook flavored with optimistic individual company activity. An emphasis on quality and innovation as driving forces for the future. And an overall [...]

Filtration--no other segment in the nonwovens industry is as diverse. A $225 million market in the U.S. in 1991, according to John R. Starr Inc., the filtration segment of the [...]

Within each of these segments, however, there are also several smaller players--usually private label suppliers--that, despite their size and lack of corporate backing, manage to produce quality product and stay [...]

nonwovens continue to be a part of an infinite number of end products; this month's feature examines four of these durable end uses Interlinings. Roofing fabrics. Geotextiles. Automotive Thim. Within [...]

suppliers of diaper films, tapes and elastics adapting to changing market demands; manufacturers respond to environmental and cost issues In a consolidating industry with the growing consumer demands of price, [...]

What was billed as the largest North American nonwovens conference and exhibition, IDEA '92, took place last month at the Washington Convention Center in Washington D.C., November 17-19. The show [...]

The dull roar of textile machinery greeted the more than 20,000 expected visitors to ATME-I, the triennial textile machinery exposition held last month, October 19-23, at the Palmetto Exposition Center, [...]

Manufacturers of binders and resins for nonwovens, primary ingredients in the chemical bonding process, continue to encounter new challenges as the industry continues to evolve. The latest challenge comes in [...]

Our seventh annual survey profiles 31 major producers of nonwoven roll goods; this year producers are looking internally for sales and capacity growth, while flexibility and management reorganization are major [...]

NONWOVENS INDUSTRY attempts to identify the most influential manufacturers and markets for nonwoven materials; diversity defines an industry with as many segments and niches as major players The nonwovens industry [...]

The TOP COMPANIES In The Worldwide Nonwovens Industry This sixth annual review of the world's 30 largest producers of nonwovens--along with a few Companies To Watch--once again reveals the extraordinary [...]

As the green issue continues to rear its ugly head in the disposables industry, right and wrong is becoming increasingly cloudy and actions once looked upon as steps in the [...]

Converters Of Nonwovens A Strong Market In A Shaky Economy Despite what will someday be recorded in the history books as the 'recession of 1991,' one business that continues to [...]

Spunbonding In The 1990s: A Technology On The Move As a technology, spunbonded nonwovens has grown tremendously in recent years. One of the newer nonwovens processes, the art of spunbonding [...]

Green Report Sets Guidelines, Causes Reactions In Disposables Industry the recently-released report of environmental recommendations causes some controversy among manufacturers of disposable products; the Attorneys General report sets guidelines for [...]

Women In The Nonwovens Industry A middle level female manager accompanies her boss to a meeting with an older male customer. The customer is very curious about the women's presence [...]

IDEA '90 The Big Show Is Over, But Innovations Remain To Carry The Nonwovens Industry Through the 1990s It was billed as a 'major global industry event' and IDEA '90 [...]

Absorbent Activity: A Proliferation Of Patents With several patent infringement suits making news in recent months, the spotlight has focused even more sharply on what patents have been issued to [...]

In Nonwovens... If it's true that 'the more something changes, the more it stays the same,' then the nonwovens industry has definitely not gone anywhere in the past two years. [...]

When this issue surfaced as a major factor within the nonwovens industry in the late 1980's, many never dreamed the topic would explode as such a powder keg in the [...]

the awareness of '1992' and the need for globalization remain high on the list in importance for hot melt adhesive and equipment suppliers; the environment is also a major concern, [...]

The Highloft Market: A Series Of Unanswered Questions Defining a product is an issue that must be tackled before market analysis and growth projections can be attempted. In the area [...]

climbing costs continue to cause concern among cotton bleachers; nonwovens business remains full of potential, but manufactures are slow to commercialize new projects The date - June 1994. The issue [...]

'Building the better mousetrap' is a familiar phrase in the nonwovens industry--indeed, much of our growth has been at the expense of other older materials that have slowed in product [...]

While woven slit polypropylene remains the undisputed king in the carpet backing area, nonwovens are making inroads on the basis of their inherent stability and production flexibility. Nonwoven substrates are [...]

storage of nonwovens, particularly highloft materials, has raised concern for nonwovens producers and premiums with insurance companies; are test methods inaccurate or is this a non-issue? Flame retardant. Fire resistant. [...]

recent patents issued reflect growing trend towards general rather than application-specific patents; P&G, K-C continue to forge ahead While the patent activity recorded in each week's Patent Gazette reflects only [...]

Despite unfortunate timing a few short weeks after INDEX |93, the largest nonwovens trade show in the world, the Techtextil/Compositex exhibition managed to hold its own in the technical textile [...]

Diaper Doings: Plenty Of Patents In Personal Products The race to stay ahead of the competition with newer, better and stronger technology continued unabated this year in the absorbent products [...]

Disposability: Is It Still A |Dirty' Word? As the 'disposability' issue takes a new turn, the nonwoven disposables industry itself continues in its goal to move proactively rather than simply [...]

A Wish List For Protective Apparel Protective clothing made up 9.4% of total sales of safety equipment distributors' sales in 1989, with the forecast for 1990-1995 predicting that clothing - [...]

Picking The Cotton Market A Natural Progression Into Nonwovens as cotton usage in nonwovens continues to grow, people are beginning to get a |feeling' for the natural fiber in an [...]

a review of the growth of fiber usage for the disposables segment of the nonwovens industry and a quick look at some of the challenges of the 1990's From humble [...]