Report Summary:
Global Technical Textiles Business Update |
20 pages,
published in Issue 68, 1st quarter 2007 |
The first quarter of 2007 was a busy period in global
markets for technical textiles. Ahlstrom signed agreements
to acquire Orlandi's spunlace nonwovens business in Italy
and Fabriano Filter Media a maker of microglass filter
media. DSM Dyneema acquired Switzerland-based Pamako. Also,
it won a legal battle after alleging that China's Hangzhou
Pivot International had infringed patents covering its
ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) Dyneema
fibre. Danish investment company LD Equity took complete
ownership of Jacob Holm & Sons STA. The latter owns Norafin,
which manufactures technical and speciality nonwovens. It
also owns Tytex, which produces medical textiles for global
healthcare companies. Meanwhile, Whitestone took over
Humanicare and created a US leader in adult incontinence
care products.
In business news, Edana is concerned that anti-dumping
duties on polyester staple fibres are causing problems for
European nonwovens producers. Nonwovens manufacturer
fibertex is exploring the potential of nanocoatings and
Smith & Nephew plans to be the exclusive distributor of UDL
Laboratories Biobrane Biosynthetic Wound Dressing outside
the USA. Nanopeutics and HemCon Medical Technologies have
agreed to develop nano-scale nonwovens with chitosan for the
US Military. Tyco healthcare will be renamed Covidien before
separating from its parent company. And a consortium backed
by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the UK will
develop textiles made from bioactive glass nanofibres for
medical applications.
In investment news, Ahlstrom will spend Euro5 mn (US$7 mn)
on a new dry-laid nonwovens line at its facility in
Groesbeck, Texas, USA. PGI will invest in a new technology
to make an entirely new category of high performance, cost
effective engineered materials for wipes and other uses.
d3o lab which makes the smart material d3o has completed a
multi-million pound round of fund raising initiatives to
fuel international growth and commercial expansion.
Meanwhile, Milliken has invested in a new microbiology
laboratory at its Technical Centre in Gent in Belgium.
Research by Freedonia Group predicts that US demand for
geosynthetics will rise by 4.4% a year to 2010, reaching 796
mn m2(870 mn yd2), while demand for coated fabrics will
increase by 3.2% a year to 569 mn m2. Demand for wipes, on
the other hand, will grow by 6.1% a year to US$2.2 bn in
2011.
- Global Technical Textiles Business Update
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