ITMA Milan: Leading Industry Experts to Give Keynote Presentations on Sustainable Textile Innovation
The stage is set for ITMA 2023 to host a highly anticipated showcase of textile technologies to be held in Milan from June 8 to 14. Exhibition space grossing 200,000 square meters of the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition center was fully booked as early as February. The upcoming exhibition will feature over 1,600 exhibitors from …
Lenzing’s Nonwoven Brand VEOCEL™ Advances Water Pollution and Ocean Preservation with Improved Solutions in the Wipes Marketplace
Sustainable fiber choices for wipes expand with upgraded lyocell shortcut with high dispersibility fibers Lenzing’s industry partners seek out the company’s innovative fiber solutions to advance their product offerings, while combatting the growing issues facing the global environment. VEOCEL™ – Lenzing’s nonwoven brand – has been taking a proactive role in addressing these issues through …
Movers & Shakers May 2023: INDA releases North American Nonwoven Materials Annual Study
In the dynamic and global textile fiber industry with its various manufacturing processes and end-uses, news and information is breaking on a daily basis. International Fiber Journal is tracking stories relevant to our industry from manmade to natural to bio-based fibers, innovations in nonwoven, woven, braided and technical textiles, technologies for additives, bonding, coatings and …
Carbon Neutral Viscose Fibers that Nurture Connections to Nature
Lenzing Expands VEOCEL™ Branded Viscose Fibers Production to Satisfy the Environmentally Conscious Consumer Around the Globe Climate change has placed a pressing need for sustainable solutions across all industries, not least the nonwoven industry. In the sector alone, 1.36 million tons of hygiene wipes were produced in 2020 and globally, approximately 30 million tons of …
Legislation to Wipe Out Non-Flushables from Wastewater Infrastructure Introduced
Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has teamed up with Maine’s U.S. Senator Susan Collins and U.S. Representatives Mary Peltola (D-AK) and Lisa McClain (R-MI-09) to introduce the Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act. This bipartisan, bicameral bill aims to address health, ecosystem, and wastewater infrastructure concerns caused by the flushing of non-flushable …