Cascades, North America’s fourth largest producer of towel and tissue paper, today announced that the company has been awarded “Environmental Strategy of the Year” by Pulp & Paper International at the 2013 PPI Awards in Dubai. In addition, the Cascades® Moka® product line won the company a second award for “Innovative Product of the Year.” The internationally-renowned PPI Awards are the only global awards dedicated to recognizing the achievements of companies, mills, and individuals in the pulp and paper sector.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Report on the Global Carbon Fiber Market - Includes Forecast to 2018" report to their offering.
The company ABB in Lyon has recently started to use the polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) Ultradur® B4450 G5 from BASF for its DC contactors. Since these contactors are used on railways, they must satisfy the stringent fire prevention requirements of the French Railway Standard NF F 16-101.
Benchmade Knife Company (www.benchmade.com) today was named the overall winner of the second-annual American Made Outdoor Gear Award.
Metso’s Pulp, Paper and Power business, the future Valmet, will supply a complete Advantage NTT tissue line to Abu Dhabi National Paper Mill (ADNPM) in the United Arab Emirates. The Advantage NTT solution represents the latest state-of-the-art tissue making technology in the industry. The future Valmet has previously sold two solutions of this kind. The first Advantage NTT machine started up in Mexico earlier this year.
Though some people already seem inseparable from their smartphones, even more convenient, wearable, solar-powered electronics could be on the way soon, woven into clothing fibers or incorporated into watchbands. This novel battery development, which could usher in a new era of "wearable electronics," is the topic of a paper in the ACS journal Nano Letters.
Polymer Group, Inc. (PGI) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Fiberweb plc, a global developer and manufacturer of specialty nonwoven products and materials for a variety of industrial end markets. As a result of the acquisition, PGI is the world's largest manufacturer of nonwovens.
Locally-based Carbtex Technology, Inc., has received an R&D 100 Award for Diamondown™, a high-tech carbon-based fiber that is used to produce an affordable comfort management clothing system. The awards are presented by R&D Magazine to recognize and celebrate the 100 most technologically significant products introduced in the past year.
Cosmo Specialty Fibers marked the third anniversary of a reborn pulp mill in Cosmopolis, Washington. Dormant for about half a decade, the mill was purchased by the Gores Group LLC and restored to commercial production capability as Cosmo Specialty Fibers in only six months. Two hundred well-paying jobs were added to an area where unemployment is typically the highest in the state.
Hook & Loom Rug Company introduces a method of creating colorful rugs without using harmful dyes that generate large amounts of polluted wastewater. In Hook and Loom's fiber recovery process, the color comes from recovered textiles that are carefully sorted into color groups before being reprocessed into yarn.
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