Global Technical Textiles Business Update, 3rd quarter 2012 edition
Report description
This report provides a round-up of recent corporate developments in the global technical textiles sector, including acquisitions, business news, financial results, investments and market forecasts. The report contains insight and analysis of developments in a wide range of companies and other organisations involved in the sector, including: Ahlstrom, Alexium International, Andritz Perfojet, Blackman & White, Companhia Providência, Dow Automotive Systems, Duro Textiles, Eschler Group, Fibras Sintéticas de Portugal (Fisipe), Finance Yorkshire, Fong's Industries, Hindoostan Technical Fabrics, Itochu Plastics, Lenzing, L Possehl, Monforts, Nan Liu Enterprise, Ontex Group, ParAid Textile Services, Peratech, Precot Meridian, PurThread Technologies, Schoeller Textil, SGL Group, SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT), Teijin Group, Toho Tenax and Zoltek.
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SUMMARY
ACQUISITIONS
Fong’s Industries has acquired the textile finishing machinery producer Monforts
Schoeller Textil has acquired the functional knitted fabric maker Eschler Group
SGL Group has completed its takeover of the acrylic fibre maker Fibras Sintéticas de Portugal
BUSINESS NEWS
Andritz Perfojet will supply a hydroentanglement line, the world’s widest, to Nan Liu
Enterprise’s plant in China
Duro Textiles and Alexium International have signed an agreement relating to Alexium’s
Novel halogen-free flame retardant (FR) treatment for polyamide textiles
Ontex Group intends to close a diaper production plant in Germany
SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) has signed an agreement with Itochu Plastics
relating to the distribution of its products in Asia
Teijin Group is investing in a research and development company in China and will cooperate
with Chinese fibre manufacturers
Toho Tenax has appointed Hindoostan Technical Fabrics as its Indian partner and will supply
it with Tenax Carbon Fibre
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Zoltek has reported a 30.9% increase in net sales in the first nine months of 2011/12
INVESTMENTS
Ahlstrom has started up a filter line ahead of schedule
Companhia Providência has opened a second nonwovens plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dow Automotive Systems has established laboratories in Europe and the USA to develop
carbon fibre composites for automotive and transport applications
Finance Yorkshire will invest £1.2 mn in Peratech, a manufacturer of Quantum Tunnelling
Composites (QTCs)
Lenzing is investing in a new facility for making Tencel lyocell at its headquarters in Austria
Paraid Textile Services has invested in the latest fabric cutting machinery
Precot Meridian will make hydroentangled nonwovens for medical markets
Purthread Technologies, a new medical textile company, has opened its headquarters in the
USA
Teijin Group has opened up a new composites centre close to automotive manufacturers in
the USA
Toho Tenax will double its capacity for producing nickel-coated carbon fibre to meet higher
demand for electromagnetic shielding
MARKETS
The market for advanced wound care products has yet to reach its full potential, according to
a new report
ACQUISITIONS
Fong’s Industries has acquired the textile finishing machinery producer Monforts
Schoeller Textil has acquired the functional knitted fabric maker Eschler Group
SGL Group has completed its takeover of the acrylic fibre maker Fibras Sintéticas de Portugal
BUSINESS NEWS
Andritz Perfojet will supply a hydroentanglement line, the world’s widest, to Nan Liu
Enterprise’s plant in China
Duro Textiles and Alexium International have signed an agreement relating to Alexium’s
Novel halogen-free flame retardant (FR) treatment for polyamide textiles
Ontex Group intends to close a diaper production plant in Germany
SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT) has signed an agreement with Itochu Plastics
relating to the distribution of its products in Asia
Teijin Group is investing in a research and development company in China and will cooperate
with Chinese fibre manufacturers
Toho Tenax has appointed Hindoostan Technical Fabrics as its Indian partner and will supply
it with Tenax Carbon Fibre
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Zoltek has reported a 30.9% increase in net sales in the first nine months of 2011/12
INVESTMENTS
Ahlstrom has started up a filter line ahead of schedule
Companhia Providência has opened a second nonwovens plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dow Automotive Systems has established laboratories in Europe and the USA to develop
carbon fibre composites for automotive and transport applications
Finance Yorkshire will invest £1.2 mn in Peratech, a manufacturer of Quantum Tunnelling
Composites (QTCs)
Lenzing is investing in a new facility for making Tencel lyocell at its headquarters in Austria
Paraid Textile Services has invested in the latest fabric cutting machinery
Precot Meridian will make hydroentangled nonwovens for medical markets
Purthread Technologies, a new medical textile company, has opened its headquarters in the
USA
Teijin Group has opened up a new composites centre close to automotive manufacturers in
the USA
Toho Tenax will double its capacity for producing nickel-coated carbon fibre to meet higher
demand for electromagnetic shielding
MARKETS
The market for advanced wound care products has yet to reach its full potential, according to
a new report
Related research categories
By sector: Technical (in Material), Textiles (in Textiles, fabric & yarn)
By market: Global
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