Global Technical Textiles Business Update, 4th quarter 2011
Report description
This report provides a round-up of recent corporate developments in the global technical textiles sector, including acquisitions, business news, investments, and joint ventures and partnerships. The report contains insight and analysis of developments in a wide range of companies and other organisations involved in the sector, including: Ahlstrom, Alabuga-fiber, Andritz Group, Apax Partners, Australian Defence Force (ADF), BASF, Beijing Chinamex International Investment Co, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Canadian Defence Forces, Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division (CCCD), Christian Pinkert Textilmaschinen, Crye Precision, DSM Dyneema, FieldTurf, Goodwill, Karl Mayer Malimo, Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI), Lanxess, Lenzing, Massif Mountain Gear, NSC Nonwoven, Oerlikon Textile, Peerless Garments, Pro Descart, Propper International, Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), ReadyOne Industries, Royal Ten Cate, Samil Spinning Co, SCA (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget), Shalag US, SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT), Suominen, TenCate Grass, TenCate Protective Fabrics, US Army, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Wall Street Uniforms International.
Table of contents
SUMMARY
ACQUISITIONS
Ahlstrom has sold its wipes business to Suominen
Andritz has acquired NSC Nonwoven
SCA (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget) has acquired Pro Descart, a producer of hygiene products in Brazil
Wound healing therapy specialist Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI) has been acquired by an investment consortium
BUSINESS NEWS
Ahlstrom has stopped making speciality glass fibre reinforcement materials at its US plant and shed jobs at several others
Canada’s military forces have opted for TenCate flame resistant (FR) fabrics
Karl Mayer Malimo has transferred the manufacture of its Malimo stitch-bonding machines to Christian Pinkert Textilmaschinen
Oerlikon Textile will move its headquarters to China
TenCate Defense & Tactical has won an order for flame resistant fabrics for use in Army Combat Pants (ACPS)
TenCate Grass is seeking damages from FieldTurf
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has extended a trial involving combat uniforms made with TenCate fabric
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will allow SouthWest NanoTechnologies
(SWeNT) to sell multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the USA
INVESTMENTS
Alabuga-fiber will build a carbon fibre plant in Tatarstan, Russia
BASF is to invest in the production of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs)
Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division (CCCD) has opened a new cleanroom facility
DSM Dyneema will build a technical centre with ballistic testing laboratories in Singapore
Lanxess plans to increase its capacity for making glass fibre in Antwerp, Begium
Lenzing has completed an expansion of capacity at its Heiligenkreuz plant
Shalag is to expand its capacity for making nonwoven fabric at its US facility
JOINT VENTURES AND PARTNERSHIPS
Royal Ten Cate is looking to develop the Chinese market for flame resistant fabrics
TenCate protective fabrics is looking to expand its sales to the South Korean military and police
List of figures
Figure 1: Malivlies stitch-bonding machine, part of the Malimo range from Karl Mayer Malimo to be manufactured under licence by Christian Pinkert
Figure 2: Artist’s impression of the Technical Center DSM Dyneema plans to build in Singapore
ACQUISITIONS
Ahlstrom has sold its wipes business to Suominen
Andritz has acquired NSC Nonwoven
SCA (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget) has acquired Pro Descart, a producer of hygiene products in Brazil
Wound healing therapy specialist Kinetic Concepts Inc (KCI) has been acquired by an investment consortium
BUSINESS NEWS
Ahlstrom has stopped making speciality glass fibre reinforcement materials at its US plant and shed jobs at several others
Canada’s military forces have opted for TenCate flame resistant (FR) fabrics
Karl Mayer Malimo has transferred the manufacture of its Malimo stitch-bonding machines to Christian Pinkert Textilmaschinen
Oerlikon Textile will move its headquarters to China
TenCate Defense & Tactical has won an order for flame resistant fabrics for use in Army Combat Pants (ACPS)
TenCate Grass is seeking damages from FieldTurf
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has extended a trial involving combat uniforms made with TenCate fabric
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will allow SouthWest NanoTechnologies
(SWeNT) to sell multi-walled carbon nanotubes in the USA
INVESTMENTS
Alabuga-fiber will build a carbon fibre plant in Tatarstan, Russia
BASF is to invest in the production of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs)
Chemviron Carbon Cloth Division (CCCD) has opened a new cleanroom facility
DSM Dyneema will build a technical centre with ballistic testing laboratories in Singapore
Lanxess plans to increase its capacity for making glass fibre in Antwerp, Begium
Lenzing has completed an expansion of capacity at its Heiligenkreuz plant
Shalag is to expand its capacity for making nonwoven fabric at its US facility
JOINT VENTURES AND PARTNERSHIPS
Royal Ten Cate is looking to develop the Chinese market for flame resistant fabrics
TenCate protective fabrics is looking to expand its sales to the South Korean military and police
List of figures
Figure 1: Malivlies stitch-bonding machine, part of the Malimo range from Karl Mayer Malimo to be manufactured under licence by Christian Pinkert
Figure 2: Artist’s impression of the Technical Center DSM Dyneema plans to build in Singapore
Related research categories
By sector: Technical (in Material), Textiles (in Textiles, fabric & yarn)
By market: Global
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