Industrial
BUILT for Sustainability
The Vision for Heartland Polymers Comes to Fruition; Building Sustainability into Its Foundation Sustainability is at the heart of the Heartland Polymers story. Being only the second polypropylene plant to come online in a decade, they have a lot to say about it as they initiate production. Owned by parent company Inter Pipeline, the company …
Fiber Machinery and Equipment
What is yarn spinning and what equipment is needed to prepare the fiber? Textile fibers can be manmade or naturally derived. Natural fibers are cellulose-based, protein-based, or mineral-based while manmade fibers are primarily based on synthetic polymers but also employ natural polymers that have been chemically altered to produce a new fiber. Every yarn production …
Stewarding Development with Measured Experience
INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry recently announced the appointment of Matt O’Sickey, Ph.D., as its new Director of Education & Technical Affairs. An accomplished market development, technology and product management executive, O’Sickey has more than 20 years of experience with Tredegar Film Products in the absorbent hygiene, food, and medical sectors. Most recently, …
Considering the digital transformation of the textile industry
Digital transformation and Industry 4.0 will increasingly impact the competitiveness and economic success of small and medium-sized enterprises in the future. Within this changing work environment, companies face several challenges. Besides the implementation of software and digital solutions, further competences of employees, as well as their motivation and confidence towards digitized processes, need to be …
ITMA ASIA + CITME highlighted Chinese industry
During ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 held on October 15-19 in Shanghai, China, both the exhibitor numbers and exhibition area both reached record highs, showing the stable growth in the global and Chinese textile, manmade fiber, nonwoven and related machinery industries, even though current global trade conflicts have cast a shadow on these sectors. This was the second time that ITMA ASIA + CITME was held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC). The NECC has a total exhibition area of 500,000 m2, including