The history of mergers and acquisitions behind Berry & Glatfelter
The long journey to a new nonwovens leader – NewCo
An extremely convoluted history of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) lies behind the formation of NewCo – the interim name for the historic coming together of the majority of Berry Global’s Health, Hygiene & Specialties (HH&S) business and...
Nonwovens provide invisible functions in building and construction
Invisible inner tubes for infrastructure
Nonwovens provide a host of largely invisible functions in a wide range of building and construction applications and one of the most well-hidden and little known is surely that of Cured-In-Place-Pipe (CIPP) linings.
CIPP is now a mature and well-proven...
As the chair of a roundtable discussion held during INDEX™23 in Geneva – The Sustainable Future of Medical Nonwovens – industry consultant Christel Dendas outlined how single-use medical nonwovens were introduced 40 years ago to fight hospital-acquired infections and rapidly became successful by...
In one of the most significant shifts in global demographics since records began, India overtook China during 2023 as the world’s most populous country, according to the United Nations (UN).
The UN’s projections – calculated through a variety of datasets including census data and birth and death...
During 2023, cable car owners at ski sites across Austria have been carrying out field trials with nonwoven geotextiles based on Lenzing cellulosic fibres.