Mar. 19, 2010 (Business Wire) -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9cff6c/global_technical_t) has announced the addition of Textiles Intelligence's new report "Global Technical Textiles Business Update, 4th quarter 2009" to their offering.
Recent acquisitions include Polymer Group Inc (PGI)'s purchases of its partners stake in Dominion Nonwovens Sudamericana, and the Tesalca-Texnovo businesses in Spain. SCA has acquired Algodonera Aconcagua, a major player in the feminine care market in Argentina, and Smith & Nephew has acquired Nucryst Pharmaceuticals, a producer of wound care products using a proprietary nano-crystalline silver-based process. Meanwhile, Oerlikon has divested its Enka Tecnica business to a management buyout team and Rieter has agreed to sell its Rieter Perfojet nonwovens subsidiary to Andritz.
In the nanotechnology field, Elmarco has joined the Coalescence Filtration Nanomaterials Consortium (CFNC), and Inorganic Specialists has been granted US$2 mn by the US Department of Energy to develop nanofibre substrates for batteries. Elsewhere in the sector, Nanocyl is to expand its capacity for producing carbon nanotubes, and Teijin Fibers is supplying Nanofront fibres to Acushnet Japan for use in its Nanolock golf gloves. Meanwhile, P2i has installed an ion-mask liquid repellent nanocoating line for Adidas Golf shoes in China and NanoHorizons has consolidated its corporate offices, manufacturing operations and laboratories and moved them to a new facility which has been designed and equipped to accommodate expanded research, development and testing activities.
In the medical textile sector, Prestige Ameritech has turned a vacant facility formerly owned by Kimberly-Clark for making Tecnol surgical masksinto a Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response Center. In protective clothing, Prevent has joined DSM Dyneema's Global Licensing Program.
In the nonwovens sector, Sandler will build a new nonwovens plant at its premises in Schwarzenbach/Saale, Germany, while Shalag is to open a nonwovens plant in North Carolina. Also, Ahlstrom plans to increase its focus on Asia and on added-value products. Meanwhile, The Freedonia Group has predicted that US demand for nonwoven roll goods is set to grow by 3.7% per annum between 2008 and 2013. Another market study, by the Federation of Screen and Digital Printers Associations (FESPA), has predicted that the global digital textile printing industry will be worth Euro4 bn (US$5.8 bn) in 2010.
Key Topics Covered:
- SUMMARY
- ACQUISITIONS
- Polymer Group Inc (PGI) has acquired its partners stake in the Argentinean joint venture Dominion Nonwovens Sudamericana
- Polymer Group Inc (PGI) has acquired the Tesalca-Texnovo nonwovens businesses in Spain
- SCA has acquired Algodonera Aconcagua, a major player in the feminine care market in Argentina
- Smith & Nephew has acquired Nucryst Pharmaceuticals and its nano-crystalline silver technology
- BUSINESS NEWS
- A cut-resistant garment maker, Prevent, has joined DSM Dyneemas Global Licensing Program for protective clothing
- Ahlstrom plans to increase its focus on Asia and on added-value products
- Elmarco will contribute a Nanospider unit to the Coalescence Filtration Nanomaterials Consortium (CFNC) at the University of Akron
- Inorganic Specialists has been granted US$2 mn to develop nanofibre substrates for batteries
- P2i has installed an ion-mask liquid repellent nanocoating line for Adidas golf shoes in China
- Prestige Ameritech has re-opened a former surgical mask factory as a Global Pandemic Preparedness and Response Center
- DIVESTMENTS
- Oerlikon has divested its Enka Tecnica business to a management buyout team
- Rieter has agreed to sell its Rieter Perfojet nonwovens subsidiary
- INVESTMENTS
- Nanocyl is to expand its capacity for producing carbon nanotubes
- Nanohorizons has opened a new building to allow for future growth in production, research, development and testing
- Sandler will build a new nonwovens plant in Schwarzenbach/Saale, Germany
- Shalag is to open a nonwovens plant in North Carolina
- MARKETS
- US demand for nonwoven roll goods is set to reach US$6.3 bn in 2013
- The Federation of Screen and Digital Printers Associations (FESPA) has predicted that digital textile printing will grow globally
- PRODUCTS
- Teijin Fibers is supplying Nanofront fibres for use in Nanolock golf gloves sold by Acushnet Japan under the FootJoy brand
- List of tables
- Table 1: US demand for nonwoven fabric, 2003-13
- List of figures
- Figure 1: Adidas Golf footwear featuring P2i's ion-mask liquid-repellent nanocoating
Companies Mentioned:
- Acushnet Japan
- Adidas
- Ahlstrom
- Algodonera Aconcagua
- Dominion Nonwovens Sudamericana
- DSM Dyneema
- Elmarco
- Enka Tecnica
- FootJoy
- Inorganic Specialists
- Nanocyl
- Nanohorizons
- Nucryst Pharmaceuticals
- Oerlikon
- P2i
- Polymer Group Inc (PGI)
- Prestige Ameritech
- Rieter
- Sandler
- SCA
- Shalag
- Smith & Nephew
- Teijin Fibers
- Tesalca-Texnovo
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