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June 2009

Markets

Diaper, Adult
SCA Targets Chinese AI Market
INDA Accepting Award Nominations
Online Exclusive: K-C CEO Discusses Goals, Strategies

Diaper, Baby
Personal Care Wipes Continue to Offer Potential Despite the Economic Downturn
Online Exclusive: K-C CEO Discusses Goals, Strategies
Unicharm Grows Business In ASEAN Region

Feminine Hygiene
Cargill Takes Full Ownership of Natureworks
Avanti To Launch First North American Line
Union Industries To Add Spunmelt Technology

Filtration
Avanti To Launch First North American Line
Fiberweb Adding French Meltblown Line
INDA Accepting Award Nominations

Medical
PGI Installs Mexican Line
DelStar Launches Biodegradable Media
Winner Medical Gets European Patent

Wipes
INDA Accepting Award Nominations
WOW Award Finalists Named
Personal Care Wipes Continue to Offer Potential Despite the Economic Downturn

Processes

Spunbond
JM Named Top 100 Innovator
Avanti To Launch First North American Line
Union Industries To Add Spunmelt Technology

Airlaid
Nonwovens Study Published
ANEX 2009: It's Asia's Turn
Report On China's Nonwovens Production In 2008

Spunlace
Rieter, NSC Team Up In Spunlace
New Filtration System for Jacob Holm France
Sanitars Invests With Rieter

Meltblown
Union Industries To Add Spunmelt Technology
Fiberweb Adding French Meltblown Line
Lenzing, Weyerhaeuser Partnership to Build Pilot Line

Carded/Carding
PGI To Close North Little Rock Plant
MidWest Nonwovens Relaunches Plant
China Liugui Places Order With Oerlikon Neumag

Needlepunch
FTA Contributes to New Thrace Line
TTU Unveils Nonwovens Lab
Nonwoven Network Debuts 'Virtual' Reality

Breaking News

July 1: TenCate Sells Stake In Geofabrics Australasia
Noel P Hunt International acquires 50% interest in Australian joint venture.

Cargill Takes Full Ownership of Natureworks
Move dissolves Teijin partnership.

June 30: Avanti To Launch First North American Line
New PP spunbond line will be based in Clarksville.

JM Named Top 100 Innovator
German company recognized for its culture of innovation by Vienna University.

Calendar

September
Sep 21-24: INTC 2009, International Nonwovens Technical Conference

October
Oct 11-15: INSIGHT 2009 International Conference
Oct 22-22: The China International Forum for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens

November
Nov 17-19: Filtration 2009

A Fiber for All Seasons


Karen McIntyre