Here’s your weekly recap—the most-viewed news stories on our site for the week ended March 23, 2024.

First Quality announced a new round of expansions. The absorbent hygiene manufacturer will increase its baby diaper and training pant manufacturing capacity by 50%. This expansion will include an investment in a new manufacturing facility, new diaper manufacturing lines, new training pant lines and a new state-of-the-art automated warehouse facility. This manufacturing expansion will be implemented in stages and is expected to be completed by June of 2025.

First Quality will also be increasing its bladder control pad, protective underwear and underpad capacity by over 25%. This expansion will include an investment in manufacturing lines that will enable First Quality to satisfy the growing demands for its products. In addition, the company will be launching new innovative products not currently found in North America and introducing cutting-edge innovations and enhanced features. This expansion will be completed by September of 2025.

Meanwhile, The Loop Factory and Rester announced a strategic partnership in response to the critical challenge of finding circular solutions at scale for non-reusable textiles. The Loop Factory and Rester will join forces to meet the growing need for innovative solutions and contribute to a circular textile landscape in the Nordic market.With a shared commitment to create a systemic change for textile recycling, the goal is to provide the market with circular material and product solutions based on recycled textiles at scale. Rester and The Loop Factory will combine their strengths in fiber-opening know-how, capacity, and nonwoven technologies to speed up the implementation of recycled textile fibers into different industrial processes.
 
Here are our top 3 most-viewed stories from the past week:
 
1. First Quality Announces Investments
 
2. The Loop Factory, Rester Partner on Textile Recycling
 
3. Ecowipes Names CEO