Teknomelt San. ve Tic. A.Ş., with manufacturing locations in Kahramanmaraş and Istanbul, Turkey, is announcing the availability of fully and partially biodegradable nonwoven fabrics under the brand names Biona and Econa respectively. The €50 million investment includes a state-of-the-art carded-carded-pulp (CCP) spunlace line that blends two technologies — spunlace and wetlaid — and transforms Teknomelt into a global player in sustainable nonwovens. The new facility will use bio-based fibers such as viscose and wood pulp to produce a high-performance and sustainable wiper with the same technical product characteristics and performance as a conventional wiper made of synthetic fibers, while protecting the environment at the same time.
 
Meanwhile, Hammer-IMS, a well-known European company and brand for industrial quality control equipment, has opened a new office in Spartanburg, SC, from which it plans to optimize and distribute its flagship products for inline basis-weight and thickness control for the nonwovens industry. 
 
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