December 13, 2013
In an article written by Dr Edmund H Carus (Research & Development Advisor to the T J Beall Company) and Dr G Martin Barth (formerly Managing Partner of Lohmann GmbH and Co., KG - and co-founder of Lohmann + Rauscher GmbH and Co., KG) for Nonwovens Report International Magazine Issue 4, 2013, the large potential for nonwoven materials containing greige True Cotton was described, this approach giving an exciting new slant on traditional products allowing for a much improved but cost...
May 30, 2013
Cotton, of course, is not the only textile fiber available, but it has significant environmental and performance advantages over other fibers. A few examples: Cotton uses sunlight and converts it directly to a fiber without intermediate processing steps. That's increasingly important, since processing other fibers, even those from biological sources, require a large amount of energy to produce fiber. Wool requires four times more land than does cotton to produce fiber. Silk...
March 1, 2013
The USDA BioPreferred program, an initiative which seeks to increase the purchase and use of biobased products made from renewable plant or animal materials, has certified nonwovens containing cotton as biobased. "The BioPreferred Program seeks to bolster the use and purchase of products made from renewable resources, and given that cotton is a natural fiber and annually renewable, we’re delighted that nonwovens containing cotton are now designated biobased by the program,"...
January 16, 2013
Wildwood Gin, Inc has earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label for its Ultraclean(r). The USDA Certified Biobased Product Label verifies that the products amount of renewable biobased ingredients meets or exceeds prescribed USDA standards. Biobased products are goods composed in whole or in significant part of agricultural, forestry, or marine materials. All biobased amount claims are verified by independent labs and monitored by the USDA. Consumers may feel secure in the accuracy...
November 29, 2012
New Markets for Cotton in Medicine Cotton Council International (CCI) and China-based Winner Medical Group have broken new ground in product development and marketing. In 2011, Winner Medical used about 45,900 bales of cotton, 30 percent of which was U.S. cotton, valued at $10.3 million to produce a range of new medical and consumer hygiene products made of spun-lace non-woven fabric. The products are 100 percent cotton, and some are 100 percent U.S. cotton. All products...
November 21, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2012 Contact: Brad Robb, Vice President of Communications Stacey Gorman, Communications Manager (901) 683-2500 Cotton Nonwoven Products are Certified as BioPreferred® by USDA Market for cotton nonwovens expected to expand (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) – Cotton nonwovens were recently certified by USDA’s BioPreferred® Program as being a “bio-based” product. The BioPreferred® Program is a USDA initiative which...
September 20, 2012
Published December 14, 2011 Ihsan Sons of Pakistan has announced a new, innovative nonwoven product. Since the start-up of the Fleissner spunlace line in 2006, Ihsan has has been successfully selling its 100% Cotton Spunlace under the brand "BELCOT" into a wide variety of applications. Responding to market demand, Ihsan's research and development team has successfully produced a 100% cotton hydrophobic spunlace. Because of the huge environmental benefits...