08/06/2020 / Last updated : 08/06/2020 daisen News

Karl Mayer Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony at Stoll Business Unit

Stoll, the new business unit of the Karl Mayer Group, will be moving with its premises from the site at Stollweg in Reutlingen to the Reutlingen-Betzingen industrial estate, where it will continue its activities under the new owner. Already in 2004, Stoll relocated its production to the location in the Mark West industrial area. During two project stages, a development center is first being built, and a customer center will follow, in order to accommodate other business units. Construction of the development center officially started on July 26th, 2019. The building with bright and modern offices and meeting rooms for roughly 70 employees is expected to be completed by this […]
08/06/2020 / Last updated : 08/06/2020 daisen News

Teijin and Kinoshita Fishing Net Develop World’s First Fishing Net Made with UHMWPE Film

Teijin Limited and Kinoshita Fishing Net Mfg. Co., Ltd. have developed the world’s first high-performance knotless fishing net made with an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) film. Kinoshita Fishing Net will begin selling MX-4 made with Teijin’s Endumax UHMWPE film in early August, and is targeting annual sales of 50 tons by 2025, including Endumax fishing nets for purse seine net fishing and later for traps, fish farms and trawling. Teijin continues to discover new industrial applications for Endumax, such as ropes, bulletproof wear and lightweight containers for air cargo, as well as fishing nets, and expects to develop more applications in the future. MX-4 combines Teijin’s advanced Endumax film […]
08/05/2020 / Last updated : 08/05/2020 daisen News

China’s Nonwovens Production Rises 2.5% in Jan.-May 2020

According to the China Industrial Textiles Association, the production of nonwoven fabrics by enterprises larger than a certain scale grew by 2.5% during January-May 2020 year-on-year to 2.02 million tons. As China has succeeded in holding down the coronavirus, demand for nonwoven fabrics for use in face masks has calmed down, and the growth in production reflects such a situation. Nonwovens exports during January-May 2020 rose 0.8% to 410,000 tons, while imports climbed 30.4% to 66,000 tons. The sales of industrial textile enterprises larger than a certain scale during the five months rose 13.2% to 103.9 billion yuan, and their total profits climbed 189.1% to 12.7 billion yuan. Meanwhile, the […]