Industrial Textiles

The board of Işbir Sentetik Dokuma decided on September 22, 2026 to merge with its 100% subsidiary İnter Tekstil Ambalaj by takeover under the simplified procedure, using financial statements as of July 31, 2026.

Kruger Inc. announced a C$333 million investment to build a nonwovens production unit on Île-de-la-Potherie in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, adjacent to its Wayagamack pulp and paper mill. Operations are planned to start in 2028.

Xpert Pack inaugurated a R$100 million, 25,000 square metre flexible packaging plant in Feira de Santana, Bahia, producing big bags including the Fusion seamless big bag. The group becomes the municipality's largest individual employer.

NovoPacks, based in Bulgaria, obtained exclusive European distribution rights for FIBC big bags and woven polypropylene products made by Uzbekistan's Sirdaryo Mega Luks. The multi-year agreement covers about 2 million FIBC bulk bags monthly.

Turkish company UR-SA signed an investment contract with Egypt's SCZone to build a 35,000 square meter industrial textiles and plastic packaging plant in Qantara West, with $20 million investment and 1,000 expected jobs.

Bulk Corp International received an export order worth Rs 10.77 crore from Brazilian company Packem SA for custom circular-bag FIBCs.

Saccheria F.lli Franceschetti won the second lot of a Poste Italiane tender to supply waterproof sacks for MPKS parcels. The 24-month framework agreement is worth about EUR 0.5 million.

Berry Global agreed to spin off and merge its Health, Hygiene and Specialties Global Nonwovens and Films business with Glatfelter in a Reverse Morris Trust deal valuing the combined company at $3.6 billion enterprise value. Berry shareholders will own 90% of the combined company and Berry will receive about $1 billion in cash.

Nexgen Packaging will invest in infrastructure, equipment and services to support ARISE IIP's textile and apparel facilities in Togo and Benin. The partnership was announced on 26 July 2023.

Aimia agreed to acquire Indian manufacturer Tufropes for C$249.6 million, with Paladin Private Equity acting as its partner in the transaction. The article is dated February 1, 2023.

Hollingsworth & Vose will invest $40.2 million to expand its Floyd County, Virginia facility by over 28,000 square feet for new production equipment, creating 25 new jobs. Governor Glenn Youngkin announced the project on 3 January 2023.

Ahlstrom-Munksjö completed its investment and started production on a new glass microfiber media line at its Turin plant, adding capacity for filtration and energy storage materials. The investment was first announced in January 2020.

Mondi agreed to sell its personal care components business, which makes components for baby wipes and diapers, to Japan's Nitto Denko for 615 million euros ($699 million). The sale lets Mondi focus on its packaging division.

Mission Ready Solutions' subsidiary Unifire received an IDIQ contract with a ceiling of US$200 million from the US Defense Logistics Agency to supply COTS shelter systems, over a one-year base period plus three option years.

ANDRITZ received an order from Pratrivero s.p.a. to supply a new eXcelle batt forming line for its Valdilana, Italy production facilities, with installation and start-up scheduled for Q3 2021.

Domtar will invest more than $60 million to expand its Engineered Absorbent Materials manufacturing operations in Jesup, Georgia, adding a large-scale airlaid nonwoven production line and 75 jobs. The expansion is expected to increase exports through the Port of Savannah by 60%.

Shawmut Corporation created a Health & Safety business unit and retrofitted about 70,000 square feet at its West Bridgewater, Massachusetts facility to make isolation gowns and N95 respirators. It also installed new assembly lines and automated production systems.

Palm Group selected Heimbach as co-supplier of forming fabrics, press felts, shoe press belts and transfer belts for its new PM 5 corrugating base paper machine, with 750,000 tons annual capacity and start-up in the first half of 2021.

ÜNAL Sentetik Dokuma won TRY 7,190,400 of a tender by Türkiye Kömür İşletmeleri for 15 million laminated polypropylene coal sacks, with Abdioğulları Plastik taking the remainder. The award was reported on December 22, 2019.

French manufacturer Neyret is taking over 100% of SERAM and its subsidiaries through its holding company NTH, creating a world leader in textile and multi-material decoration and identification for luxury products.

GTA Containers of South Bend, Indiana received an additional $9.5 million contract modification to build collapsible fabric fuel tanks for the US Air Force, bringing the cumulative value above $15 million.

Wenzhou XIFA Industrial, a Chinese maker of woven bags, signed a contract with a long-standing client in Singapore for 10,000 big bags. The article does not name the customer.

Glatfelter signed a definitive agreement to buy Georgia-Pacific's European nonwovens business for $185 million, including the Steinfurt, Germany airlaid plant with 32,000 metric tons capacity.

Ontario tent and industrial bag maker Porcupine Canvas has relocated its production to Boucherville, Quebec, with a CAD 5.2 million investment and 30 jobs over two years. The move raises its annual production capacity by about 25%.

Thrace-LINQ, a fabric supplier to the textile industry, will invest $9 million to install a new production line at its Summerville facility in Dorchester County, South Carolina, starting in early 2018 and creating at least 10 jobs.