Press Release

14th Oct 2022

US’ consumer goods company, Procter & Gamble company (P&G), has announced that Rajesh Subramaniam, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Corporation, has been elected to its board of directors at its 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. P&G shareholders elected all 11 P&G director nominees, including Subramaniam and ten incumbent directors.

5th Oct 2022

Ahlstrom-Munksjo has started to operate under the business name Ahlstrom as of October 3, 2022. The company has completed the ownership reorganisation of its decor business and thus proceeded with its plan to change its name to Ahlstrom. The divested decor business continues as an independent company under the well-recognised Munksjo name.

13th Sep 2022

North Carolina-based INDA has announced the appointment of Matt O’Sickey, PhD, as its new director of education and technical affairs. An accomplished market development, technology and product management executive, O’Sickey has more than 20 years of experience with Tredegar Film Products in the absorbent hygiene, food and medical sectors.

12th Sep 2022

Freight Technologies (Fr8Tech), a technology-company, offering a real-time portal for B2B cross-border shipping and domestic shipping within the United States-Mexico-Canada (NAFTA) region, has expanded its relationship with Kimberly Clark de Mexico, to include the Fr8App platform for cross-border logistics for shipments from Mexico to the United States.

9th Sep 2022

Don Lewis, president professional hygiene and member of Essity’s executive management team, has decided to leave Essity, a global hygiene and health company, with its headquarters in Sweden. Lewis has joined the company in 2002 and has held various leadership positions in Essity’s professional and consumer businesses North America and Latin America.

2nd Sep 2022

Carbios, a pioneer in the development of enzymatic solutions dedicated to the end-of-life of plastic and textile polymers, has announced the appointment of Pascal Bricout as chief strategy and financial officer and a member of the company’s executive committee. Bricout will oversee the management and organisation of Carbios’ finance division.

1st Sep 2022

PET Baltija, which is one of the largest PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) recyclers in Northern Europe, has announced an agreement to acquire a leading Czech fibre producer Tesil Fibres s.r.o, a spin-off of SILON s.r.o. Once closed, this transaction will become one of the largest investments by a Latvian company in the Czech Republic to date.

31st Aug 2022

The Map Ta Phut site of Covestro in Thailand recently received ISCC PLUS certification, an internationally recognised system for biomass and bioenergy sustainability certification. In addition to Map Ta Phut, Covestro's sites in Shanghai, Changhua, Leverkusen, Dormagen, Krefeld-Uerdingen, Antwerp and Filago have already been certified to the standard.

19th Aug 2022

INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has named operations and development officer Ryan Ragan as its new director of membership and industry relations to retain and grow memberships and enhance member values. He brings 20 years of experience from various bio-medical and healthcare organisations, and has also worked for the ACHC.