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ANDRITZ: Neue Spunlace-Pilotanlage für Natur- und Recycling-Fasern Foto: ANDRITZ
Neue ANDRITZ-Krempel für Natur- und Recycling-Fasern im Technikum von ANDRITZ Perfojet in Montbonnot, Frankreich
07.07.2023

ANDRITZ: Neue Spunlace-Pilotanlage für Natur- und Recycling-Fasern

Der internationale Technologiekonzern ANDRITZ hat in seinem Technikum in Montbonnot, Frankreich, eine neue Spunlace-Pilotanlage errichtet. Damit können Kunden und Partner Versuche zur Herstellung von Vliesstoffen aus recycelten und/oder natürlichen Fasern wie Hanf, Flachs und Baumwolle durchführen.

Die neue Pilotanlage zeichnet sich durch optimierte Vliesbildung und Verfestigung aus, die eine reibungslose Verarbeitung von empfindlichen und unregelmäßigen Fasern ermöglicht. Durch den innovativen Aufbau der Krempel wird die Qualität der Fasern geschützt und erhalten, und gleichzeitig werden hervorragende Produktivitätsraten erzielt.

Eine weitere Besonderheit dieser Pilotanlage ist das integrierte Digitalisierungssystem ANDRITZ Metris. Es ermöglicht den Betreibern, alle nützlichen Daten über die Kapazität und Leistung der Anlage zu sammeln und zu analysieren. Dies ist ein perfektes Instrument, um Kosten zu optimieren, Zeit zu sparen und Wartung vorausschauend zu planen.

Der internationale Technologiekonzern ANDRITZ hat in seinem Technikum in Montbonnot, Frankreich, eine neue Spunlace-Pilotanlage errichtet. Damit können Kunden und Partner Versuche zur Herstellung von Vliesstoffen aus recycelten und/oder natürlichen Fasern wie Hanf, Flachs und Baumwolle durchführen.

Die neue Pilotanlage zeichnet sich durch optimierte Vliesbildung und Verfestigung aus, die eine reibungslose Verarbeitung von empfindlichen und unregelmäßigen Fasern ermöglicht. Durch den innovativen Aufbau der Krempel wird die Qualität der Fasern geschützt und erhalten, und gleichzeitig werden hervorragende Produktivitätsraten erzielt.

Eine weitere Besonderheit dieser Pilotanlage ist das integrierte Digitalisierungssystem ANDRITZ Metris. Es ermöglicht den Betreibern, alle nützlichen Daten über die Kapazität und Leistung der Anlage zu sammeln und zu analysieren. Dies ist ein perfektes Instrument, um Kosten zu optimieren, Zeit zu sparen und Wartung vorausschauend zu planen.

Mit der neuen Anlage betreibt das Team von ANDRITZ Nonwoven nun zwei Spunlace-Pilotanlagen im Technikum Montbonnot. Die erste Anlage verfügt über optimierte Verfahren, zum Beispiel WetlaceTM, für die Verarbeitung verschiedener synthetischer und bio-basierter Fasern. ANDRITZ-Prozessexpert:innen sorgen dafür, dass in Montbonnot Spitzentechnologie und Know-how unter einem Dach verfügbar sind.

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ANDRITZ AG

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31.03.2023

Apllications open for DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award 2023

For the seventh time since 2017, the Discover National Fibre Initiative is inviting entries for the ‘DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award’. The purpose of the DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award is to raise awareness of exciting work involving natural fibres, and to help raise the profiles of leading researchers so as to enhance opportunities for commercial application of such work.

The DNFI Award 2023 will be judged in three categories: Innovative products/components or applications, innovative processes/procedures, research and science.
The evaluation criteria are: outstanding scientific work and technical feasibility, the extent of improvement or effectiveness of the innovation compared to existing products or processes in which the innovative product or process has been implemented and the potential for opening up new markets or sectors for products made from natural fibres.

For the seventh time since 2017, the Discover National Fibre Initiative is inviting entries for the ‘DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award’. The purpose of the DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award is to raise awareness of exciting work involving natural fibres, and to help raise the profiles of leading researchers so as to enhance opportunities for commercial application of such work.

The DNFI Award 2023 will be judged in three categories: Innovative products/components or applications, innovative processes/procedures, research and science.
The evaluation criteria are: outstanding scientific work and technical feasibility, the extent of improvement or effectiveness of the innovation compared to existing products or processes in which the innovative product or process has been implemented and the potential for opening up new markets or sectors for products made from natural fibres.

Candidates for the DNFI Innovation in Natural Fibres Award 2023 are requested to send the application with the appropriate submission form by email.

Closing date for applications is 8 September 2023.

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DNFI
09.01.2023

World Natural Fibre Update - January 2023

Price Trends

Price Trends

  • The nearby cotton futures contract on the Intercontinental Exchange was down just 1% in December and closed the year at $1.84 per kilogram. A year earlier, the March contract closed at $2.30 per kilogram.  

    Cotton futures have been inverted for nearly three years because of supply chain disruptions that prevented normal on-time deliveries of international shipments. With the easing of container shortages and increased sailings, cotton futures are gradually reverting to the normal pattern in which contracts for forward delivery exceed nearby contracts by the cost of insurance, storage and interest between delivery months. The May and July 2023 contracts also finished 2022 at $1.84 per kilogram. In November, the May and July contracts were each several cents per kilogram lower than the March contract.
  • The Eastern Market Indicator of prices for fine wool in Australia rose 9% in December to US$9.06 per kilogram. A year earlier, the EMI was $9.66. Australian analysts note that sheep for meat, cattle, and grain production, are competing alternatives for the use of land, and wool prices must continue upward if production is to be maintained in 2023.
  • Prices quoted by the Indian Jute Balers Association (JBA) at the end of December converted to US$ fell 2% from a month earlier to an average of 74 cents per kilogram. The decline occurred entirely because of a weakening exchange rate. Prices in Rupee rose marginally. A year earlier, quoted prices averaged 84 cents per kilogram. The 16-percent decline year-on-year was caused about equally by a decline in quoted prices in Rupee and a weakening of the exchange rate.  

    The Indian jute industry is almost entirely focused on domestic demand, while half of total demand in Bangladesh comes from exports. Because of shortages of higher quality jute, export prices in Bangladesh are reportedly rising.
    (https://www.wgc.de/en/produkte/jute)

    India extended the anti-dumping duty at the end of December on jute and jute products imported from Bangladesh and Nepal for a period of five years. Bangladesh had urged the Indian government not to accept recommendations for extension, while the Indian industry was lobbying to ensure the duty remained in place. The duty rates range from approximately $6 per tonne at current exchange rates for low-quality fibres to $350 per tonne for finished products. The duty was originally imposed in January 2017 and was to expire at the end of 2022.
  • Prices of silk in China rose 2% during December to US$28.0 per kilogram. Prices in yuan fell marginally during the month, but the RMB rose 3% against the USD. Prices of textile-grade silk in China were essentially unchanged at the end of 2022 compared with the end of 2021. However, prices closed 2022 about 40% above the average level pre-Covid. https://www.sunsirs.com/uk/prodetail-322.html and  https://businessanalytiq.com/procurementanalytics/index/raw-silk-price-index/ .
  • Coconut coir fibre in India quoted in US$ remained in a narrow range, averaging $0.205 per kilogram in December. Prices in Rupee have been stable, and changes in dollar prices reflect changes in the exchange rate.

 
Production
 
World Natural Fibre Production in 2022 is estimated as of early January at 32 million tonnes, approximately one million below production in 2021 and down 900,000 tonnes compared with the estimate in early December.

World cotton production is estimated at 24.2 million tonnes in 2022/23 (August to July), 700,000 tonnes lower than in 2021/22 (ICAC.org). World cotton production rose from 20 million tonnes to 25 million between 2020/21 and 2005/06, but there has been no growth in the nearly two decades since.  
 
World production of jute is forecast down nearly 400,000 tonnes in 2022 because of inadequate rainfall during the harvest period to permit proper retting. Production in India is estimated up by 100,000 tonnes to 1.7 million tonnes, but production in Bangladesh fell by nearly one-third to just one million tonnes.
 
Production of coir, flax and sisal in 2022 are each estimated based on recent trends. Coir and flax have each been trending upward over the past decade, while world sisal production has been largely stable.

World wool production is forecast up 5% in 2022 to 1.09 million tonnes (clean), the highest since 2018. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee issued its third estimate of 2022/23 production in December, keeping the estimate unchanged from September. Above-average rainfall in Australia, and across most of the Southern Hemisphere, is resulting in better pasture conditions and a rebuilding of sheep numbers. Sheep numbers shorn in Australia are climbing from 67 million in 2020/21 to 72 million in 2021/22 and to an estimated 75 million in 2022/23. https://www.wool.com/market-intelligence/wool-production-forecasts/  
 
According to the International Sericulture Commission (https://www.inserco.org/), silk production in China dropped from 170,000 tonnes in 2015 to 53,000 in 2020, with further declines estimated during Covid. Consequently, world silk production dropped from 202,000 tonnes in 2015 to 92,000 in 2020, and estimates of production during 2022 remain below 100,000 tonnes.

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16.08.2022

DNFI: Cotton prices the highest in a decade during 2021/22

The Discover Natural Fibres Initiative DNFI published their statistical World Natural Fibre Update this month. The world production of natural fibres is estimated at 33.7 million tonnes in 2022, a slight increase compared with a preliminary 33.3 million tonnes in 2021 and 31.6 million in 2020.

The DNFI Natural Fibre Composite Price dropped 2% in July 2022 to US 219 cents/kg, compared with US 223 cents the previous month. The DNFI Composite is an average of prices in major markets for cotton, wool, jute, silk, coir fibre, and sisal, converted to US$ per kilogram and weighted by shares of world production.

The Discover Natural Fibres Initiative DNFI published their statistical World Natural Fibre Update this month. The world production of natural fibres is estimated at 33.7 million tonnes in 2022, a slight increase compared with a preliminary 33.3 million tonnes in 2021 and 31.6 million in 2020.

The DNFI Natural Fibre Composite Price dropped 2% in July 2022 to US 219 cents/kg, compared with US 223 cents the previous month. The DNFI Composite is an average of prices in major markets for cotton, wool, jute, silk, coir fibre, and sisal, converted to US$ per kilogram and weighted by shares of world production.

  • The DNFI Composite was pulled downward primarily by a 9% decline in the Eastern Market Indicator of wool prices in Australia, which fell from US$ 10.27 per kilogram in June to US$9.38 in July.
  • October cotton ICE futures (the nearby contract) finished July marginally lower, closing at 228 US cents per kilogram, compared with 229 at the end of June.
  • Prices of jute fibre in India quoted by the Jute Balers Association (JBA) at the end of July were unchanged from a month earlier, but with depreciation of the Rupee versus the dollar, calculated prices fell from 84 cents to 82 cents per kilogram.
  • Prices of silk in China equalled US$29.5 per kilogram in July 2022, coconut coir fibre in India held at US cents 21 per kilogram, and sisal in Brazil finished July at US cents 41 per kilogram.

Cotton prices were the highest in a decade during 2021/22, and world cotton production is estimated by the International Cotton Advisory Committee at 25.8 million tonnes during the 2022/23 season which began August 1, up from 25.4 million in the season just completed. Extreme drought in Texas, the largest producing state in the United States, is limiting the rise in world production that would otherwise be occurring.

World production of jute and allied fibres is estimated unchanged at 3.2 million tonnes in 2022 compared with 2021. High market prices in 2021 motivated farmers to expand planted area in both Bangladesh and India, but dry weather in jute-growing areas during June and July has undermined earlier optimistic hopes for yields. Rainfall was approximately half of normal in the city of Kolkata from early June to mid-July.

Production of coir fibre rose by an average of 18,000 tonnes per year during the past decade, and production was record high at 1.12 million tonnes in 2021. Production is expected to remain high in 2022.

Flax has also been trending upward, rising by an average of 27,000 tonnes per year, and production in 2022 is estimated to remain above one million tonnes.
World wool production is forecast up by 5% in 2022 to 1.09 million tonnes (clean), the highest since 2018. Wetter weather in the Southern Hemisphere, following eight years of drought, is allowing farmers to rebuild herds.

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ANDRITZ neXline Spunlace eXcelle Linie
09.11.2021

ANDRITZ liefert Spunlace-Linie an Welspun, Indien

Der internationale Technologiekonzern ANDRITZ erhielt von Welspun Advanced Materials, Indien, den Auftrag zur Lieferung einer kompletten neXline spunlace-Linie für die Produktion von Rollenware und Feuchttüchern aus Vliesstoff für das neue Werk in Hyderabad, Telangana. Die Kapazität der Linie beträgt bis zu drei Tonnen pro Stunde. Die Linie soll im 4. Quartal 2021 in Betrieb gehen.

Die ANDRITZ Spunlace-Linie mit hoher Kapazität wird verschiedene Kunststoff- oder Naturfasern wie Polyester, Viskose und Baumwolle verarbeiten. Mit Flächengewichten von 25 bis 120 g/m2 werden die Endprodukte viele verschiedene Anwendungen abdecken können. Diese neXline spunlace-Linie bietet darüber hinaus die Möglichkeit, eine dritte Komponente aus einer Auswahl an verschiedenen Vliesstoffschichten zu integrieren, wodurch Welspun auch Produkte für den Gesundheits- und Hygienebereich erzeugen kann.

Der internationale Technologiekonzern ANDRITZ erhielt von Welspun Advanced Materials, Indien, den Auftrag zur Lieferung einer kompletten neXline spunlace-Linie für die Produktion von Rollenware und Feuchttüchern aus Vliesstoff für das neue Werk in Hyderabad, Telangana. Die Kapazität der Linie beträgt bis zu drei Tonnen pro Stunde. Die Linie soll im 4. Quartal 2021 in Betrieb gehen.

Die ANDRITZ Spunlace-Linie mit hoher Kapazität wird verschiedene Kunststoff- oder Naturfasern wie Polyester, Viskose und Baumwolle verarbeiten. Mit Flächengewichten von 25 bis 120 g/m2 werden die Endprodukte viele verschiedene Anwendungen abdecken können. Diese neXline spunlace-Linie bietet darüber hinaus die Möglichkeit, eine dritte Komponente aus einer Auswahl an verschiedenen Vliesstoffschichten zu integrieren, wodurch Welspun auch Produkte für den Gesundheits- und Hygienebereich erzeugen kann.

Welspun ist der größte weltweite Exporteur von Heimtextilien. Innovation und Qualität sind das Herzstück des Erfolgs dieses Unternehmens, das bereits Vliesstoffproduktionslinien einschließlich Nadelvlies- und Spunlace-Ausrüstungen betreibt. Mit der neuen Anlage in Telangana wird Welspun die bestehende Kapazität für Spunlace deutlich ausbauen und auch ein breites Spektrum an Anwendungen anbieten, da die Endprodukte in den Bereichen Hygiene, Haushaltspflege und industrieller Reinigung verwendet werden. Das neue, moderne Werk wird auf einem neuen Standort von 100,000 m² als Teil eines größeren Industrieareals von 1.500.000 m², wo auch das Bodenbelagswerk von Welspun steht, auf der grünen Wiese errichtet.

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ANDRITZ AG