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CIRCULARITY IN MOTION: how the nonwoven and engineered material industry is making strides in sustainability

Major nonwoven and engineered fabric companies are taking great leaps to improve their efforts in sustainability.  From diapers to hospital wraps, and disinfecting wipes to coffee filters - nonwovens and engineered materials are part of our daily life. INDA is proud to share their successes in three categories: Innovations in sustainability, making intentional changes to generate long-term social and environmental benefits, responsible sourcing; using materials that are primarily bio-based or from feedstocks drawing on regenerative, and/or sustainable agriculture principles to advance circularity, and end-of-life solutions - incorporating materials that are either recyclable or biodegradable. See all their stories >

W+D: CREATING A SYSTEM FOR LESS WASTE IN HYGIENE PRODUCT WRAPPING

RESPONSIBLE SOURCING / END-OF-LIFE SOLUTIONS
W+D Sustainability Solutions

Based in Germany, Winkler+Dünnebier (W+D) designs and builds top-level machines for the manufacturing of disposable hygiene products. The company has recently introduced a concept for more sustainable products, focusing on the replacement of the typical PE single-wrap pouch. By applying technology from W+D’s high-speed handkerchief machines, they’ve developed a system for creating a small count of three to five folded products, wrapped in a reclosable pouch. With up to 300 ministacks per minute, the capacity of this product’s production system far exceeds the speed of typical hygiene bagfillers. Wrapping material can include classic PE film, bio-based or recycled materials.

Single-wrap for menstrual or incontinence pads causes an average of roughly 25 Mio sqm of pouchfilm per year per production line. It is time to make a quantum leap, by introducing new wrapping concepts, avoiding plastic waste and reducing the overall consumption of material.
Marc Wolpers, VP Sales & Market Development Hygiene Solutions, W+D

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