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Articles in Jan, 2009 issue of Nonwovens Industry

• Polyester Resin Composition For Light-Reflecting Article: No. 7,452,587; Koichi Seino, Masahiro Nishizawa and Takamasa Owaki, assignors to Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, Japan
• Hartmann buys U.S. AI producer
• Ahlstrom launches green embroidery backing
• Lydall launches membrane air media
• Fibertex reorg plan completed
• EBM Techniek, VMI Holland join forces
• Decontamination wipe launched
• INDA hosts Filtration 2008: filtration industry meets in Philly to discuss recent developments
• Time to embrace the change: what the industry can expect for 2009 and beyond
  by Peter Mayberry
• 2009 Directory of baby diaper producers
• Who's who in hygiene machinery: annual worldwide listing of makers of full lines
• Meltblown nanofiber technology
• Lab analyzer
• Automated Indexing Knife
• Viscometer
• Printing solutions
• Felt rolls
• Heat-sensitive Adhesive Material, Adhered Article, Process and Apparatus for Thermally Activating the Heat-sensitive Adhesive Material: No. 7,452,595; Mitsunobu Morita, Tomoyuki Kugo, Hiroshi Goto and Norihiko Inaba, Shizuoka, Japan
• Interlabial Pad: No. 7,445,615; Satoshi Mizutani, Wataru Yoshimasa and Megumi Tokumoto, assignors to UniCharm Corporation, Ehime-Ken, Japan
• Fibertex realigns management
• NDC Infrared Engineering
• EDANA
• A look at upcoming industry events
• Too much of a good thing?
  by Karen McIntyre
• SCA begins work on Russian PC factory
• Avgol strikes partnership in nanofibers
• Equity firm acquires fibers arm of Leggett & Platt
• K-C rolls out gender-specific depend adult incontinence products
• K-C media respond to green building standards
• 3M, Bozzetto form distributor agreement
• Osprey Corporation the global leader in process air filtration and recycling systems for the soft disposables industry, has launched a new website
• Outlast launched in Tumi jacket
• INDA postpones Asian conference
• Vaughn to head JEFF
• PLMA show shows strengths and weaknesses: interesting new products show up at store brands expo in Chicago
  by Susan Stansbury
• A stack of issues: the disposable diaper market continues to be dominated by two multinational companies—Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Gamble—however, these two giants continue to feel pressure from competing store brands as cash-strapped con
  by Karen McIntyre
• Evolutionary equipment: considering the current economic environment, maybe equipment suppliers' description of today's hygiene market as evolutionary isn't so bad after all
  by Ellen Wuagneux
• Five products to vie for 2009 Visionary Award: new nonwovens-based goods showcase expansion of technology in consumer markets
• Edge detector
• Line guide sensor
• Software
• Expanded repair services
• Wipes fragrances
• Scorecard
• Chemical technologies
• Disposable Absorbent Article With Wings Predisposed Towards Their In-Use-Position: No. 7,449,013; Achim Schmitt, assignor to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH
• Hygiene Article With Fastening Elements: No. 7,455,665; Carsten Wendelstorf and Rainer Mangold, assignors to Paul-Hartmann AG, Heidenheim, Germany
• Textile Products Having Flame Retardant Properties And Methods Of Manufacture: No. 7,455,898; Connie Hensler and Raymond Berard, assignors to Interface, Inc., Atlanta, GA
• Anti-adhesive Coating For Treating Bandages: No. 7,455,911; Gunter Langen, Marita Meister, Horst Bottcher and Boris Mahltig, assignors to Paul Hartman AG, Heidenheim, Germany
• Heat Shrinkable Insulated Packaging Material: No. 7,452,590; Thomas Benim, Susan Chamberlin, Jeffrey Chambers, Steven Cosentino, Peter Hunderup, Ross Lee and Susan Procaccini, assignors to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE
• Coated Films and Coating Compositions Comprising Biopolymer Nanoparticles: No. 7,452,592; Lucy Cowton, assignor to Innovia Films Limited, Cumbria, U.K
• Method of Producing a Porous Plastic Film, and Plastic Film: No. 7,452,593; Mikko Karttunen, Satu Kortet and Mika Paajanen, assignors to Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus, Espoo, Finland
• Mixed Polymer Superabsorbent Fibers: No. 7,455,902; Ananda Weerawarna, Mengkui Luo, Bing Su and Alena Michalek, assignors to Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA
• Convoluted Fiber Pad: No. 7,452,589; Nieis Mossbeck and Steven Ogle, Murphreesboro, TN, assignors to L&P Property Management Company, South Gate, CA
• Mineral-surfaced Roofing Shingles With Increased Solar Heat Reflectance, and Process for Producing Same: No. 7,452,598; Ming Shiao, Gregory Jacobs, Husnu Kalkanoglu and Keith Hong, assignors to CertainTeed Corporation, Valley Forge, PA
• Transparent Substrate Comprising A Stack of Thin Layers for Electromagnetic Armour: No. 7,452,603; Carinne Fleury, Sylvain Belliot and Estelle Mainpin, assignors to Saint-Gobain Glass France, Courbevoie, France
• Article Having Composite Hard Coat Layer and Method For Forming Composite Hard Coat Layer: No. 7,452,609; Naoki Hayashida and Kazushi Tanaka, assignors to TDK Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
• Multi-layer Polyimide Films and Flexible Circuit Substrates Therefrom: No. 7,452,610; Kenji Uhara, assignor to Du Pont Toray Company Limited, Tokyo, Japan
• Assembly Tape with Sectional Protective film: No. 7,445,828; Marco Sieber and Reto Sieber, assignors to SILU Verwaltung AG, Meggen, Switzerland
• Wellington Custom Fabrics
• Cognex Corporation
• Daikin's Unidyne
• Geosynthetics go global