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Toi Labs announces a $2.35 million NIH/NIA Phase II research grant
The company announced research funding for its toilet-based monitoring work. The award is distinct from completed clinical research or approval.
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First Quality plans adult-incontinence manufacturing expansion in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s economic-development department announced a $142.2 million investment by First Quality in Lewistown on November 13, 2025. The project includes four additional manufacturing lines and a planned expansion…
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Georgia-Pacific outlines further pulp investment at Alabama River Cellulose
Georgia-Pacific announced an $800 million investment at Alabama River Cellulose on September 10, 2025. Work was scheduled to begin in late 2025 and finish in 2027, expanding production…
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Toi Labs announces AARP investment, following an earlier TOTO announcement
The 2025 AARP announcement and the earlier TOTO investment are presented as a funding chronology, with undisclosed amounts kept undisclosed.
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GP Cellulose describes ForestLogic fibre-sourcing information
GP Cellulose’s August 12, 2025 article describes ForestLogic as part of its work to make fibre-sourcing and forest information visible. This concerns the origin of raw materials rather…
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IFC discloses financing and review of Drylock’s Brazilian factory project
The International Finance Corporation disclosed its environmental and social review of Drylock’s Capivari factory project on May 30, 2025. The project includes a $30 million A loan for…
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INDA reports North American nonwovens capacity growth in 2024
INDA released its twelfth North American Nonwovens Supply Report on May 20, 2025. The public announcement says regional capacity rose by more than 100,000 tonnes for a second…
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Ontex completes the sale of its Brazilian business, including Bigfral, to Softys
Ontex announced on April 1, 2025 that it had completed the sale of its Brazilian business to Softys. The transaction includes the manufacturing facility in Senador Canedo, in…
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Klabin reports a commissioned carbon-footprint study of PineFluff
Klabin announced on January 6, 2025 a commissioned comparison of PineFluff’s carbon footprint. It identifies ACV Brasil as the study provider and SGS Brasil as the verifier, and…
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US EPA updates sustainable-purchasing recommendations including sanitary-product ecolabels
The US Environmental Protection Agency announced an update to its sustainable-purchasing recommendations on December 5, 2024. Additions in the healthcare medical-supplies category included Nordic Ecolabelling for Sanitary Products,…
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Berry nonwovens business and Glatfelter combine to form Magnera
Glatfelter announced completion of its combination with Berry’s Health, Hygiene and Specialties Global Nonwovens and Films business on November 4, 2024. The transaction created Magnera, a supplier of…
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BASF reports completion of a superabsorbent-production upgrade in Freeport
BASF announced completion of a $19.2 million investment in its Freeport, Texas, superabsorbent-polymer operations on October 10, 2024. The project upgraded equipment and production processes, including rail logistics…