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• Milliken buys remaining Western Nonwovens assets: $12 million sale puts end to company's 11-year history

  - 2008-10-01

  The past couple of years have been tumultuous ones for Western Nonwovens, Inc., which culminated this summer with a bankruptcy filing and its eventual sale to Milliken. Founded in 1997 through the acquisition of several smaller companies, Western Nonwovens once seemed to have a promising future that would recreate the...

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• Western Nonwovens sells plants, files chapter 11

  - 2008-08-01

  After pursuing the sale of its assets for the past month, Western Nonwovens, Inc. WNI, Carson, CA, has agreed to sell a substantial portion of its business to SBC Manufacturing Co. LLC. SBC is a subsidiary of Simmons Bedding Company, one of the world's largest mattress manufacturers operating 23 bedding...

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• Western Nonwovens, Inc. Agrees to Sale of Assets to SBC Manufacturing Co. LLC

  - 2008-07-14

  CARSON, Calif. -- Western Nonwovens, Inc. and certain of its affiliates ("WNI" or the "Company") announced today that it has agreed to sell a substantial portion of its assets to SBC Manufacturing Co. LLC ("SBC"). The sale includes WNI's plants in Orlando, FL, Sauget, IL, and an option to purchase...

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• Twenty one Western Nonwovens Inc

  - 2007-09-01

  Carson, CA www.westernnonwovens.com 2006 Nonwovens Sales: $145 million Personnel Ken Hardin, president and CEO; Mike Wood, CFO; Dan Dobbins, vice president and general manager--Industrial Nonwovens division; Matt Schrantz, vice president and general manager--Performance Insulation division; Nancy Haas, vice president--Human Resources Plants Carson, CA; Los...

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• Western Nonwovens Inc. Announces Major Capital Spending Plan for HiLoft Business Unit

  - 2003-01-03

  Business Editors CARSON, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 3, 2003 Western Nonwovens, Inc. WNI, a leading producer of durable nonwovens products in the U.S., announced today that the WNI board of directors has approved plans for additional projects within the major capital-spending plan announced in May. As part of the...

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• Western Nonwovens buys Cerex Advanced Fabrics

  - 2000-07-01

  Western Nonwovens Inc WNI of Carson, California, USA, has acquired Cerex Advanced Fabrics of Pensacola, Florida, USA. WNI is one of the USA's largest manufacturers of highloft and needlepunch nonwovens for home furnishings, filtration, medical, automotive, bedding and furniture products. Cerex is a leading manufacturer of...

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• Western Nonwovens Acquires Cerex

  - 2000-05-01

  The world's 14th largest roll goods producer Western Nonwovens WNI, Carson, CA, recently purchased Cerex Advanced Fabrics, Pensacola, FL. Cerex is a manufacturer of specialty nylon spunbonded fabrics serving the filtration, automotive, medical, apparel, home furnishings, furniture and bedding markets. With the addition of Cerex, WNI will have combined sales...

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• Western Nonwovens

  - 2000-02-01

  * Western Nonwovens, Carson, CA, plans to launch its "PolarGuard" continuous filament thermal insulation batting product in down-alternative comforter applications this fall. The product--which had previously been used in sleeping bag applications--features similar thermal insulation properties to down along with superior wear, hand and drape. The new product line is...

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• Western Nonwovens expands into Florida

  - 1999-01-01

  In its continuing bid for nationwide growth, the 16th largest roll goods producer in the world Western Nonwovens, Carson, CA, recently installed a new production facility in Orlando, FL. The company, which was formed late in 1997 with the integration of four formerly independent nonwovens companies, has been pursuing an...

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• Western Nonwovens completes two acquisitions

  - 1998-09-01

  The second acquisition, which was finalized on August 31, was an agreement for Western Nonwovens to buy the "PolarGuard" continuous tow business of Reliance Upholstery Supply, a $12 million business. This business has the exclusive license to convert Hoechst Celanese's continuous tow product for resin bonded batting material applications, used...

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