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Awa Paper creates nanofiber-based media.


Awa Paper, a producer of filter media for mobile engines, has produced a new kind of filter medium with nanofibers in collaboration with Finetex Global of Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . The new filtration medium is made of materials of laminated nanofibers of 50-300 nm in diameter with the electro-spinning process in the surface of the base. As for the product's efficiency, capture performance of Very fine particles Fine particles are an air pollutant mainly produced by cars running on diesel. Other sources are the combustion of fossil fuels in power plants and various industrial processes.  increased about 50% and lifetime improved about two times compared to the conventional filter medium, according to according to
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 supplies the filter medium of nanofiber for Mahle, Germany, which uses the materials for automotive filters. Awa Paper will target the material to the automotive filter market in Japan.
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Title Annotation:Nonwoven News: A Look at What's Going on In The Industry
Publication:Nonwovens Industry
Date:Nov 1, 2008
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