News: Nonwoven and textile

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Sheng Hung Industrial Co., Ltd., based in Taiwan, to supply a complete spunlace plant to be installed at their site in Taoyuan. This latest investment is now Sheng Hung’s fourth ANDRITZ spunlace line and it will enable the company to further innovate its product offerings for specialty nonwovens and heavyweight fabrics. The line will start production in the second quarter of 2019.

International technology Group ANDRITZ and BCNonwovens, Spain, have been working together successfully as business partners for the past 15 years. This cooperation started in early 2003 right after BCNonwovens was founded.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Grupo SARI (Rubi Industrial), to supply a neXline needlepunch line for the production of needlepunched felts. The line will process several types of raw material such as polyester, polypropylene, bi-component fibers, and viscose, and will produce needlepunched felts for technical markets (automotive, construction, filtration, etc). The line is scheduled for start-up towards the end of 2018.

The ANDRITZ neXline wetlace producing wipes at Dalian Ruiguang Nonwoven Group in China has successfully achieved full capacity of 15,000 t/a.

International technology Group ANDRITZ will be presenting its innovative nonwovens and textile finishing technologies for the Asian markets at the ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 show to be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, China, from October 15 to 19 (hall H2, booth A24).

International technology Group ANDRITZ will be presenting its innovative nonwovens production processes and textile finishing technologies at CINTE 2018, to be held in the Shanghai New International Expo Center, China, from September 4-6, 2018 (Hall N1 – booth C02).

International technology Group ANDRITZ has acquired a 70% stake in Diatec S.R.L., a leading manufacturer of converting machines for the hygiene and food packaging industries based in Collecorvino in the region of Pescara, Italy. The remaining 30% will stay in the hands of the two current shareholding families.

The crosslapped spunlace aXcess line supplied by ANDRITZ to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Phoenix Textile Co., Ltd. for its plant located in Xiaoshan (Zhejiang province) has successfully reached its full capacity. This line is dedicated to the production of lightweight products from 30 to 100 gsm for the wipes and hygiene markets. The production speed of this ANDRITZ spunlace line is up to 100 m/min.

ANDRITZ has successfully started up a complete neXline needlepunch line for the production of needlepunched velour felts for the automotive market at Autoneum’s plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

International technology Group ANDRITZ will be presenting its innovative nonwovens production solutions and textile finishing technologies for the Asian markets at ANEX 2018, to be held at the Big Sight Exhibition Center in Tokyo, Japan, from June 6 to 8 (East Hall, Booth 2430).

ANDRITZ will be presenting innovative nonwovens production solutions and textile finishing technologies for the US market at Techtextil North America 2018 in Atlanta, USA (May 22–24, booth 2847). As one of the world market leaders in advanced technologies for spunlace, thermobonding, air-through bonding, wetlaid, needlepunch, and spunjet, as well as excellent service, ANDRITZ offers customized and unique solutions to requirements from individual customers.

ANDRITZ will be presenting innovative nonwovens production solutions and textile finishing technologies for the Turkish market at Hightex 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey (April 14–17, hall 9, booth A901).

ANDRITZ has received an order from Manifattura Fontana, based in Valstagna, Italy, and part of the Belgian technical textile company Sioen Industries, to supply a neXline needlepunch eXcelle line for the production of geotextiles. Start-up of the line is scheduled for October 2018.

ANDRITZ has successfully started up a complete neXline needlepunch line at AFITEX, Champhol, France. The line processes several types of raw materials, such as polypropylene, recycled bulk continuous filament as well as virgin bulk continuous filament, and produces needlepunched felts for geotextiles.

ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has successfully started up a complete, high-capacity needlepunch eXcelle line – from webforming to needlepunching – supplied to Eco Technilin, Poland. The line has a production capacity of about 1,000 kg/h and produces nonwovens made of natural fibers, glass fibers and polypropylene from 300 to 2,400 gsm for the automotive industry.

ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, will be presenting innovative nonwovens production solutions that target technologies for the Asian markets at SINCE 2017 in Shanghai, China (November 08-10, hall 1, booth 1K10).

ANDRITZ has received an order from Autoneum, headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, to supply an ANDRITZ neXline needlepunch eXcelle line to its plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, for the production of needlepunched velour felts from 300 to 900 gsm for the automotive market. The fabrics will be used for manufacture of carpet systems, inner dashes, and floor insulators.

ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from TTL, Germany, to supply a complete needlepunch line. Start-up of the line is scheduled for summer 2017.

ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, is targeting processes for technical nonwovens and textiles at Techtextil in Frankfurt, Germany (May 9-12, hall 3, booth B15).

ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has successfully started up a complete needlepunch line – from webforming to needlepunching – supplied to AUTOTECH Nonwovens, India.

ANDRITZ Küsters, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, and Mr. Rolf Ramisch, consultant, have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement to further strengthen ANDRITZ Küsters’ market position in the textile calender business.

ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has successfully completed start-up of the neXline wetlace line supplied to Akinal Sentetik Tekstil, the leading Turkish producer of nonwovens.

International technology Group ANDRITZ will be presenting its proven nonwovens technologies at INDEX 17 in Geneva, Switzerland (April 4-7, Hall 2, booth 2114).

ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from Hangzhou Pengtu, China, to supply a new spunlace line. Start-up of the line, which has a working width of 3.6m, is scheduled for the third quarter of 2017.

International technology Group ANDRITZ will be presenting its latest innovations at CINTE Techtextil China, (October 12-14, Hall E7, Booth C02) and ITMA Asia + CITME (October 21-26, Hall H2, booth C47).

ANDRITZ Nonwoven, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, will present its latest innovations at IDEA16, the major event for the nonwovens industry in the USA (May 3-5, 2016 in Boston; booth 801). Whether the requirement is for drylaid, wetlaid, spunbond, spunlace, or needlepunch, ANDRITZ Nonwoven offers integrated in-house solutions from forming to finishing.

International technology Group ANDRITZ will present its latest process innovations for the production of nonwovens and finishing of technical textiles at Techtextil Moscow from February 24 to 26, 2016 (Booth 3 E45).

International technology Group ANDRITZ has commissioned a new spunlace production line for CMC Consumer Medical Care, Germany, which is one of the worldʼs leading producers of private-label solutions for cosmetic, medical, baby, and home care end uses.

International technology Group ANDRITZ will be presenting its latest nonwovens solutions at ITMA 2015 in Milan, Italy (November 12-19, hall H3, booth B122). With its worldwide leading companies ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau, ANDRITZ Küsters, and ANDRITZ Perfojet, ANDRITZ Nonwoven provides turnkey solutions for spunlace, needlepunch, wetlaid/wetlace, and finishing of nonwovens and textiles.

International technology Group ANDRITZ will be presenting its innovative nonwovens production solutions at ANEX-SINCE 2015 in Shanghai, China (May 13-15, hall 1, booth H20).