Our mission: Growing your business opportunities - for years to come

Mission

At ANDRITZ Nonwoven & Textile, our mission is to drive customer success through innovative engineering, cutting-edge technologies, and tailored service solutions that span the entire nonwoven and textile value chain—from raw materials to converting and recycling.

We are one division fully committed to the nonwovens and textile industry, delivering integrated, sustainable, and resilient value creation. Our approach is rooted in customer-centricity, continuous improvement, and digital transformation, with a strong focus on safety, environmental responsibility, and long-term partnerships.

Technologies we offer

ANDRITZ Nonwoven & Textile provides a full spectrum of technologies, including:

• HYGIENE: Air-through bonding, Hygiene Converting, Spunbond, Airlaid/Airlace™,
• WIPES: Wetlaid/Wetlace™, Spunlace,
• DURABLES: Airlay, Needlepunch, Bast Fiber Decortication
• TEXTILE RECYCLING:  Mechanical & Chemical Recycling, Automated Sorting
• DRY MOLDED FIBER
• SERVICE: Digital Service Solutions, Remote Assistance,  Audits & Process Optimization, Rebuilds & Upgrades, Trainings. Spare parts

These technologies are supported by engineering excellence, automation, and AI development, ensuring high-end product quality and operational efficiency.

Global Footprint

ANDRITZ Nonwoven & Textile operates through a global network of competence centers, service hubs, and research facilities, including:

• ANDRITZ Diatec – Italy (Hygiene Converting, Dry Molded Fiber)
• ANDRITZ Laroche – France (Textile Recycling, Airlay, Bast fibers)
• ANDRITZ Dan-Web – Denmark (Airlaid, Mill-to-Web)
• ANDRITZ HTR – Turkey (Service Hub)
• ANDRITZ Brasil  – Brazil (Service Hub)
• ANDRITZ Technologies PVT – India(Service Hub)
• ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau – France (Drylaid, Needlepunch)
• ANDRITZ Perfojet – France (Spunlace, Air through-bonding, Airlace™)
• ANDRITZ Küsters – Germany (Calendering, Wetlaid. Wetlace™)
• ANDRITZ Wuxi – China (Sales & Service)
• ANDRITZ Spartanburg & Torrington – USA (Sales & Service)

We also own five technical centers and collaborate with other five research centers to foster continuous innovation.

Our Values & Core behaviours

We are guided by shared values that define our culture and behavior:

• Passion
• Partnership
• Perspectives
• Versatility
• Customer Focus
• Ownership for Performance
• Shared Commitment
• Openness

ANDRITZ provides state-of-the-art nonwoven technology and textile technology for a great variety of applications

ANDRITZ combines the expertise of three leaders in the nonwovens and textile industries with long-standing and successful traditions: Asselin-Thibeau, Küsters, and Perfojet. The key competences lie in needlepunch, spunlace, wetlaid, wetlace, spunbond, spunjet, and finishing technologies. Customized concepts and services are developed to suit every need.

ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau, a leading nonwovens system supplier, designs, builds and supplies turnkey drylaid nonwovens lines including cards for direct and crosslapping lines, crosslappers, drafters, and needlelooms.

ANDRITZ Perfojet, one of the pioneers in hydroentanglement, now has more than 240 machines and complete spunlace production lines in operation worldwide.

ANDRITZ Küsters has extensive know-how and references in wetlaid forming, calendering and finishing processes, with more than 2,500 calenders and 24,000 deflection-controlled rolls sold worldwide.

In order to promptly serve our global customers, ANDRITZ Nonwoven has facilities in Wuxi, China, and Spartanburg, USA, as well as representatives all around the world.

See our latest nonwoven and textile news! In 2018 ANDRITZ Diatec joined our nonwoven division. Their sophisticated product portfolio of machinery and equipment for the hygiene, and laminating industry matches perfectly to the ANDRITZ strategy of serving our customers out of a single source.