January 22 (SeeNews) - Austrian engineering group Andritz said on Friday it has received an order to supply a spunlace line to Romanian nonwoven fabric manufacturer Minet for processing various fibers in order to produce a wide range of hygiene products.
Production is expected to start during the second quarter of 2022, Andritz Group said in a press release.
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The production capacity of the line, which will be the first of its kind in Romania, will be 10,000 tonnes a year, while the operating speed will be up to 250 m per minute and the maximum output at the carding outlet around 1,500 kg per hour.
Andritz will deliver a complete line of production, from web forming to drying. The price of the deal was not disclosed.
"The main reason why we decided in favour of a spunlace process was the fast development of our local wipes market recently. Romania should have spunlace nonwovens, so Minet – as the local frontrunner in nonwovens – has decided to become the first factory there using this technology," Minet commercial director Cristian Niculae said.
Founded in 1983, Minet is the most important producer of nonwovens in Romania and serves more than 1,000 customers. The company delivers about 20 million sq m of needle-punched felts per year and offers products which are used in many different fields, such as automotive, geotextiles, and wadding.
Graz-headquartered Andritz Group offers a broad portfolio of innovative plants, equipment, systems and services for the pulp and paper industry, the hydropower sector, the metals processing and forming industry, pumps, solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial sectors, as well as animal feed and biomass pelleting. The publicly listed group currently has around 27,800 employees and more than 280 locations in over 40 countries.