Fitesa starts up new Swedish spunmelt line; Peru expansion to be completed in mid-year




CLOVERDALE, CA, March 26, 2015-

Fitesa started up its newest spunmelt machine, believed to be a 5.2 meter line capable of making nearly 20,000 tonnes of product, during this year's first quarter, Nonwovens Markets has learned. Meanwhile, a 5,000 tonne expansion planned for the company's Peruvian plant will come on-stream around mid-year, slightly later than the originally-announced first quarter date.

When the Simpsonville, South Carolina-based company originally announced the European expansion in 2013, it provided few details, saying "Fitesa spunmelt projects will expand capacity in Europe, at locations to be announced, to serve customer growth in Eastern and Western Europe. The European volume will be commercial in the 2Q of 2014 and 1Q 2015." At some point the initial phase was postponed or merged with the later phase.


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