WIELSBEKE, Belgium, September 13, 2016-

Beaulieu Fibres International (B.F.I.), the leading European polypropylene (PP) staple fibre supplier, announces a EUR 30 million investment to extend production capacity at its Merkalon plant in Terni, Italy and expand the Meraklon specialty fibre portfolio with new BICO products.

The investment centres on a new hygiene line equipped with the latest, state-of-the-art long spin technology to meet the on-going increase in demand in the market for high quality polyolefin fibres. It will be housed in a new building offering space for further expansion, which will be constructed at the Terni site. B.F.I. expects to begin installation of the equipment from mid-2017.

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