Reifenhaeuser says ‘first RF5 line starts spinning successfully’




TROISDORF, Germany, October 10, 2019-

The first line of the new RF5 generation has successfully extruded the first filaments at the nonwoven manufacturer PFN. Reifenhäuser Reicofil sets new standards in quality, output, line availability, efficiency, and machine intelligence with the new technology for the production of spunbond, meltblown, and composite nonwovens. The spunbond and meltblown technologies were totally revised for the RF5 technology The RF5 is also equipped with digital solutions from the Reifenhäuser Digital Business Platform. This paves the way for intelligent machines and intelligent production.

“I’m delighted that the first RF5 line has started spinning successfully,” says Markus Müller, Sales Director at Reifenhäuser Reicofil. “I’m even more delighted that we were able to take this step in collaboration with our long-standing customer PFN. PFN started operations with our first RF1 line generation in 1992. Since then, the company has continually switched to our latest and best generation. And this is no exception now.”


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