Oerlikon Neumag has successfully assembled and commissioned an Airlaid Web Forming System for the production of hygiene airlaid nonwovens at Avintiv, formerly Polymer Group, based in Benson, NC.

Following an assembly period of just three months and the subsequent three-week commissioning phase, within a short time the system operated under stable conditions, with expected web quality, the company reports.

“It was thanks to the close and intensive collaboration between our customer and us. Both parties acted as one team and we are really happy to have reached our common targets,” said Hartmut Claussen, Head of Project Engineering at Oerlikon Neumag.

Leader in hygiene materials

Avintiv is one of the leading developers, producers and marketers of specialty materials used in infection prevention, personal care and high performance solutions.

With 23 locations in 14 countries, an employee base of approximately 4,500 people, and the broadest range of process technologies in the nonwovens industry, Avintiv is able to work closely with customers to meet increasing demand to develop and deliver high-impact solutions.

AVINTIV develops and manufactures differentiated specialty material solutions for leading providers of baby diapers, feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products.

Last month the company announced it is going ahead with its plan to invest EUR 25 million at two facilities in Europe. The manufacturer completed the first phase of the plan this summer, investing in two meltblown units in Tarragona, Spain, to convert SSXXS to SSMMS and increase capacity by 50%, 15KMT. This investment was in direct response to the evolving market demand for spunmelt in personal care products across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the company reports.

Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment

Oerlikon is a leading technology group supplying growth markets with market-leading technologies and services for surface solutions, systems for manufacturing manmade fibres, transmission systems and drive solutions, as well as prevacuum and high vacuum technologies and pumps and the corresponding accessories.

With its Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag brands, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers segment is the market leader for manmade fibre filament spinning systems, texturing machines, BCF systems, staple fibre systems and artificial turf systems and – as a service provider – offers engineering solutions for the entire textile value added chain.

With the expansion of the product range to include polycondensation systems and their key components, the company now caters to the entire process – from the monomer all the way through to the textured yarn. The primary Oerlikon Barmag markets are in Asia, and – for Oerlikon Neumag – in the USA, Turkey and China.

www.oerlikon.com/manmade-fibers

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