Autefa Solutions and Campen Machinery A/S, a manufacturer of machinery for textile, nonwovens, carpet and glass fibre processing industries, have announced a partnership to offer machinery for airlaids and spunlaced airlaid products.

Last month the two companies have made an agreement to cooperate in the development and sales of machinery and production lines for the traditional airlaid industry, as well as for the new Hydro Laced Airlaid Process (HLAL) for non”flushable and flushable, dispersible, and biodegradable nonwovens, invented by Campen Machinery A/S Denmark.

“With our two companies we are building a strong partnership. Each of our companies has developed new and energy”saving technology. Together we offer complete lines to produce flushable wipes. With our combined portfolios we offer advanced production technology, starting from raw material to the final nonwovens products,” commented André Imhof, CEO Autefa Solutions Austria and Arne Christensen, CEO Campen Machinery A/S.

Autefa Solutions product range

Autefa Solutions offers spunlace, drying and powder scattering technology, as well as carding and card feeding technology. For the spunlace process Autefa Solutions has developed a new hydroentanglement jet. This technology is said to enable 30% energy savings due to the special jet design. A new Square Drum Dryer SQ”V completes the line.

Autefa Solutions product range includes fibre preparation machines, nonwovens cards, as well as aerodynamic web forming machines (Airlay), crosslappers and needle looms for mechanical bonding. Autefa Solutions Switzerland delivers equipment for thermal bonding, drying systems including dryers and ovens for the wood pulp and short cut stable fibre based airlaid industry.

Campen Machinery expertise

Campen Machinery is the specialist for webforming from pulp fibres, or other fibres, via fibre dosing, hammermill and airlaids technology, compacting/embossing or calandering units, as well as the winding technology of airlaids or spunlaced airlaid products.

Campen Machinery A/S has many years of experience of development and manufacturing of different types of equipment for the carpet and nonwoven industry. The product range includes coating and lamination lines, winding, slitting, rewinding purposes and packaging, as well as complete lines for the artificial turf and carpet industry.

The company’s headquarters are in Denmark and are owned by VARO A/S (Group). For more than 40 years, the group has built hammer mills, drum forming heads and complete lines for globally leading manufacturers within the airlaid industry. The Group has supplied process lines and equipment for the airlaid industry equal to approximately 20% of the world’s airlaid capacity.

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