Texol, an Italian manufacturer of apertured films and other materials forhygiene and medical applications, is adding a new line based on its own proprietary technology for three-dimensional vacuum and mechanical perforation. The line will add more than 72 million square meters of film to Texol’s current capacity; 20% of the new capacity has already been reserved by customers.

According to executives, the new line has been made possible by the success of other Texol products including its three-dimensional apertured extreme poly film with the performance ofperforated poly and the softness of nonwoven; three-dimensional apertured poly film and nonwoven laminate and classic apertured poly film in different patterns with very low basic weights.