If you hear that there is a new mask machine being installed somewhere in Africa, it would be very much expected in the new normal caused by the COVID19 pandemic. In fact, a lot of that is already happening. Mask machines of varying capacity are being installed in the region to meet the new demand for face masks. But when you hear that there are plans to instal a new meltblown line in Ethiopia in the next few months that certainly raises eyebrows. That is because there are not many nonwovens raw material lines outside Africa’s key hubs of Egypt and South Africa. Egypt, South Africa and Nigeria are of course key nonwovens markets and as a result the key players namely P&G, Kimberly Clark (the global number one and two makers of diapers) and in the case of Egypt, also Unicharm and Hayat Group (the gl
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