01.01.08
Location: MASSERANO, ITALY
Sales: $90 million
Description: Key Personnel
Matteo Moltrasio, vice president; Luigi Cassano, managing director; Alessandro Taramasso, commercial director
Plant
Masserano, Biella, Italy
ISO Status
ISO 9001:2000 since 1997; renewed in 2006
Processes
Spunbond, spunbond-meltblown, carded thermal bond
Brand Name
Spundouce
Major Markets
Hygiene, wipes, medical, agriculture, industrial
Italy’s Union Industries produces 60,000 tons of spunbond, spunmelt and carded thermal bonded nonwovens at its facility in Masserano. Its latest line, a Reicofil 4 SSS system came onstream at the end of 2006 and mainly targets the hygiene market. The new line widens Union’s existing production capacity of spunbond (Reicofil 4 and Reicofil 4) spunbond-meltblown and carded thermal bonded nonwovens.
According to company executives, Union’s specialty is lightweight nonwovens, which are valued by the hygiene markets. Other markets for the company include hygiene, wipes, medical, agriculture and industrial.
Approximately 90% of the company’s output is exported outside of Italy with main markets lying within Europe. Other interest areas include the Middle East and Far East.
Sales: $90 million
Description: Key Personnel
Matteo Moltrasio, vice president; Luigi Cassano, managing director; Alessandro Taramasso, commercial director
Plant
Masserano, Biella, Italy
ISO Status
ISO 9001:2000 since 1997; renewed in 2006
Processes
Spunbond, spunbond-meltblown, carded thermal bond
Brand Name
Spundouce
Major Markets
Hygiene, wipes, medical, agriculture, industrial
Italy’s Union Industries produces 60,000 tons of spunbond, spunmelt and carded thermal bonded nonwovens at its facility in Masserano. Its latest line, a Reicofil 4 SSS system came onstream at the end of 2006 and mainly targets the hygiene market. The new line widens Union’s existing production capacity of spunbond (Reicofil 4 and Reicofil 4) spunbond-meltblown and carded thermal bonded nonwovens.
According to company executives, Union’s specialty is lightweight nonwovens, which are valued by the hygiene markets. Other markets for the company include hygiene, wipes, medical, agriculture and industrial.
Approximately 90% of the company’s output is exported outside of Italy with main markets lying within Europe. Other interest areas include the Middle East and Far East.