01.01.09
Location: MASSERANO, ITALY
Sales: $143 Million
Description: Key Personnel
Matteo Moltrasio, vice president; Luigi Cassano, managing director; Alessandro Taramasso, commercial director
Plant
Masserano, Biella, Italy
ISO Status since 1997
ISO 9001:2008; renewed in 2009
Processes
Spunbond, spunbond-meltblown, carded thermal bond
Brand Name
Spundouce
Major Markets
Hygiene, wipes, medical, agriculture, industrial
Sales increased from $133 million to $143 million for Italian nonwovens producer Union Industries as the company’s production lines were better utilized.
The Masserano-based company is investing in a 5.2 meter Reicofil spunmelt line which will add 24,000 tons per year and bring its total throughput to 84,000 tons per year. The new line, featuring SSMMMS technology, is expected to start up during the third quarter of next year.
According to executives at the Masserano, Italy nonwovens producer, the decision to build a new line was driven by Union’s goal of supplying the hygiene and medical nonwovens market with high quality, ultra-lightweight nonwovens. While executives admit there is some overcapacity in the European hygiene market, they said they feel that investing in new technology will give Union Industries the necessary advantage to succeed.
“We believe that with this new asset we could offer the market an advanced generation of spunmelt material,” said vice president Matteo Moltrasio. “The goal is to obtain and give better performances and at the same time to give a savings to the market. Moreover, we assume we could explore other fields of application.
Currently 90% of Union Industries’ nonwovens output is exported outside of Italy, chiefly to Europe and the Middle East.
Union Industries’ most recent investment was a Reicofil 4 SSS system, a 4.2 meter that came onstream at the end of 2006, bringing the company’s total capacity to 60,000 tons per year. All of the company’s current spunbonded manufacturing assets are based on Reicofil technology.
Sales: $143 Million
Description: Key Personnel
Matteo Moltrasio, vice president; Luigi Cassano, managing director; Alessandro Taramasso, commercial director
Plant
Masserano, Biella, Italy
ISO Status since 1997
ISO 9001:2008; renewed in 2009
Processes
Spunbond, spunbond-meltblown, carded thermal bond
Brand Name
Spundouce
Major Markets
Hygiene, wipes, medical, agriculture, industrial
Sales increased from $133 million to $143 million for Italian nonwovens producer Union Industries as the company’s production lines were better utilized.
The Masserano-based company is investing in a 5.2 meter Reicofil spunmelt line which will add 24,000 tons per year and bring its total throughput to 84,000 tons per year. The new line, featuring SSMMMS technology, is expected to start up during the third quarter of next year.
According to executives at the Masserano, Italy nonwovens producer, the decision to build a new line was driven by Union’s goal of supplying the hygiene and medical nonwovens market with high quality, ultra-lightweight nonwovens. While executives admit there is some overcapacity in the European hygiene market, they said they feel that investing in new technology will give Union Industries the necessary advantage to succeed.
“We believe that with this new asset we could offer the market an advanced generation of spunmelt material,” said vice president Matteo Moltrasio. “The goal is to obtain and give better performances and at the same time to give a savings to the market. Moreover, we assume we could explore other fields of application.
Currently 90% of Union Industries’ nonwovens output is exported outside of Italy, chiefly to Europe and the Middle East.
Union Industries’ most recent investment was a Reicofil 4 SSS system, a 4.2 meter that came onstream at the end of 2006, bringing the company’s total capacity to 60,000 tons per year. All of the company’s current spunbonded manufacturing assets are based on Reicofil technology.