09.11.24
Walpole, MA
www.hollingsworth-vose.com
2023 Nonwoven Sales: $660 million
Key Personnel
Josh Ayer, president and CEO; James Noonan, vice president and CFO; Mike Clark, president, Filtration Solutions; Nick Starita, president, Energy Solutions; Angela DiNisco, vice president & chief human resources officer; Mark Freeman, vice president & general counsel; Dave Healey, vice president, Global Technology; Jochem Hofstetter, vice president, managing director, Europe, Middle East & Africa; Schuyler Hollingsworth, vice president of Global Marketing & Communications; Tim Li, vice president, managing director, Asia Pacific; Suzanne Rotherham, vice president & managing director Americas; Kevin Schmidt, vice president Global Operations
Plants
Apizaco, Mexico; Corvallis, OR; East Walpole, MA; Easton, NY; Floyd, VA; Greenwich, NY; Hatzfeld, Germany; Hawkinsville, GA; Kentmere, U.K.; Mysuru, India; Suzhou, China; West Groton, MA; Winchcombe, U.K.
Processes
Wetlaid, meltblown, carded thermal bonded (point and flat calendered), latex bonded, through-air bonded, needlepunch, thermal lamination, aqueous and solvent-based saturation, nanofiber-webs, composites, webs incorporating functional particles
Sales declined to $660 million at East Walpole, MA-based Hollingsworth & Vose. The maker of filtration media and other specialty nonwovens attributed the reduction in sales to softer market demand caused by inventory adjustments as well as price reductions supported by lower raw material and energy costs.
Executives say recovery has already begun, particularly in the North American filtration market. Additionally, demand for energy solutions applications began growing in the second half of 2023 as the automotive and industrial markets recovered.
Hollingsworth & Vose’s Plus Zero line is PFA-free.
H&V’s latest investment, announced in January 2023, supports its Trupor business, a revolutionary high performance liquid microfiltration media. The new capacity will come online in late 2025 in Floyd, VA. “H&V continues to view liquid microfiltration as an area where we can demonstrate technical leadership and provide great value to our customers in bioprocessing, water and the food and beverage markets,” Mike Clark, division president, says.
In Europe, H&V has two major, ongoing expansion projects in Hatzfeld, Germany. These investments are planned to keep H&V at the forefront of innovation and will add new filter media technologies and capabilities for indoor air quality, cabin air, liquid, gas turbine, cleanroom and medical applications, Clark says.
Also in Germany, H&V completed work on a line dedicated to the production of Technostat electret filtration media at the end of 2021 to better serve the European market. Technostat continues to be a leading technology for commercial and residential HVAC filtration, cabin air and medical applications and respirators. This expansion is providing increased European service and growth capacity for IAQ, gas turbine, cabin air, medical and appliance markets.
In addition to Technostat, H&V continues to focus on its Nanowave product line designed for pocket filters and one-inch depth panel filters. The technology, which is made in both Europe and the U.S., has demonstrated industry-leading service life and the lowest pressure drop to reduce the HVAC system’s energy consumption.
Later this year, H&V will introduce a new NanoWave XTE, the highest performing pocket filter media. This patented extended surface area synthetic filter media works against hazardous air pollution by providing clean air while significantly lowering energy consumption in buildings. It provides extraordinarily low pressure drop and superior dust-holding capacity, and it improves air quality by enabling higher levels of filtration without reducing HVAC system airflow. The result: better filtration with lower energy usage.
Within its energy storage area, in early 2023, H&V started up a new wetlaid glass fiber production line in Mysuru, India. The new asset adds significant battery separator capacity to the region and is serving automotive and industrial customers in South Asia and global markets. H&V acquired the Indian site in 2014 when it purchased Raman Fibrescience. The facility specializes in developing innovations in fiber-based, wetlaid filtration media and battery separators and was a natural complement to H&V’s existing business. Today in Mysuru, H&V produces battery separator products that are used in a variety of energy storage applications.
Hollingsworth & Vose is an industry-leading supplier of separators, separator enhancements, paste additives and pasting papers that meet the highest standards for battery assembly and performance. This new line in India enables H&V to provide local service to India and South Asia.
www.hollingsworth-vose.com
2023 Nonwoven Sales: $660 million
Key Personnel
Josh Ayer, president and CEO; James Noonan, vice president and CFO; Mike Clark, president, Filtration Solutions; Nick Starita, president, Energy Solutions; Angela DiNisco, vice president & chief human resources officer; Mark Freeman, vice president & general counsel; Dave Healey, vice president, Global Technology; Jochem Hofstetter, vice president, managing director, Europe, Middle East & Africa; Schuyler Hollingsworth, vice president of Global Marketing & Communications; Tim Li, vice president, managing director, Asia Pacific; Suzanne Rotherham, vice president & managing director Americas; Kevin Schmidt, vice president Global Operations
Plants
Apizaco, Mexico; Corvallis, OR; East Walpole, MA; Easton, NY; Floyd, VA; Greenwich, NY; Hatzfeld, Germany; Hawkinsville, GA; Kentmere, U.K.; Mysuru, India; Suzhou, China; West Groton, MA; Winchcombe, U.K.
Processes
Wetlaid, meltblown, carded thermal bonded (point and flat calendered), latex bonded, through-air bonded, needlepunch, thermal lamination, aqueous and solvent-based saturation, nanofiber-webs, composites, webs incorporating functional particles
Sales declined to $660 million at East Walpole, MA-based Hollingsworth & Vose. The maker of filtration media and other specialty nonwovens attributed the reduction in sales to softer market demand caused by inventory adjustments as well as price reductions supported by lower raw material and energy costs.
Executives say recovery has already begun, particularly in the North American filtration market. Additionally, demand for energy solutions applications began growing in the second half of 2023 as the automotive and industrial markets recovered.
Hollingsworth & Vose’s Plus Zero line is PFA-free.
H&V’s latest investment, announced in January 2023, supports its Trupor business, a revolutionary high performance liquid microfiltration media. The new capacity will come online in late 2025 in Floyd, VA. “H&V continues to view liquid microfiltration as an area where we can demonstrate technical leadership and provide great value to our customers in bioprocessing, water and the food and beverage markets,” Mike Clark, division president, says.
In Europe, H&V has two major, ongoing expansion projects in Hatzfeld, Germany. These investments are planned to keep H&V at the forefront of innovation and will add new filter media technologies and capabilities for indoor air quality, cabin air, liquid, gas turbine, cleanroom and medical applications, Clark says.
Also in Germany, H&V completed work on a line dedicated to the production of Technostat electret filtration media at the end of 2021 to better serve the European market. Technostat continues to be a leading technology for commercial and residential HVAC filtration, cabin air and medical applications and respirators. This expansion is providing increased European service and growth capacity for IAQ, gas turbine, cabin air, medical and appliance markets.
In addition to Technostat, H&V continues to focus on its Nanowave product line designed for pocket filters and one-inch depth panel filters. The technology, which is made in both Europe and the U.S., has demonstrated industry-leading service life and the lowest pressure drop to reduce the HVAC system’s energy consumption.
Later this year, H&V will introduce a new NanoWave XTE, the highest performing pocket filter media. This patented extended surface area synthetic filter media works against hazardous air pollution by providing clean air while significantly lowering energy consumption in buildings. It provides extraordinarily low pressure drop and superior dust-holding capacity, and it improves air quality by enabling higher levels of filtration without reducing HVAC system airflow. The result: better filtration with lower energy usage.
Within its energy storage area, in early 2023, H&V started up a new wetlaid glass fiber production line in Mysuru, India. The new asset adds significant battery separator capacity to the region and is serving automotive and industrial customers in South Asia and global markets. H&V acquired the Indian site in 2014 when it purchased Raman Fibrescience. The facility specializes in developing innovations in fiber-based, wetlaid filtration media and battery separators and was a natural complement to H&V’s existing business. Today in Mysuru, H&V produces battery separator products that are used in a variety of energy storage applications.
Hollingsworth & Vose is an industry-leading supplier of separators, separator enhancements, paste additives and pasting papers that meet the highest standards for battery assembly and performance. This new line in India enables H&V to provide local service to India and South Asia.
