09.11.24
Gaziantep, Turkey
www.gulsan-group.com
2023 Nonwovens Sales: $403 million
Plants
Gaziantep, Turkey; Cairo, Egypt
Processes
Spunbond and meltblown
Total nonwovens sales clocked in at $403 million at Gulsan Group. The Gaziantep, Turkey-based company has spunmelt nonwovens operations in Turkey and Egypt. In 2020, the company announced it would add new lines at both sites with an estimated start-up planned for last year, however, Gulsan has released little details on these lines including whether or not they have started up as planned.
In March, Gulsan confirmed its latest investment—a breathable and non-breathable film line and textile backsheet manufacturing asset in 6th of October, Egypt—is already underway. The first half of the new capacity will begin commercialization in September 2025 with the second half following approximately nine months later.
The €65 million investment will allow Gulsan to make 1.5 billion square meters per year, or 120 million square meters per month, of breathable and non-breathable films, textile backsheets and pre-laminates, allowing Gulsan to meet market needs for sophisticated state-of-the-art materials. The company has been manufacturing film materials at its Turkey location since 2011 and is currently able to make more than three billion square meters of the material per year. Like its nonwovens investment, the film line will support its growth in the industry and reinforce its position as one of the leading manufacturers of spunmelt materials to supply top quality, ultra-lightweight, diversified nonwovens with highly sophisticated and state-of-art technologies to its business partners for baby diapers as well as medical and health products in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region.
www.gulsan-group.com
2023 Nonwovens Sales: $403 million
Plants
Gaziantep, Turkey; Cairo, Egypt
Processes
Spunbond and meltblown
Total nonwovens sales clocked in at $403 million at Gulsan Group. The Gaziantep, Turkey-based company has spunmelt nonwovens operations in Turkey and Egypt. In 2020, the company announced it would add new lines at both sites with an estimated start-up planned for last year, however, Gulsan has released little details on these lines including whether or not they have started up as planned.
In March, Gulsan confirmed its latest investment—a breathable and non-breathable film line and textile backsheet manufacturing asset in 6th of October, Egypt—is already underway. The first half of the new capacity will begin commercialization in September 2025 with the second half following approximately nine months later.
The €65 million investment will allow Gulsan to make 1.5 billion square meters per year, or 120 million square meters per month, of breathable and non-breathable films, textile backsheets and pre-laminates, allowing Gulsan to meet market needs for sophisticated state-of-the-art materials. The company has been manufacturing film materials at its Turkey location since 2011 and is currently able to make more than three billion square meters of the material per year. Like its nonwovens investment, the film line will support its growth in the industry and reinforce its position as one of the leading manufacturers of spunmelt materials to supply top quality, ultra-lightweight, diversified nonwovens with highly sophisticated and state-of-art technologies to its business partners for baby diapers as well as medical and health products in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region.
