Technostat media expansion for H&V

Hollingsworth & Vose plans to add Technostat filter media production at its plant in Floyd, Virginia, to support the successful launch of Technostat Plus as well as the ongoing demand for Technostat.

“This new line will produce H&V’s patented electret filter media which provides high efficiency filtration with very low pressure drop,” said Mike Clark, president of the company’s High Efficiency and Specialty Filtration division.

The Floyd production line is expected to begin operation by the fourth quarter of 2014. H&V currently manufactures Technostat and Technostat Plus media in Europe.

In October, the company also announced that it will add NanoWave filtration media production capability at its plant in Hatzfeld, Germany.

NanoWave – which won the IDEA13 Achievement Award for rolled goods at the Miami show – achieves higher levels of filtration efficiency at reduced pressure drops.

The Hatzfeld production line is expected to start operations by mid 2015. H&V currently manufactures NanoWave media in the US at the plant in Floyd.

“In addition to the European capacity expansion, further performance improvements and next generation product developments will result in increased service levels for our European customers,” said Jochem Hofstetter, vice-president and managing director EMEA.