The new $31.6 million Uniquetex spunmelt plant that is to be built in North Carolina represents the next level of harmonisation for the global nonwovens industry.
Speaking at last week’s Global Nonwovens Summit, held on May 5th – the final day of the IDEA 2016 exhibition in Boston – Dave Rousse, president of show organiser INDA, said that of the 14 new North American manufacturing lines announced during 2015 and 2016, nine will be located in North Carolina.
The Uniquetex plant will be number ten – yet it is the first to be based on advanced Chinese technology, as well as run by a Chinese company.
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