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Ahlstrom-Munksjö expands face masks production at Turin

28 Apr '20
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Ahlstrom-Munksjö, a leader in fibre-based materials, has announced that the company continues to develop its capacity in Turin to meet the demand for high performance filtration media for surgical face masks in Italy. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the company has expanded its capacities to meet the demand for healthcare goods to fight the Covid-19.
 
After having received its first orders in March, the Turin plant has managed to expand capacity through line improvements and production optimisation and is now planning to produce face mask material equivalent to over 60 million surgical face masks per month. For the remainder of 2020, this adds up to a total of 500 million face masks.
 
“I am extremely proud of the work that the team is doing; in only a few months, by collaborating with partners in the region, we have developed a range of high performance filtration media for surgical face masks and established a sizable and reliable supplier to the local market, helping the fight Covid-19 in Italy,” Giuseppe Costa, vice president filtration EMEA and Asia at Ahlstrom-Munksjö, said in a press release.
 
The company continues to explore all options to further expand its production capacity to meet growing demand for protection materials globally.

Fibre2Fashion News Desk (JL)

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