Don & Low will expand its facility in Forfar, UK, by introducing a new RF4 line. The investment will initially increase the capacity of Forfar’s facility by 5,000 tonnes. Don & Low has made a multi-million euro deal with Reifenhäuser which will supply a 3.2 m Reicofil 4, bicomponent spunbond line specially configured for industrial applications.

The new RF4 line will incorporate a unique capability of producing significantly higher tensile and isotropic spunbonds. Further, the line will produce both monocomponent and bicomponent spunbonds, utilising combinations of polypropylene or polyethylene and will offer improved filament distribution. The line will also benefit from Reifenhäuser’s latest digital platform.

This investment will be on stream in April 2019.

“The new technologies which will be incorporated in the new facility will broaden Don & Low’s manufacturing capabilities, increase its product offering and provide technical solutions to meet the demands of both market and customers. The investment will also strengthen the company’s position as a technical leader in industrial markets,” said a press release.

In addition, the investment will see the UK’s only spunbond manufacturer expand to create a new unit to facilitate a secondary processing centre of excellence, enhanced by a further investment into a high output, three colour printing line.

The announcement  follows Don & Low’s investment in the year 2016 in an Oerlikon Neumag melt-blown line.

Don & Low is a UK based, and internationally renowned, manufacturer of innovative, high performance woven and nonwoven polyolefin technical textiles. Established in 1792, Don & Low’s international success has been based on an outstanding reputation for quality, the development of new technology and excellent customer service. (VM)