International technology group Andritz has received an order from Sheng Hung Industrial Co, Ltd, to supply a complete spunlace plant to be installed at their site in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The investment is Sheng Hung’s fourth Andritz spunlace line and will enable it to further innovate its product offerings for specialty nonwovens and heavyweight fabrics.

The flexible, crosslapped web-forming plant delivered by Andritz will produce multiple grades from 30 to 400 gsm and will be equipped with an engineered, high-quality aperturing/patterning solution delivered together with a Jetlace Avantage C hydroentanglement unit. The line will be completed by an efficient neXdry Avantage through-air dryer and an Andritz filtration system, and thus will be able to meet the stringent local environmental requirements. The line will start production in the second quarter of 2019, said a press release from Andritz.

Over the past 60 years, Sheng Hung has become a market leader in the Far East for value-added, engineered nonwovens in the fields of medicine, synthetic leather and stretchable webs. It has recently developed unique fabrics for fine-art printing used in interior decoration with a proprietary technology. “We are expanding our business opportunities while maintaining our core competences in order to create added value for our products. Our advanced quality control management and environmentally friendly products are also certified according to ISO-14001 and ISO-50001,” said Keynese S C Chen, president of Sheng Hung. (PC)