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Xerium gets participant partner status at N C State

07 Jun '17

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Xerium Technologies, a leading global provider of industrial consumable products and services, has been presented with an award for participating partner during the open house for the Nonwovens Institute (NWI) at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The award was presented by N C State chancellor Randy Woodson to Xerium’s John Schauer,

Schauer is the global product manager – nonwovens at Xerium Technologies.

The event and ribbon-cutting highlighted the NWI’s commissioning of its new world-class, one metre wide, Reicofil 4 bicomponent spunbond pilot machine.

Additionally, as a leading technical supplier of advanced forming belts for the global nonwoven fabric manufacturing industry, Xerium was also selected as supplier of choice for this new state-of-the-art pilot machine. The new machine will start up with Xerium’s Huycon line of products for spunmelt/meltblown production. In addition, Xerium will continue the advanced development of the Huycon forming belts portfolio utilising the NWI’s vast research and development assets.

“We are truly honoured to be such a close partner with the Nonwovens Institute. We are also very proud to have been chosen as supplier of choice to run on the world’s newest and most advanced nonwoven pilot machine, and look forward to additional technical advancements from this partnership,” said Bill Butterfield, EVP and CTO of Xerium.

The new Recofil R4 line consists of Hills’ bicomponent and monofilament die packs, two unwinders, a thermobonding calendar from Andritz, two Perfojet hydroentanglement units, a kiss roll, through-air dryer and A Celli winder and slitter. (SV)

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