New production line boost for Angus technical textiles plant

INVESTMENT: Multi-million-euro production line is latest investment in Forfar facility

A multi-million-euro production line is to be installed at the Angus manufacturing centre of technical textiles giant Don & Low.

The seven-figure investment in a new spunbond line follows the commissioning of a state-of-the-art artificial grass yarns line at the group’s Forfar facility in the summer.

Don & Low said the new facility – a 3.2-metre Reicofil 4 bicomponent spunbond line with a 5,000-tonne capacity – will cement its reputation as a technical leader in the sector.

It expects the new line to be installed and commissioned by the spring of 2019.

It added: “In addition, the investment will see the Nonwovens site 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.

“Completion of the site expansion is due April 2018.”

Don & Low is one of the Angus town’s largest private sector employers and has been owned by Greece-based industrial solutions conglomerate Thrace Group since 1999.

It produces both woven and non-woven technical textiles for a range of applications including carpet backings, consumer products, construction and geosynthetic textiles.

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Don & Low’s Nonwoven plant at Forfar will expand as part of the investment.