# BIT invests $3M in air-lay line from Laroche and TechnoPlants

Bouckaert Industrial Textiles has purchased a 3.4-meter-wide air-lay line from Laroche and TechnoPlants for $3 million, adding 15 jobs and capacity of 8-10 million pounds per year. The line is expected to be operational in April 2017.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-02-21
- Where: Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States
- Value: $3.00M
- Jobs: 15
- Starts operating: Apr 2017
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 8 million to 10 million pounds per year
- Products: nonwoven roll goods for thermal and acoustical insulation, specialty filtration
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Bouckaert Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/companies/21203.md)
- [Laroche](https://endata.com/companies/21248.md) (supplier)
- [TechnoPlants](https://endata.com/companies/21249.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2017/02/bit-invests-in-laroche-technoplants-line/), 2017-02-21: "The $3 million investment — the largest investment in the company’s 28-year history — will produce 8 million to 10 million pounds of material per year and will add 15 new jobs."

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