# Pegas Nonwovens to build €30M nonwovens plant in South Africa

Pegas Nonwovens signed a contract to purchase the first production line for a planned plant in South Africa. Commercial production is expected to start in early 2019 with an annual capacity of 10,000 tonnes. The investment exceeds €30 million.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-08-02
- Where: South Africa, South Africa
- Value: $35.3M (30.0M EUR)
- Starts operating: 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 10,000 tonnes per year
- Products: nonwoven textiles
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Pegas Nonwovens](https://endata.com/companies/21568.md)

## Sources

- [e15.cz](https://www.e15.cz/byznys/prumysl-a-energetika/textilka-pegas-nonwovens-pokracuje-v-zahranicni-expanzi-vyrobni-linky-bude-dodavat-do-afriky-1335720), 2017-08-02: "Objednali jsme linku s obdobnou konfigurací, jakou má nedávno zprovozněná linka v České republice."

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