# WPT Corp. to open $6M nonwoven fabrics plant in Beaver Dam, Kentucky

Nonwoven fabrics manufacturer WPT Corp. will open a $6 million, 40-job plant in Beaver Dam, Kentucky, its second in Ohio County, to add capacity for hygiene and filtration products. The facility is expected to be online in late March 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-09-07
- Where: Beaver Dam, Ohio County, Kentucky, United States
- Value: $6.00M
- Jobs: 40
- Starts operating: Mar 2018
- Status: announced
- Products: nonwoven fabrics for hygiene and filtration products (diapers, furnace air filters, telecom cable wrap, landscape fabrics, etc.)
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [WPT Corp.](https://endata.com/companies/26797.md)

## Sources

- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2017/09/nonwoven-fabrics-manufacturer-wpt-corp-to-add-second-western-kentucky-plant-create-40-jobs/), 2017-09-07: "Our new state-of-the-art facility will be online in late March, and we look forward to the opportunity to supply a high-quality product to the region's and commonwealth's nonwoven hygiene and filtration markets."
- [nonwovens-industry.com](https://www.nonwovens-industry.com/breaking-news/wpt-corp-expands-in-kentucky/), 2017-09-14: "Our new state-of-the-art facility will be online in late March, and we look forward to the opportunity to supply a high-quality product to the region’s and commonwealth’s nonwoven hygiene and filtration markets."

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