# Toray to build polypropylene spunbond plant in Foshan, China

Toray Industries will establish a new company, Toray Polytech (Foshan), to produce polypropylene spunbonded nonwovens in Foshan, China, with an annual capacity of 20,000 tons starting in FY2019.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-11-06
- Where: Foshan, Guangdong, China
- Value: $200.0M
- Starts operating: Q3 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 20,000 tons/year
- Products: polypropylene spunbonded nonwovens
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Toray Industries](https://endata.com/companies/4565.md)
- [Toray Polytech (Foshan)](https://endata.com/companies/27919.md)

## Sources

- [asiantex.net](http://asiantex.net/2017/11/07/toray-building-new-spunbond-plant-in-foshan-china/), 2017-11-07: "Toray will establish a new company for producing polypropylene spunbonded nonwovens in Foshan, Guangdong Province (China)."
- [tex-asia.com](http://www.tex-asia.com/Industry/Enterprise/2017-11-09/116094.html), 2017-11-09: "本次在需求量显著激增的华南地区设立新的生产据点，将使东丽集团更有效地为客户提供快速和安全的供给服务。"
- [ctn1986.com](https://www.ctn1986.com/index.php?a=show&c=content&id=72394), 2017-12-06: "新公司将于2017年11月成立，公司名为“东丽高新聚化(佛山)有限公司”，首期投资2亿美金，计划引进年产量高达20000吨的PP纺粘无纺布生产设备，投产时间为2019年中期。"

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