# Don & Low expands UK spunbond capacity with new Reicofil line

Don & Low, a Thrace Group company, has agreed a multi-million deal with Reifenhäuser for a new 3.2-metre Reicofil 4 bicomponent spunbond line, increasing plant capacity by 5,000 tonnes. The investment will be on stream in April 2019, with site expansion completion due April 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-12-13
- Where: Forfar, United Kingdom
- Starts operating: Apr 2019
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 5,000 tonnes per year
- Products: bicomponent spunbond nonwovens, mono spunbond nonwovens
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Don & Low](https://endata.com/companies/28782.md)
- [Thrace Group](https://endata.com/companies/2099.md) (partner)
- [Reifenhäuser](https://endata.com/companies/7096.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [innovationintextiles.com](https://innovationintextiles.com/don-low-expands-uk-capacity/), 2017-12-13: "The new investment will see the UK’s only spunbond manufacturer initially increase its plant`s capacity by 5,000 tonnes."
- [donlow.co.uk](https://www.donlow.co.uk/gb/en/news/Don-Low-Expands-Forfar-Facility-with-State-of-the-art-Reifenhauser-RF4-Line/), 2017-12-14: "The new investment will see the UK's only spunbond manufacturer initially increase its plant`s capacity by 5,000 tonnes and follows their 2016 investment in an Oerlikon Neumag meltblown line."
- [thecourier.co.uk](https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-environment/business/564064/new-production-line-boost-for-angus-technical-textiles-plant/), 2017-12-14: "The seven-figure investment in a new spunbond line follows the commissioning of a state-of-the-art artifical grass yarns line at the group’s Forfar facility in the summer."
- [geosyntheticsmagazine.com](https://geosyntheticsmagazine.com/2017/12/18/don-low-expands-forfar-uk-facility-with-state-of-the-art-reifenhauser-line/), 2017-12-18: "This investment will further cement Don & Low’s position as a technical leader in industrial markets."

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