# Japan Wool Textile to invest $2.83M in new filter line in Jiangyin, China

Japan Wool Textile (Nikke) will invest 300 million yen ($2.83 million) to add a new production line at its subsidiary Ambic's plant in Jiangyin, China, to produce nonwoven fabric filters for waste incinerators. The line is expected to be complete by fiscal 2022, tripling combined annual capacity to 580,000 square meters.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-03-29
- Where: Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China
- Value: $2.83M
- Starts operating: 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 580,000 square meters per year (combined Japan and China)
- Products: nonwoven fabric filters for waste incinerators
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Japan Wool Textile](https://endata.com/companies/31025.md)
- [Ambic](https://endata.com/companies/31026.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nonwovens-industry.com](https://www.nonwovens-industry.com/breaking-news/japanese-company-plans-to-enter-chinese-filter-market/), 2018-03-29: "The company will invest 300 million yen ($2.83 million) to introduce a new line at a plant in Jiangyin in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu run by subsidiary Ambic."

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