# Norafin inaugurates €20M nonwovens plant in Mills River, North Carolina

Norafin (Americas) Inc. inaugurated a new production site in Mills River, North Carolina, with a state-of-the-art spunlace line, representing an investment of around €20 million. The plant will create about 35 new jobs by end of 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-06-07
- Where: Mills River, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $23.6M (20.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 35
- Starts operating: 7 Jun 2018
- Status: completed
- Capacity: width up to 2.8 m, weight 20-500 g/m²
- Products: technical nonwovens, spunlace nonwovens
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Norafin Group](https://endata.com/companies/19574.md)

## Sources

- [norafin.de](https://www.norafin.de/en/news/news-details/inauguration-party-in-mills-river-june-7th-2018), 2018-06-07: "Within one year we built up a new production site in Mills River, with a new state-of-the-art Spunlace line and modern Lab and Offices."
- [blueridgenow.com](https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2018/06/18/two-grand-openings-mark-almost-100-jobs/11931158007/), 2018-06-18: "Norafin will invest $18.1 million and Demmel more than $4 million."
- [norafin.com](https://www.norafin.com/us/news/news-details/inauguration-party-in-mills-river-june-7th-2018-ffa43ec6), 2019-07-29: "Within one year we built up a new production site in Mills River, with a new state-of-the-art Spunlace line and modern Lab and Offices."

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