# Uniquetex starts production at new nonwovens plant in Grover, North Carolina

Uniquetex, a joint venture between Foshan Nanhai Beautiful Nonwoven and Wenzhou Chaolong Textile Machinery, has started production at its new 360,000 sq ft plant in Grover, North Carolina. The first two spunmelt lines were installed in the first half of 2018, with full production expected in the second half of 2018. Total investment is $31.6 million.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-05
- Where: Grover, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $31.6M
- Starts operating: 5 Jul 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: over 10,000 metric tons of SS and SMS engineered nonwoven fabrics annually
- Products: spunbond nonwoven fabrics, meltblown nonwoven fabrics, SMS nonwoven fabrics
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Uniquetex](https://endata.com/companies/32965.md)
- [Foshan Nanhai Beautiful Nonwoven](https://endata.com/companies/32966.md) (partner)
- [Wenzhou Chaolong Textile Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/32967.md) (partner)
- [Chaolong Textile Machinery Co., Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/33146.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [nonwovens-industry.com](https://www.nonwovens-industry.com/uniquetex-243754/), 2018-07-06: "Full production will start up in the second half of 2018."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2018/07/uniquetex-announces-the-installation-of-two-spunmelt-lines/), 2018-07-16: "Uniquetex has its own spunmelt technology that can offer finer fiber denier extrusion for superior softness and great comfort to meet the market demand, especially in the hygiene and medical markets."

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