# PFNonwovens to install melt-blown lines in Czech Republic and USA

PFNonwovens plans to invest up to CZK 2 billion to install melt-blown production lines in Znojmo, Czech Republic, and the USA, to produce nonwoven fabric for protective equipment filters. Production could start within four to six months.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-04-21
- Where: Znojmo, Czechia
- Value: $80.0M (2.00B CZK)
- Starts operating: Oct 2020
- Status: announced
- Products: melt-blown nonwoven fabric for protective equipment filters
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [PFNonwovens](https://endata.com/companies/32856.md)

## Sources

- [archiv.hn.cz](https://archiv.hn.cz/c1-66753570-pfnonwovens-postavi-v-cesku-a-usa-linky-na-ochranny-material-tvrdi-ze-zajisti-sobestacnost-ceska), 2020-04-21: "V Česku jednáme s dodavatelem o instalaci specifického zařízení, které umožní vyrábět netkanou textilii pro filtry do ochranných prostředků pomocí technologie melt-blown."

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