# Mondi to build melt blown nonwoven and face mask lines in Gronau, Germany

Mondi will build new production lines at its Gronau plant in Germany to produce melt blown nonwoven fabric and surgical face masks, with capacity to make over one million masks per day.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-05-22
- Where: Gronau, Germany
- Status: announced
- Capacity: over 1 million surgical face masks per day
- Products: melt blown nonwoven fabric, surgical face masks (Type IIR)
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Mondi Group](https://endata.com/companies/896.md)

## Sources

- [mondigroup.com](https://www.mondigroup.com/news-and-insight/2020/mondi-to-produce-melt-blown-nonwoven-fabric-and-one-million-surgical-face-masks-a-day-with-new-production-lines-in-germany/), 2020-05-24: "Once up and running, we will be able to produce more than one million face masks per day."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2020/05/mondi-to-produce-melt-blown-nonwoven-fabric-and-one-million-surgical-face-masks-a-day-with-new-production-lines-in-germany/), 2020-05-25: "Mondi, global supplier of packaging and paper, is set to build new production lines in its plant in Gronau, Germany, to produce meltblown nonwoven fabric and surgical face masks."
- [technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net](https://technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net/news/mondi-production-of-melt-blownnonwoven-fabric-in-germany-210081), 2020-05-27: "Mondi responds to the increased demand on surgical face masks and meltblown nonwovens by health authorities, businesses and consumers."

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