# Avangard to expand nonwoven fabric production in Shakhty, Russia

Avangard plans to build new warehouses, install new nonwoven fabric production lines, and construct a polyester fiber plant in Shakhty, Rostov Oblast. The investment is estimated at 1.5 billion rubles and will create 260 jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-07-20
- Where: Shakhty, Rostov Oblast, Russia
- Jobs: 260
- Status: announced
- Products: nonwoven fabric, polyester staple fiber, wet wipes, dry wipes
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Avangard](https://endata.com/companies/48680.md)

## Sources

- [riamoda.ru](https://riamoda.ru/news/116804.html), 2020-07-20: "Компания «Авангард» планирует на следующий год строительство складских помещений и запуск новых станков по выпуску нетканого полотна, а также возведение завода по производству полиэфирного волокна."

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