# Lydall breaks ground on Filtration Center of Excellence in Rochester, New Hampshire

Lydall held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 24, 2020, for a major expansion of its production facility in Rochester, New Hampshire. The Filtration Center of Excellence will house two new production lines for fine fiber meltblown filtration media for N95 respirators, surgical masks, and air filtration systems.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-07-24
- Where: Rochester, New Hampshire, United States
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1.7 billion N95 masks per year
- Products: fine fiber meltblown filtration media, N95 respirators, surgical masks
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Lydall](https://endata.com/companies/4860.md)

## Sources

- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2020/08/lydall-breaks-ground-on-new-filtration-center-of-excellence/), 2020-08-04: "This celebration represents a turning point for our company and solidifies our position as the leading provider of specialty filtration solutions in both the U.S. and the world."

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