# Suominen invests EUR 8M to increase spunlace capacity in Cressa, Italy

Suominen Corp. is upgrading and restarting a production line in Cressa, Italy, to increase spunlace nonwovens capacity in Europe. The EUR 8 million investment is expected to be finalized in the second half of 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-08-12
- Where: Cressa, Italy, Italy
- Value: $9.50M (8.00M EUR)
- Starts operating: Q3 2021
- Status: announced
- Products: spunlace nonwovens
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Suominen](https://endata.com/companies/30105.md)

## Sources

- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2020/08/suominen-increases-its-capacity-in-europe-by-upgrading-and-restarting-one-of-its-existing-production-lines-in-italy/), 2020-08-12: "Demand for nonwovens products is increasing in all regions."
- [technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net](https://technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net/news/increase-of-capacity-in-europe-210011), 2020-08-19: "Suominen Corp. is upgrading and restarting one of its existing production lines in Cressa/Italy, to increase its spunlace capacity in Europe."
- [technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net](https://technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net/news/increase-of-capacity-in-europe-210012), 2020-08-20: "The total value of the investment is approx. €8 million and the investment project will be finalized during the 2nd half of 2021."

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