# Freudenberg to add meltblown production line at Kaiserslautern for face mask materials

Freudenberg Performance Materials is investing in a new state-of-the-art meltblown production line at its Kaiserslautern facility to produce nonwoven fabrics for certified face masks. Commissioning is slated for Q1 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-09-26
- Where: Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Starts operating: Q1 2021
- Status: announced
- Products: meltblown nonwoven fabrics for face masks
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Freudenberg Performance Materials](https://endata.com/companies/15549.md)

## Sources

- [worldoftechnicaltextile.com](https://worldoftechnicaltextile.com/freudenberg-to-invest-in-state-of-the-art-meltblown-production-line-at-kaiserslautern/), 2020-09-26: "By expanding our production capacity at Kaiserslautern, we are contributing to master the challenges presented by the COVID virus and supplying the FFP1, 2 and 3 masks in Germany and rest of the Europe."
- [doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/s1365-6937(20)30273-2), 2020-10-01: "Freudenberg Performance Materials is expanding its production capacity for nonwoven media used to manufacture certified face masks."
- [freudenberg-pm.com](https://www.freudenberg-pm.com/en/news-insights/press/2020_10_meltblown), 2020-10-05: "By expanding our production capacity in Kaiserslautern, we are making a contribution to mastering the challenges presented by Covid-19 and supplying certified type face masks as well as FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3 masks in Germany and Europe."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2020/10/freudenberg-expands-meltblown-nonwovens-capacity-at-kaiserslautern-site/), 2020-10-06: "By expanding our production capacity in Kaiserslautern, we are making a contribution to mastering the challenges presented by Covid-19 and supplying certified type face masks as well as FFP1, FFP2 and FFP3 masks in Germany and Europe."
- [technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net](https://technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net/news/meltblown-nonwovens-capacity-expanded-209948), 2020-10-12: "Freudenberg is investing in the construction of a new state-of-the-art meltblown production line at the Kaiserslautern site."

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