# Innovatec commissions second Oerlikon meltblown line for mask nonwovens

Innovatec commissioned its second Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown system in Troisdorf, Germany, doubling its filter nonwoven output to support production of up to 2.5 billion surgical masks or 1 billion FFP2 masks per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-11-30
- Where: Troisdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Starts operating: 3 Dec 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: up to 2.5 billion surgical masks or 1 billion FFP2 masks per year
- Products: polypropylene filter nonwovens for face masks
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Innovatec GmbH](https://endata.com/companies/47718.md)
- [Oerlikon Nonwoven](https://endata.com/companies/38271.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [textination.de](https://textination.de/en/news/archive?%3Bnewstype=211&%3Bpage=%2C9&newstype=205&page=%2C136), 2020-11-30: "just a few days ago, the second newly-delivered Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown system was commissioned at Innovatec’s state-of-the-art machine park."
- [textileworld.com](https://www.textileworld.com/textile-world/nonwovens-technical-textiles/2020/12/innovatec-commissions-second-oerlikon-nonwoven-meltblown-system/), 2020-12-03: "Just a few days ago, the second newly-delivered Oerlikon Nonwoven meltblown system was commissioned at Innovatec’s state-of-the-art machine park."
- [indiantextilejournal.com](https://indiantextilejournal.com/innovatec-commissions-second-oerlikon-meltblown-system/), 2021-01-01: "Together with the second production line, Innovatec has been able to almost double its filter nonwoven output to date."

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