# Innovatec starts second meltblown line, doubling filter nonwovens output

Innovatec Microfibre Technology started production with a second meltblown system from Oerlikon Nonwoven, nearly doubling its filter nonwovens output for face mask production in Troisdorf, Germany.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-12-04
- Where: Troisdorf, Germany, Germany
- Starts operating: 4 Dec 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: up to 2.5 billion operating room filter masks or a billion FFP2 masks per year
- Products: polypropylene filter nonwovens, filter media for face masks
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Innovatec Microfibre Technology](https://endata.com/companies/51652.md)
- [Oerlikon Nonwoven](https://endata.com/companies/38271.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net](https://technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net/news/expansion-of-meltblown-production-capacity-in-germany-209891), 2020-12-04: "With it, Innovatec immediately started producing polypropylene filter nonwovens: in particular for use in protective face masks"

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