# Toyobo to build high-performance nonwoven fabric plant in Iwakuni, Japan

Toyobo Co., Ltd. will build a new development and manufacturing base for high-performance polypropylene nonwoven fabrics at its Iwakuni plant in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Construction is scheduled to start in April 2021, with production beginning in July 2022. The investment is approximately 1.6 billion yen, with an annual capacity of 1,200 tons.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-03-23
- Where: Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
- Value: $14.7M (1.60B JPY)
- Starts operating: Jul 2022
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 1,200 tons per year
- Products: polypropylene meltblown nonwoven fabric, spunbond nonwoven fabric
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Toyobo](https://endata.com/companies/7774.md)

## Sources

- [toyobo.co.jp](https://www.toyobo.co.jp/news/2021/release_1107.html), 2021-03-23: "当社は、岩国事業所に、マスクや医療用防護服の部材として使用される高機能ポリプロピレン不織布の開発・製造拠点を新設し、2022年7月の生産開始を目指します。"

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