# Shchekinoazot nears completion of meltblown nonwoven line in Pervomaysky, Russia

AO Shchekinoazot is nearing completion of a new meltblown nonwoven production line at its Pervomaysky branch in Russia. The line has a capacity of 8,640 tons per year and a budget of about 600 million rubles. It will produce medical-grade material.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-08-31
- Where: Pervomaysky, Tula Oblast, Russia
- Value: $9.60M (600.0M RUB)
- Starts operating: Oct 2022
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 8,640 tons per year
- Products: meltblown nonwoven fabric, spunbond nonwoven fabric
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Shchekinoazot](https://endata.com/companies/4825.md)

## Sources

- [inni.info](https://inni.info/novost/proyekty-realizuyutsya-mnogosloynyy-netkanyy-material-s), 2022-08-31: "В АО «Щекиноазот» на территории Первомайского филиала выходит на финишную прямую строительство производства многослойного нетканого материала с использованием технологии «Мельтблаун» (спанбонд, SSMS)."
- [tula.sm.news](https://tula.sm.news/shhekinoazot-realizuet-proekt-proizvodstva-mnogoslojnogo-netkanogo-materiala-56509/), 2022-09-01: "Пуск новой линии – уже совсем не за горами."
- [sm.news](https://sm.news/proekt-meltblaun-kompanii-shhekinoazot-vstupil-v-zavershayushhuyu-fazu-56509/), 2022-10-13: "В компании «Щекиноазот» окончен монтаж новой, высокоскоростной технологической линии спанбонда производительностью 8 640 тонн продукции в год."

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