# Dickson-Constant opens new EUR 40M technical fabrics plant in Hordain, France

Dickson-Constant opened a new plant in Hordain, Hauts-de-France, representing a €40 million investment. The facility increases overall manufacturing capacity by 50% and created 75 new jobs, with a customized Monforts Montex 8500 stenter installed.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-10-27
- Where: Hordain, Hauts-de-France, France
- Value: $40.0M (40.0M EUR)
- Jobs: 75
- Starts operating: 27 Oct 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 50% increase in overall manufacturing capacity
- Products: woven acrylic fabrics, solar protection materials, outdoor upholstery fabrics, marine fabrics
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Dickson Constant](https://endata.com/companies/51927.md)
- [Glen Raven](https://endata.com/companies/26103.md) (partner)
- [Monforts](https://endata.com/companies/38367.md) (partner)
- [Monforts](https://endata.com/companies/38367.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [innovationintextiles.com](https://innovationintextiles.com/close-collaboration-on-new-finishing-line/), 2022-10-27: "Representing a €40 million investment, the new Dickson-Constant plant, located in Hordain, Hauts-de-France, builds on many of the proprietary practices and the processing know-how established over many decades at the company’s existing plant less than an hour’s drive away in Wasquehal, France."
- [etextilecommunications.com](https://www.etextilecommunications.com/news/glen-raven-subsidiary-dickson-constant-installs-monforts-stenter-at-new-plant-in-france/article_19690978-5657-11ed-9252-ef834e786db4.html), 2022-10-28: "Dickson-Constant has recently opened its second plant in northern France in response to growing demand for its range of well-known technical fabrics."
- [technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net](https://technical-textiles.textiletechnology.net/news/stenter-to-new-technical-textiles-plant-in-france-209026), 2022-11-02: "Representing a €40 million investment, the new plant, located in Hordain/France, builds on many of the proprietary practices and the processing know-how established over many decades at the existing plant of Dickson-Constant, Wasquehal/France."

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