Shaoyang Textile Machinery

Oerlikon Nonwoven and Chinese systems manufacturer Shaoyang Textile Machinery are now offering joint international systems solutions for manufacturing spunbonds for hygiene applications. Oerlikon provides engineering and global service, while Shaoyang provides spinning technologies.

Oerlikon Manmade Fibers' Nonwoven business unit has partnerships with Teknoweb Materials (since spring 2017) and Shaoyang Textile Machinery (since autumn 2018) to expand its disposable nonwovens portfolio and market spunmelt plants outside China.

Oerlikon formed an agreement with China's Shaoyang Textile Machinery to engineer and supply spunmelt nonwovens lines for the global hygiene industry. The first product is the SMS QSR line capable of making 12,000 tons per year.