22 June 2011 – Bonar & Natpet are announcing the purchase of their first nonwoven production line to be installed early 2012, in their Joint Venture plant, at a site near to NATPET’s polypropylene production facility in Yanbu, in western Saudi Arabia.
The state of the art 6 meter working width line, will be delivered by Asselin-Thibeau. It will include among its carding and needling equipment, the IsoProDyn® and A.C.S technologies.
Bonar Technical Fabrics is a world leading producer of Geotextile fabrics, woven and nonwoven, with production facilities in Belgium, Hungary, China and KSA. This will be their fourth line with Asselin-Thibeau ProDyn® system.
National Petrochemical Industrial Company (Natpet), is a leading company in Saudi Arabia with a brand new polypropopylene production facility in Yanbu. Natpet is a subsidiary of Alujain Corporation, an Investment Company involved in major industrial projects in the petrochemicals, mining, metals & energy sectors in KSA.
Production of geotextiles for the civil engineering markets in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, is expected to start mid 2012.
Contact
Cristina Soares De Carvalho
cristina.soares@nsc-nonwoven.com
