Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG invests in the wet-laid nonwovens facility in Neuenburg
Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG will upgrade the existing wet-laid nonwovens facility at the Neuenburg site in the south of Baden and will invest funds in the amount of Euro 7 million in this upgrade.
In the run-up to the investment decision, the company made a site agreement with the employee representatives which provides for a safeguarding of the existing jobs. The staff among other things agreed to an extension of the weekly working hours to 40 hours without compensatory wage increases. Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG presently has a workforce of just under 100 employees in Neuenburg.
In Neuenburg, Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG produces special nonwovens made of staple fibres for a broad market spectrum, such as battery separators, acoustics nonwovens, filtration media, and interlinings for clothing. Thanks to the investment in the technical improvement of individual facility components, the quality of the nonwovens can be further increased and new market opportunities may be benefited from. The business is thus extended and the site is protected.
“With the investment in up-to-date wet-laid nonwovens technology, we will be able to serve the market even better in future and to meet the increasing demand of our customers for technically demanding product solutions,” says Helmut Beck, Manager Technical Nonwovens Europe/Asia.
The machine is retrofitted in several individual stages. The availability of our products for our customers will be guaranteed at all times.Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG manages the operative business of the Freudenberg Nonwovens Group in Germany with the sites in Weinheim, Kaiserslautern, and Neuenburg. The Nonwovens Group is the largest manufacturer of nonwovens worldwide with 21 production sites in 13 countries. The company produces nonwovens for interlinings in the clothing industry, for the vehicle industry, building industry, filters, shoe industry, textiles and upholstery industry, hygiene industry, medical and numerous other industrial applications. The Nonwovens Group has more than 4,800 employees worldwide and achieved a turnover of more than Euro 800 million last year. The company is a member of the Freudenberg Group which achieved a turnover of approx. Euro 4.8 billion and has 33,000 employees in the business segments nonwovens, sealing and vibration engineering, household applications and specialties.
For further information, please contact:
Christof Schröder
Corporate Communications Freudenberg Nonwovens,
christof.schroeder@freudenberg-nw.com
Phone +49-6201/80-5009;
Fax +49-6201/88-5009;
Mobile +49-172 631 24 27
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