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JNC To Make Air-Through Nonwovens In Japan

3600 ton line will meet demands of local hygiene market

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By: Karen McIntyre

Editor, Nonwovens Industry

JNC Corporation is establising production facilities for air-through nonwoven fabrics in the Moriyama factory of its JNC Fibers Corporation. The Moriyama site, described as the core of JNC’s fibers business, currently makes and sells bicomponent fibers that can be thermal bonded and used in hygiene materials. JNC already makes air-through bonded nonwovens using the fibers at two faciliities in China and one in Thailand but decided to add production in Japan to meet local demand.
 
The ES fiber is made from two kinds of resins each with different melting points heated by hot air. This  causes the fibers to bond to each other to form the air-through nonwoven fabrics.  These air-through nonwoven fabrics have high bulkiness and excellent flexibility and are friendly to skin without using adhesives.  These characteristics make the products ideal in disposable diapers and sanitary goods. Use of these products has been growing thanks to higher living standards in emerging countries, particularly in the ASEAN region, as well as an increasingly aged population in developed areas.
 
JNC has invested ¥1.8 billion, or about $15 million, in the facility which can make 3600 tons of the material per year. Construction is beginning now and the project should be completed in mid-2017.
 

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