Hygiene

French diaper maker adds converting lines

"French paper and diaper producer Novacare, formely Papeteries Mougeot, is expanding its hygiene products capacity.
The company started up a new 90 milion unit-per-year Fameccanica training pants converting line last month in its factory at Laval-sur-Vologne, France.
Training pants represent 11% of the baby hygiene products market, and demand for these diapers is strengthening, Paperloop.com reported. Paperloop.com is a sister electronic publication of Nonwovens Market. Both publications are published by Paperloop Inc.
Novacare will also install a new sanitary products converting line in November and plans to choose the equipment supplier shortly. In April, the company started up a sixth diaper converting line. The Fameccanica unit produces 600 diapers-per-minute, boosting the company's total annual diaper capacity from 480 million to 700 million. Novacare is majority owned by the Dussapt family, Paperloop.com reported."

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