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Der türkische Garnhersteller Göliplik Şeremet Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. hat den internationalen Technologiekonzern ANDRITZ beauftragt, eine komplette WetlaceTM-Linie zur Herstellung von Vliesstoffen für nachhaltige, spülbare Feuchttücher zu liefern. Mit dieser Investition unterstreicht Göliplik sein Engagement für nachhaltige Produkte und erweitert seine Geschäftstätigkeit.

Mit der neuen Produktionslinie steigt Göliplik mit hochwertiger Rollenware für spülbare Feuchttücher in den Vliesstoffmarkt ein. Die aus natürlichen, biologisch abbaubaren Fasern hergestellten Feuchttücher verfügen über ausgezeichnete Zugfestigkeit und lösen sich in Abwassersystemen schnell auf. Dieses neue Geschäftsfeld entspricht der Nachhaltigkeitsvision von Göliplik.

Die neXline wetlace-Linie umfasst modernste Technologien für Stoffaufbereitung, Approach Flow, Nassvlieslegung, Wasserstrahlverfestigung und Trocknung. Die Inbetriebnahme ist für das 1. Halbjahr 2027 geplant.

Erdogan Seremet, Eigentümer und Geschäftsführer von Göliplik: „Durch die Investition in die neue Produktionslinie für spülbare Feuchttücher können wir in den vielversprechenden Vliessstoffmarkt einsteigen. Mit ANDRITZ als einem der führenden Technologielieferanten an unserer Seite sind wir überzeugt, dass wir unser Geschäft erfolgreich ausbauen können. Wir werden vom Know-how und der kontinuierlichen Entwicklung bei ANDRITZ profitieren.“

Göliplik Şeremet Tekstil Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. ist ein führender Garnhersteller. Das 1987 in Bursa gegründete Unternehmen betreibt vier Produktionsstätten, in denen es eine große Auswahl an Mischgarnen herstellt.

International technology group ANDRITZ has supplied and commissioned a reXline tearing system for Buitex, Semin Group, located in Cours, France. The new production line enables the company to expand textile waste recycling for sustainable insulation production.

Founded in 1895, Buitex is a French manufacturer of high-performance recycled products. As a pioneer in circular economy practices, Buitex transforms textile waste into high-performance insulation and comfort products. Since joining the Semin Group in 2023, the company has operated a 20,000 m² production site equipped with six production lines and has become one of Europe’s major players in the circular economy.

This second ANDRITZ tearing line at Buitex increases the company’s recycling capacity while maintaining high fiber purity, thanks to an advanced hard-point removal system. The latest-generation cyclone technology further improves disruptor sorting, enhancing overall efficiency. The system can process up to an additional 2.5 tons of fiber per hour, enabling the production of recycled fibers for applications such as bedding, construction, and automotive insulation.

"It is crucial for us to make the building insulation industry more sustainable by giving new life to post-consumer clothes that would otherwise be incinerated or end up in landfills. The European market has abundant raw materials and a strong demand for sustainable insulation products. With this new line, ANDRITZ enables us to significantly enhance our recycling capabilities,” says Adam Adamowicz, CEO of Buitex.

Der internationale Technologiekonzern ANDRITZ hat vor Kurzem eine neXline Airlay-Anlage an Revibat in Frankreich geliefert und in Betrieb genommen. Die Anfang Februar eröffnete innovative Linie ermöglicht die Produktion von Dämmstoffplatten aus Glaswolleabfall. Abfall, der andernfalls in Deponien entsorgt werden würde.

Mit der neuen ANDRITZ Linie wandelt Revibat die komplexen Reststoffe, die im Großraum Paris gesammelt werden, in wertvolle Produkte. Aus Glaswolleabfall werden neue Dämmstoffe, gleichzeitig wird der CO2-Fußabdruck in der gesamten Produktionskette verbessert. Die Linie verarbeitet bis zu 1.500 kg Fasern pro Stunde und ist speziell für die Herstellung dieses Vliesmaterials ausgelegt.

Revibat ist auf die Herstellung von Baustoffen aus recycelten Bauabfällen spezialisiert. Das französische Unternehmen hatte sich zum Ziel gesetzt, eine wirtschaftliche Lösung für das Recycling von Glaswolle zu finden. Mit einem hoch entwickelten Labor verarbeitet Revibat Glaswolleabfall im industriellen Maßstab und möchte sich als wichtiger Akteur positionieren, der Unternehmen und Organisationen dabei unterstützt, Bauabfall und Baustoffe zu sammeln, zusammenzuführen und zu verwerten.

Der internationale Technologiekonzern ANDRITZ hat zwei neue Refiner- und Kotonisierungslinien an Van Robaeys, Frankreich, geliefert und in Betrieb genommen. Die maßgeschneiderten teXline-Anlagen ermöglichen es dem Unternehmen, die Produktion von Textilfasern aus Flachs zu steigern. Das Familienunternehmen Van Robaeys stellt das Flachsfasern für die Spinnereiindustrie her. Sein Know-how in der Flachsverarbeitung reicht bis ins Jahr 1919 zurück.

Mit der Errichtung der neuen Linien reagiert Van Robaeys auf die zunehmende Nachfrage des französischen Marktes nach hochwertigen baumwollartigen Textilfasern aus natürlichen Rohstoffen. Europa ist der weltweit größte Produzent von Flachsfasern und verzeichnete zwischen 2010 und 2020 einen Anstieg der Flachsanbauflächen um 133%.

ANDRITZ-teXline-Bastfaser-Linien können bis zu 800 kg Fasern pro Stunde verarbeiten und sind mit modernsten Anlagen ausgestattet, die ein hohes Maß an Flexibilität in der gesamten Faserverarbeitung gewährleisten.

Bei den nun gelieferten Anlagen handelt es sich um die siebente und achte ANDRITZ-Kotonisierungslinie für Van Robaeys, wobei die erste schon seit 50 Jahren in Betrieb ist. Die jüngste Investition unterstützt die Bemühungen des Unternehmens um eine nachhaltige und abfallfreie Faserproduktion.

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an engineering order from US textile recycling innovator Circ in anticipation of its first large-scale textile recycling plant. The plant will be the first to recover cotton and polyester from blended textile waste.

Circ® is a pioneering company focused on sustainable solutions for the fashion industry. By converting fashion waste into reusable raw materials for fabrics, Circ reduces the need for petroleum and natural resources. The company’s mission is to build a truly circular economy to protect the planet from the cost of clothing.

ANDRITZ has been successfully conducting trials for Circ at the ANDRITZ Fiber R&D Center in Springfield, Ohio, USA, for several years. The successful partnership and recent developments have led to the decision to expand this cooperation.

The majority of fashion waste consists of polyester-cotton blends, which poses a significant challenge to achieving greater circularity. In particular, the separation of cellulosic and synthetic fibers from textile waste has been a major obstacle. Circ’s innovative recycling process can break down polycotton textile waste into its original components – polyester and cotton. The forthcoming plant will process 200 tons of textile waste per day, allowing cotton to be recycled for lyocell production and polyester to be reused for polyester production. This will reduce the need for virgin raw materials.

Conor Hartman, Chief Operating Officer at Circ, says: “We remain excited about this continued collaboration with ANDRITZ. Together, we will commercialize Circ’s innovative recycling process and take another step towards a truly circular fashion industry. With its expertise in engineering and building large-scale process equipment, ANDRITZ is the right partner to help us transform textile waste into recycled fibers on an industrial level.

Michael Waupotitsch, Vice President Textile Recycling at ANDRITZ, comments: “We are eager to support Circ in their vision of circularity because the technology they have developed is uniquely suited to solve one of the biggest challenges in fashion waste and recycling. With our holistic knowledge in resizing, mechanical separation, hydrothermal processing, recovery of cellulosic pulp as well as pulp cleaning and pulp drying, we have the right expertise to help them achieve their goals. Our experience in process development and machinery will help bring their innovative recycling technology to life.”

CARBIOS and Nouvelles Fibres Textiles, a French company specializing in the recovery of end-of-life textiles, announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a contract for the supply of polyester textiles to the world's first PET biorecycling plant currently under construction in Longlaville, France. The polyester textiles supplied will come from used or end-of-life textiles prepared in France by Nouvelles Fibres Textiles for recycling using CARBIOS' enzymatic depolymerization technology. This contract will enable 5,000 tons a year of these textiles to be redirected towards biorecycling from 2026 onwards, over an initial 5-year period, demonstrating the commitment of industrial players all along the value chain to achieving textile circularity for a more sustainable textile sector.

Nouvelles Fibres Textiles and its various partners opened a semi-industrial site with an annual capacity of 1,000 tons in November 2023, the first step towards building a 20,000-to-30,000-ton unit in 2026. This first site, a research center for textile recycling, combines the know-how of Andritz Laroche (a leader in textile recycling), Pellenc ST (French leader in intelligent sorting solutions), Synergie TLC (a French player in collection and first sorting for solidarity) and the Tissages de Charlieu group (a French player in weaving, garment manufacturing and textile recycling). This unit transforms used textiles into high-quality raw materials, supplying the various industries that use textile fibers (non-wovens, insulation, plastic, textiles, etc.) by automatically sorting them by composition, while eliminating hard points (buttons, zips, patches, etc.).

CARBIOS' biorecycling technology uses enzymes to break down polyester fibers into their basic components. These components are then used to produce high-quality recycled PET materials, such as fibers for the textile industry. This “fiber-to-fiber” solution will enable polyester to become a truly circular fiber on a large scale.

International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from the Turkish insulation felt manufacturer Şiteks to supply a complete needlepunch line for its production plant in Tekirdag.

With this investment, Şiteks will expand its production capacity to meet the international demand for needlepunched nonwoven insulation products in the automotive and construction sectors. The line is scheduled to start up in the first quarter of 2025. This is the second line that Şiteks has purchased from ANDRITZ.

The ANDRITZ needlepunch eXcelle line for Şiteks can process different types of fibers, including natural fibers, and is specifically designed to meet the customer’s requirements in terms of productivity, quality, and sustainability.

Şiteks Şişmanlar Tekstil San. ve Tic. A.Ş, a member of the Hassan Group, is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of thermal and acoustic insulation felts. Its products are used in a wide range of applications in the automotive, white goods, construction, and mattress and furniture industries.

International technology group ANDRITZ has successfully started up a new nonwovens production line supplied to Teknomelt Teknik Mensucat San. ve Tic. A.S. in Kahramanmaras, Türkiye. The new neXline wetlace CCP (carded-carded-pulp) line produces nonwoven roll goods for biodegradable, plastic-free wet wipes

By combining the benefits of two technologies, spunlace and wetlaid, the line enables the use of bio-based fibers, like viscose and wood pulp, to produce a high-performance and sustainable wipe with the same technical product characteristics and performances as a conventional wipe made of synthetic fibers while protecting the environment.

Teknomelt is one of the leading manufacturers of nonwoven meltblown, spunbond, SMS and SMMS fabrics in Türkiye. The company serves a wide range of markets, exporting 45% of its production. With the new ANDRITZ Wetlace CCP line, the company is expanding its range of sustainable nonwovens production for wipes. 

Partnership between Nouvelles Fibres Textiles, Pellenc ST and ANDRITZ promotes circular economy for textiles.

France’s first industrial plant for automated sorting and recycling of textile waste was officially inaugurated at Nouvelles Fibres Textiles, Amplepuis, on November 30, 2023. The plant is the result of an ambitious partnership between textile recycling company Nouvelles Fibres Textiles, waste sorting specialist Pellenc ST and international technology group ANDRITZ, a specialist in textile recycling machinery and processes.

Capable of automatically sorting garments by composition and color, the new line meets the needs of both post-consumer and post-industrial waste markets. The line also removes hard parts such as buttons and zippers to prepare the material for further processing in an ANDRITZ tearing machine.

The automated textile sorting line at Nouvelles Fibres Textiles is dedicated to industrial-scale production, customer trials and projects, and the R&D activities of the partners. It will process textile waste to produce recycled fibers for the spinning, nonwovens, and composites industries.

Automated sorting was the last missing link needed to develop a complete ecosystem in France, where the fashion industry, social and solidarity economy actors, waste management companies, and textile producers from different sectors are working together towards a textile circular economy.

The EU's strategy for sustainable and circular textiles aims to ensure that by 2030 textile products are made to a great extent of recycled fibers and incineration and landfilling of textiles are minimized.

International technology group ANDRITZ has installed a new spunlace pilot line at its center of competence in Montbonnot, France. It allows customers and partners to conduct trials for producing nonwovens from recycled and/or natural fibers such as hemp, flax, and cotton.

The new pilot line features optimized web forming and entanglement for smooth processing of sensitive and irregular fibers. The innovative card set-up is designed to protect and maintain the quality of the fibers while achieving outstanding productivity rates.

Another special feature of this pilot line is the integrated ANDRITZ Metris digitalization system. It allows the operators to collect and analyze all useful data about the line’s capacity and performance. This is a perfect tool for optimizing costs, saving time and predicting maintenance.

With the new line, the ANDRITZ Nonwoven team now operates two spunlace pilot lines at the Montbonnot technical center. The first line has optimized processes, for instance WetlaceTM, for processing various synthetic and man-made fibers. ANDRITZ process experts ensure that advanced technology and know-how are available under one roof at Montbonnot.