A single customized international safety standard, ISO 22291, applying to wetlaid nonwoven manufacturing facilities, has been created based on machinery specialist Voith’s internal plant safety standard for wetlaid nonwoven machines which was further developed with the input of Trützschler, the leading manufacturer of textile and nonwoven machinery.

In addition, in another first, since August 2023 this ISO safety standard has been listed as a harmonized standard (DIN EN ISO 22291) for wetlaid nonwoven machinery in the Official Journal of the European Union. By implementing this standard, manufacturers and customers demonstrate that they follow recognized best practices.
 
“Our goal was to set the safety standards for wetlaid nonwoven machinery at the highest possible level,” says Markus Staub, director group standardization at Voith Paper. “Working together with Trützschler and Austrian Standards ensured we were able to further develop Voith’s internal plant safety standards into the first-ever state-of-the-art global standard for this field. The process was long but totally worth it. Now, manufacturers and customers of wet-laid nonwoven machinery have a comprehensive and clear basis to implement uniform technical and legal safety measures in the best interest of all parties involved.”
 
“In wetlaid nonwovens production, two worlds come together. Working with Voith and Austrian Standards, we have combined the safety requirements of paper and textile machinery to create an internationally recognized standard. Innovative technologies demand innovative standards,” says André Kück, CE-Coordinator at Trützschler Nonwovens. “We would like to thank our partners for this successful collaboration.”