Yanpai Filtration Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese filtration media manufacturers, will expand needlepunch capacity at its site in Tiantai, China through the investment of four Andritz lines. The new lines will begin starting up in the third quarter of 2022 and should be complete in the third quarter 2023. 

Andriz will deliver customized needlepunch lines for production of high-quality needlepunch filter felts. The lines will enable Yanpai to achieve state-of-the-art technical characteristics in terms of product quality and line performance. The drylaid web-forming equipment (cards and crosslappers) will be manufactured at the Andritz Wuxi premises, including 8 PRO 25-80 aXcess profile crosslappers for controlled web weight evenness. The 16 eXcelle needlelooms will be supplied by ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau in France.


Yanpai is one of the leading Chinese producers of nonwoven filters for dust and air treatment and for woven filter fabrics used in solid/liquid separation. Established in 1990, Yanpai was at the forefront in the development of new industrial filtration fabrics. Today, YANPAI is a company with facilities in China and the USA.