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February 7, 2013
By: Karen McIntyre
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Advanced Fabrics (SAAF) P.O. Box 1065 Al-Ahsa 31982 Saudi Arabia 966-3-532-4000 mounir@saafnw.com www.saafnw.com Plants: Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia (three lines) Ahlstrom 2 Elm Street Windsor Locks, CT 06096 U.S. 860-654-8300 bethany.schivley@ahlstrom.com www.ahlstrom.com Beth Schivley Plants: Windsor Locks, CT, U.S. Asahi Kasei Osaka, Japan www.asahi-kasei.co.jp Plants: Mariyama, Japan; Noboeka, Japan Capacity: 24,000 tons Atex Via C. Colombo 2 Settala, (MI), 20090 Italy 39-02-95242-1 info@atex-spun.com info@atex-usa.com www.atex-spun.com Plants: Settala, Italy; Gainesville, GA, U.S. Avgol 32 Habarzel Street P.O. Box 13281 Tel Aviv 61132 Israel 972-3-906-1555 gilad.frenkel@avgol.com www.avgol.com Gilad Frenkel Plants: Tel Aviv, Israel (six lines); Mocksville, NC (three lines); Jingmen City, Hubei Province, China; Uzlovaya, Russia Capacity: 140,000 tons CNC International 111/6 Moo. 2 Tumbon Nikompattana, Amphur Nikompattana, Rayong, 21180, Thailand Tel: 66 38 897103-5 #2852 Fax: 66 38 636637 cbupasiri@cppcnet.com Plants: Rayong, Thailand Capacity: 15,000 tons plus 24,000 tons under construction Companhia Providencia BR 376 KM 16,5 Sao Jose do Pinhai, 83015 Brazil 55-41-338117678 kami@providencia.com.br www.providencia.com.br Plants: Sao Jose does Pinhais-Parana, Brazil (eight lines); Pouso Alegre-Minas Gerais, Brazil (two lines); Statesville, NC (two lines) Capacity: 140,000 tons Dounor Parc d’Activites 30-32 rue du Vertuquet – B.P. 514 Neuville en Ferrain Cedex 59535 France 33-3-20-37-52-05 dfournier@dounor.com www.dounor.com Delphine Fournier Plants: Neuville en Ferrain, France (six lines) Capacity: 40,000 tons Fibertex Personal Care 2 Svendborgvej Aalborg, Nordyland 9220 Denmark 45-72-29-97-22 sgn@fibertexpersonalcare.com www.fibertexpersonalcare.com Plants: Aalborg, Denmark (three lines); Malaysia (three lines) First Quality Nonwovens 500 Oak Ridge Road Hazle Township, PA 18202 U.S. 570-384-1600 stsabol@firstquality.com www.firstquality.com Plant locations: Hazleton, PA; Wuxi, China Fitesa 840 SE Main Street Simpsonville, SC 29681 U.S. 864-967-5600 www.fitesa.com Plants: Gravatai, Brazil; Lima, Peru; Queretaro, Mexico; Simpsonvile, SC; Green Bay, WI; Norrkoping, Sweden; Peine, Germany’ Terzzano Rosa, Italy; Tianjin, China General Nonwovens & Composites 2. Organize Sanayi Bolgesti Otoban Yolu No. 4 Gaziantep 27120 Turkey 90-342-337-4041 info@generalnonwovens.com www.generalnonwovens.com Plants: Gaziantep, Turkey; Kilis, Turkey Global Nonwovens B-102 B Wing, Poonam Chamgers Dr. Annie Besant Road Mumbai 400018 India 022-24981501-2-3 info@globalnonwovens.in www.globalnonwovens.in Plant location: Nashik, Maharashtra, India Capacity: 20,000 tons (late 2014 startup date) Gulsan Holding Organize Sanayi Bolgesi 2. Cd No. 18 Gaziantep 27180 Turkey 90-342-337-3160 mkuyucu@gulsanholding.com www.gulsan-group.com Plants: Gaziantep, Turkey; Cairo, Egypt The Jofo Group Guangzhou, Guangdong, China www.jofo.com.cn Plants: Guangzhou, Weifang, Shandong, China Capacity: 100,000 tons Kimberly-Clark Corporation 1400 Holcomb Bridge Rd Roswell, GA 30076 USA 770-587-7245 tfedel@kcc.com www.kcfiltration.com www.block-it.com www.kimberly-clark.com Plants: Corinth, MS; Hendersonville, NC; LaGrange, GA; Lexington, NC; Neenah, WI; Albury, Australia; Jaromer, Czech Republic; Kimcheon, Korea; Taejon, Korea; Tlaxcala, Mexico Kurt Nonwovens 2 OSB. 83228 Nolu CD. No 16 Baspinar, Gaziantep 27120 Turkey kurt@kurtnonwovens.com www.kurtnonwovens.com Plants: Gaziantep, Turkey Capacity: 15,000 tons Mada Nonwovens P.O. Box No. 331 Road No. 148 Al Jubail Industrial City, 31951 Saudi Arabia 966-33407202 contact@madanonwovens.com www.madanonwovens.com Plants: Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia Mitsui Chemicals Tokyo, Japan www.mitsui.com/jp Plants: Yokaichi, Japan: Iwakuni, Japan; Tianjin, China; Bangkok, Thailand Capacity: 94,000 tons Mogul Nonwovens 2. Organize Sanayi Bolgest Baspinar 27120 Turkey 90-342-337-1499 mogul@mogulsb.com Serkan Gogus Plants: Baspinar, Turkey Pegas Nonwovens Znojmo, Czech Republic www.pegas.cz Plants: Znojmo, Czech Republic; Bucovice, Czech Republic; Egypt (under construction) Polymer Group Inc. 9335 Harris Corner Parkway Charlotte, NC 28269 U.S. 704-697-5100 callahanc@pginw.com www.polymergroupinc.com Plants: Mooresville, NC; Waynesboro, VA (two lines); Tarragona, Spain (multiple lines); San Luis Potosi, Mexico (multiple lines); Buenos Aires, Argentian (two lines); Cali, Colombia (two lines) Nanhai, China; Suzhou, China Regent 19/11 Smirnovskaya str. Moscow, Russia 109052 7-495-956-79-88 www.regent.ru Plant: Moscow, Russia Capacity: 44,000 tons Saudi German Co. for Nonwoven Products P.O. Box 3319 Al-Khobar 31952 Saudi Arabia 966-3-812-2111 rgillings@sgn.com.saa www.sgn.com.sa Plan: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Toray Advanced Materials Seoul, South Korea 82-2-3279-1000 contact@torayamk.com www.torayamk.com Plants: Seoul, Korea; Nanton, China; Jakarta, Indonesia (under construction) Total capacity: 120,000 (when construction is complete) Toyobo Osaka, Japan www.toyobo.co.jp Plants: Tsuruga, Iwakuni and Shiga, Japan Capacity: 12,000 tons Union Industries Masserano, Italy Plants: Masserano and Biella, Italy Capacity: 84,000 tons Unitika Osaka, Japan www.unitka.co.jp Plants: Okazaki, Tarui, Japan Capacity: 22,000 tons
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