At IDEA2010, needlepunch nonwovens maker Texel proudly announced plans to install a new coating line at its facility in Ste-Marie, Quebec, Canada. When complete in July, the new line will especially coat medical and consumer fabrics.

The line will include the coater itself featuring unwinder, web guiding padder, a Bruckner stenter frame, accumulator, winder and a coating line preparation with sanitary stainless steel tanks. This line will provide a safe and effective environment for the coating of products with strict contamination-free and microbiological activity requirements.

According to Texel executives, the new line will allow the company to get closer to the end user and offer value-added products to several different segments of the medical market. Other capabilities will be the coating of water-activated chemistries for the consumer wipes market.

The investment is the third coating line for Texel.