Autefa has sold its first spunlace line to Hangzhou Xiaoshan Phoenix Textile Company in China.  The line will consist of fiber preparation, two cards, a crosslapper, V-Jet hydroentanglement, a square drum jet dryer and end-of-line equipment and will make materials for the medical/sanitary and artificial leather segments.

“We  are always looking for possibilities to improve the economic performance of our machinery and the new spunlace solutions from Autefa have shown a high potential in this aspect,” explains Jack Shi, CEO of Hangzhou Xiaoshan Phoenix.

Autefa announced it was entering the spunlace market with its energy efficient and V-Jet and Square Drum dryers at ITMA 2015. At the time, Joachim Binnig, head of technology development, reported the company had very good feedback on the technology. “We had very good feedback from the customer side at ITMA, showing that our development focus on energy efficiency was correct.”