Lydall Invests in New Fine Fiber Meltblown Production Line in France to Support EU Face Mask and Air Filter Production for th...
September 09 2020 - 8:00AM
Lydall, Inc. (NYSE:LDL), a leading global manufacturer of
value-added engineered materials and specialty filtration
solutions, today announced its investment in a new production line
to create fine fiber meltblown filtration media for face masks and
high-efficiency air filtration systems. This new line will be
installed at Lydall’s facility in Saint-Rivalain, France in the
second quarter of 2021, substantially increasing the company’s
capacity to supply this critically needed material to the European
market.
The investment solidifies Lydall’s position as one of the
largest global suppliers of fine fiber meltblown filtration media,
the crucial component of N95 respirators and the European
equivalent, FFP2/FFP3, as well as surgical masks and MERV-, HEPA-
and ULPA-grade air filters. Lydall will receive up to 30 percent of
funding for the investment through the support of France’s Ministry
of the Economy and Finance.
“COVID-19 has created unprecedented global demand for face
masks, upgraded air filtration systems and other products that are
essential to preventing the spread of the virus. In response,
governments around the world are now focused on establishing
secure, reliable and sustainable domestic supply chains so they can
guarantee they have access to high-quality products that are
pivotal to national security and public health,” said Sara A.
Greenstein, President & CEO of Lydall. “Our global footprint
and 100-year heritage in creating specialty filtration solutions
position Lydall to serve as a local manufacturing partner to
governments around the world, now more than ever. We take our role
in creating products that protect people and places from viruses
such as COVID-19 incredibly seriously, and we are grateful for the
support of the French government, which will allow us to ramp up
production even further.”
For more than 30 years, Lydall’s Saint-Rivalain facility has
manufactured medium- and high-efficiency filtration media for a
variety of applications that are critical to environments such as
operating rooms, gas turbines and nuclear containment buildings.
The facility currently has one line dedicated to meltblown
filtration media production to make high-efficiency indoor air
quality filters and, in response to COVID-19, has maximized its
output to support the production of personal protective equipment
(PPE) in Europe. Once this additional line is operational, Lydall
expects to produce enough fine fiber meltblown filtration media for
600 million FFP2/FFP3 respirators or 2.2 billion surgical masks per
year. The company plans to hire additional staff to support the
increase in production.
“The installation of this new, state-of-the-art production line
will allow Lydall to advance filtration science and develop
filtration media for higher-end air and liquid filters,” said
Ashish Diwanji, President of Lydall Performance Materials.
“COVID-19 was an unprecedented event that exposed the wider need to
examine the indoor air quality of a variety of public spaces. As a
global market leader in specialty filtration solutions, Lydall is
at the forefront of that innovation and is committed to protecting
people and places today, and in the years and decades to come.”
In addition to Saint-Rivalain, France, Lydall also produces
meltblown filtration media in Rochester, New Hampshire. In June
2020, the company was awarded a $13.5 million commitment from the
U.S. Department of Defense, enabling the installation of two new
production lines to support U.S. face mask and air filter
production. Lydall is in conversation with government officials
around the world about how the company can support the domestic
production of COVID-19-related products, as it has done in the U.S.
and France.
For more information on Lydall’s role in preventing the spread
of COVID-19, visit https://lydall.com/covid-19-relief-effort.
About Lydall, Inc.Headquartered in Manchester,
Connecticut with global manufacturing operations, Lydall delivers
value-added engineered materials and specialty filtration solutions
that promote a cleaner, safer and quieter world. We partner with
our customers to develop bespoke, high-performing and efficient
solutions that are adaptable and scalable to meet their needs.
Lydall is a New York Stock Exchange-listed company. For more
information, visit http://www.lydall.com. Lydall® is a registered
trademark of Lydall, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
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