Xerium Ships First Forming Fabric from Its Kunshan, China, Plant
March 27 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: XRM), a leading global provider
of industrial consumable products and services, today announced
that it recently shipped its first forming fabric from the
Company’s Kunshan, China, machine clothing plant.
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“We are extremely excited to now be producing world-class
forming fabrics for our customers here in China and the greater
Asia-Pacific market,” said Bob Burke, President of Xerium Asia. “We
are very proud of the entire team in Kunshan. Their dedication and
hard work helped pave the way for Xerium to now be a local producer
of forming fabrics in addition to press felts for the Asia-Pacific
region from the new Kunshan plant. The technology transfer process
from our Xerium Germany team has been extremely successful and we
look forward to producing our newly launched high-performance
TransFormTM portfolio in the near future.”
Xerium’s Kunshan plant is located in the heart of the Yangtze
River papermaking region of China at the very center of the largest
and fastest growing papermaking region in the world. Xerium has
significantly increased its competitive position with this plant,
first with press felt production, and is now closely partnered with
customers in China and the rest of Asia.
The forming fabric on a papermaking-type machine is a continuous
belt, or multiple belts on some machines, made of specially
engineered synthetic mesh upon which various grades of fibrous
products are formed. Forming fabrics essentially act as a high-tech
filter media separating the fiber from water. Highly engineered
weave patterns and multiple layering of modern forming fabrics are
specially designed to meet stringent requirements for mechanical
stability while running on the machine: resistance to abrasion,
controlled water drainage rates, fiber retention, and overall
quality of the paperboard, tissue, or paper being produced. Small
differences in forming fabrics can be the difference between a
machine running effectively, or having downtime due to inferior
performance.
“We are delighted to celebrate yet another important milestone
with the expansion of the Kunshan plant that is now producing our
industry-leading forming fabric technology. We have a strong Lean
Six Sigma certified team leading the plant utilizing the latest
product designs, best materials, and most modern manufacturing
processes in the world,” said Mr. Harold Bevis, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Xerium. “Customers have really welcomed
Kunshan as the new local source of high-value press felts when we
opened it in 2015. Now we can deliver the most modern forming
fabric technology from this same facility, Xerium is locally
positioned to deliver the most modern machine clothing products to
the largest machines in the world,” adds Bevis.
ABOUT XERIUM TECHNOLOGIES
Xerium Technologies, Inc. (XRM) is a leading global manufacturer
and supplier of consumable products used primarily in the
production of containerboard, tissue, consumer packaging, pulp and
paper. In addition, the Company also services nonwoven fabric
manufacturers, building products producers, and other specialty
industrial sectors. The Company’s products, machine clothing and
roll covers, are installed on machines and perform critical roles
in the manufacturing process by which raw materials are converted
into finished products. The Company employs a broad portfolio of
patented and proprietary product and manufacturing technologies, as
well as extensive industry experience, to provide customers with
tailored solutions designed to optimize the performance of their
equipment and reduce the costs of their operations. XRM is a global
enterprise selling to customers in 63 countries, with 28
manufacturing facilities in 13 countries and approximately 2,950
employees.
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