General Nonwovens is a producer of polypropylene and polyester spunbond nonwovens.
General Nonwovens produces spunbond nonwovens in a range of 12 gr/m2 to 200 gr/m2 up to 3.30 m width for hygiene, automotive, filtration, agriculture and technical applications. General Nonwovens' brands include HyGen for hygiene and personal care products, FilterGen for filtration products, TexGen for coated and laminated fabrics as well as home textiles, AutoGen for the automotive industry, AgriGen for agriculture and horticulture applications, IndiGen for industrial and technical textiles and MediGen for medical and surgical media.
General Nonwovens' technology and spinning process has state-of-the-art downstream equipment. The multi-beam line includes sophisticated process controls and versatile fabric finishing capabilities, where fabric characteristics and performance can be optimized to specific needs.
In terms of technological capabilities, unique fiber spinning and a uniform lay-down system allow General Nonwovens' customers to substitute fabrics with lower basis weight products while achieving the same or better performance. Features such as hydrophilicity, ultraviolet stabilization, anti-static, anti-bacterial and flame retardancy can further enhance the nonwoven fabrics.
Mr. Alican Yilankirkan, Business Development Director of General Nonwovens said that "General Nonwovens has invested in 2 new production lines within 1 year. One of them is a through-air bonding line and the other is a spunbond/meltblown/spunbond line. General Nonwovens is installing the SMS line which will come on stream by second quarter of 2013. With these recent investments, General Nonwoven's capacity is more then doubled reaching to 20.000 Mtons. The capacity increase is a part of our strategy to complete our product portfolio in the hygiene market serving all types of nonwovens used in baby diaper industry."
Being flexible, dynamic and a diligent supplier with passion for quality, General Nonwovens vision is to exceed the expectations of nonwoven and composite users worldwide by utilizing their state of the art technology as well as providing the best value to their customers.
General Nonwovens will promote nonwoven roll goods for automobile applications, technical textiles, carriers for extrusion coating, lamination and layers for composites at IDEA 13 Show.
General Nonwovens is looking forward to meeting their existing customers as well as the new ones who are interested in their products at Booth 1409 in IDEA 13 Show.
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