February 2023
WPT Nonwovens Corporation spent $18.5 million on a man-made fiber (MMF) nonwoven manufacturing line that will add 35 new jobs to the 110 it now has. The new production line will be housed in a 75,000-square-foot building that WPT Nonwovens owns and recently constructed.
For Beaver Dam, Kentucky, the newly constructed facility and manufacturing line offer a promising new avenue for economic development. It also offers a significant number of new work opportunities for locals.
With a domestic supply chain, WPT is committed to growing its product lines and capabilities in the United States and building a high degree of dependability, quality, and service that clients can rely on as they establish their brands, introduce new products, and meet their business growth objectives. In addition to filtration media, WPT Nonwovens Corporation specializes in nonwovens for application in the hygiene, medicinal, personal protective equipment (PPE), and industrial sectors.
March 2023
Leading provider of engineered products and nonwoven media, Midwest Filtration, LLC, has an exclusive agreement with Monadnock Non-Wovens, LLC (MNW) to represent MNW's extensive line of melt-blown filtration media. Midwest Filtration will represent Monadnock as their preferred partner for marketing their premium melt-blown nonwoven in liquid and air filtration applications, as per the terms of the agreement.
Seven lines that can create lofted nonwovens and roll goods are equipped with Monadnock's nonwoven melt blown filtering material, which uses FDA-approved polymers. Apertured films, electrostatically enhanced media, single, MS, SMS, SMMS, and SMMMS layers, as well as electrostatically enhanced media and composites with up to seven layers are among the available requirements.
Key Companies in the Non-Woven Filter Media market include
- 3M
- DowDuPont
- Sandler AG
- Ahlstrom-Munksjö
- Parker Hannifin Corp
- Pentair Residential Filtration
- Johns Manville
- Freudenberg Filtration Technologies
- Hollingsworth & Vose
- Berry Global Inc