Wednesday, July 18, 2012

COURTAULDS TO BUILD $70 MILLION TENCEL PLANT IN ALABAMA (1990)


Courtaulds plc plans to build the first production plant for Tencel solvent spun cellulosic staple fibre at its rayon manufacturing facilities near Mobile, Alabama, USA. Startup is scheduled for summer 1992. Initial capacity will be 40m lb per year. The process uses amine oxide as a dissolving agent and has been demonstrated for two years at a pilot plant in Grimsby, UK. It is said to offer an environmentally secure process. Tencel has been evaluated on nonwoven hydroentanglement systems.

Anon, Nonwovens Mark.vol. 5, no. 12, 8 June 1990, pp 1-2


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