Performance fibers expands Kaiping HMLS plant once again

ERJ staff report (DS)

Richmond, Virginia -- Performance Fibers is to increase capacity for HMLS polyester fiber and fabric at its Kaiping, China plant to meet ongoing demand from the tyre industry.

The latest expansion will increase combined production of dimensionally stable polyester fibre and fabric production by 50 percent. Performance Fibers will add new spinning machines to produce greater quantities of its high modulus, low shrinkage (HMLS) fiber, continuing a plan that added the infrastructure for this new equipment in 2006. The first part of this expansion is expected to come online in November 2008, with the following stage to begin production in early 2009.

The company also will add direct cablers and air jet looms to increase fabric capacity. Construction on a second level of its existing facility to house the new, state-of-the-art equipment will begin this quarter, with production to begin next year.

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Press release from Performance Fibers