TFP opens new line to further increase nonwoven capacity

Technical Fibre Products (TFP) has announced the formal opening of a new manufacturing line, significantly increasing nonwoven capacity in response to increasing demand for TFP’s advanced nonwovens across all markets.

The new line was formally opened by Mark Cropper, chairman of TFP’s parent company James Cropper, on Wednesday 28th July alongside Martin Thompson, managing director of TFP, Phil Wild, CEO of James Cropper and Sir James Cropper, honorary president of James Cropper. Commissioning of the new line will start soon and this project represents a significant financial investment for the company, with new infrastructure installed to house the line and extended warehousing to support the increase in product and raw materials. The expansion also follows an already significant capacity increase in 2015. 

“This new production line delivers another significant capacity increase for TFP, which is necessary to meet rapidly increasing demand for our nonwovens in markets such as fuel cells and defence, as well as facilitating delivery of the company’s successful growth strategy,” stated Martin Thompson, TFP’s managing director. “The opening of the line is the latest exciting step in TFP’s growth, which has also included the acquisition of TFP Hydrogen Products (formerly PV3 Technologies) in January this year to expand our product portfolio and knowledge base in hydrogen technologies.”

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