Heimbach announced an extension of the Suzhou plant to add press felts to the product portfolio, and the first felts have now been shipped to customers. The first felts have been installed and performed well. Spiral dryer screens will also be added to the manufacturing capability.

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Heimbach inaugurates its press felt plant in Suzhou

Heimbach announced an extension of the Suzhou plant to add press felts to the product portfolio, and the first felts have now been shipped to customers. The first felts have been installed and performed well. Spiral dryer screens will also be added to the manufacturing capability.

Heimbach’s Suzhou plant is located in the Yangtze River papermaking region, which is the largest papermaking center in the world. With its new press felt facility, Heimbach will be able to further cement its partnerships with customers in China and the rest of Asia, providing state-of-the-art paper machine clothing products to all sections of the largest machines in the world.

Heimbach is a leading supplier of paper machine clothing (PMC) to European and Asian paper producers and has a long and successful history of supply to the paper industry.