In Austria, Andritz said it has successfully delivered, installed, and commissioned a converting line for manufacturing baby diapers at Naturopera’s new plant in Bully Les Mines, France.
The eXcelle converting line from Andritz Diatec features special technology to produce both traditional and bio-based baby diapers.
Naturopera is preparing to produce diapers made of 90% bio-based raw materials. This innovative diaper concept was developed in a close collaboration between Naturopera and Andritz. It replaces the traditional spunbond and meltblown nonwoven layers with spunlace nonwovens mostly made of natural fibers. A prototype of the 90% bio-based diaper was recently produced at Bully Les Mines.
Claire Stévignon, Babycare Marketing manager at Naturopera said: “Thanks to the support of Andritz Perfojet for the spunlace fabrics and Andritz Diatec for converting, we are moving in the direction of producing bio-based diapers. We will soon start offering green premium diapers using the jointly developed concept. This initiative will make an important contribution towards more sustainability in diaper production.”
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