Mitsui Chemicals raises capacity of its premium nonwoven facilities

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. is expanding the production facilities of Sunrex Industry Co., Ltd,, a wholly-owned subsidiary located in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, to respond to demands of the growing premium disposable diaper market. The facility will use proprietary technology to produce premium high-performance nonwovens with superior elasticity and expandability.

Super soft and expandable high performance nonwovens that will be manufactured at the new facilities will use technology which was recognized by the Japan Chemical Industry Association as being a world’s first and presented the Association’s 48th Technology Special Award. Conventional spunbond manufacturing methods are improved by Mitsui Chemicals’ proprietary state-of-the-art technology and result in excellent flexibility and expandability accompanied by superior comfort. The augmentation will bolster expansion of the company’s distribution of high performance nonwovens to the premium disposable diaper market and enhance quality and expand applications.

The augmentation of Sunrex facilities, when completed in November 2017, will bring Mitsui Chemicals global production capacity to 115,000 tons/year.

Mitsui Chemicals, as a solution provider, will continue to capitalize on its proprietary technology to further stabilize supplies and meet growing and diversifying needs for super-performance nonwovens in Asia and the world to contribute to a better quality of life (QOL) for people everywhere.