FET
Extrusion lines for Senbis
The company is investing €5.5 million over the next 3 years in a testing facility for the development of sustainable plastics at different scales ranging from laboratory to production. This will facilitate the acceleration and upscaling of future developments relating to sustainable plastics. The new line now enables the company to develop textile fibers from e.g. recycled polymers or biopolymers. FET will provide 2 extrusion lines in separate phases in 2020-21. First will be a monofilament line including water baths, drawing frames, ovens, dimension sensor, monofilament winders and dedicated control panel. This will be followed by a multifilament line including the extruder set-up and the multifilament drawing and winding frame with control panel. The new extruders and spinning machines will furthermore enable Senbis to manufacture bicomponent yarns. Another area of potential is the development of filaments and powders for 3D printing.
