2023 Textile Industry Outlook | ANDRITZ Lu Yanguo: Supporting nonwoven production in all aspects, continuing to focus on “energy saving and consumption reduction” and “sustainable development”

2023 Textile Industry Outlook | ANDRITZ Lu Yanguo: Supporting nonwoven production in all aspects, continuing to focus on “energy saving and consumption reduction” and “sustainable development”

General Manager of ANDRITZ Nonwovens Division Lu Yanguo

Q1

Please talk about ANDRITZ’s core competencies.

Lu Yanguo: ANDRITZ is committed to providing technologies and solutions for the four major business areas of hydropower, pulp and paper, metals and separation technology, as well as other industries and products. The core competitiveness of the nonwoven business lies in thermal bonding, wet-laid, spunbond, spunlace, needle punching, product processing, recycling and calendering finishing technologies.

ANDRITZ can provide all-round support for the production of nonwovens from medium to high production capacity. ANDRITZ’s partner companies will gain advanced expertise, and complete solutions for disposable craft supplies and durable textiles.

In terms of technology, innovation is part of ANDRITZ’s DNA.

ANDRITZ can add value to production by optimizing nonwoven processes and reducing energy costs; it has more than 100 authorized patents and has developed close cooperation with international institutions, professional associations and universities. At the same time, ANDRITZ has established a highly skilled engineer service to provide comprehensive support to partner companies and provide a high level of professional product management, commissioning and start-up.

In terms of project and site management, the on-site team cooperates to promote the project process.

ANDRITZ has a global network and global experience to provide customer-focused project management, as well as logistics and shipment management. We can also provide highly competitive solutions in terms of cost, quality and lead time.

In terms of services, all-round services bring the best performance to the equipment of partner companies.

It is worth noting that ANDRITZ is a supplier from spare parts to complete solutions. Why do you say that? !

Judging from the company’s overall capabilities and structure, ANDRITZ Technology is in a leading position in the industry and can provide industrial enterprises with the industrial Internet of Things solution “METRIS”. ANDRITZ continues to develop technologies and products, emphasizing its focus on renewable resources and sustainability, and can leverage its global technology platform to strengthen local service support. In addition, ANDRITZ and partner companies improve reliability, availability and production capacity while reducing overall operating costs through close cooperation between operations and maintenance personnel.

ANDRITZ’s nonwoven complete line solutions can help companies efficiently utilize energy and raw materials, achieve refined management, improve efficiency and return on investment, and better control the entire production process through innovative technology and digitization. The service team also protects customers’ investments and optimizes processes.

Q2

What are the development opportunities for the industry currently? How should companies seize these opportunities and implement them?

Lu Yanguo: In 2022, affected by factors such as the epidemic, rising energy and raw material prices, the decline in domestic consumption and the successive commissioning of new production lines in the nonwoven industry have led to intensified market competition, and industry companies have been more or less affected. had an impact.

Of course, under the heavy pressure of the external environment, industry companies have not given up hope and instead focused on transformation and upgrading< in aspects such as product innovation, intelligent transformation, supply chain management and sorting /font>. ANDRITZ is a technology leader in the nonwoven industry and can provide cooperative enterprises with a full range of complete line solutions. ANDRITZ’s eXcelle high-capacityimportline and aXcess mid-to-high-capacity The product structure of the domestic line can meet the different needs of customers and protect the company’s production.