Vetrotex to add glass-mat lineVetrotex to add glass-mat line

Saint Gobain Vetrotex will start a new line for its Unifilo continuous-strand glass mat at its plant in Besana Brianza, Italy, later this year. Current capacity is over 17,000 tonnes/yr from two lines, and the third line will take capacity to over 24,000 t/yr. The company already has sufficient glass oven capacity to feed the new line.

Unifilo is used in preforms for such processes as resin transfer molding and structural resin injection molding, and it can be used in pultrusion. Vetrotex claims 40% of the global market for continuous-filament mat, ahead of Owens Corning.