Goldman Sachs has famously predicted that India’s economy will exceed that of Europe and Japan by 2030 and that of the US by 2045, as a result of the increase in household incomes and predicted growth in the agriculture, manufacturing and service sectors.

There is certainly a growing demand for performance nonwovens. The promise of providing better protection through cleaner air and access to better quality water to millions of people is exciting India’s growing number of nonwovens companies, while India’s government is planning many significant infrastructure projects where geotextiles will be critical.

In the latest development in this respect, Oerlikon Neumag reports that it is to supply a new Inline plant with 12 spinning positions for the production of staple fibres for geotextiles to an unnamed Indian company.

The order comprises the complete machine equipment from spinning to baling, including engineering and services of supervision for erection and commissioning. Start-up will be at the end of 2012.