Cooperation Between Dilo and SICAM

Dilo Group is a leading supplier of complete lines for nonwoven fabric production,

traditionally specialized in all types of needling lines for staple fibre products as well as high

speed needlelooms for spunbonds.

 

Another strong pillar of its sales program over decades has been fibre preparation and high

speed web-forming equipment for other nonwoven technologies. During these years, there

has been a shift to higher throughput rates, and in some cases in Asia, a requirement for

improved MD/CD strength ratios of hydroentangled products. In addition, further

development of the high-speed layering principle “Hyperlayer” made considerable progress

for better CD strength through a combination of inline cards and crossline card with

crosslapper. Particularly, carding machines in a working width above 3.5 m up to 5.1 m have

been supplied by DiloSpinnbau as complete high speed carding systems, comprising two or

even three cards in a line to directly feed the hydroentangling units of various suppliers.

Together with DiloTemafa not only have high throughput rates been achieved in the fibre

preparation section of the line but also dedusting filtering and air-conditioning systems have

been successfully engineered and integrated.

 

Until recently, Dilo did not supply complete lines including water-jet units, ovens and end-ofline equipment to the important hydroentanglement market segment. This has changed

during the summer and Dilo announced a partnership with the Italian company Sicam. The two companies combined their know-how to jointly produce using hydroentangling technology. In this way, as a general contractor, they will offer their customers complete lines including equipment for cutting, winding and packaging.

 

Dilo has been recently successful with the sale of a complete line for hydroentangled

products in Portugal. The market for medical and hygiene lightweight products is booming

and will require more hydroentangling capacity.