The new line was formally opened by Mark Cropper, Chairman of James Cropper, on Wednesday 28th July alongside Martin Thompson, Managing Director of TFP, Phil Wild, CEO of James Cropper PLC and Sir James Cropper, Honorary President of James Cropper PLC. Commissioning of the new line will start soon and this project represents a significant financial investment for the company, with new infrastructure installed to house the line and extended warehousing to support the increase in product and raw materials. The expansion also follows an already significant capacity increase in 2015.
James Cropper is a successful knowledge based manufacturing company specialising in developing advanced nonwovens and other related materials for highly technical and challenging applications. The company’s advanced nonwovens provide innovative solutions across a number of growth industries such as hydrogen fuel cells, aerospace, defence and wind energy. These materials are used extensively in a multi-functional capacity in advanced composites, playing a crucial role in facilitating the light weighting of the wind turbines and electric vehicles (EV) as well as commercial and defence aircraft.
James Cropper is a global company, exporting its nonwovens worldwide. It uses unique wet-laid nonwoven technology developed from the papermaking processes used by its parent company James Cropper PLC. James Cropper is globally renowned for luxury packaging papers as well as its latest sustainable initiatives, these include Cup Cycling™ – the upcycling of take-away paper coffee cups into luxury papers & packaging, and Colourform™ – an innovative new range of renewable and recyclable moulded fibre packaging.
