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20th Oct 2023

PFNonwovens has appointed Marek Krejci as its new chief executive officer. Krejci, with a strong background in manufacturing and global operations, is expected to drive growth and innovation at PFNonwovens. He has vast experience in business transformation, leading multinational teams, and prioritising customer experience and product quality.

1st Sep 2022

PET Baltija, which is one of the largest PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) recyclers in Northern Europe, has announced an agreement to acquire a leading Czech fibre producer Tesil Fibres s.r.o, a spin-off of SILON s.r.o. Once closed, this transaction will become one of the largest investments by a Latvian company in the Czech Republic to date.

7th Feb 2022

Czech Republic’s PFNonwovens and Smart Plastic Technologies have announced that they have signed an exclusive joint development agreement for the use of Smart Plastic’s patent-pending SPTek Eclipse technology in PFNonwovens’ hygiene and medical nonwoven products. PFNonwovens is a leading global producer of customised nonwoven fabrics to make products.

31st Aug 2021

PFNonwovens, Czech Republic’s nonwoven fabrics producer with operations in Europe, USA, and Africa, is expanding its Cape Town site in South Africa. PFN has committed to invest at least R600 million in order to further develop its manufacturing facility, which will lead to the creation of up to 40 new jobs. The new capacity is planned for the end of...

20th Apr 2021

PFNonwovens, a producer of nonwoven fabrics in Europe, US and Africa, is investing in new technology designed to boost nonwoven product performance at its site in Znojmo, Czech Republic. This technology allows PFN to make proprietary premium, apertured and 3D embossed fabrics to expand and diversify its product portfolio for medical and hygiene markets.

24th Dec 2020

PFNonwovens, a global producer of nonwoven textiles used in personal hygiene products, has announced that the supervisory board re-elected Michal Smrek as member of the board of directors for a functional period of 3 years with effect from January 1, 2021. Smrek currently holds a position on the company's board of directors from January 2018.

9th Jul 2020

PFNonwovens has appointed Cedric Ballay as the PFN group's new chief executive officer. The appointment is the result of a long-planned succession process at the helm of the Prague-headquartered group. PFNonwovens is the global producer of polypropylene and polyethylene-based nonwovens textiles used for personal hygiene and medical purposes.

24th Apr 2020

PFNonwovens has announced the resignation of its chief technical officer, Frantisek Klaska, from the board of directors and from all executive positions within the PFNonwovens concern, effective May 1, 2020, and concurrently his transition to a non-executive position within the PFNonwovens Concern. The company is a leading producer of spunmelt...

15th Nov 2019

Based on unaudited results, PFNonwovens, a producer of nonwovens textiles, recorded consolidated revenues of CZK 4,817.4 million in the first nine months of 2019, up by 0.3 per cent year-on-year (yoy). Sales volumes in tonnage terms decreased. On the other hand, the development in the price of polymers had a positive effect on the yoy development of...