COVID-19 AND AIR POLLUTION EXPANDS DEMAND FOR NONWOVEN AIR FILTERS IN INDIA – BUT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY HAS NOT INVESTED ENOUGH IN CAPACITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
March 2nd, 2020
India’s nonwoven technical textile industry has been at the centre of two successive public heath emergencies – first ramping up production of air purifier filters to combat dangerous levels of winter air pollution and now increasing the output of materials needed to make face masks to fight the Coronavirus outbreak. However, weak investment in quality nonwoven production in India has left the industry unable to supply the materials needed to keep up with this steep increase in demand for high quality filtration products.
Himanshu Lohia, owner of a filter ...
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