Foss Installs Erko-Trützschler Needlepunch Line, Wins Innovation Award

Foss Manufacturing Co. LLC, Hampton, N.H., has installed a state-of-the-art needlepunch line designed and built by Germany-based Erko-Trützschler GmbH, a business unit of the Germany-based Trützschler Group. Foss will use the new line to enhance its productivity and efficiencies.

Foss celebrated the installation of the new machine, named Line J, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch and other state and local dignitaries, in addition to American Trützschler CEO Kurt Scholler and former Gov. Gene Shaheen. Foss CEO A.J. Nassar cut the ribbon with the help of Gov. Lynch.

 “The superior quality from the new line will catapult us into the future via the use of finer-denier fiber and lighter-weight fabrics,” said David Rowell, executive vice president of sales, Foss. “It will also allow us to maximize the exciting potential of our two key technologies, Eco-fi fibers and Fosshield antimicrobial fabrics.”

Gov. Lynch also announced Foss has won the Innovation Rocks Award for its Fosshield® silver- and copper-based antimicrobial product line. The award was created by the New Hampshire Division of Economic Development’s Business Resource Center in partnership with Manchester, N.H.-based Rock 101 WGIR FM to recognize outstanding achievement by technology companies.

April 29, 2008