Freudenberg PM
(From left) Dr. Frank Heislitz (CEO Freudenberg Performance Materials), Andrea Luzi (Mayor of Sant'Omero/Italy), Dr. Tilman Krauch (CTO Freudenberg Group), Christian Cavaletti (Head of Operations Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel Italy), Jonathan Oh (Senior VP & GM Global Business Division Apparel), and Dr. Hannah Koeppen (VP & GM Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel Europe)(Source: Freudenberg)
Freudenberg PM has expanded its facility in Sant´Omero/Italy, into a competence center for finishing and coating apparel interlinings. Customers will benefit from faster and more flexible order processing. In the long term, they will also be able to count on products originating in Europe. The Competence Center was officially opened on May 26, 2023.
The team based at the site has over 35 years of expertise in the manufacture of high-quality interlinings for menswear: base materials produced at the site are finished and coated to customers’ specifications. With the new competence center, the facility will now focus on coating and finishing all nonwoven, woven and weft apparel interlinings in Freudenberg’s portfolio. Customers throughout Europe will enjoy the advantages of greater manufacturing flexibility and a more diverse product offering.
Freudenberg Performance Materials Holding SE & Co. KG (Freudenberg PM), Weinheim/Germany, installed the necessary finishing and coating technology at the new competence center in Italy over the last few months, building a new production hall for this machinery and equipment. Until recently, the bulk of interlinings were coated and finished in Weinheim, Germany. The facility there will now operate as a further competence center specializing in the production of base materials for apparel interlinings.
In addition to establishing the competence center, Freudenberg PM has also improved logistics. A new central warehouse in Italy now supplies customers in Southern Europe. It complements the central warehouse in Germany that delivers goods to customers in Northern Europe. As a result, the company is shortening both delivery routes and delivery times.
