Manufacturing · Three Production Bases

Three plants. New capacity came online in 2025

From self-supplied raw glass fiber in Inner Mongolia to a fully automated new plant in Chuzhou — one wet-laid process, digitally controlled end to end.

3 production bases 18,000 t annual capacity 2025 Chuzhou plant online
The bases

1993 → 2006 → 2025

Alpha Beta headquarters office building with company logo, Nanjing EST. 1993

Nanjing — Headquarters

Where Alpha Beta started. Separator production, the R&D center and the central quality inspection center on the Yangtze — the company's technical home for over thirty years.

IATF 16949:2016 · ISO 9001
Yangzhuang, Xinhe Village, Qixia District, Nanjing
Inner Mongolia plant gate and workshop with the Alpha Beta logo on the facade EST. 2006

Inner Mongolia — Raw Material + Separator

Our own micro glass fiber production feeds our separator lines — raw-material self-supply that most converters don't have, controlling quality from the fiber itself.

IATF 16949:2016 · ISO 9001 · ISO 14001
Sulige Economic Development Zone, Ordos, Inner Mongolia
Aerial view of the Chuzhou campus with rooftop solar panels NEW · APRIL 2025

Chuzhou — Fully Automated

A 20,000 m²+ site in the Chuzhou National Economic & Technological Development Zone, one hour from both the Nanjing and Hefei industry clusters. Fully automated lines and smart warehousing — 8,000 t/year of our 18,000 t total.

IATF 16949:2016 · ISO 9001 · ISO 14001 · ISO 45001
No. 785 Anqing Road, Langya District, Chuzhou, Anhui
≤0.5 μm fiber diameter uniformity, held across all three plants
≥200 N/cm² tensile strength — built for automated enveloping lines
±5% thickness tolerance, held by in-line measurement feedback

The wet-laid process

Eight steps. Five control points

From micro glass fiber to packed roll. Select a step — the red markers are the five key QC control points locked in our control plan.

Charging

STEP 01 / 08

Raw micro glass fiber — self-supplied from our Inner Mongolia base — and process water are charged to the line to a recipe set per customer spec.

Key QC control points at this step

Raw material weighing — every charge weighed against the recipe

Pulping

STEP 02 / 08

Fiber and water are pulped into a stable stock. Mixing and beating time is standardized per raw material, protecting fiber length while reaching the target beating degree.

Key QC control points at this step

Mixing time — standard beating time per fiber type

Forming

STEP 03 / 08

The wet-laid step: dilute fiber stock sheets onto the forming net and is dewatered evenly, so fibers settle into a flat, uniform web.

Key QC control points at this step

Stock concentration — the core of thickness consistency

Forming net speed — fixed per product specification

Drying

STEP 04 / 08

The wet web is dried under a controlled temperature profile, tuned per grammage and density, so the sheet keeps its strength and structure.

Key QC control points at this step

Drying temperature — standard values per grammage and density

Cutting

STEP 05 / 08

The dried web is slit on the big-axis slitter to customer plate dimensions, with light-table inspection for appearance defects along the way.

Collecting

STEP 06 / 08

Slit material is wound into rolls. In-line thickness measurement runs continuously here, feeding the control center and closing the loop back to the forming section — how we hold ±5% tolerances roll after roll.

Warehouse

STEP 07 / 08

Finished rolls enter the warehouse. At Chuzhou, a smart warehousing system tracks every pallet from line to container.

Packing

STEP 08 / 08

Cut to length, counted and labelled per each customer’s specification documents, then export-packed for sea and air freight.

Automated separator production hall, wide interior view
Production hall · fully automated line
Jumbo roll winder with a white separator mother roll
Mother-roll winder · collecting
Separator production line with yellow safety walkways
Separator line · drying section beyond
Digital manufacturing control

Six systems. One data network

Every line reports to the manufacturing control center — live daily and monthly output, completion rate, pass rate, equipment utilization and raw-material stock on one wall of dashboards.

01 · PULPING 02 · BEATING 03 · FORMING 04 · DRYING 05 · ROLLING 06 · THICKNESS CONTROL

In-line thickness measurement closes the loop back to the forming section in real time.

R&D runs alongside production: raw material enhancement, AGM for start-stop application, pasting paper for automotive, and Stranmat. Customized separator development for specific battery designs is a standing service. See the quality system

Diagram of the manufacturing control center: a central dashboard connected through the plant data network to the pulping, beating, forming, drying, rolling and thickness control systems
Manufacturing control center
RO water treatment system with membrane arrays at the Chuzhou plant
RO water treatment · Chuzhou plant
Green manufacturing

Rooftop solar. Zero industrial wastewater discharge

The Chuzhou plant runs a photovoltaic system across its roofline and a zero-discharge industrial wastewater installation. Process-water purity is verified in our ICP program — it's a separator quality parameter, not just an environmental one.

Plant visit

Come see the line run

We host customer audits and technical visits at all three bases. Tell us your dates — Chuzhou is one hour from Nanjing.