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US-based INDA unveils updated nonwoven material sampler & guide

25 May '21

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INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, has launched the sixth edition of the Nonwoven Material Sampler & Guide, a unique educational and technical resource with 124 material samples to touch and compare. Professionals in nonwovens and engineered materials will now have the latest nonwoven material options at their fingertips.

The valuable educational tool presents the latest innovations, processes, and types of materials now available to professionals involved in developing, specifying, designing, purchasing, and processing nonwovens. The 178-page publication contains more than double the material swatches from the prior Sampler as well as educational content on the nonwoven processes and 38 illustrations, INDA said in a press release.

The insightful guide details nonwoven processes and definitions, typical end-uses, and processing steps and benefits, making it ideal for both industry newcomers and more experienced professionals in product development, engineering, design, sales, and marketing. It also provides an overview of the markets, products, processes, web formation, bonding technologies, weights/grams per square meter, raw materials, and bonding methods in an easy-to-digest overview format, INDA said.

Project teams using the guide can easily examine the different web formations, bonding techniques, fibres/resins used, and basis weights, to understand the differences between each of these unique materials. The samples included in the book are representative of the nonwoven industry processes in a wide range of weights/grams per square metre, from 4 gsm to 1700 gsm.

The critical tool covers five main areas. The nonwovens section includes details about markets and products, process, web formation overview, and bonding methods overview. The Staple Fibre section includes information about drylaid (needlepunch, stitchbond, hydroentanglement, thermal bond, chemical bond) wetlaid, and airlaid short fibre, according to INDA.

The resin section gives details about spunlaid (spunbond, meltblown, spunmelt, and other spunlaid processes). Other materials part speaks about nonwoven composites and industry supporting materials. Appendices includes a list of contributors, table of materials, nonwoven definitions, and end-use classifications.

More than 40 leading manufacturers collaborated with INDA in providing samples, which includes 3M; Ahlstrom-Munksjö; Americo Manufacturing; ANCI; Avgol Nonwovens; Berry Global; Cerex Advanced Fabrics; Devan; DuPont; Fiber Dynamics (Fitesa); Fibertex Nonwovens; Fi-Tech; Fitesa; Foss Performance Materials, a division of AstenJohnson Nonwovens; Freudenberg Performance Materials; Georgia-Pacific; Glatfelter; Graver Technologies; HDK Industries; Hollingsworth & Vose; ITW Pro Brands; Jacob Holm; Kappler; Kimberly-Clark; Low & Bonar; McAirlaid’s; MeltBlown Technologies; Milliken Nonwovens; Norafin Americas; PFNonwovens; Propex Global; Sandler Nonwoven Corporation; Shalag Nonwovens; Shaw Nonwovens; Southern Felt Company, Lydall Industrial Filtration; Suominen; SWM International; Technical Fibre Products; TENOWO; Tietex International; and US Cotton.

“We are pleased to release the newest and more comprehensive edition of the Nonwoven Material Sampler & Guide that serves as a valuable visual and tactile tool for discussions and comparisons of nonwoven materials. Using this educational resource will help project teams evaluate material solutions for their needs, make more informed decisions, and bring new products to market faster and more efficiently,” Dave Rousse, INDA president said.

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