Techtextil NA represents all vertical aspects of technical textile industry

13 Mar '09

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• Gehring Textiles, Inc. a worldwide specialty materials and major manufacturer of warp knit and circular knit fabrics, has purchased the assets of Tweave, Inc., known for high quality woven 4-way stretch fabrics. “In addition to producing American-made knits, we can now boast superior, proven American-made woven stretch fabrics,” said Skip Gehring, president of the 62-year-old family business. “Tweave is well-known and respected in fashion, sports and intimate apparel, but demand for its specialty woven fabrics exists elsewhere. At Gehring we know of industrial, medical and upholstery applications, and we see a huge potential in combining it with our GehringGuard Protective Fabrics in other booming markets.”

• Kuraray America, Inc. will showcase its Clarino man-made leather and suede brand, which offers the highest quality synthetic material on the market today. Polyurethane based, Clarino provides a high performance solution in many industries, ranging from personal protection equipment (PPE), apparel, footwear, and industrial applications. New for the Clarino brand is an eco-friendly and sustainable material called Tirrenina . Limiting its use of solvents and polyurethane, the Tirrenina production process is ISO certified and has helped the Kuraray Group maintain its recognition by the Global 100 as one of the most sustainable corporations in the world.

• Mesa Laminated Fabrics (MLF) will be featuring an MSHA approved fire resistant brattice cloth used for underground applications. Also in the spotlight will be Mesa's new anti-static laminated TPU to meet the requirements for aboveground storage tanks in petroleum and other industries. MLF products are available with custom features, such as an exclusive vapor barrier for superior non-permeability rates, chemical compatibility and fire, ozone and U/V resistance. Standard product lines include Mesathane (TPU) and Mesalon.

• Oerlikon Neumag will have a focus on the carding technology with a series of improvements on FOR preparation and carding, Fehrer needle punching and Autefa in crosslapping: Technical novelties like the new modular card system, crosslappers with improved profiling plus a new drive technology, needle looms with features like elliptic needling, optimised needle patterns and automatic needle board exchange. For producing hydroentangled nonwovens, the FOR Injection Card and the Autefa crosslapper are also the leading products with regard to speed and uniformity and are applied worldwide with all leading hydroentangling systems.

• Richard Hough Ltd. will launch a new range of calender rolls offering highest-ever levels of temperature resistance. The rolls are filled with Nomex , DuPont's high-performance meta-aramid fibre and are targeted specifically at high-temperature calendering for technical textiles applications. The company will use Techtextil North America 2009 to promote the rolls outstanding temperature resistance, excellentresistance to surface damage and resistance to high nip loads, ensuring minimum maintenance and a very long service life.

• Sealon is a supplier of waterproof seam sealing tapes for two layer and three layer waterproof fabrics for all seam seal garment constructions. Sealon also develops and produces specialty tapes such as custom colored two-layer tape, reinforcement tape for welded seams, transparent tape, and linking tape for drop liner constructed garments. In addition, Sealon is a leader in providing adhesive glue and protective films for stitchless and welded garment constructions.

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Techtextil North America 2009

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