| 1. | Lohmann Group GmbH. | | | Germany based, multi-national group of companies. Its nonwovens division utilizes the dry-laid webforming technology, thermobonding, calendering, fusion, chemical bonding and impregnation. Products are manufactured for health and hygiene, fashion, automotive, technical and firtration end uses. The site is in German and English.
www.lohmann-gruppe.de |
| 2. | Fiber Dynamics, Inc. | | | USA. Specializes in the development and manufacture of engineered nonwovens for industrial, liquid filtration and automotive purposes. Also nonwoven fabrics and substrates for the fashion industry.
www.fiberdyninc.com |
| 3. | Shih-Kuen Plastics Co.Ltd | | | Taiwan. Specializes in manufacturing soft pvc sheeting. The application includes air-inflated toys, shower curtains, table cloths, stationary, raincoat, tapes, handbags, etc.
www.shihkuen.com |
| 4. | Noam Urim. | | | Israel. Manufacturer of nonwoven fill products, needle-punch geofabrics and wipes, filtration media and technical fabrics. Also bedding products like quilts, pillows, comforters, spreads and sleeping bags. Du Pont licencee for Israel. I.S.O. qualified.
www.noam-urim.com |
| 5. | Vaporjet, Ltd. | | | Israel. Manufacturer of nonwoven spunlace fabrics. Processing of customized blends of man-made fibers into high quality fabrics. Sophisticated on-line production controls, off-line quality assurance laboratory. I.S.O. qualified.
www.vaporjet.co.il |
| 6. | Fibertex. | | | Denmark. Manufacturers of nonwovens. Utilizes SMMS and needlepunch technologies to produce fabrics and felts for the building, construction, bedding, hygiene, carpet, furniture and automotive industries.
www.fibertex.com |
| 7. | Toyobo Inc. | | | Japanese multi-national concern. Manufactures spunbond fabrics, polyester fibers through recycling, PBO and PEF technical fibers, microfibers, apparel and knit fabrics, bio-chemicals, pharmaceutic products, plastics and resins.
www.toyobo.co.jp |
| 8. | Fitesa. | | | Brazil. Manufacturer of spunbond, thermobond and SM (spunbond-meltblown) fabrics, mainly for coverstock. Producer of polypropylene staple fiber for the carpet industry.
www.fitesa.com.br |
| 9. | Gates Formed Fiber Products, Inc. | | | USA. One of North-America's largest manufacturers of needlepunch fabrics for the automotive industry. Wholly owned subsidiary produces solution dyed polyester staple fiber from post consumer and post industrial recycled resins. I.S.O. qualified.
www.gffp.com |
| 10. | Fiberduk Nonwovens. | | | Sweden. Manufacturer of nonwoven fabrics for the automotive, hygiene, medical and fashion industries. The company uses the dry-laid needlepunch and spunlace processing technologies.
www.fiberduk.se |
| 11. | Textile Group Huizen. | | | The Netherlands. Textile Group Huizen recycles and upgrades natural and man-made fiber and filament waste, into high quality fibers for the automotive, geotextile, insulation, packaging and furniture industries. The company also manufactures nonwoven needlepunch fabrics for civil engineering, construction and agriculture, and high tenacity yarns for the textile industry. It provides slitting, rewinding and brand name printing services for its customers.
www.tgh.nl |
| 12. | Autex Industries, Ltd. | | | New Zeeland. Manufacturer of nonwoven waddings for bedding and insulation end uses. Also, needlepunch carpets, quilts and other bedware.
www.autex.co.nz |
| 13. | Tecnofibra. | | | Italy. Manufacturer of resin bonded and thermobonded waddings for bedding and industrial purposes. Also, needlepunch felts for carpeting and automotive end uses, and spunlace fabrics for the health care and hygiene industry. Bi-lingual site in Italian and English.
www.tecnofibra.com |
| 14. | Pantex. | | | Italy. Versatile manufacturer of nonwovens fabrics and products for the health care, hygiene and filtration industries. The company utilizes a number of processing technologies like airthrough, foam and thermobonding, and spunlace. Also produces perforated films and composites. Further interests are in nonwovens manufacturing consulting, and converting of paper.
www.pantex.it |
| 15. | Sandler Vliesstoffe GmbH. | | | Germany. Nonwovens manufacturer, operating in the agriculture, construction, hygiene, furniture and fashion, automotive and filtration industries. The company utilizes a number of nonwovens production processes of which the most important seem to be the dry-laid and needlepunch technologies.
www.sandler.de |
| 16. | Lantor BV. | | | The Netherlands. Versatile, multi-national company which has manufacturing facilities in Europe, the USA and the Far East. It's nonwovens division produces nonwoven fabricts and end products for multiple purposes with chemical, needling, thermal, hydro-entangling (spunlace) and spunbond technologies. Lantor is part of the UK based IPT Group.
www.lantor.nl |
| 17. | Libeltex. | | | Belgium. Nonwovens manufacturer with production facilities in various locations in Europe. The company uses a wide range of processing and manufacturing technologies to produce nonwovens for bedding products and carpeting, upholstery and automotive, hygiene and medical products and filtration media. From its three plants, Libeltex exports throughout Europe and the Far East with its own fleet of trucks.
www.libeltex.com |
| 18. | Lydall Corp. | | | USA. A diversified manufacturer of technologically advanced, engineered nonwovens which concentrates on air and liquid filtration, thermal barrier application, electrical insulation, battery seperators and materials handling. The company further produces medical devices, thermal systems. aerospace, marine and automotive products.
www.lydall.com |
| 19. | Resintex. | | | Italy. Nonwoven fabrics for apparel, automotive and medical end uses. The company utilizes the dry-laid, chemical and needlepunch processing technologies and lamination to customer requirements. Applies fabric backing with foam, nets and fusable nonwovens and other substrates according to need.
www.resintex.com |
| 20. | Synthetic Industries, Inc. | | | USA. One of the larger nonwovens manufacturers and the largest producer of carpet backings in the world. Specializes in advanced nonwovens and custom engineered fabrics and solutions for support, strength and stabilization. Besides carpet backing, the company is active in technical textiles, geofabrics and membranes, construction and civil engineering. Very large, but easily accessible site which, beyond extensive product descriptions, also provides a lot of technical and professional data and information.
www.sind.com |
| 21. | Bonlam S.A. | | | Mexico. Part of PGI Nonwovens. Versatile nonwovens manufacturer, utilizing spunbond/SMS, meltblown, spunlace, thermobond, chemical bond, through-air, wet-laid and laminating technologies. The company's main markets are medical, hygiene and industrial. The site is in Spanish and English.
www.bonlam.com.mx |
| 22. | All Felt, Inc. | | | USA. Focused entirely on the needlepunch technology, All Felt manufactures nonwoven fabrics for medical, filtration, industrial, decorative and apparel end uses. The company has slitting, printing and lamination facilities available upon requirement and arranges stocking programs for its customers.
www.allfelt.com |
| 23. | BBA Group. | | | UK based, multi-national group of companies. Its nonwovens division manufactures products and fabrics for the health care, medical, feminine hygiene and baby care industries. Production technologies used are spunlace, spunbond, wetlaid and lamination.
www.bbagroup.com |
| 24. | Alfred Mank GmbH. | | | Germany. Nonwoven needlepunch fabrics and finished products for personal care, industrial and hotel and restaurant end uses. Custom converting and printing of nonwovens and papers. Bi-lingual site in German and English.
www.mank.de |
| 25. | Teksis Co. | | | Turkey. Group of textile manufacturing companies. The nonwovens division produces chemical and thermal bonded, and needlepunch fabrics for bedding, home textile, automotive and a variety of technical end uses.
www.teksis.com.tr |
| 26. | Ha'ama. | | | Israel. Nonwoven wadding and insulation materials manufacturer, using resin (chemical) bonding and thermobond technologies. Quilting and lamination facilities add to complete a wide range of products for the bedding, insulation, filtration, automotive, camping and fashion industries.
www.haama.co.il |
| 27. | Fairfield Polyster Products. | | | USA. Manufacturer of nonwoven waddings and needlepunch fabrics from polyester fibers, for consumer and industrial end uses.
www.poly-fil.com |
| 28. | Tenotex Nonwovens. | | | Italy. Manufacturer of thermobond, air-through, spunbond and SMS (spunbond/meltblown/spunbond) composite nonwovens for baby and feminine care and incontinent end uses.
www.tenotex.com |
| 29. | J.H.Ziegler. | | | Germany. Part of the Paul Hartmann AG Group. Manufacturer of waddings for bedding, upholstery and insulation. Needlepunch fabrics for technical and automotive end uses. The site is in English, German and French.
www.ziegler-nonwovens.de |
| 30. | Fibrelay Nonwovens, Ltd. | | | South Africa. Manufacturers of needlepunch nonwoven fabrics for medical and industrial end uses. The company specializes in niche marketing.
www.saol.com |
| 31. | Vateks Nonwovens. | | | Turkey. Waddings for bedding, camping and fashion. Needlepunch fabrics for cleaning purposes, technical substrates and geofabrics. Chemically or thermally bonded nonwovens for medical and hygiene end uses.
www.vateks.com |
| 32. | Albaad, Ltd. | | | Israel. Manufacturer of chemical bonded and spunlace/wet-laid nonwoven fabrics for personal care, baby care and cleaning end uses.
www.albaad.com |
| 33. | Salteks AS. | | | Turkey. Manufacturer of waddings and thermobond nonwovens for the bedding and furniture industries, and fashion end uses. Needlepunch felts for industrial and automotive purposes.
www.firmalar.com |
| 34. | Scotia Co. | | | USA. Manufacturer of stichbond nonwoven fabrics for industrial, hygiene and home use purposes.
www.gwi.net |
| 35. | Carmiya Uman Industries, Ltd. | | | Israel. Nonwoven waddings for bedding, upholstery and insulation end uses. Single and multi-needle quilting facilities for the manufacturing of quilts, spreads and mattrass cover quilting. Needlepunch, pre-soaped wipes for hygiene purposes. The site is under construction.
carmiyanonwovens.bizland.com |
| 36. | Wendell Textiles, Inc. | | | USA. The nonwovens division custom engineers fabrics, utilizing needlepunch, resin and thermobond technologies, mainly for automotive and other technical end uses. The company also manufactures spunbond and spunlace fabrics.
www.wendelltextiles.com |
| 37. | Jason, Inc. | | | USA. Multi-national group of companies, active in a variety of industrial markets. Its nonwovens division produces fiber padding for the automotive industry.
www.jasoninc.com |
| 38. | Daeyang Industrial Co., Ltd.(Hilon) | | | Korea. Multi-national nonwovens manufacturer with production facilities in Korea, Indonesia and Australia. The company produces fill products for the bedding industry, and needlepunch fabrics for apparel and technical end uses. In-house quilting produces comforters, mattrasses and pillows. The site is in English and Korean.
www.hilon.com |
| 39. | Tontine Fibres. | | | Australia. Specialists in the production of nonwoven, polyester waddings for thermal and acoustic insulation for the building industry.
www.spec-net.com.au |
| 40. | Western Wadding, Ltd. | | | USA. Manufacturer of waddings for bedding and upholstery. The production process utilizes blends of cotton and wool, waste and virgin fiber, to produce high quality, chemical free fill materials.
www.westernwadding.com |
| 41. | Higgins Manufacturing Group, Ltd. | | | Australia. Group of nonwovens manufacturing companies, producing waddings for bedding and insulation end uses from blends of nataural and man-made fibers. Also, carpet underlays from recycled waste fibers.
www.higginsgroup.com.au |
| 42. | Duro-Felt, Inc. | | | USA. Manufacturer of nonwoven, compressed and needlepunch felt fabrics and products for home and industrial end uses.
www.durofelt.com |
| 43. | The Pillow Factory. | | | Australia. The company is focused on the bedding industry. Manufactures quilts and pillows, utilizing waddings produced by own nonwovens production facility.
www.ausbusiness.com.au |
| 44. | Code Felt, Ltd. | | | Canada. Manufacturer of nonwoven, pressed wool felts for crafts, medical, industrial, automotive and apparel end uses. The felts are produced with blends of wool and rayon fiber.
www.superaje.com |
| 45. | Boston Felt Company, Inc. | | | USA. Manufacturer of nonwoven, needlepunch and pressed felt fabrics and products for a great variety of technical and industrial purposes, from natural and man-made fibers and blends thereof. Large, well designed site with much technical and end use information. The site is also available in the Japanese language.
www.bostonfelt.com |
| 46. | US Felt Company. | | | USA. Manufacturer of nonwoven felt fabrics and products for industrial purposes.
www.usfelt.com |
| 47. | Rogers Corp. | | | USA. Versatile, multi-national manufacturing corporation, active in the communication, transportation, consumer, computer and imaging markets. Its nonwovens division manufactures high performance composite materials for medical and industrial end uses. Very large site, loaded with technical and product marketing information. Offers free downloadable software for calculation and evaluation of processes.
www.rogers-corp.com |
| 48. | National Felt, Inc. | | | Canada. Manufacturer of shoddy pad products for the mattrass, upholstery and geotextiles industries. Collecting and processing of textile waste. Felts and waddings are produced with the carding, needlepunch and spraybonding technologies. Shoddy fiber is also marketed in bale form. Bi-lingual site in French and English.
www.natfelt.com |
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