Anker, Devan and Shark Solutions have joined hands to create the world’s first flame retardant aviation carpet using a recycled binder. The PVB binder reuses laminated glass, from windshields and architectural/building glass, that otherwise would go to landfill. Anker will soon introduce these carpets and phase out traditional non-sustainable carpets.
German carpet manufacturer Anker is the first company to offer flame retardant carpets for aviation that are made with a recycled binder. In the search for a more sustainable binder, Anker discovered the PVB from Shark Solutions, a Danish cleantech company focused on giving a new life to post-consumer PVB. Properties of the aviation carpet with PVB as binder are the same as those of traditional non-sustainable carpets. The market has been looking for this type of solutions for a long time.Anker, Devan and Shark Solutions have joined hands to create the world's first flame retardant aviation carpet using a recycled binder. The PVB binder reuses laminated glass, from windshields and architectural/building glass, that otherwise would go to landfill. Anker will soon introduce these carpets and phase out traditional non-sustainable carpets.#
Anker will introduce well known and special developed styles of aviation carpets with PVB and plans to phase out traditional non-sustainable aviation carpets stepwise.
Shark’s PVB reuses laminated glass, from windshields and architectural/building glass, that otherwise would go to landfill. The non-toxic binder (no chlorine or phthalates) is fully recyclable and thus lives up to the future standards of the industry.
Textile innovator Devan Chemicals, known for its tailor-made flame-retardant solutions, was called in to develop the flame-retardant back coating, which is compliant with the Airbus and Boeing safety standards. “Based on many years of experience and competences in customer related developments, improving recycling rates is getting more and more important,” says Dirk Vanpachtenbeke, R and D manager Flame Retardants at Devan. “We are very proud that, together with Anker and Shark Solutions, we can contribute to this rising demand for products that meet the standards of a circular economy solution.”
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