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OrganoClick to display biobased nonwoven binders at INDEX

08 Apr '14

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The Swedish cleantech company OrganoClick that develops and produces environmentally friendly chemical products announced the upcoming launch of a greatly expanded product portfolio of biobased binders at the nonwoven fair Index in Geneva, April 8th-11th.

The launch will enable the manufacturing of nonwoven materials that only contain biobased or biodegradable components, for example, water-repellent disposable tablecloths or isolation material of cellulosic fibres for use in moist environments.

The first products containing the new binders are expected to be household products, such as disposable tablecloths, and it is anticipated that these products will reach the market during the latter part of 2014.

Manufacturers of nonwovens using chemical bonding have long had to use petroleum-based chemicals to achieve the type of strength and durability in wet conditions that their customers require. With OrganoClick’s new solution this can be achieved using only biobased or biodegradable components.

“Throughout the years we have received numerous requests from customers who would like to produce cellulose-based nonwoven materials using only biobased raw materials, but where the end users’ requirements for water-repellency or durability in wet conditions have been impossible to achieve without using petroleum-based acrylic dispersions.

In many cases the cellulosic nonwoven material might contain 10 to 20 percent acrylics, and then one can argue that the eco-friendly characteristics of the cellulosic fibers are lost,” says Robin Grankvist, business area manager for textile and nonwoven at OrganoClick AB.

By combining its biobased binding system, including different levels of softness, hydrophobic and biodegradable polymers, with its unique organocatalytic technology, OrganoClick has succeeded in developing a number of new nonwoven binders that offer great strength and hydrophobicity.

One example is the new OC-biobinder H1, a biobased nonwoven binder applied via coating or impregnation, which confers increased tensile strength and hydrophobicity to cellulosic nonwoven materials.

“We foresee that OC-biobinder H1 will be used, for example, in house hold products such as disposable tablecloths or industrial isolation materials that must withstand certain amounts of water but where the end-user appreciates the fact that the material is fully biobased,” says Robin Grankvist.

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