Cross-industry trends: Lightweight materials
Experience gained in different fields of application generates valuable synergies that bring benefits to customers everywhere. In the Hygiene segment, Freudenberg offers ultra-light and skin-friendly topsheets, backsheets and acquisition distribution layers for baby diapers, feminine care and adult incontinence applications.
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These nonwovens have excellent wear comfort thanks to the cotton-like structure. Special solutions such as eco-friendly ADLs complete the product portfolio for the hygiene segment.
Developing extremely light materials is a predominant trend throughout industry in general: Freudenberg has developed an ultra-light product variant of Evolon with a 3D structure, a material with an extremely soft touch and high volume that also has the cleaning efficiency of a microfilament cloth.
The general-purpose microfilament can be used for both wet and dry applications: In industry for the surface treatment of cars, for example, or in professional cleaning, as well as in the consumer sector, for instance as LCD wet wipes or for cosmetic wipes. Evolon has an ultraviolet protection factor of 80.
This is the maximum ultraviolet protection factor pursuant to the latest UV Standard 801 – and therefore makes the nonwoven an interesting option for textile manufacturers as well as the makers of sunshades, awnings, etc. Visitors to Stand 2127 can see for themselves just how effective Evolon is as a printing medium.
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