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Nonwoven Fabrics for Your Home & Office

Advantages of Engineered Nonwoven Fabrics

Home Furnishing Advantages
Whether your products are intended for residential or commercial spaces, engineered nonwoven fabrics can provide you with a number of advantages.

Nonwovens material used in upholsteryHeat and flame resistance
Engineered nonwoven fabrics can be designed to have an extremely high melting point as well as dimensional stability at high temperatures.

Durability
Relative to their weight, engineered nonwoven fabrics can be designed to wear better than comparable weights of woven or knitted materials. When used as backing material, engineered nonwoven fabrics can increase the longevity of upholstery by reducing internal abrasion (up to five times more durable than other traditional materials).

Engineered Nonwoven Fabrics
for the Home and Office

There are more than 25 applications of engineered nonwoven fabrics in the home and in the office.

From bedding to carpets, mattresses to furniture, engineered nonwoven fabrics are making homes and offices more attractive with components that are longer-lasting and more cost-effective.

Anti-allergy and anti- microbial properties
Engineered nonwoven composites can be laminated to bedding and mattress materials to protect allergy sufferers from dust and mites - without any chemical additives.

Strength and uniformity
Many engineered nonwoven fabrics have higher tensile, tear, and burst strength than their traditional textile counterparts and can resist repeated load bearing. Home furnishings can thus retain their form and appearance over longer periods of time, making them very cost-effective.

Fluid resistance and retention
Engineered nonwoven fabrics can be designed to retain fluids and to resist staining. Engineered nonwoven fabrics can also be designed to resist attack by many solvents, alkalies, and other chemicals.

Engineered Fabrics Are Used in Several Furnishings Areas
Bedding Construction
  • Dust covers
  • Flanging
  • Quilt backing
  • Mattress insulation
  • Spring wrap
  • Pillows
  • Mattress pads

Bedding constructionUpholstered Furniture
Construction
  • Dust covers
  • Spring insulators
  • Skirt linings and inserts
  • Decking and breather fabrics
    Pull strips
  • Cushion internal ticking
  • Wall coverings
  • Verticle blind components
  • Rugs
  • Carpets
  • Table coverings
  • Placemats
    Napkins
  • Drapery pleating
  • Pleated shades
  • Toss pillows
 

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