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Fiber Producers Hone in on Hygiene

On the synthetics side of the market, DAK Americas supplies polyester staple fibers (PSF) for applications spanning the nonwovens industry including wipes, hygiene, baby diaper raw materials, geotextiles and automotive applications.

According to Ricky Lane, corporate communications director, DAK Americas, the versatility and value for the functional attributes PSF brings gives it an edge over other fibers used in nonwovens. “For wipes, PSF is soft, lofty and strong. For diaper markets, DAK PSF brings antimicrobial offerings and brings bulk over natural fibers. For needlepunch, PSF brings bulk and strength,” Lane says.

Currently, DAK is seeing strong growth in the hygiene, personal care and automotives markets, and this market growth has influenced the company to add 230 million pounds per year to its PSF capacity at its Pearl River site in Bay St. Louis, MS. Announced last year, this investment will meet growing demand in the Americas beginning in the first quarter of 2017.

DAK also recently completed a PSF expansion, which was first announced in October 2014, at DAK’s facility near Charleston, SC, adding 27 million pounds per year of capacity. Upon completion of the Pearl River Site expansion, DAK’s total PSF sales capacity in the NAFTA region will be about 700 million lbs/year.

Meanwhile, Trevira, a Hattersheim, Germany-based subsidiary of intermediate petrochemical producer Indorama Ventures, is focused on expanding its range of shortcut fibers. Its most recent products launch, is a new fiber with a particularly soft handle. “The modification in raw material employed can be used for all polymers and is already commercially available for polyester and PLA products,” says Hartmann Huth, head of Trevira’s business unit staple fibers. “It is anticipated that, alongside technical applications, potential for the new development is expected primarily in the field of hygiene.”

Trevira is a specialist in polymer modification, and its range of bicomponent fibers employs a number of raw material combinations including PET/Co-PET, PET/PE and PET/PBT. Huth says the company continues to work on new modifications to meet the needs and technical demands of its customers.

“Man-made fibers like Trevira have the advantage that they can be designed according to their purpose, without the need to apply chemical surface treatments,” he says. “Our fibers are very versatile and suit practically every end use. In close cooperation with our customers, we develop new fiber products to fit their application. A large number of our products are customized fiber types for very specific products and customers.”
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Fiber Producers Hone in on Hygiene

Fiber Producers Hone in on Hygiene

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