Freudenberg Performance Materials is strengthening Evolon’s position in the lightweight industrial wipes market.   

Originally designed as a durable fabric with outstanding properties, Evolon has been used for more than a decade as heavyweight high-tech cleaning cloths withstanding hundreds of wash cycles at constant performance. Recent developments have allowed Freudenberg to make Evolon in weights as low as 30 gsm—1.5 to two times lighter than traditional lightweight wipes. Additionally, Evolon offers design and patterning flexibility including: flat, mesh or the new 3D structures, to fulfill the need for differentiation expressed by the customers.  

 “The pattern was originally a more stringent subject in consumer markets, but we are more and more required by the industrial market to provide unique-looking products with superior cleaning performance. Evolon is fit for this too.” says Jean-François Kerhault, business segment manager Evolon.  

 Freudenberg will promote this use for Evolon at IDEA 16 in Boston, MA, where the three-dimensional version of the product is also nominated for an achievement award. Many customers pre-impregnate Evolon substrates, to provide the task-specific light wet wipes required by a more and more segmented industrial market. These include highly demanding applications like the automotives and aerospace industries. Thanks to the microfilament structure, the impregnation remains stable over the product lifetime to ensure constant liquid release. The composition of Evolon microfilament textile is compatible with a multitude of pre-impregnation cleaning lotions, solvents and IPA. “Evolon is also resistant to peroxide-based disinfectant, unlike some other competitive materials. This brings a significant advantage to our customers, by allowing them to use a wider variety of cleaning agents.” adds Kerhault.