SubscribeIngeo™: the Natural Selection for Nonwovens at Index 2008
Nonwoven products touch most of our lives yet mostly go unnoticed and unremarked upon. Until now! NatureWorks booth at Index presented the reality of a whole new generation of responsibly designed, functional performance products that have been made with the consumer and the environment in mind. Called Ingeo™, it is the new biopolymer-based fiber that is a more responsible and performance-designed alternative to the traditional oil-based fibers currently used in nonwovens manufacturing today.
Nonwoven Products
NatureWorks is presenting commercial products made from its Ingeo™ fiber brand that is now being used for everything from personal skincare products, such as wipes that are engineered to deliver good moisture transport function, as well as apparel components, functional furniture parts, baby care products, personal hygiene items, landscape fabrics for the garden and even exhibition grade carpets which is used in our booth courtesy of DS Fibers.
The performance
Ingeo™nonwovens have outstanding water transport properties, and outperform PET for breathability and comfort with good thermoregulating properties. Ingeo™ also outperforms other synthetics in UV light resistance, and personal care applications benefit from a hypoallergenic attribute, showing no evidence of skin sensitization. Ingeo™nonwovens have a natural resistance to staining as well as very low odor retention.
Put these elements together and add the fact that Ingeo™ requires less fossil fuel from cradle to pellet and that its production emits fewer greenhouse gases, and you realize why nonwoven manufacturers and brands are opting to convert to Ingeo™. They are adopting Ingeo™ for the benefit of their business and respect for their customer too by meeting their growing demand to know the full eco-profile of the products they use every day.
Sustainable Nonwoven Fabrics Exhinition: Index 2008
The brand partners
NatureWorks is pleased to support its innovation partners exhibiting at Index that include:
DS Technical Nonwoven, showing a new range of Ingeo™ exhibition grade carpeting in a wide range of colors, called Ecopunch® and marketed by Sommer Needlepunch.
Fa Ma Jersey, produces spunlace roll goods in a series of soft and pliant nonwoven webs in varying weights for the wet wipes business.
Far Eastern Textile LTD, presents a complete range of technical substrates designed for wipes manufacture and more.
Fiberweb, one of the world's largest and leading suppliers of specialty nonwoven fabrics. Nonwoven materials developed, manufactured, and marketed by Fiberweb are used in a wide variety of everyday products such as filters, baby diapers, construction products and feminine care. With vast experience in its field and a strong international presence, Fiberweb has long been regarded as a technological innovator with a strong portfolio of intellectual property and as a preferred partner for customers focused on high quality and reliable supply.
Fiberweb showcased EcoFabrics, a line of sustainable nonwovens that contain fibers derived from natural, renewable materials. Offering a unique, spunbond, bi-component fabric combining the environmentally conscious and renewable Ingeo, with a coating of polypropylene to enhance performance. EcoFabrics can be run on modern high speed converting equipment allowing customers to easily convert fabrics creating sustainable performance products and contributing towards the eco-friendly global movement at the same time. In addition, Fiberweb offers traditional carded fabrics that are made from blends of 100% renewable fibers, including Ingeo™ fibers, rayon, and cotton. Fiberweb EcoFabrics provide the customer with a realistic solution today, and a solid foundation for a better tomorrow.
Libeltex,is a leading producer of nonwovens and is present in a multitude of different areas including hygiene, automotive, filtration, furniture, bedding, apparel and construction.
Suominem,produces a range of wet wipes under their Biolacer® brand name. The company ensures a sustainability position through its procurement chain; Biolace® spunlace nonwoven is produced solely from renewable raw materials, and includes Ingeo™ fiber, chlorine-free pulp, viscose sourced from certified forests, and Upland Cotton.
Reduced Carbon Footprint Fiber
Quotes
“We always choose the most natural of materials. Our environmental engagement is not limited to the post life-cycle of our products. Developing recycling programs is not enough.
Sommer Needlepunch engages itself not just to solve problems but to create solutions. With this in mind, our first objective is to produce our products in an environmentally sound way. With NatureWorks LLC we found a reliable partner providing us with the answer we were searching for. By using Ingeo™ fiber we reduce both our own and our customer’s carbon footprint.” comments Dirk De Saedeleir
“We are pleased to be here at Index 2008 to support our global partners’ innovation and marketing strategies. NatureWorks knows that the breadth and depth of these nonwovens applications is a key part of our business today and we see it set for dynamic growth in the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific, making Ingeo™ the alternative mainstream lifestyle brand of choice”. says Eamonn Tighe European Fibers Business Development, NatureWorks.