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Fiberweb
BBA Fiberweb
...is one of the world's largest international groups in the nonwovens business, with leading positions in hygiene, medical, technical and industrial markets. Using a wide variety of raw materials, BBA Fiberweb offers a complete range of modern nonwoven products, from spunbond, meltblown, hydro-entangled, airlaid and carded nonwovens to sophisticated multidenier fabrics and complex laminates and composites.
As a global leader, BBA Fiberweb continues to invest in state-of-the-art technology. New lines in the U.S., China, France, Sweden and Italy are fully operational, and will be followed in the near future by new spunbond lines in Germany and Thailand. With these new investments, BBA Fiberweb facilities in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific can deliver quality products at a competitive price. In BBA Fiberweb our customers have a long-term partner able to innovate and develop novel products, composites and processes that are key to their success.
With intimate knowledge of nonwovens markets, a desire to work with customers and technology partners, and a network of production sites and sales offices throughout the world, BBA Fiberweb is committed to:
"Value, by Design"
Technologies
Extrusion spinning is one of the strengths of BBA Fiberweb. Spunbond, Melt-blown and SMS fabrics made of PP, PE, PP/PE, PA, PP/PA or PET can be combined with various bonding technologies like thermal calender, through-air, steam and needle punch. Hydrophobic, hydrophilic, antistatic and antimicrobial surface treatments, ultraviolet stabilisation, flame retardant, stretching or resin coating can further enhance the properties of BBA's Nonwovens products. Additionally, technologies like carded nonwovens and the new airlaid facility in China offer further flexibility through the use of raw materials such as pulp, cotton and viscose to create products with properties suited for use in a wide variety of applications. BBA Fiberweb Composite Technologies, including laminates of nonwoven with films, fibres and elastic materials set the pace in the industry. Korma's proprietary technology and the Celbond Particulate Structure by AQF Filtration are further innovations that allow our customers to diversify their products. And BBA Fiberweb provides high quality bleached cotton fibers for use in the production of medical, consumer and hygiene products.
Joint Ventures
To further enhance its product line and geographic presence, BBA Fiberweb has entered into a number of joint ventures. These joint-ventures include: Finotech Verbundstoffe GmbH, Germany, a pro-ducer of breathable and non-breathable films and composites; Coronor Composites GmbH, Germany, manufacturing products for diverse applications such as building, medical and hygiene; Cordustex Manufacturing Ltd., South Africa, a producer of spunbonded fabrics; CNC International, Co. Ltd., Thailand, a producer of spunbonded and SMS fabrics for the hygiene, industrial and medical markets; SGN Co, Saudi Arabia, producing spunbonded and Multidenier Nonwovens targeted at hygiene, industrial, agricultural and medical markets; Advanced Design Concepts, ADC, a 50/50 BBA/Dow Joint Venture, is a technology development and licensing company chartered to develop break-through innovations for the hygiene, medical, industrial and apparel markets.
Research and Development
BBA Fiberweb has Research & Development centres in the US and in Europe. These centres are equipped to develop products in a laboratory setting, as well as on a pilot- and semi-commercial scale. Leading edge technology is used to develop innovative products. BBA's analytical laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment characterise new fabrics according to international standards and are a key factor in the development process. At different worldwide locations, five development lines for nonwoven technologies like spunbond, multidenier (SMS), meltblown, spunlace, composites and carded - resin, thru-air and thermobonding are available. |
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