Production
Fiberweb focuses on three nonwoven production technologies: spunmelt, meltblown and carded.
Our spunmelt assets are predominantly based on Reicofil 3 technology which is well suited to produce cost efficient, very uniform, light weight nonwovens in the range of 8 to 30 gsm.
However, Reicofil 1, 2 and 3 assets are the right technology to deliver higher basis weight materials that find their application in high strength construction and other industrial fields.
In North America Fiberweb also operates its proprietary Reemay® (PET) and Typar® (PP) production lines. A mechanical draw roll system is used here to draw out the fibers (vs. the air drawn fibers in Reicofil technology). In the case of Reemay, this is combined with flat (area) bonding, a technology to give nonwovens superior filtration properties. Both Reemay® and Typar® production technologies delivers highly uniform PET and PP webs with the high mechanical strength required for construction application (Housewrap) and filtration products.
Our carded assets in Europe are characterised by a high degree of flexibility with respect to the selection of raw materials, bonding technologies, and process conditions. This enables us to meet almost all product design concepts that our customers can think of.
Whatever the technology, there is one overarching goal for all production sites: “To deliver products and services that consistently meet or exceed the needs and expectations of our customers”. Every one of our plants is committed to this target which is confirmed by the continuous above market average quality scoring we receive from our customers.