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Fiber directory: olefin fiber and the companies that produce it.
Suppliers and producers for olefin fiber and the companies that produce it, gathered in one place. The 3 listingies below links to each company's own website.
Welcome to the olefin fiber directory section of the Apparel Search website. In this section, you will find educational information and links to resources relevant to olefin fibers. If you work in the apparel industry or simply have an interest in olefin textiles, this is the area for you. If you do not find enough information in this section of our olefin fibers guide, you may wish to check the textile section or go back to the fiber directory main page for additional textile fiber choices.
In Brief
The fiber singles: directories of acrylate, olefin, polyolefin and polypropylene producers, merino wool suppliers, a chenille yarn guide, the Tencel fiber page, and sheep and wool information for the textile trade.
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Drake Extrusion Manufacturer of Colored Filament Yarn, Staple Fiber and colored polypropylene fiber in Martinsville, VA. For over two decades, the name of Drake has led the colored polypropylene fiber industry in North America. From automotive textiles to floor coverings and home furnishings, Drake supplies the world's finest quality polyproplylene fiber.
is a worldwide leader in polyolefin fibers and is a business unit of Hercules Incorporated . fiberVisions develops, manufactures and markets polypropylene fibers. Their fibers are developed for carded, airlaid and wetlaid web forming systems and for thermal bonding, spunlacing and needlepunching web bonding methods. Their fiber program covers: fibers from the microdenier area to 15 dtex. fiber lengths from 3 mm to 80 mm. Hydrophilic, permanent hydrophilic and hydrophobic surface characteristics.
Foss Performance Materials is a well-known leader and pioneer in the use of nonwoven needlepunch fabrics and specialty synthetic fibers in an ever-expanding number of environments and circumstances. Using state-of-the-art, computerized production in Hampton, New Hampshire, we are unrivaled in our ability to efficiently and effectively design, manufacture, convert, package, and distribute a vast array of products worldwide. As one of the world's largest needle-punch based manufacturers, we have the expertise and experience to support customers' needs across virtually all applications and markets.
Background
o lefin fiber is a manufactured fiber in which the fiber-forming substance is any long-chain synthetic polymer composed of at least 85% by weight of ethylene, propylene, or other olefin units. Olefin fiber is a generic description that covers thermoplastic fibers derived from olefins, predominately aliphatic hydrocarbons. Olefins are products of the polymerization of propylene and ethylene gases. Polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) are the two most common members of the family.
If you work for a company that supplies olefin textile products, you can use the add your company link at the bottom of this page to create a listing on the Apparel Search olefin directory pages.
The first commercial producer of an olefin fiber in the United States was Hercules , Inc. (FiberVisions). Other U.S. olefin fiber producers include Asota; American Fibers and Yarns Co; American Synthetic Fiber, LLC; Color-Fi; FiberVisions; Foss Manufacturing Co., LLC; Drake Extrusion; Filament Fiber Technology, Inc.; TenCate Geosynthetics; Universal Fiber Systems LLC.
Common Questions
This page lists Drake Extrusion Inc., fiberVisions and Foss Manufacturing. Each listing links to the company's own website.
A fiber is the raw, hair-like unit — natural fibers such as wool and cotton, or manufactured fibers such as olefin and acrylate. Fibers are spun into yarn, and yarn is woven or knitted into fabric.
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