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Ingeo™ Fibers Applications




APPAREL
Ingeo™ fiber can have the look and feel of natural fibers with a comparable performance to traditional synthetics. Its natural versatility offers the opportunity to design new yarns, fabrics and garments for a contemporary wardrobe in both pure qualities and innovative blends. A new style of fine woven lightweights play with reflections, textures and transparency. Knitwear begins with refined and functional weights for home wear, separates and underwear. Now you can give your customers the styles they desire in a fiber that fulfills their dreams. This is just the beginning of Ingeo fibers potential. We are exploring ever-widening paths on a fascinating and innovative journey.

contemporary sportswear           knitwear
fashion essentials



CARPET
Few applications ask more of a fiber than carpet. Ingeo™ fiber is the world's first man-made fiber derived entirely from annually renewable resources that can also be easily recycled, burned or composted back into safe, natural materials. So not only does Ingeo fiber not pollute the environment upon its disposal, it actually preserves our planet as it is being made. What's more, Ingeo fiber delivers performance equal to today's best carpeting. Superior stain resistance and soil release properties, the flexibility of bulk continuous filament and spun yarns ... equal or better performance than a nylon carpet in smoke tests. Further, it can take less energy to convert Ingeo fiber into carpet than to make the same carpet from nylon or olefin.

residential / commercial braodloom
Choose Ingeo™ fiber for soft feel and vibrant color that lasts.
residential / commercial carpet tile
Ingeo™ fiber offers stain resistance and lasting performance.



FURNISHINGS
Ingeo™ fibers are ideal for drapery, panel and wall covering, bedding ... almost every material used in creating interiors. And it performs as well as, or better than, fibers derived from petroleum. One especially critical quality of Ingeo fiber is superior flame resistance. Ingeo fibers deliver excellent UV and stain resistance.

For decorative bedding products, Ingeo fibers have excellent hand, drape and luster, as well as superior moisture management. Ingeo fibers have a natural ability to reintegrate with the earth at the end of their usefulness. A full-circle solution that helps preserve the grandest design of all.

blankets
Ingeo™ fibers offer insulating warmth.
panel fabrics
Ingeo™ fiber offers the superior flame resistance mandatory for any conscientious designer.
upholstery fabrics
Ingeo™ fiber, in a perfect, natural way, delivers excellent stain resistance.
other decorative fabrics
Ingeo™ fiber provides superior luster, hand and drape.
ticking
Ingeo™ fiber is both a premium product and environmentally sound.




NONWOVENS
The search for the softest, gentlest, most natural products for skin care and hygiene products has driven the world of nonwovens for decades. Now there's Ingeo™ fiber. Sensitivity, moisture control and softness from a product that's 100% nature-based and uses no chemical additives or surface treatments. Ingeo fiber is now available for use in a variety of products including diapers, baby and facial wipes and feminine products. Ingeo fibers excellent flame resistance properties open new doors still closed to other treated fibers. And because some versions have a low melting point, it binds well with natural fibers. Finally, Ingeo fiber is both recyclable and compostable. Rarely has a revolution been so powerful, yet so gentle.

wipes
Sensitivity, moisture control and softness from a product that's 100% nature-based.
other
The benefits of a natural fiber with the performance of a synthetic.



INDUSTRIAL
Applications such as geotextiles, agrotextiles and specialist filtration media are some examples of the opportunities Ingeo™ fibers offer to improve the world of industrial textiles.




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