Solution Provider. Protective Barriers Durable Materials Composites Filtration Medical Special and Technical Applications Apparel

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1 Solution Provider Protective Barriers Durable Materials Composites Filtration Medical Special and Technical Applications Apparel

2 Norafin guarantees: high-performance materials quality Table of Contents Tailor-made Solutions Page 2 innovation reliability safety durability customized product solutions flexibility Sustainable Production Competent Business Partners Page 3 Protective Barriers and Personal Protective Equipment Norafin Komanda Page 5 Composites Norafin Ecoline : Products based on Natural Fibers Page 6 Norafin Crystalen : Solutions for Filtration Page 7 Medical Products Special and Technical Applications Page 8 know-how GUARDIAN 1

3 Tailor-made Solutions Sustainable Production Norafin concentrates its efforts on offering innovative, all-encompassing business solutions to its global trading partners. It is our total aim to offer tailored product functions to our customers. We serve the specialty and industrial markets offering high-quality, custom engineered spunlaced and needlepunched materials, engineered fabrics as well as composites. We target a vast range of market segments such as protective apparel, filtration, industrial, and technical applications. Since the beginning of the 1980s the company is committed to producing technical nonwovens and has successfully positioned itself as a niche market player. Our proprietary technology permits a great deal of flexibility allowing us to process a wide variety of specialty, high-end fibers such as meta and para aramids, polyimides (PI), polytetraflourethylene (PTFE) as well as natural fibers such as flax create smart fiber blends in white and in various colors Engineer single and multi-layered fabrics, which are printed, patterned, or flat. The materials can be calandered, apertured, or scrimsupported run large, but also smaller, specialty product campaigns offer various in-house aftertreatment choices as well as additional downstream options such as quilting, cutting, or folding Drawing our full attention to our customers needs, we place our main emphasis on strong business partnerships. Challenge us; we are at your service! Sustainability is an important and much debated topic in the industry. The concept of the Green Economy is a combination of ecological and economic development as well as profitability that searches for means in which production processes are created to be more efficient while being resource-conserving at the same time. It is very important to Norafin to handle increasingly scarce natural resources with responsibility. We put emphasis on our spunlacing process, where no additional binders are needed, and we clean and reuse the processed water. With the aid of performance indicators, savings potentials are revealed and measures to increase energy efficiency are proposed and implemented in our factory. Our branded product portfolio Norafin Ecoline is based on natural fibers, which allow us to produce innovative materials made of bio-degradable fibers. A Vast Network Norafin provides tailor-made solutions which respond to the market needs by translating customer needs into functional products turning innovative ideas into high-performance fabrics taking into account the entire development process monitoring the product lifecycle and developing the next product generation Thanks to our intense R&D work as well as our investments in quality and re-engineering, we are able to respond to our customers changing market needs and new, challenging product requirements. We not only do research in-house, but also attach great importance to strong partnerships with international universities or research institutes which helps us further expand our technology and product portfolio. It is our organization s internal strength combined with our external network that enables us to establish an all-encompassing solution to our customers requirements. 2 3

4 3D PERFORMANCE Providing Solutions for Protective Barriers Our technical nonwovens offer a high level of safety in hazardous environments to a wide range of industry professionals. Norafin s materials protect emergency service staff at work, help sportsmen prevent injuries in risky situations, and help reduce damages caused by vandalism. Innovative specialty nonwovens make dangerous workplaces less threatening, protect fire-fighters in their struggle against the flames, help workmen in dangerous situations feel safer, and enhance comfort to wearers of personal protective equipment (PPE). Norafin supplies highly engineered fabrics with a three-dimensional fiber orientation that leads to a high number of pores allowing an excellent entrapment of air. The superior uniformity of the web and the enhanced homogeneity lead to improved insulation properties while increasing the breathability of the fabric. Due to the optimum properties of our materials, the number of layers used in protective apparel or the weight of the single layers can be reduced resulting in a lower overall weight. Wearing comfort is achieved thanks to our fabric s texture. Innovative Features used for Protective Barriers Multi-dimensional structures Norafin 3D Performance Double-layering capabilities showing different functions on each side Multi-layering capabilities for gradient functionalities Lower basis weight variations Downstream options such as quilting or stitching GUARDIAN Norafin Komanda KOMANDA Norafin Komanda stands for a novelty range of durable nonwoven materials that answer the market s needs for a lightweight, re-usable and breathable fabric applied in protective clothing and industrial applications. The protection is guaranteed with products offering inherent flame retardancy that cannot be washed out, or with non-flammable materials used as coating substrates. People working in a dangerous environment need improved protection against hazardous risks such as violent fires, electric arcs, or external forceful impacts. Advantages of Norafin s Komanda Material Excellent flame retardancy Softness & drapability Very lightweight Industrially washable (min. 50 industrial washing cycles possible) Ripstop 4 5

5 CRYSTALEN Composites Norafin Crystalen : Providing Solutions for Filtration With a focus on performance and sustainability, Norafin supplies highly engineered fabrics for composite structures. Be it for roll covers, body armour or ballistic protection, motorsports or renewable energy sources, we offer performance product options to our customers. Norafin s composites provide the following features: Light-weight Tear-resistant and durable product features Homogeneous surface texture Flexible, stretchable, conformable materials Binder free fabrics Three-dimensional fiber orientation Conductivity in order to avoid charges Good resin absorption, easy to impregnate Consistent MD: CD properties Use of bio-degradable fibers Cleaned thanks to our technology Excellent Performing Product Options Increasing safety and material strength: compression resistance, anti-cracks effect, resistance to shock Excellent optical appearance and surface finish Utilizations / Processes Reinforcement structures for various composite production technologies (e.g. infusion/vacuum moulding, resin transfer moulding, winding technology with synthetic and natural resins) Surface finishing layer Ballistic protection Protection against external impacts Body parts of motorsports and watersports vehicles Norafin Ecoline The growing environmental awareness, the increasing use of renewable and biodegradable resources, the recyclability and the advantages of the natural fibers characteristics led to the development of high-performance nonwovens based on natural fibers. Norafin has succeeded in processing flax and other natural fibers on an industrial scale using their spunlace and needlepunch technologies. Nonwovens based on natural fibers can be used as materials for roofing membranes, composites, insulation and interior design applications taking into account their advantageous surface texture, optical appearance and touch. Norafin develops technical nonwovens to filter gases and liquids. We supply filter media that optimize the product lifecycle, the filtration efficiency and the operating costs. The selection of appropriate fiber blends combined with the optimum pore size distribution enables Norafin to offer filter media with increased cake release ability and lifetime. Norafin manufactures tailor-made filter media answering our customer s specific product needs. Our filter media provide outstanding performance particularly in the following filter systems: High-temperature resistant filter cartridges and filter bags A variety of heat-resistant fibers such as polyphenylene sulfide (PPS), meta aramids, polyimides, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), ceramics, etc. Resin-free, pleatable filter media Temperature resistance up to 260 C Universal filter bags Narrow pore size distribution Available with or without scrim Surface and in-deep filtration High filtration efficiency with low differential pressure Better filter cake release thanks to an even surface Low particle penetration Efficient material use Long lifetime Pleated elements and cartridges Unique combination of a metal wire mesh with a variety of hightemperature resistant fibers Optimized filtration efficiency as well as air and water permeability Longer service life and energy-saving Hydro or oleophobic and antistatic product options FDA compliant Calandered or laminated with all commercially available membranes Plate and press filters Very good filtration efficiency Reliable Long lifetime After the filter replacement or cleaning, the optimum operating point is quickly achieved 6 7

6 Providing Solutions for Special and Technical Applications Norafin offers a wide range of technical nonwovens for the construction or the automotive industry as well as for customers of wholesale markets. We support our customers in bringing novel, effective, and sustainable offerings to the ever widening markets for specialty and technical materials. Our fabrics comprise various fiber blends and include not only man-made fibers, but also natural raw materials. The advantages of the polymers used, the various colors and the good MD:CD ratios come into effect with hygiene applications, industrial and household cleaning, protective apparel or the shoe industry. Providing Solutions for Medical Applications Norafin s medical solutions are used in operating theaters to absorb fluids, in hospitals to help cure patients and in nursing homes to assist elderly people. Due to the fibers and technology used, our products are characterized by improved absorbency performance, superior homogeneity, a gentle touch which increases the friendliness to the skin as well as disinfection possibilities. Norafin Product Characteristics for Medical Applications Wearing comfort Durability, strength, tear resistance High absorption properties Breathability Multiple fiber blends including natural fibers such as cotton Varios colors and surface weights available 3D structures using Norafin s spunlaced 3D performance fabric Cleaned thanks to the spunlace technology applied 8

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