Textiles

Our portfolio includes:

• cellulose ethers for reliable rheology solutions,
• Levasil^® colloidal silica that stabilize weave structure and improve seam slippage,
• chelates that help to protect and improve color,
• surfactants that are necessary auxiliaries in the viscose process,
• hydrogen peroxide bleaching agents,
• Expancel microspheres used as fillers in technical textiles and nonwoven composites,
• sodium hydrosulfide used in the production of the thiochemicals used in textile processing.

Expancel Microspheres have a spherical shape and are fantastically low in density. This means you get a filler for technical textiles and nonwoven composites that's both lightweight and has great expansion capacity. Letting you add volume but not weight.

Even with relatively small dosages of Expancel Microspheres added, the need for binder or other heavier fillers is reduced. This allows you to save on costs of raw materials and at the same time – enhance the properties of the substrates.

With its low density, the microspheres equip your final technical textile and nonwoven composite product with superior insulation. They will also increase bulk and thickness as well as dimensional stability.

Expancel can be used in a wide variety of binder systems which are applied on the substrate, either by impregnation, coating, spraying or lamination.