Clariant  showcased its latest innovative and sustainable solutions for the technical textiles sector at this year’s Techtextil.

Clariant has developed advanced solutions to provide exactly what’s needed when it’s needed, be it strength, resiliency, antimicrobial protection, fire retardancy, repellency or barrier performance.

Highlights in Protech©, Medtech©, Mobiltech© and Hometech© categories include several new products.

Protech

The Nuva® N products impart long-lasting soil repellency and release effects, while being non-sensitive in respect of their compatibility to other finishing chemicals.

Medtech

Nuva N2155 liq is a C6 based fluoro polymer with non detectable PFOA, characterized by good alcohol and blood repellence, with a fast curing profile, even at low temperatures, making it suitable for sensitive fibers such as polypropylene. The fastness of Nuva N2155 liq provides an excellent repellency performance and the non-ionic nature of the product has an improved compatibility with the binders employed in such disposables.

Appretan® NF liq, meanwhile, imparts very interesting properties on nonwovens for medical and hygiene applications, notably alcohol resistance and wet elongation. The styrene/acrylate is soft and self crosslinking, even though being formaldehyde free and hydrophobic.

Mobiltech

Clariant has developed new products for Mobiltech applications: strength and flexibility, repellency, flame retardancy and antibacterial protection.

 For the back-coating of seat covers and carpets, automotive fabric suppliers choose Pekoflam STC p, which not only has high water resistance, but can also withstand common dry cleaning systems and achieve limited wash fastness (when incorporated in a suitable hydrophobic binder matrix).

Newly launched at the Techtextil, Appretan N94181 is a very hard polymer based on vinyl/acrylate chemistry. ing properties are required. It is mainly recommended for stiffening nonwovens used in the transportation sector and has low yellowing and excellent wetting properties.

Hometech

Two products in the Nuva N series are finding wide applications for the home. In combination, Nuva N5151 liq and Nuva SBC liq provide particularly effective soil repellency, stain blocking characteristics and low dry soiling properties to carpets.

Nuva N products are based on Clariant’s C6 chemistry, introduced in 2007 as a cleaner route to the production of toxicologically-safe high molecular weight polymeric fluoro compounds.

Clariant offers both active and passive stain management systems as part of the Nuva N series. With hydrophobic active protection, the repellency effect of the fluorocarbon is directly visible and effective on water, oil and alcohol, while at the same time providing protection against acids and caustic substances. With passive Nuva N systems, the effect is less immediately apparent, but the finish works on stains to ensure their easy removal during washing.

Sanitized®1

Two new Sanitized antimicrobial additives were showcased at Techtextil 2011.  Sanitized PL 24-32 is a safe treatment for soft PVC products, imparting protection against fungal and yeast infestation. It prevents ‘pink stain’ problems which are known to affect this material, and is also effective against streptoverticillia, which can also cause stains. This product has an excellent light fastness and migration resistance.

Large spectrum antimicrobial protection for the PUR industry is provided with Sanitized TPL 27-40. When incorporated in polyurethane, the additive is resistant to water exposure and effective against a broad range of microbes – bacteria, yeasts, fungi, etc.

Thomas Winkler, Head of Textile Business says,“Customers prefer to work with us because we identify their needs at an early stage and provide customized products all along the technical textiles chain. Boosting the creativity and efficiency of our customers is what we’re all about.”