"We offer the appropriate line technology for almost any application. From soft and bulky High Loft nonwovens, sustainable and bio-based fabrics to high barrier nonwovens with optimized properties and reliable filter characteristics to nonwovens made from post-consumer waste. With our current RF5 machine generation, we are also setting the benchmark in terms of quality, performance, availability, efficiency and machine intelligence," explains Markus Müller, Vice President Sales & Marketing Reifenhäuser Group.

In terms of sustainability, Reicofil offers various approaches to save fossil raw materials, such as the processing of bio-based raw materials as an ecological alternative - for diapers, for example. Here, the topsheet material, made of bulky, soft, and industrially compostable High Loft nonwovens, meets maximum hygiene requirements. For industrial applications, high- strength nonwovens can be processed even from up to 90% PET flakes from post-consumer waste. This is how Reicofil shows perfect ways to combine sustainability and high-performance nonwovens.

Another highlight is the so-called BiCo technology. In this process, two different raw materials are combined in one fiber in the spunbond process, creating a bimetal effect and causing the fiber to crimp. This opens the door for manufacturers to completely new product properties that are unattainable with monofibers.

Nonwoven-film composites with exceptionally low grammage

For the medical sector, Reicofil will showcase its leading solutions for high- barrier medical protective clothing and - together with its sister business unit Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating - the pioneering Ultrathin Coating production process, which enables customers to produce film-nonwoven- composites more cost-effectively and thus competitively. The Corona pandemic and current supply bottlenecks have exposed the dependence of companies on global supply chains. This situation is both a warning signal and an opportunity to fundamentally strengthen local semi-finished product production. The jointly developed process achieves significant cost savings and easier line maintenance by eliminating the need for hot melt adhesives. With the patent-pending Ultrathin Coating technology, producers reduce film grammage by 66 percent. Thanks to the perfectly compatible combination of Reifenhäuser nonwovens and extrusion coating lines, customers thus receive seamless semi-finished product production.