Kelheim Fibres With A New Viscose Fiber For Disinfectant Wipes And A Range Of Specialty Fibers At
KELHEIM, Germany — April 19, 2018 — At this year’s ANEX the Bavarian
fibre experts from Kelheim Fibres will present one of their latest
developments for the first time to a broad range of expert visitors: The
speciality fibre Danufil® QR is tailor-made for use in disinfectant
wipes, an area where up until now viscose fibres – in spite of their
excellent fluid handling properties – have not been able to establish a
foothold. The reason: due to their negative charge, standard viscose
fibres bind the so-called “quats” (quaternary ammonium compounds),
widely used disinfectant substances that are positively charged, so that
they are no longer available for their actual disinfectant purpose. Up
to 80% of the effect can be lost this way. Now, the speciality fibre
Danufil® QR resolves the issue by reducing this undesired effect to less
than 10%.
With Danufil® QR Kelheim broadens its already multi-faceted range of
products, particularly in wipes and hygiene applications. Another member
of Kelheim’s hygiene product family is the flat speciality fibre
VILOFT®, which, with the current release of the newest flushability
guideline (GD 4) by INDA/EDANA becomes more important than ever. VILOFT®
short cut fibres enable the production of flushable wet wipes that
disintegrate so rapidly in the sewage system that even the significantly
stricter requirements of GD 4 can be safely met.
Of course, VILOFT® – as well as all the other fibres from Kelheim –
is made completely of cellulose and is therefore fully biodegradable in a
short time, which meets another requirement of the guideline and makes
an important contribution to environmental protection: only if we
substitute synthetic substances by bio based materials, can we reduce
the amount of plastic waste in our environment, and in our oceans in
particular.?Kelheim will also showcase their long-established speciality
fibre Galaxy®, the world-leading viscose fibre for tampons and all end
uses where high absorbency is required, as well as many other viscose
specialities.?The team of Kelheim Fibres is looking forward to welcoming
visitors at their booth #737, East Hall 1, Tokyo Big Sight.
Friday, 20 April 2018