DILO Group, Germany, was bestowed with a 2024 Innovation Award for its MicroPunch nonwoven needling development during the CINTE Techtextil China trade fair held recently in Shanghai. Winners are selected based on the “calibre and contribution potential of their products,” according to event organizer Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd.
Dilo’s new MicroPunch intensive needling technology allows a wide variety of lightweight nonwoven fabrics to be produced using only a mechanical process incorporating a needle board containing approximately 45,000 needles per meter per board. According to Dilo, the technology produces a nonwoven with properties similar to those of hydroentangled nonwovens using up to 75-percent less energy compared to other bonding technologies.
2024 Quarterly Issue IV
