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Wellman Innovation

Wellman brings true innovation to our customers.

Innovation has been the driver in our many fibre breakthroughs over the past 40 years, from our first softhand filling fibre to our latest fibre range, sensifil™. With over 30% of our staff dedicated to research, quality and customer support, our fibre solutions empower our customers to be market leaders in their fields.

Latest innovation news

Wellman International wins Green Awards 2011 May 2011

April of this year saw Wellman become the recipient of the ‘Waste to Business Resource’ Green Award. The purpose of the Green Awards is to recognise excellence in sustainability and to encourage best practice at organisation and individual level. Our entry involved outlining our ‘flake to fibre’ process and was supported by an independent ‘Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)’ study which strongly validates our process and our fibre.

Underpinning all Wellman activity is our commitment to sustainability, innovation and performance, and therefore achieving this accreditation is of particular importance to us. Read more »

sensifil™ approved as asthma & allergy friendly™ January 2011

In a world first, Wellman International’s sensifil™ range of Polyester fibres, has been Approved as asthma & allergy friendly™ by certification body Allergy Standards. Read more »

Wellman International Announce New Structure January 2011

Wellman International announce the launch of their new divisional structure at Heimtex 2011. Read more »

Recently launched

Launch of profile pt at Techtextil 2011 May 2011

The profile pt fibre range are a specialised range of novel shaped fibres which offer greater surface area to weight ratio and therefore enhanced liquid distribution properties. This unique fibre range also demonstrate acoustic insulation properties, with the increased surface area of this particular fibre range allowing the potential for acoustic benefits. Possible end uses of the profile pt range include room partitions, or in applications where acoustic insulation is required. Other areas where the profile fibres have demonstrated specific opportunity are in filtration applications where market interest has been very encouraging.

Wellman launch fillwell® heavy decitex May 2011

Through evolving technical development, Wellman have now expanded their decitex capacity across their fibre range and are now able to produce fibres from between 3.3 decitex to 80 decitex. Applications for which these higher decitex fibres are suitable include abrasives, flooring, specialised bedding applications etc. Market interest in this range has been very positive thus far, with customers seeing this fibre range as a viable alternative to nylon or indeed polypropylene based products.

New Opportunities

We listen to our customers, and will work hand in hand with them to find solutions to market challenges, now and in the future. We are committed to expanding the decitex range of many of our smart fibres, developing further diverse functionalities for our current smart fibre ranges and continue to provide novel and innovative products which will enable our customer base to remain at the forefront of the nonwovens industry.

Sensifil

Wellman rPET "flake to fibre"

  • dreamfil® Comfort is 58% warmer than standard hollow fibre
  • wellcare protect provides biocide-free dustmite protection
  • sensifil™ is the first independently certified Asthma and Allergy polyester staple fibre on the market
  • cirrus® enhances sleep patterns by controlling your bed's microclimate
  • wellman HealthGuard gives dual-action protection against a broad spectrum
    of microbes
  • wellbond™ is ideal for high temperature bonding applications
  • softflex™ is designed to retain it’s shape for high impact end-uses

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Wellman Collaborations

  • Nonwovens Innovation and Research Institute-Leeds, UK
  • University College London, UK
  • Shirley Technologies Ltd-Manchester, UK
  • FIRA International-Stevenage, UK
  • Hohenstein institute-Boennigheim, Germany
  • ITV-Denkendorf, Germany
  • BIBA-Bremen, Germany
  • Groz-Beckert–Albstadt, Germany
  • Truetzschler/Fleissner–Egelsbach, Germany
  • Oerlikon Neumag-Neumuenster, Germany
  • IFTH-Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
  • Courtray Consultancy-Douai, France
  • Allergy Standards Limited-Dublin, Ireland
  • Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) Ireland
  • Queens University Belfast, Ireland
  • Composites Research Centre-Limerick, Ireland
  • Copernicus Institute Utrecht University-Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • Emmtec-Emmen, The Netherlands
  • Xaloy Inc.-New Castle, PA, USA
  • Hills Inc.-Melbourne, FL, USA