Filter Media
Filtration in the age of COVID-19
There are many different facemasks in the market today – from do-it-yourself cut and sew barrier masks to highly engineered products that require testing and certification to be used. In the age of COVID-19, the term “facemask” is, in some cases, being used generically, when there are different types of facemasks with varying degrees of …
Filter media players step up in the fight against COVID-19, but questions about the long-term supply persist
“The U.S. has a strategic petroleum reserve. It has strategic military assets. Where are the strategic meltblown assets?” This was the question with which Forbes investment specialist William Baldwin closed a column on April 3rd, immediately after U.S. President Donald Trump had issued a blistering attack on 3M during a press briefing in Washington. 3M …
Bekaert shows its mettle in filtration
The story of Bekaert started in 1880 in Zwevegem, a smaller rural village in Belgium, where local farmers were faced with the perennial problem of cattle showing the stubborn habit of straying beyond the boundaries of their fields and onto other people’s property. Leo Leander Bekaert translated this challenge into a business opportunity, starting up …
Energy savings at the forefront of nonwoven filter technology development
As Brad Kalil of INDA noted in his analysis of the market in the November/December 2019 issue of IFN (pages 38-39), the key drivers of growth in the nonwoven filter media space are an increasing demand for cleaner air and water, economic and population growth and a growing awareness of the need to regularly replace …
Nanofiber filter media
Solutions for the full spectrum of filtration applications NXTNANO is driven by a commitment to deliver exceptional, industry-leading nanofiber products on an unprecedented production scale. Our industry leadership is sustained through a novel, in-house developed HYPR Spinning process. NXTNANO mass produces nanofibers from a wide variety of polymers such as PU, PVDF, PAN, PES, and …