Technical Absorbents
Techtextil Frankfurt

Free membership

Receive our weekly Newsletter
and set tailored daily news alerts.

Nonwovens/​Converting

Precision Fabrics granted patents for acoustic nonwovens

Precision Fabrics Group (PFG) has been granted two U.S. Patents related to its Nexus® AFR acoustic facing material.

17th December 2013

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Greensboro, NC

Transport/​Aerospace, Construction, Industrial

U.S.  Patent numbers US8439161 B2 and US8403108 B2 relate to the Nexus® AFR Nonwoven facing material.  The patents describe a facing material invention and how fibre based acoustic parts using the facing material can be optimized to improve acoustic performance, reduce weight and improve economics.

PFG is currently manufacturing the material in Greensboro, NC and selling commercially into the global automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment and architectural industries.

About PFG

Precision Fabrics manufactures markets and sells value-added products and services to selected, highly specified markets. The company’s high-performance products play a key role in several diverse markets, which demand engineered, finished fabrics, the common thread amongst which is  the technical nature of their requirements. Precision Fabrics was the first ISO-qualified textile supplier in the USA. – and ISO continues to provide the discipline and framework for effective and efficient product development, customer service, and manufacturing. Precision Fabrics has been ISO-registered to 9001 since 1993 and upgraded to 9001-2008 in October 2009.

Precision Fabrics was created in 1988 via a leveraged buyout from Burlington Industries and continues as a privately-held company today. The company has evolved from a traditional textile company into an engineered materials business, focused on highly technical, high-quality woven and nonwoven fabrics.

Today, Precision Fabrics employs approximately 600 people and operates plants in North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Corporate headquarters are located in Greensboro, North Carolina and sales offices are maintained in Greensboro and in Bamberg, Germany. Precision’s Vinton, VA, Plant specializes in weaving some of the most technically challenging continuous-filament fabrics in the world. The Greensboro and Madison facilities are world-class in the range of nonwoven products that they produce.

Further reading

Nexus® AFR product line details at www.pfgnexus.com

Using the Physics of Acoustics to Reduce Weight in Cars

Using Physics to Reduce Weight in Cars - Part 2

Contact

 Richard Bliton

Tel: 001-336-510-8072

[email protected]

Latest Reports

Business intelligence for the fibre, textiles and apparel industries: technologies, innovations, markets, investments, trade policy, sourcing, strategy...

Find out more