Nonwovens and Fibers
How can we enhance comfort?
Our ASPUN™ Fiber Resins are specifically designed to offer exceptional softness, for nonwoven applications in diapers, and other absorbent hygiene products. At Dow, we understand that comfort is essential for those who rely on absorbent hygiene products – from babies and toddlers to teens, adults, and seniors. Engineered with advanced polyethylene technology, ASPUN™ Fiber Resins offer a distinct balance of softness and strength, enhancing the overall feel and functionality of nonwoven fabrics. Whether used as a monocomponent or bicomponent with other materials, ASPUN™ Fiber Resins offer enhanced flexibility and superior bonding performance, helping manufacturers create products that are gentle on the skin while offering the protection and softness consumers expect.
Nonwovens and Fibers
View our entire nonwovens and fibers product catalog to find the best choices for your needs.
Offers exceptional cushiony softness and a cloth-like aesthetic, enhancing comfort for users across hygiene applications.
Seamlessly integrates into bicomponent, monocomponent, and composite structures, enhancing softness, and performance.
Helps enable excellent breathability and lightweight design, offering exceptional comfort and dryness in absorbent hygiene applications.
Allows process efficiency between (200-300°C), enhancing production flexibility and compatibility with various polymers, including polypropylene and polyester.
Offers a lower melting temperature than polypropylene, allowing for faster bonding and improved energy efficiency in non-woven production.
Bicomponent Binder Fibers
Create ultra-thin airlaid nonwovens with superior bonding, strength, and bulk retention by combining ASPUN™ Fiber Resins with functional polymers. Enjoy excellent extensibility, wet pad integrity, and enhanced softness for hygiene applications.
Bicomponent Staple Fibers
Achieve exceptional softness and improved drape with bico fibers made from ASPUN™ Resins. Benefit from enhanced web strength during air-through bonding, high loft at low gauge, and customizable tensile properties for better performance.
Bicomponent Spunbonds
Offer ultra-soft, thin, and comfortable nonwovens with ASPUN™ Resins in PE/PE or PP/PE spunbond constructions. A good choice for hygiene products that demand quiet performance and exceptional softness for a better consumer experience.
Monocomponent Spunbonds and Spunblowns
Enhance aesthetics and reduce noise in mono spunbond and spunblown nonwovens with ASPUN™ Fiber Resins. ASPUN™ AT products offer improved processability, abrasion resistance, and softness—perfect for wipes and other hygiene applications.
Elastic Non-wovens
Combine ASPUN™ Fiber Resins with INFUSE™ Olefin Block Copolymers (OBCs) in a bico process to produce highly extensible elastic nonwovens with exceptional body fit, comfort, and discreetness for hygiene and medical applications.
Nonwovens and Fibers resources
Experience the exceptional softness, loft, and strength of ASPUN™ Fiber Resins in nonwoven applications like diapers, wipes, and feminine care products.
Learn how our polyethylene resins enhance monocomponent spunbond and film laminate performance with improved softness, strength, and processing efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
Nonwoven fibers offer exceptional softness, breathability, and lightweight comfort, while offering excellent strength. They also enhance absorption, leakage protection, and fit, making them a good choice for improving overall diaper performance.
Nonwoven fibers allow for efficient liquid distribution and rapid absorption, helping to keep moisture away from the skin. They also work with absorbent cores to enhance dryness and prevent leaks, improving overall comfort for the wearer.
Yes, nonwoven fibers made from polyethylene-based materials, like Dow's ASPUN™ Fiber Resins, are designed to be gentle on the skin, ensuring comfort and protection for sensitive skin using diapers.
Nonwoven fibers offer softness and excellent fluid management, making them a good choice for diapers, adult incontinence products, and medical applications where comfort, protection, and breathability are critical.
Nonwoven fibers undergo extensive testing for softness, strength, absorbency, and skin compatibility to address global hygiene standards and ensure safety, comfort, and performance for end-users.
Yes, ASPUN™ Fiber Resins from Dow allow customization for distinct product designs, helping enable brands to achieve specific softness, stretchability, and absorbency levels to address diverse industry needs.
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