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Article: It's what's inside that counts: nonwovens play expanding role in automotive interiors.
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- Nonwovens Industry
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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These days, if you were to ask an OEM in the auto industry what's under the hood, the answer would probably be "a nonwoven." These materials now serve in an amazing array of automotive interior applications, a trend that began several years ago with non-wovens' initial role as replacement materials in head, hood and trunk liners as well as in flooring, filtration and seating applications.
Today, spunbonded, stitchbonded, needled, thermal and binder bonded nonwovens are used as foam replacement materials in seating applications and as substitutions for PVC film in decorative interior end uses such as headliners, package trays and luggage covers. Nonwovens are also ...