Fiberworx Company Spotlight

With a slogan like “Industrial Innovations,” Dan T. Moore Company’s objective is to seek out the newest developments in any and all industries. The rapid expansion in the realm of nonwovens immediately caught our attention, and led to the establishment of the subject of our first Company Spotlight entry: Fiberworx is housed amongst its fellow subsidiary companies at the Cleveland Industrial Innovation Center. It began as yet another twinkle in Dan Moore’s eye when he acquired a few of the machines necessary to start manufacturing nonwovens. Nonwovens are broadly defined as sheet or web structures bonded together by entangling fibers of various materials. Originally, DTMCo’s need for such materials came from affiliate company, Soundwich. Nonwovens are incorporated in several of Soundwich’s major products, including AcoustaTherm and ThermaPatch, both of which harness the fibers’ thermal and acoustic properties to enhance vehicle consumer experience. When the market for nonwovens skyrocketed, so did the potential for a new DTMCo portfolio company. Now, Fiberworx has all the machinery and engineering capabilities to contribute substantially to the ever-growing nonwovens industry.

PRODUCTS & Markets

Fiberworx utilizes recycled and virgin materials to create clean and lightweight fibers used in numerous commercial applications. The intrinsic properties of these materials render them ideal solutions for a wide array of operations, including acoustic, thermal, and structural. The versatile nature of these materials open the door to a multitude of markets. Nonwovens may be hidden, but with a little searching you can find them almost anywhere. Peek under the hood of your car, or behind the upholstery of its seats, nonwoven fibers are most likely there.  Behind the walls of buildings and homes, even atop roofs, they are used as insulators. Beneath you when you sit or sleep, they are stuffed in your mattress and chair cushions. Nonwovens are present and thriving in the automotive, construction, filtration, medical, and industrial markets.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The majority of these markets take advantage of the soft, airy quality of nonwoven fibers, which renders them acoustically and thermally valuable. However, the Fiberworx Research and Development Team has extensive interest and experience in the structural value of nonwovens. Due to their malleable nature, these fibers can be processed through forming techniques that make the possibilities for their use almost limitless.  With our thermoforming, die design, and stamping capabilities, we can produce nonwovens of nearly any shape and rigidity.

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