Research

To satisfy our dynamic customer base, IFG are committed to innovation. In 2019, IFG invested, in cooperation with the University of Maastricht, in a Research & Development plant positioned at IFG Asota, Austria. The plant was developed by OERLIKON NEUMAG and is a state of the art semi-industrial spinning line and is also available for company day hire.

In 2021, in collaboration with Arkema, IFG launched Rilsan® PA11, applications for which continue to be researched.

Forming part of the new IFG Bio range, Rilsan® PA11 is 100% bio-based, derived from renewable castor oil, which has a proven legacy in meeting some of the world’s most demanding material challenges. The trademark properties of PA11 include lightweight, flexibility, durability, and overall toughness.

PTT MCC Biochem and IFG’s strategic marketing partnership will actively promote Novel BioPBS™-based staple fibres to the market. These compostable staple fibre products are based on BIOPBS™ technology to support the growing demand for sustainable materials in fibre and nonwoven markets.

At International Nonwoven Symposium, Lyon, France – 8 June 2022 – PTT MCC Biochem Company Limited (PTTMCC), a leading producer of bio-based polybutylene succinate (BioPBS™) and International Fibres Group (IFG), industrial leader in staple fibres manufacturing, have announced that the two companies have established a strategic marketing partnership to collaboratively promote newly-developed staple fibres under the IFGBio™ brand. These will use biobased, compostable solutions based on PTTMCC’s BioPBS™ technology. This marketing partnership is aimed to accelerate greener fibre and nonwoven industry by introducing an alternative sustainable material for staple fibres in applications such as food & beverage, filtration, geotextile, construction etc.

IFG’s strategic collaborative partnership with Omya, a leading global producer of calcium carbonate, will explore the incorporation of calcium carbonate within fibres.

The two companies will work together using IFG’s Fibres Research Centre in Linz, Austria, to explore new fibre product performance, characteristics and applications which will incorporate Omyafiber®, a specially developed calcium carbonate for fibre and nonwoven applications. The two companies will jointly promote their findings into the fibres and nonwovens industry.

The collaboration has commenced with successful trials of the incorporation of Omyafiber® masterbatches into PP and PLA staple fibres, and further polymer types are under consideration to be tested on the pilot line.