A Non-woven Fabric is a fabric-like material made from fibers, bonded together by chemical, mechanical, heat or solvent treatment. The term is used in the textile manufacturing industry to denote fabrics, such as felt, which are neither woven nor knitted. Non-woven materials typically lack strength unless densified or reinforced by a backing. In recent years, non-wovens have become an alternative to polyurethane foam.

Non-woven fabrics are engineered fabrics that may have a limited life, single-use fabric or a very durable fabric. Non-woven fabrics provide specific functions such as absorbency, liquid repellency, resilience, stretch, softness, strength, flame-retardancy, washability, cushioning, filtering, bacterial barrier and sterility. These properties are often combined to create fabrics suited for specific jobs, while achieving a good balance between product use-life and cost. They can mimic the appearance, texture and strength of a woven fabric and can be as bulky as the thickest paddings. In combination with other materials they provide a spectrum of products with diverse properties, and are used alone or as components of apparel, home furnishings, health care, engineering, industrial and consumer goods.

Today the non-woven industry is best characterized as an industry that has accomplished a rise in product quality the user can see and feel.

Major market include automotive carpeting, insulating and interior fabrics, mattresses, filtration media, geotextiles, coating substrates, furnishing and bedding, construction materials and roofing, benefit from the advantages non-woven fabrics have to offer.

Our equipment partners have contributed substantially to the success of the non-woven industry in Europe and worldwide

Zimmer America sells and services innovative non woven equipment form 4 leading European manufacturers:

BEMATIC S.r.l. bematic® designs and manufacture blending and opening equipment and computerized high speed nonwoven cards for the nonwoven fields and the new air forming system.

TEXNOLOGY S.r.l The new name in crosslappers with digital drive and universal profile systems. Eliminate the bottleneck in your non-woven line with the TRIO, MASCOTT, EVOLUTION, or PROFESSIONAL crosslapper. The TEXNOLOGY crosslapper is in a class of its own, because it is designed by engineers who have decades of experience in non woven production.

BOMBI Meccanica S.r.l.Bombi fabricates machines with state-of-the-art solutions and innovative equipment with the finest in technology to ensure the best quality for their customers. BOMBI the leading name for world class thermobonding, spraybonding and drum ovens, hot calenders and terminal equipment. Now also introducing the new HYP-PCM and HYP-CPM Oven for compressing of any felt or wadding.

Together with our partners Zimmer America offers complete "turn-key" non-woven production lines with complete engineering, installation and commissioning service as well as PLC integration. On the other hand we offer single machine solutions for production line up-dates in order to improve quality, productivity and cost efficiency.