Using minimum chemistry and energy, Europlasma offers technology to deposit ultra-thin coatings on a wide variety of technical media
Europlasma, headquartered in Belgium, is a world leader in low-pressure plasma which is a unique technology to deposit ultra-thin coatings on technical media like nonwovens, membranes, mesh or nanofibers. Their technical textile coating solutions are sold under the ‘Nanofics’ brand name. Nanofics coatings are used to add new functionalities such as hydrophilic, hydrophobic or oleophobic and are deposited in a cost-effective way, with a process that is completely dry and has minor influence on the pressure drop. The coatings can be applied on finished elements or in a roll-to-roll fashion.
The company has a wide scale of production machines, with plasma chambers for finished textile products ranging from 500 to 2,000 litres. Europlasma technology has great advantages for coating textiles, providing a clean and dry production process. It also leaves the lowest environmental footprint for durable water-repellent (DWR) coatings, using minimum chemistry and energy. One of the major impacts that Europlasma has in the textile industry is the shared concern for developing eco-friendly yet advance coating technology.
The technology helps provide high level of oil repellence while maintaining the looks, breathability and light weight of the products. NMTronics India (P) Ltd. is the representative of the Europlasma technology in the Indian market. Some of their key customers include Pentair, Donaldson, Saati, Fibertex, H and V, E and H, Irema, Columbus, Parker, Sefar and Kolon. Europlasma, with its low environmental impact (no water, low energy, less chemicals) in comparison to other existing technologies, expects a huge market for their plasma technology in India.