New PA 6.10 staple fiber for carpet yarns

摘要

At the Domotex carpet fair in January 2013 in Hanover/Germany, Radici Yarn, member of RadiciGroup, was offering a new polyamide 6.10 fiber - for apparel, furnishings, contract, automotive and other applications -made with 64% renewable source materials. The starting product is polymerized from hexamethylenediamine and sebacic acid at RadiciGroup's chemicals plants, then compounded at various plastics production sites located all over the world, or alternatively used in the fiber sector. Sebacic acid is a substance of biological origin obtained from castor oil plant (Ricinus communis) seeds. This plant is cultivated in arid environments and for this reason does not compete with agri-cultureal products for human consumption.