TYPES OF NONWOVEN & FELT
(1) Nonwoven
Nonwoven is a textile product which is neither woven nor knitted. There are some manufacturing methods of nonwoven products as below.
Name Manufacturing methods Characteristics Application
Wet-laid nonwoven Staple fibers or pulp are bonded together in the same method with paper production Flexibility of charateristic available Wiper, diaper, tea-bag
Chemical bonded nonwoven Thin fiber web bonded by adhesive Good at flexibility and drapability Inter-lining, air filter, coated scrim, household everyday goods
Thermal bonded nonwoven Bonded by heat. Low melting fibers often used. Adhesion not used.
Good at sanitary.		 Diaper, sanitary napkin, heat insulator, floppy disk liner, interliner, air filter, mattress
Air-laid nonwoven Pulp opened mechanically and webbed by air and bonded by adhesive. Little difference in strength in length and cross Battery separator, filter, insulator
Needlepunched nonwoven Fiber web tangled by needlepunching. The needle has barb. Suitable for thick product. Easy at additional process such as heat-set and adhesive-bonding Filter, carpet, automobile interior, construction materials, synthetic leather, battery electrode, interlining, decoration
Spunlaced nonwoven Fiber web tangled by water-jet. Good at flexibility and drapability Diaper, medical goods, wiper, household everyday goods
Stitch-bonded nonwoven Fiber web sewn by thread like kilting. Rich in strength Household everyday goods, interlining, automobile interior
Spunbonded nonwoven Spinned and extruded fibers opened, overlapped and pressed by heat or needlepunching Good at mass production Agriculture and construction materials, packing materials, carpet scrim, medical protector, electric cord jacket
Melt-blown nonwoven Spinned and extruded fine fibers blown by air-jet and adhered by themselves Good at flexibility and anti-permeability Air filter, mask, insulator, interlining, wiper
Others Film torn up in mesh chemically and mechanically, and finished in sheet(burst-method, split-method)   Insulator, molded sheet, oil absorber
a) Nonwoven started to be developped in full-scale in the early 1950s. It is still a young product in the long history of textile industry.
b) We produce needlepunched nonwoven. We also produce spunlaced nonwoven of stainless steel and PTFE.
c) It is in early 1960 that needlepunched nonwoven began to be produced in large volume in Japan. At that stage, we started production of needlepunched nonwoven, too.
d) Now our needlepunched nonwoven goods are used in various fields such as IT Industry, Environmental Protection Industry, Energy Industry, Automobile Industry, Electric Industry, Interior, Building, Cloths, Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Industry, Civil Construction. We always try our best to satisfy customers' requirements and contribute to society.
(2) Felt
Felt is made out of animal hairs such as wool and rabbit hairs which has scale-like surface. Thanks to this scale- like fiber surface, these fibers can be felted by watering, heating and pressing.

Felt came into practical use in the ancient era. Felt Hat was discovered in the ancient ruins of Ying Lan (桜蘭), central Asia. Also, you will find Felt Rug kept in the "Shoso-in Treasure House(正倉院）" which was built in the 8th century in Nara, Japan.　

There are 2 kinds of Felt. One is Pressed Felt and another Woven Felt. We produce Pressed Felt of Wool and Rabbit Hairs.
Name Manufacturing methods Application
Pressed felt Animal hairs(wool, rabbit hairs) carded, overlapped, heated, watered and pressed. Piano hammer felt, polisher, sealant, interlining, rug, hat.
Woven felt Woven or knitted woolen cloth heated, watered and pressed. Conveyor belt for paper mill, beret hat etc.
Our organization was establised as manufacturer of felt for hat in 1927. We are the first to be recognized as manufacturer of JIS(Japan Industrial Standard) wool felt in Japan, which was published in 1960.
Now we produce and supply piano hammer felt, polishing felt, and other felt goods for audio-visual equipments and various applications.