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This article from Textile Network provides a brief overview of FilSpec, from its beginnings to its international expansion.
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
Reinventing yarn since 1954
FilSpecTM is a world leader in manufacturing high-performance technical yarns. At our plants in Canada and the United States, we use natural, artificial, and synthetic fibres, including aramids, to produce a wide variety of technical yarns intended for different manufacturers from the military, worker’s protection, industrial, medical, athletic wear, and smart fabrics sectors.
In order to develop reliable, innovative solutions for its clients, FilSpecTM is proud to work closely with the leading fibre manufacturers.
We aim to offer increasingly innovative technical yarns, designed to the specific needs of our clients, and we make them using different spinning technologies:
- Ring spinning
- Ring spinning with rigid and flexible core
- Air jet spinning (MJS) with and without rigid core
- VORTEX® air jet spinning (MVS) with and without rigid core
- Open-end spinning
We serve an industrial customer base that includes manufacturers of protective and athletic clothing, gloves, stockings, textiles for the automotive and aeronautics markets, for outdoor furniture, etc. using knitters, weavers, manufacturers of narrow fabrics and ropes, dyeing mills, twisting companies, and sewing thread manufacturers.
Our guarantee of excellence is made possible through the dedicated commitment of our teams of technicians and professionals who constantly worked on researching and developing quality yarns and producing them as well. FilSpecTM stands out for its flexibility, speed, on-time deliveries, cutting-edge technologies, and customer service unmatched anywhere in the industry.
YARNS TO MEET ANY NEED
Conductivity
Technical yarns designed to facilitate exchanges of current
Flame
resistance
Yarns for fireproof fabrics and worker protection
Cut
resistance
Yarns intended for industrial use and worker protection
Resistance
to abrasion
and UV rays
Yarns with increased durability and resistance to outside forces
Electric arc resistance
Protection from dangerous electric arcs
Smart and printable yarns
Innovative yarns suitable for new technologies
anti-
perspiration
Ideal yarns for worker equipment and athletic wear
Antibacterial and antifungal protection
Preventing bacteria, microorganisms, and fungi from forming
Humidity
control
Regulating moisture for maximum comfort
Thermal
control
Specialty yarns to evacuate or maintain warmth
Elastic
yarns
Yarns that encourage fabric flexibility
Post-consumer yarns
Recycled and ecological yarns to preserve the environment
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The yarn = The foundation of performance
FilSpecTM includes hundreds of yarns with various properties, which enables the company to meet the needs of companies in various sectors of activity.
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Message from the Honourable Minister Champagne for the launching of FilSpec Europe
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne supports FilSpec in its growth and expansion projects.