Preparing a substrate for further manufacturing processes or enhancing its functionalities often involves specialized coatings as part of production. Discover how Follmann develops high-performance and innovative coatings for various applications and what benefits you, as a customer, can expect. What makes Follmann coatings stand out: they are water-based, environmentally friendly, and designed with top functionality.
Additional Functional Coatings for Technical Textiles
Different substrates and specific purposes require tailored coatings. Our extensive range of textile coating formulations is continuously expanded with new products, many of which are developed in close collaboration with our customers.
Commonly Used Coatings:
- Water-based bitumen emulsions for asphalt reinforcement applications.
- HPVC (water-based PVC-plasticizer systems) for thinner coatings that retain many of the benefits and properties of plastisol coatings.
- Specialized coatings and binders for ultra-thin coatings that preserve the textile structure and the fabric’s feel, even after application.
- Acrylates and polyolefin dispersions used for textile structural elements, such as prepregs or molded parts.
- VAE (Vinyl acetate-ethylene) or PVAc (polyvinyl acetate) systems for coatings, laminations, bonding, and as general-purpose binders.
These innovative solutions cater to a wide variety of applications, ensuring performance, durability, and flexibility in technical textiles.
Water-Based Ink Receiving Layers for Digital Printing Media
Our ready-to-use water-based ink receiving layers are specially designed for digital printing media. These coatings can be applied to a wide variety of substrates (e.g., papers, films, wallpapers, nonwovens, textiles, or canvases), enabling them to be digitally printed in the next processing step. The combination possibilities of substrates, ink systems, and custom-developed coatings are highly diverse. Our environmentally friendly formulated coatings allow for high-quality print design and rich, vibrant colors.
Thanks to high drying speeds, you can quickly continue processing the media.
Whether it’s roll-ups, advertising banners, labels, packaging, wallpapers, textiles, or napkins – we have the right solution for every application!
Your Benefits
- High color brilliance and edge sharpness
- Excellent adhesion
- Suitable for various ink and color systems
- Applicable on a wide range of substrates
- Compatible with different application systems
- Enhanced UV stability
- Flame retardant
- Scratch-resistant
- Fast further processing due to high drying speeds
Our Range of Water-Based Ink Receiving Layers
The FOLCO DIGITAL products meet even higher requirements such as UV stability, flame retardancy, and scratch resistance.
| Ink Systeme | Film(PVC, PP, PE, PET...) | Paper | Non-woven | Wallpaper | Textiles | Canvas | Labels | Corrugated board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water-based pigment inks | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Water-based dye inks (e.g. Memjet) | + | + | + | + | + | + | ||
| Latex inks | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Solvent-based inks | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Eco-solvent-based inks | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| UV-curabke inks | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Laser printing inks | + | + | + | + |
The packaging and food industry is undergoing a transformation: the demand for sustainable, recyclable packaging solutions is increasing. However, effective barrier protection against oils, fats, or water remains essential, especially for packaging papers and cartons. These are often laminated with film, which can significantly complicate or even prevent recycling.
Follmann has the solution: Our water-based barrier coatings for gravure and flexographic printing are specially designed for paper and cardboard packaging.
End products can be comprehensively and easily recycled, while still offering excellent protection against oils, fats, and water. They not only meet regulatory requirements but also meet the highest standards for premium print results. This makes a vital contribution to sustainability.
Our water-based textured printing inks can be printed using rotary screen printing and gravure printing on paper, nonwovens, and films. They create attractive, visible, and tactile 3D effects on wallpapers, decorative films, gift wraps, and many other applications. These inks are lightfast, temperature-stable, washable, and abrasion-resistant.
The foam height can be individually adjusted with our foam concentrates. Benefit from our services: we offer analytics, colorimetrics, and on-site process optimization, as well as solutions and cost-saving opportunities for reusing leftover inks.
Your Benefits:
- Visible and tactile 3D effects
- Lightfast and temperature-stable
- Washable and abrasion-resistant
- Suitable for rotary screen printing and gravure printing
- High environmental compatibility
- Thermally foaming or compact ink systems
| Name | Application area |
|---|---|
| FOLCO FOAMCOAT FQ 3909 STRUCTURE PASTE | For paper and nonwoven with finely structured surfaces |
| FOLCO FOAMCOAT FQ 3510 TRANSPARENT | For paper and nonwoven with structured effect surfaces |
| FOLCO FOAMCOAT FQ 3150 | For paper and nonwoven with structured surfaces |
| FOLCO FOAMCOAT FQ 3167 | |
| FOLCO FOAMCOAT FQ 3323/2 |
| Name | Application area |
|---|---|
| FOLCO DIMENSION DFP 526/16 | For the printing and coating of papers, for visible and tactile structures and 3D effects |
| FOLCO DIMENSION DFP 526/9000 CLEAR | For paper and nonwoven wallpaper as well as decorative paper with structured surfaces |
| FOLCO DIMENSION DFP 526/36 | For paper and non-woven wallpaper and decorative papers with structured surfaces |
FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 is a water-based pigment concentrate designed for coloring white and transparent products. It offers brilliant colors and high color intensity, making it suitable for various applications, including paper, non-woven, and vinyl wallpapers.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 104 | YELLOW REDDISH |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 120 | YELLOW GREENISH |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 214 | MAGENTA |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 218 | RED BLUISH |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 229 | RED YELLOWISH |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 239 | CARMIN |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 301 | VIOLET |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 303 | CYAN |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 319 | U-BLUE |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 401 | GREEN |
| FOLCO AQUASCREEN FS 10 - 802 | BLACK |
