FILAN HOOK AND LOOP have many years of design and manufacturing expertise with hook and loop fasteners, including having designed fastening systems for applications ranging from aerospace to deep sea exploration. Our engineering expertise spans mechanical, chemical, plastics, mathematics, equipment design, electrical, textiles, nonwovens and physics. We specialize in applying this expertise to design the right fastening system for your application and manufacturing process.

The FILAN HOOK AND LOOP TAPE Innovation and Technology Center specializes in developing new technologies and processes for the design and manufacture of raw materials, converted components and subassemblies, and finished goods using FILAN hook and loop technology:

Knitting

Adhesives

Hardware

Woven Hook and Loop

Plastic Molded Hook

Lamination

Injection Molding

Non-Wovens

We employ Six Sigma methodologies to every product and maintain our design and development systems in accordance with ISO/TS-16949 for continual improvement. FILAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED is committed to the application of local and global intellectual property statutes and the protection of creative ideas.

Analysis and Testing

FILAN INDUSTRIES HOOK AND LOOP TAPE can provide a wide range of analysis and testing services at any stage of product development to evaluate and document performance and quality:

Adhesive Peel

Air Permeability

Automated Cycle Life Testing

Bond Strength

Break Strength

Closure Peel

Color Crock

Colorfastness

Curvature/Camber

Fray Resistance

Mass

Shear

Shrinkage

Stitch Tear

Stiffness

Tension

Thickness

We also offer specialty performance testing to ensure compliance with industry government standards:

Environmental: RoHS compliant product; ISO 14001 compliant

Flammability: FAR; MVSS

Human Ecology: OEKO-TEX 100

Material analysis: FTIR; DSC; SEM; Microscopy

Temperature/Humidity -60° to 400°C; 0-100% RH

UL; CSA; FDA; MIL-SPEC; ASTM