29-Jul-2010
At Fespa Munich 2010, Obeikan Technical Fabrics (OTF) continued its focus on green products and launched three new products under the brand name Obesmart; the fully recyclable fabrics—Obesmart PP Premium, Obesmart PP standard and Obesmart PE 180—complement the PVC-free woven polyester products under the Cybertex brand of vinyl coated polyester fabrics recently launched at Sign & Graphic Imaging Middle East exhibition in Dubai.

Other new products from Obeikan include Poly Propylene fabrics that are printable with solvent, eco and UV prints and are fully recyclable.

Kenan Aljazairi, Sales & Marketing Manager, Obeikan Technical Fabrics, said, “Fespa was a very good show for us which helped us obtain important business leads and provided an excellent opportunity to launch OTF green products and to discuss with current partners new opportunities.”

Obeikan’s latest investment has been its new Obeikan Technical Yarn plant, which started operation in January 2010 for the production of high tenacity, low shrinkage yarn.

“By the end of 2010, Obeikan will install a coating line for soft signage products (5m wide); this will further improve our position in the large format textile media segment. OTF will also install a recycling line that will enable us to convert some of the PVC fabric waste into complimentary non-printing material,” Kenan said.