| Since March 1st, 2009, High-tenacity Polyester Seatbelt Yarns included in the Product Portfolio |
Based on the take-over of the polyester business of Diolen Industrial Fibers GmbH, Polyamide High Performance GmbH is able now to offer the wide range of worldwide recognized high-tenacity Diolen® PET seatbelt yarns in spun-dyed black and white– now produced by Polyester High Performance GmbH a subsidiary of Polyamide High Performance GmbH.

“Black is beautiful and strong!” – Spun-dyed black Diolen® seatbelt yarns
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| High-performance Yarns for Seatbelts – Meeting the Industry’s most stringent Demands |
 In the face of tighter legislation and growing consumer safety awareness, today’s cars contain more seatbelt fabric than ever before. Increasingly strict environmental regulations require the reduction of waste and emissions generated by the dyeing and fixation of woven material. And as car makers continue to “go global”, they expect highly effective logistics and added reliability on the part of their suppliers.
With decades of experience in the development and manufacturing of high-quality seatbelt yarns, European market leader Polyester-HP is committed to meeting the industry’s most stringent demands. The physical characteristics of Diolen® seatbelt yarns lend themselves perfectly to the weaving of strong, comfortable and reliable belts. By means of in-house testing, and by consistently applying the quality standards dictated by ISO 9001, we ensure the quality of our materials, so that our customers can stand behind the quality of their products. Polyester-HP considers health, safety and environment (HSE) to be essential values, and therefore maintains a management system based on the international standard for environment (ISO 14001) and for safety (OHSAS 18001).
In response to the demands of dyeability – most notably, white yarns for piecedyeing after fabric production – the appearance of our materials is also flexible enough to comply with rapidly changing automotive interior design. And our ability to deliver worldwide, on-time, every time, has already won us loyal partnerships with leading weavers, suppliers and specifiers in almost every major car manufacturing center. For Rukaflex top-end seatbelts, for example, Polyester-HP provides a full range of high-quality, heavy and fine denier fibers, both twisted and flat, spun-dyed black and white. Our R&D also has the know-how needed to develop new finishes for seatbelt yarns, and to fine-tune processing parameters, fiber properties and environmental aspects.
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| We are Involved in Airbag Development since the Early Days! |

“Enka® Nylon yarns save life!” – Enka® Nylon airbag yarns for all kinds of airbag fabrics

With our wide range of high-specialized polyamide 6.6 airbag yarns – Enka® Nylon – produced state-of-the-art at our plants in Obernburg (Germany) and Scottsboro (Alabama/USA), we are a reliable and competent global partner for the entire airbag and automotive industry – in the past, today and also in the future!.
Since autumn 2007, Enka® Nylon Airbag Yarns were also be produced in Pingdingshan (Henan/China) by
ShenMa-PHP (Pingdingshan) Air Bag Yarn Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
and marketed by
PHP-ShenMa Air Bag Yarn Marketing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
from its Shanghai Office in China and the other Asian regions – based on our 2006 signed joint ventures with China SHENMA.
As one of the leading airbag yarn suppliers in Europe and North America we understand the needs of the airbag industry for further globalization and the urgency to establish an integrated pipeline in the growing Chinese market and also other Asian countries. With this project we are confident that we can supply to the industry the full range of products in the same quality and with the same professional support as we currently do in the Western Hemisphere. Partnering with SHENMA brings together the longtime experience of PHP in development and production of high-performance polyamide 6.6 airbag yarns with SHENMA’s production abilities and its fully integrated raw material pipeline and infrastructure located in Pingdingshan, China.
 
Our worldwide commitment to airbags is highlighted by our investment plans which are geared to the forecasts of market growth. Our complete service is based on many years of experience in research, development and technology. The members of our airbag team and the whole production group are highly qualified to produce airbag yarns of top quality to meet the highest requirements of our direct customers and our indirect customers – the global automotive industry. At the same time we are skilled to provide consistent support and technical solutions – Airbags, that’s our world!
 
We have been the first in 1990 starting to organize an international symposium on automotive occupant restraint systems called Bag & Belt which from thereon successfully takes place in a two years frequence. The circle of participants includes leading weavers and coaters of airbag fabrics, manufactures of airbags, producers of complete safety systems as well as representatives of the automotive industry and corresponding test and research institutions from Europe, Asia and North America. The last (9th) meeting took placein May 2006. ► For further information take a look at our page Bag & Belt
► PDF Downloads: PHP Airbag Flyer 05/11 (English version)
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| Our PA Airbag Yarn Types |
 The airbag market features a still-growing demand and highest requirements regarding product performance and safety characteristics. With our full range of high-tenacity and super high-tenacity polyamide 6.6 Enka® Nylon airbag yarns in combination with our highly motivated staff we are a reliable global partner for the entire automotive industry. Our know-how and our complete service are based on longtime experience in developing all kinds of airbag fabrics since the earliest days of airbag.
LDPF (low denier per filament) and different shrinkage behaviour belong to the special properties of these high-performance Enka® Nylon airbag yarn types, forming a powerful basis for a broad spectrum of various coated or uncoated fabrics for all kinds of current and future airbags. | |
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| Airbag Yarn Product Range |
 | We have the widest range of high-performance airbag yarn types! Our high-tenacity and super high-tenacity PA 6.6 Enka® Nylon airbag yarns are produced with different shrinkage behaviour and LDPF characteristics in all required yarn counts. This enables us to provide the optimum yarn for all customary airbag types and fabrics, whether it should be an individual solution or a standard application. | |
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| Airbag Yarn Types Characteristics |
 Enka® Nylon 442HRT – Medium shrinkage
Enka® Nylon 446HRT – Medium shrinkage, LDPF*
Enka® Nylon 447HRT – High shrinkage, LDPF
LDPF = Low Denier Per Filament * Type 446HRT only for 235 f72, 350 f140 & 470 f140 | |
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| Airbag Yarn Types and Properties |
 For detailed technical information click at Airbag Yarn Types (top left) to take a look at our Airbag Yarns Flyer (05/11) to get complete information.
► PDF Downloads: PHP Airbag Yarns Flyer.pdf 05/11.

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| Polyamide Yarn Properties 2011 |
 For detailed technical information click at PA Yarn Types (top left) to take a look at the short table overview (dd. 05/11) or at the link to the PDF file of our European Polyamide and Polyester Yarn Properties 2011 (dd. 05/11) below to get complete information or get in contact with the below mentioned sales or technical managers at our Wuppertal office.
► Download: PHP-Property-Book-2011.pdf (05/11)
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| Polyester Yarn Properties 2011 |
 For further detailed technical information click at at PET Yarn Types (top left) to take a look at the short table overview (dd. 05/11) or the link to the PDF file of our European Polyamide and Polyester Yarn Properties 2011 (05/11) below to get complete information or get in contact with the below mentioned sales or technical managers at our Wuppertal office.
► Download: PHP-Property-Book-2011.pdf (05/11)
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| Your competent Contacts for Airbag & Seatbelt Yarns at PHP Wuppertal |
 PHP Business Director (Polyamide & Polyester) Volker Siejak – Phone +49 (0)202 / 32-3319
Automotive Safety – Sales & Marketing Manager Raven Freiherr von Barnekow – Phone +49 (0)202 / 32-2786 Technical Account Manager Uwe Sander – Phone +49 (0)202 / 32-2443
Sales Administration (Main desk) Birgit Dietz – Phone +49 (0)202 / 32-2422
Automotive Safety – Technical Marketing and Development Manager Marianne Bongartz – Phone +49 (0)202 / 32-2535
automotive@php-fibers.com
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| Your competent Contact for Airbag Yarns in Shanghai |
 PHP Chief Representative for Asia Frank Leymann
POLYAMIDE HIGH PERFORMANCE – Shanghai Representative Office China Merchants Plaza, East Building, Room 1107 No. 333 ChengDu Road (North), Shanghai 200041, P.R. China Phone +86 (0)21 / 6287 6798 Mobile +86 (0)139 / 1872 9878 +49 (0)172 / 973 26 98 Fax +86 (0)21 / 5298 0125
frank.leymann@php-fibers.com | |
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