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Textile, Leather, and Nonwoven

Driving Innovation in Textile and Leather Finishing Chemical Solutions

Momentive is your partner in revolutionizing textile and leather finishing with cutting-edge additives that enable the creation of a new generation of high-performance products.

Experience exceptional softness, superior color brilliance and longevity, enhanced water repellency or customized hydrophilicity, improved abrasion resistance, and unmatched durability.

Achieve next-level performance and boost manufacturing efficiency with Momentive's comprehensive range of tailor-made solutions. These include unique textile softeners, high-performance antifoams, and materials with superior stability under extreme conditions, all designed to enhance specific textile and leather properties.

Explore Momentive’s solutions for textile, leather and nonwoven products

Key Performance and Efficiency Benefits of Our Advanced Textile Silicone Solutions

ENHANCED PROPERTIES AND DURABLE PERFORMANCE

  • Lasting softness
  • Improved strength and colorfastness
  • Wrinkle, abrasion, and flame resistance
  • Moisture control

OPTIMIZED MANUFACTURING

  • Higher efficiency
  • Shorter cycles
  • Less water
  • Minimal downtime
Lady wearing a fluffy white robe treated with textile chemical solutions to enhance fabric softness and water absorption.

Magnasoft™ Textile Silicone Enhancers: Benefits of Our High-Performance Solutions

Magnasoft™ textile enhancers, developed through years of rigorous surface chemistry research, are set to transform the silicone product industry. These multi-functional silicones utilize cutting-edge block copolymer technology to meet a wide range of application and performance needs. Magnasoft™ enhancers offer superior softening capabilities along with numerous benefits, including:

  • BRILLIANT, MORE NATURAL HAND-FEEL
  • LOW-YELLOWING POTENTIAL
  • EASE OF FORMULATION
  • STABILITY IN END-USE FORMULATIONS

This unique combination of advantages not only allows for product differentiation but also ensures that formulations deliver best-in-class performance even under the most demanding conditions.

Close-up of activewear treated with textile silicone enhancers to deliver superior softening, brilliance, and more natural hand-feel.

SagTex™ Foam Control Agents: High-Performance Foam Control for Textile Manufacturing

SagTex™ textile foam control agents are high-performance antifoam emulsions delivering exceptional initial foam knockdown and long-lasting durability, even at low concentrations, excelling in various textile processes.

Our textile antifoams disperse homogeneously in water or bath formulations without oiling or agglomerates. By effectively controlling foam, a common and costly issue in textile production, SagTex™ additives help optimize equipment efficiency, reduce processing time, and improve overall product quality across several manufacturing processes like blending, mixing, reflux, distillation, and filtration.

Blue bubbles representing the excess foam that Momentive’s SagTex™ silicone foam control agents can help manage during textile treatments.

Sustainable Low Cyclics for Eco-Friendly Textile Finishing

Momentive is committed to advancing textile finishing through sustainable solutions. Our low cyclics range includes softeners, antifoams, and hydrophobizing agents that meet new finishing requirements, enhancing performance while meeting high environmental standards.

These innovative products improve substrate properties and align with modern sustainability goals, making them essential for eco-conscious textile manufacturing.

Baby wearing and laying on several types of green fabrics treated with low cyclics silicone solutions for eco-friendly textile finishing.

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