Conventional aviation carpets use a yarn dyeing process. This process is slow, energy-intensive and the carpets are often heavy. Lantal Textiles carpet technology digitizes the manufacturing process while reducing water and CO2 consumption and waste. Ultra-lightweight material also reduces the weight of the airplanes.
How would you describe your solution in a few words?
Conventional aviation carpets use a yarn dyeing process. This process is slow and energy intensive. Complex and colourful patterns end up increasing carpet weight, costs and risk to meet all airworthiness requirements.
With Lantal’s new carpet technology, Lantal is
- GOING DIGITAL to ensure customized solutions are available within days
- GOING ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT while maximizing design freedom and customization – Anything is possible
- GOING GREEEN through major water and CO2 reduction and low waste production processes
Who are your customers?
Airbus, Boeing and almost all commercial airlines such as Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Emirates and the Lufthansa Group are among Lantal’s portfolio customers.
What are the environmental benefits of your solution?
With this revolutionary technology, Lantal reducing
- 40% less CO2 emissions
- 60% less water consumption
- 80% less waste
in commercial aviation carpet production.
How do you manage to exist on the market?
As a family-owned company with more than 130 years of company history and a DNA of manufacturing high performing textiles in Switzerland, Lantal was able to continuously implement re-define its manufacturing DNA.
Hence, while our market faced the biggest crisis in history, this mean an opportunity for Lantal to double down its commitment to sustainability.
Nominated solution: DIGITAL DEEP DYEING Technology
Company: Lantal Textiles AG
More information: www.lantal.com/deep-dyeing-technology
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