Trey Riddle, Ph.D., CFO, and Gregg Gnecco, Brand & Marketing Manager, IND HEMP

Industrial hemp fiber is a sustainable and durable natural fiber appropriate for a variety of nonwovens systems and product applications.  This presentation will share an overview of a functioning and growing American supply chain from farm production and raw materials processing to final product pathways. We will touch generally on material specifications and develop the basic understanding needed for inclusion of hemp fiber in nonwovens processes, including airlaid, carded, wetlaid, thermal bonding, needlepunching, chemical bonding, and spunlace systems.  Whether it is the performance benefits of lightweighting auto parts, or the carbon sequestering and insulative benefits when used in building materials or as a highly absorbent, natural and durable fiber for use in wipes or hygienics and fem care, hemp fiber is the natural and sustainable fiber choice. Hemp fiber is compatible with nonwovens and available right now in the USA.