Shaw Debuts New Continuous Filament PET Fiber

Dalton, GA, Feb. 4, 2009- Shaw has introduced a line of carpets featuring the company’s new ClearTouch BCF PET with recycled content.

Like the BCF ClearTouch introduced in 2005, the new ClearTouch is a continuous filament fiber that offers the inherent attributes of polyester. An added benefit of the new fiber is recycled content.

John Fallon, Shaw manager of residential product operations, says the significance of the new continuous filament ClearTouch is the result of a patent-pending process. "There are a number of PET products on the market that have recycled content, but all of these are made from spun fiber. Our new ClearTouch is a continuous filament fiber, giving it exceptional performance capability, with the added environmental benefit of recycled content," he says.

Fallon says  Shaw’s ClearTouch filament PET styles are unlike any others in the industry.

Fallon notes that millions of pounds of soft drink and water bottles are now used to manufacture BCF ClearTouch carpets. "This patent-pending innovation is unique to standard manufacturing processes of PET BCF fibers and very unlike processes used in the manufacture of staple yarn systems from PET bottles."

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