At Techtextil 2026 in Frankfurt (April 21–24), Barmag will showcase a wide range of technologies for producing industrial filament yarns at the VDMA joint stand (Hall 12, C56). The company’s solutions are designed to improve safety, performance, and efficiency in tomorrow’s mobility and automotive engineering.
High-Performance Yarns for Vehicle Safety
Modern vehicles contain approximately 30–35 kilograms of industrial yarns, many of which are essential for critical safety components such as airbags and seat belts. For airbag applications, polyamide and increasingly polyester filament yarns are widely used.
Barmag provides energy-efficient and highly productive systems that ensure stable production processes and consistently high yarn quality. According to Dr. Jen Supra, Technology Manager for Industrial Yarns, Barmag’s solutions meet global requirements for airbag yarns, delivering reliable performance across all climates and throughout a vehicle’s lifetime.
Seat Belt Yarns: Precision and Strength
Seat belts require extremely durable high-tenacity yarns. Each belt is made from around 300 HT filament yarns, capable of withstanding tensile forces exceeding three tons while also allowing controlled elongation during emergencies.
Barmag’s patented Single Filament Layer technology supports a gentle and highly precise production process, ensuring maximum strength and safety in seat belt yarn manufacturing.
Industrial Yarns for Infrastructure and Geotextiles
Beyond automotive use, industrial filament yarns also play an important role in road construction. Geotextile materials, such as geogrids used beneath asphalt, demand yarns with very high titers of up to 24,000 denier.
Barmag systems can efficiently produce filament yarns of 6,000 denier, which can then be combined in a cost-effective way to reach higher titers suitable for heavy-duty infrastructure applications.
Neumag Innovations for Geotextile Applications
Barmag’s product brand Neumag complements these offerings with spunbond technologies for polyester and polypropylene geotextiles, delivering high production capacity with reduced energy consumption.
In staple fiber production, Neumag is setting new benchmarks with its advanced PP inline concept, designed for strengths above 6 cN/dtex while maintaining high residual elongation. This technology significantly surpasses previous market standards for geotextile fibers.
The first production line using this new spinning concept has recently begun operations at a major staple fiber producer in Asia.
Energy Efficiency Through Advanced Airflow Systems
The concept also includes Neumag’s EvoDuct air ducting system, which improves airflow distribution, enhances fiber uniformity, and lowers energy use. Additionally, the optimized EvE-2 monomer and hot air suction system minimizes turbulence and boosts spinning performance.
Barmag’s presence at Techtextil 2026 underlines its commitment to delivering high-performance yarn technologies that support safer vehicles, stronger infrastructure, and more sustainable industrial production.