Unit 17 – 47 Aero Drive NE 
Calgary AB, T2E 8Z9
Canada 
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www.roswelltextiles.ca

Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Roswell Textiles was founded in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic as a response to a Canadian federal government call to action for domestic production capacity of synthetic meltblown materials. This was due to significant vulnerabilities within international supply chains traditionally used for the supply of these materials.

At that time, the team behind Roswell Textiles was running a manufacturing business for oil and gas exploration and recovery related components and products. When the pandemic started, the oil and gas industry shut down, and the Roswell team heeded the federal government’s call to action by applying their machine design and engineering experience into the creation of its own meltblown production line, capable of supplying synthetic and biopolymer meltblown to PPE manufacturers across North America.

In 2021, Roswell Textiles strategically partnered with and was acquired by the PADM Group headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, whose medical personal protective equipment (PPE) division PADM Medical had too answered the federal and provincial government’s call for the domestic production and supply of PPE and other front line health care worker protection products.

Since then, Roswell Textiles and PADM Medical have pioneered the use of Roswell Textile’s proprietary plant-based meltblown materials – known under the brand name of ECOFUSE – in medical respiratory applications such as FDA 510(k) approved procedural face masks and additional nonwoven medical applications in commercialization. The plant-based ECOFUSE materials generally have a 65%-70% reduction in carbon emissions versus existing synthetic, polypropylene based meltblown. According to Kyle Fiolka, president of Roswell Textiles, ECOFUSE materials are displacing synthetic plastics in water filters, HVAC filters, food, beverage and medical products and are expected to reduce total GHG emissions of these four products by 3,750 MT CO2 in the next year (expanding to over 10,000 MT CO2 by 2030).

Roswell Textiles builds all of its nonwoven manufacturing equipment in-house, including meltblown lines that can manufacture synthetic and biopolymer meltblown. The company is currently in the process of building a one-meter-wide bi-component spunbond line and is commissioning lamination technologies.

ECOFUSE materials have achieved success in the medical sector, most notably being used as the primary materials in an FDA 510(k) approved ASTM Level 3 procedural face mask. “This product is now being used in U.S. hospitals and clinics, representing, for the first time ever, a plant-based medical grade face mask that has a 65-70% carbon footprint reduction versus a traditional synthetic face mask,” says Fiolka.

ECOFUSE materials are also being utilized in industrial water filtration products, and energy and mining industries in high volumes. For the first time ever, ECOFUSE is allowing energy producers and mining operators to derive carbon offsets from their supply chain for these water filtration products that they utilize in massive quantities.

For food and beverage applications, ECOFUSE materials allow for home compostable products as well as in HVAC filters for furnaces, air conditioners, and more. These products are in the final stages of commercialization and are coming to market with partners by the end of 2023.

Fiolka says that Roswell Textiles is the first in the world to offer 100% plant-based, medical aerosol filtration grade meltblown, and because of this, the company is able to improve the carbon footprints of existing products used in massive quantities by replacing the traditional synthetic (typically polypropylene) materials.

“We are witnessing a shift in the attitudes and opinions of governments and the general public on the use and acceptability of synthetic plastics in disposable products,” Fiolka says. “Roswell Textile’s ECOFUSE materials offer a completely novel solution to replace these synthetic materials, thereby assisting with the reduction of carbon emissions, which as we all know, is critical to slow the effects of global warming. We are very excited to be able to work on the front lines of this shift and help our clients reduce their carbon emissions in a meaningful and impactful manner while maintaining the quality and dependability of their products.”