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As a successful, fully integrated company with more than 175 years of experience in the textile manufacture of yarns and fabrics, we have specialised in the production of fabrics for conventional work wear, protective wear and corporate wear.
Furthermore we also offer commission finishing. By combining intensive research and development and close cooperation with renowned research institutes as well as with our partners within the supply chain, we face the future demands. Our objective is to be able constantly offer our customers innovative ad high-qualityproducts.
Being one of the leading European manufacturers for high-quality yarns and fabrics, we manufacture exclusively in Germany at two locations on the High-Rhine: Lauchringen and Lörrach.

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Innovative Articles - presented for the first time during A+A show 2011
PPE –Allrounder
Safety & Protection with innovative Fabric Ultimate Lea Multi+ 310: multifunctional and flame retardant
Weight: 310 g/m²; Blend 55/41/4% PPAN/CO/CF; Usable Width 160cm; Weave: Twill 3/1S
This new fabric within the Ultimate productline covers a multitude of risks when working in dangerous surroundings demanding multifunctional protection.
Lea Multi+ 310 offers beside its reliable protection from heat and flames, for use in welding and allied processes, of thermal hazards of an electric arc and it’s electrostatic properties also the option of being delivered in hi-vis and fit up to protect against liquid chemicals.
This innovation was especially developed for use in petrochemistry, public utility companies and government agencies, as well as for adoptions in automotive industry and of course all types of heavy industries.
The new Ultimate fabric of course meets all relevant current European standards for optimal workplace safety and beside its optimal external protection the innovative fabric Ultimate Lea Multi+ 310 is suitable for leasing operations and certified according to Oeko-Tex® Standard 100.
PPE: Innovations within the Warntec productline (Hi-Vis)
Warntec DL: Hi-Vis fabric with excellent insulation factor and excellent light fastness
Weight: 340g/m²; Blend 55/45% PES/CO; Usable Width 160cm;
Weave: Top Cloth P2/2, Back Cloth K 2/2 Z
There was also presented a new Hi-Vis fabric called Warntec DL 360 which offers 100% cotton on the skinny side of the fabric: a tremendously high wearer comfort is garantueed. The polyester on the outer side of the fabric makes it suitable for leasing business. Constructed as a double-layer with a total weight of 360 g/m² it offers a very good sandwich-type isolation, which optionally can even be improved by a special raising (finish E 26). The visual safety that is effective even from far off is ensured not only by the high luminous factor of Warntec orange but also by very good light fastness. Of course Warntec DL 360 does meet euronorm EN 471.
Warntec TF Hi-Vis fabric made with the Tencel-fibre for an excellent wearer comfort:
Weight: 270g/m²; Blend 73/27% PES/CLY; Usable Width 160cm; Weave: A 4/1
Warntec NC does complete the Warntec productline of Lauffenmühle, a fabric offering an excellent wearer comfort, which does even improve after several washes. An excellent moisture management due to the allotment of Tencel-fibre combined with a convenient touch allows well-being even whilst working very hard. Warntec NC is suitable for leasing business and all colours do of course meet EN 471. This tremendously comfortable middle-weight fabric will be available in three hi-vis colours red, yellow and orange.
PPE: Innovations within the Startec productline (Antistatic)
Startec Carbon 150 Antistatic fabric for protection against short-circuits
Weight: 150g/m²; Blend 58/41/1% PES/CO/CF; Usable Width 160cm; Weave: L1/1
The polyester-cotton-blend of this fabric being pervaded by a carbonic grid in order to exclude the risk of short circuit within sensible application fields by loosened metal fibres. This is a very important requirement to be met e.g. in electric industry, in particular where working with very sensible electronic components. The light weight of 150 g/m² has been developped to meet customers demand for antistatic fabrics to be used for shirts and blouses within above mentioned application fields.
PPE: Innovations within the new productline of Lauffenmühle: PPE-Specials
a) Fabric to meet DIN 10524: Food Hygiene – Workwear in in food business / HACCP
Gneis Weight: 215g/m²; Blend 65/35% PES/CO; Usable Width 160cm; Weave: K 2/1 S
Aim of the DIN 10524 is the avoidance of negative effects on food articles which can be caused by unsuitable workwear. The article Gneis, with 215 g/m² a typical fabric for lighterweight smocks and overalls, does meet DIN 10524. The article Gneis, as all Lauffenmühle fabrics, is suitable for leasing business.
b) Fabrics to meet EN 13034-6:2005+A1:2009 for Protective clothing against liquid chemicals
Admiral E39 Weight: 260 g/m²; Blend 65/35% PES/CO; Usable Width 160cm; Weave: K 2/2 S
To meet performance requirements for chemical protective clothing offering limited protective performance against liquid chemicals (Type 6 and Type PB [6] equipment) for typical applications as, e.g. in chemical or food industry, Lauffenmühle now offers the article Admiral E39. With 260 g/m² and its special finish it’s an optimal fabric for producing smocks and overalls which are typically needed in those industries.
c) Innovative fabric with a soil repellent finish combined with excellent stain release effect
Ultra LSR Weight: 220 g/m²; Blend 65/35% PES/CO; Usable Width 160cm; Weave: K 2/1S
Innovative multifunctional fabric Lauffenmühle Ultra LSR offers a soil repellent finish combined with excellent stain release effect, also for stains going beneath the skin of industrial washable soil repellent fabrics.
Ultra LSR means Lauffenmühle Soil Release, and behind that name there is the innovative multifunctional article: for soil-repellency and simultaneous efficient removal of dirt from industrially washed clothing. The special yarn character in combination with the two barriers of the finish enables us to get these very good results for soil release - in combination with the soil repellent efficency of the fabric - also for industrial washing due to the E.T.S.A. standards. Beside phantastic technical performances like extraordinary dimension stability, abrasion resistance and moisture management, soil repellency could be combined with the added value of an improved soil release effect.
d) Fabric for the special demand of vector protection
Vector Weight: 150 g/m²; Blend 95/5% CO/PES; Usable Width 160cm; Weave: K 2/1S; Colour: Orange
Protection against vectors, defined as “desease transmitting animals”, is very important when working outdoor, as most of the serious fever-related diseases in humans are triggered off by micro-organisms transmitted by insects: Vectors such as flies can carry on their legs a large number of microorganisms, which cause diseases (typhus, dysentery, cholera or trachoma, worldwide the most frequent cause of blindness) when exceeding a certain number. And the second possibility is that vectors spread bacteria, viruses or parasites by stinging or biting. In this way they transmit germs from an infected host into the body of the new host. The new fabric developed by Lauffenmühle now helps to reduce mosquito bites and protects also against other unwelcome guests, such as ticks (in the temperate zones of Europe for example, ticks can transmit Lyme borreliosis with one single bite).
The new Lauffenmühle fabric meets Technical Supply Specifications TL 8305-0331 (BWB, for NATO army use), which means that the textile fabric which has been given the vector protection treatment and the textile garments made from it must be permanently effective against all blood-sucking arthropods (vectors). The certified testing results of this latest development of Lauffen-mühle confirm good protection even after 50 washing cycles according to EN ISO 15797, 75°C).
Range of application for our fabrics
Corporate Wear; Protective Wear; Hygiene, Health & Care; Uniform Fabrics
In our product range, you will find leasing-suitable, premium-quality fabrics both for the application area of classical work wear and leasing-suitable fabrics with high wearing comfort, which fulfil the following functions and requirements:
- Blended fabrics for a wide range of requirements
- Elastic fabrics, suitable for leasing business
- Coloured woven & weaving structures; corduroy & denim-look-alikes
- Shirt and blouse fabrics
- Blended fabrics with Tencel by Lenzing
- High visibility
- Antistatic
- Antimicrobial
- Medical applications
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Personal protective equipment - find out more about our product line Ultimate
Multifunctional protection in combination with extreme abrasion resistance and excellent wearing comfort
The innovative fabrics of the Ultimate product line fulfil all relevant norms for a best possible safety at work. Ultimate offers protection from thermal effects through heat and flames as well as from electric arcing, electrostatic discharge and liquid metals. Optionally we offer protection against chemicals (EN 13034) and high visibility (EN 471) for these fabrics. The result is a range of different fabrics offering various protective functions.
By using the CORDURA® brand fabric technology the Ultimate fabrics offer outstanding abrasion resistance. Therefore, the fabrics are optimally qualified for a longer use. This makes Ultimate even more rewarding in economic terms.
Due to the high content of cotton the fabric offers optimal breathability to the end-user and enhances the drain of moisture – which results in a high wearing comfort.
The products are available in weight categories beginning from 220 g/m² up to 360 g/m² and in different colours. Because of their multifunctionality the Ultimate fabrics meet the most diverse protection requirements.
Further information about the product line Ultimate can be found here.