Fewer Chemicals — Our goal at HBF Textiles is to reduce the amount of finishing and backing on a fabric through the engineering of weaves structures which can lessen the need for these chemical treatments. When a finish is required for a specific performance application, we can accommodate the customer’s needs by only finishing to that specification in the yardage amount requested. No additional chemicals sitting on the material in the warehouse or emissions in the processing of every yard vs. just what is needed. In the long run it’s less impact on the environment and less impact on our members.

When we introduce a performance textile that requires a more stringent stain resistant characteristic we utilize GreenShield®; a branded finish that offers a more stringent stain resistance to liquids as they roll off of a treated surface. GreenShield® is based on nano-particle chemistry which disperses the least amount of chemical over the greatest expanse of material. In addition GreenShield® has been certified by the SCS Global Services (SCS) as Low Fluorocarbon product.