Cotton wool

pelzGROUP started in the 1950s with the production of cotton wool. We use so-called cotton combers, often as certified organic cotton or in fair trade quality, such as GOTS or OEKO-TEX. Up to2022 we cleaned and bleached our own cotton, and then processed into cotton wool pads or cotton buds using hydroentanglement.

Our cotton wool production process

1

Production of nonwoven materials

The cotton fibers are processed into nonwoven material with the help of high-pressure water jets (hydroentanglement).

2

Punching the cotton wool pads

The bands of nonwoven material are processed into cotton wool pads, punched and finally packaged.

Step 1: Production of nonwoven materials for cotton pads

Using the bleached cotton fibers, we produce long bands of nonwoven material using our spunlace (hydroentanglement) system. The fine, high-pressure water jets intertwine the dry, aerodynamically arranged cotton fiber web into a nonwoven material at over 200 bar.

Step 2: Punching the cotton wool pads

In the last step, the long nonwoven bands are processed into cotton wool pads. The cotton bands are automatically unrolled and stamped into circles or squares. The finished cotton wool pads are then packaged in printed PE bags, which we also produce, by the way. This is how we manufacture 25,000 cotton wool pads a minute, every day!