Bella-Dura is an environmentally responsible fabric from its beginning to its

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Bella-Dura is available in almost limitless color, pattern, andweave options. Offering an unlimited yarn palate, Bella-Durasingle-handedly dispels the myth that earth-friendly fabrics haveto be drab. It applies this palate - which ranges from bright,saturated colors to more muted neutrals - to its family of wovenproducts which include: Bella-Dura Classic, cotton-like flat wovenfabrics, Bella-Dura Plush, a chenille, and Bella-Dura Drapery.
Comfortable, cleanable, and breathable, Bella-Dura exceeds 1500hours of light fastness and 50,000 double rubs, is inherentlybleach-cleanable, anti-microbial and Bella-Dura Drapery passes thestringent British Standard certification for drapery
The Innovative Indoor/Outdoor Fabric Technology
Bella-Dura is the result of collaboration between Wearbest Sil-TexMills and the engineers at American Fibers and Yarns Company andwas three years of R & D in the making. The goal, to create anew fabric, not a "me too" fabric, that responded to industrydemands of a fabric that performed equally well indoors and out,with all the performance features bundled into one. "When we began,we knew it was a challenge, but with the combination of talents,experience and technical proficiency we knew we could do it. Wedid. Bella-Dura fabric is stain resistant, anti-microbial, bleachcleanable, light fast, easy to clean, durable and of coursepossessed a great hand and a wide range of color and patternoptions. In addition it exceeds all industry standards, in everycategory. It is a fiber breakthrough," says Irwin Gasner, CEO ofWearbest Sil-Tex Mills.
It's all in the Fibers
What makes Bella-Dura so different is that it is the very fiberitself that packs the performance. The fabric is woven fromproprietary fibers that has its performance attributes of stain,microbial and fade resistance engineered right into the fiberitself. "Unlike other fabrics, we don't need to rely on harmfulcoatings or stain resistant finishes in the processing of ourfabric to provide performance. Bella-Dura's performance isliterally engineered into the fibers themselves, "says IrwinGasner.
Because of this, Bella-Dura is inherently and permanently stain andmicrobial resistant and light fast from the fibers up, a conceptthat until now was unavailable in one fabric (in either the indooror outdoor markets). But high performance is not enough, Bella-Duraperforms equally well for the environment.

Fabric for the Future
Bella-Dura is an environmentally responsible fabric from itsbeginning to its end. It is the only fiber on the market, syntheticor natural, that begins as a by-product of post-industrial wasteand ends its life as a fully recyclable product. It requiressubstantially less energy to manufacture, uses only a small amountof water during its manufacturing process, and produces no harmfulindustrial waste.
Bella-Dura fabrics have achieved a Silver Cradle-to-Cradle"certification and are classified as "preferred products" by MBDC(McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry). A limited but presentlyexpanding color-line has achieved Gold Cradle-to-Cradle"certification through MBDC. These certifications confirm thatBella-Dura meets or exceeds MBDC's strict standards for human andenvironmental health, environmentally preferable materials,strategy for renewable energy, and a comprehensive materialre-utilization program.
These factors of cradle-to-cradle design make Bella-Dura" theleading environmentally responsible fabric option in themarketplace; in fact, it could be called the environmental championof all synthetic fibers.
The engineered, proprietary yarn technology of Bella-Dura yarn ismade of a by-product from the petroleum refining process, thusreducing the need for virgin product. The very processing ofBella-Dura salvages a by-product that would otherwise beincinerated which would further contaminate the environment. Thefabric is also fully recyclable after its long useful life with abreakthrough recycling program. "We wanted to create an innovativeand responsible product. Its earth friendly attributes are asimportant, if not more important, than its performance attributes,"continues Gasner.
Beautiful Indoors and Out
It wasn't enough to create the most durable fabrics for theindustry; the company also strives create the most beautifulfabrics available in the marketplace. Designers demand the best andmost innovative for their projects, so providing the full spectrumof color was paramount.
With its unlimited color palette and jacquard design capability,Bella-Dura creates distinctive fabrics for its distributors,fabrics that are prefect for almost any application: indoors,outdoors, hospitality, health care, commercial or residentialapplications.
"We are able to provide our distributors with the colors, fabrics,and textures that their clients demand," says Gasner, "and we arecontinuing to push the boundaries, developing more innovations andcontinuing to provide the very best fabric solutions to themarketplace." For more information visit www.bella-dura.com .
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