“Hydrotexx ECO was designed to respond to the green-minded consumers in the pool and spa marketplace,” said Chris Murray, general manager, liquid filtration for Freudenberg Filtration Technologies NA. “Incorporation of recycled products, improvement in energy efficiency, reuse of expended energy and landfill avoidance are all areas of focus for Freudenberg Filtration Technologies.”
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies worked with Meissner Manufacturing, which manufactures the Unicel brand and produces replacement cartridges for the pool and spa market, to make the Viledon Hydrotexx ECO filter. The Unicel team wanted a recycled filter cartridge with the design of end caps and filter cores made of recycled materials and Freudenberg approached Unicel with the Hydrotexx ECO concept.
PCR comes from converting used polyester bottles into a raw material that can be fed into the manufacturing process. About 23% of all polyester bottles in the US are recovered through recycling and reprocessing. The process begins with the collection, bundling, shredding and cleaning of discarded beverage bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Freudenberg then uses proprietary spunlaid manufacturing technology to make nonwoven polyester media from the shredded plastic.
“By incorporating recycled ECO products into filtration systems and applications, we are helping our customers achieve their own recycle targets,” said Murray.
