FiberVisions Corporation

FiberVisions, acquired by Snow, Phipps & Guggenheim, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hercules. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of polypropylene staple fibers. It develops, manufactures and markets textile and industrial fibers for carded, airlaid and wetlaid Web forming systems, thermal bonding, spunlacing and needlepunching Web bonding solutions. The company also offers fibers from the microdenier area, hydrophilic, permanent hydrophilic and hydrophobic surface fibers. FiberVisions s hygiene fiber family consists of a wide range of products, including fabrics, diapers, sanitary napkins and disposable and incontinence products. The company utilizes long spinning fiber lines, separate stretching processes, liquid management and stretching solutions. It has branch offices in Covington, Ga., Denmark and China.