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Egyptian consortium develops textile
palm fibers and reinforcements

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consortium of five Egyptian researchers has
developed PalmFil, the world's first highperformance fibers and reinforcements extracted from
the byproducts of pruning date palms, such as fronds and
fruit stalks, according to a press release from the PalmFil
Consortium. PalmFil is sustainable, economical in
manufacturing, compatible with textile and composite
processing, and even offers the properties needed for
lightweight cars of the future.
Dr. Mohamad Midani, partner, PalmFil Consortium,
says that the research helps to reverse the shift from
natural to synthetic fibers to meet increasing demand
going back to the 1980s. "There is a need to explore more
sources of natural fibers and increase the biodiversity of
fiber crops," he says. "There are more than 140 million
date palms mostly concentrated in the Middle East and
North Africa, generating yearly more than 4.8 million tons
(dry weight) byproducts of pruning regarded as agriculture

A new date palm fiber is
obtained from renewable
bioresources and does not
cause deforestation or
compete with food production. It is biodegradable
and has a specific tensile
strength equal to flax,
hemp and sisal. Photo:
PalmFil Consortium.

waste. This represented a burden on palm growers and
was the main cause of fire accidents and infestation by
dangerous insects. Those byproducts could otherwise
be transformed into 1.3 million tons per year of natural
textile fibers, ranking third after cotton and jute."
There have been previous attempts to extract fibers
from date palm byproducts through crushing and
grinding, which resulted in biomass rather than textile
fibers. The PalmFil Consortium succeeded in extracting
the first long textile fiber from such byproducts and
converted it into fiber tow, chopped fiber, spun yarn/
roving, nonwoven mat, woven fabric and unidirectional
tape. The new fiber represents a sustainable material
base for a wide spectrum of industries, including natural
reinforcements for composites in automotive and sporting
goods, plaster reinforcements in construction, burlap sacks
for packaging, ropes, twines, non-wood papers and other
consumer products. For more, visit www.palmfil.com.

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