Avintiv Specialty Materials Inc.

Berry Global, Inc.

Berry Plastics Corporation

Steven Brian Burgess

Andrew W Delaney

Dianne B Ellis

Jerry Snider

Paul Michael Harmon

Dawn Ellen Huston

Ralph A Moody, Iii

Hydroentangled composites having a wide variety of uses (e.g., personal hygiene articles, facers for fenestration absorbent patches on surgical drapes, facers on absorbent surgical drapes, etc.) are provided. The hydroentangled composite includes at least two nonwoven webs hydroentangled together. The hydroentangled composite may have a three-dimensional structure. Additionally, the at least two nonwoven webs may have different bonding levels and/or lint levels.

Low linting imaged hydroentangled nonwoven composite

Nonwoven fabrics including a first spunmelt through-air-bonded (TAB) nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of spunmelt fibers, in which the first plurality of spunmelt fibers comprise a biopolymer. The first plurality of spunmelt fibers may be physically entangled with cellulosic fibers, such by hydroentangling. Methods of forming a nonwoven fabric including a first spunmelt TAB nonwoven layer are also provided.

Biopolymer-containing nonwoven fabric

Nonwoven fabric

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Troutman, NC, United States of America

Steven Brian Burgess