Safety Applications

At our cutting-edge knitting mill, we specialize in crafting fabrics and components for safety applications. Our extensive range includes fire-retardant, abrasion-resistant, and cut-and-slash fabrics, meeting the highest standards for protective wear in various industries.

Safety applications fabric

Capabilities & Options

  • Military
  • Law Enforcement
  • Industrial Protective Apparel
  • Auto Racing Industry

Want to know more?

We would love to hear more about your project. Straus can use many different fibers to create fabrics t can go toward many different applications. W is yours? Let’s talk.

Most often used materials for our Safety Applications

We use Nomex® fibers in our fabrics in lining for firesuits, gloves, shoes, and racewear, as well as collars, cuffs and waistbands.

Nomex® is a self-extinguishing fiber protecting the wearer by giving then enough time to save themselves.

Features of Nomex®

  • Resistance to high temperature and flame
  • Low flammability and self-extinguishes when removed from flame source
  • Comfortable to the wearer

We produce many fabrics made from Kevlar®.

Features of Kevlar®

  • Cut and slash and ballistic protection
  • Extremely high tenacity
  • Outstanding stability to heat – retains strength after exposure to heat
  • Superior resistance to many chemical agents