BIO-BASED WALLCOVERINGS

Many years of experience, in-depth expertise and a big pinch of curiosity, mixed with ingenuity, enthusiasm and conviction of the cause - that's us, that's our XO team. Always on the lookout for trends and ideas that enrich our products and set them apart from the crowd, we research new, innovative solutions at our site in Mildenau in the Ore Mountains and examine possibilities in the field of sustainable room concepts based on renewable raw materials. However, our ideas alone would only be half as valuable without a strong team of technologists, developers and experienced colleagues acting in the background, testing our visions on state-of-the-art nonwovens equipment and bringing them to series production readiness. We also receive impulses from our network of regional partners, who are involved in the implementation with just as much heart and soul and who refine our product with their expertise.

We at EXTRA ORGANIC love nature. 

At home in the Ore Mountains with its beautiful forests and streams, the region offers us the perfect environment for our life and our creative work. The team at XO has made it their mission to develop sustainable alternatives to conventional products - ecological, beautiful, functional and 100% biodegradable. 

Norafin is the first manufacturer to succeed in transforming flax fibers into a tear-resistant flax non-woven wallcovering with a positive eco-balance by means of hydroentanglement, which is characterized by high UV resistance as well as heat-insulating and sound-absorbing properties.

Thanks to the natural components - flax, viscose, lyocell - the material promotes a good, natural indoor climate, is compostable and is available in the colours natural brown and white.

Our base material can be easily printed with the aqueous pigment inks of HP Latex, Canon, Durst, Aleph, Epson, and with UV LED inks. By means of analog, rotary or digital printing, special prints can be realized for graphic finishing, for example for wall covering and other wall designs.

Processing of the fibers to the wallcover

Sustainability is also essential in the production of the flax material. In the water jet technology used, the fiber pile is consolidated with the help of pure water jets at relatively high pressures so that a homogeneous, textile fabric with high tensile strength and a soft feel is created. During the bonding process, the process water is enriched with soluble, suspended and emulsified fiber content as well as fiber fragments and is almost completely cleaned in the in-house treatment plant within a very short time in order to be used again as process water.