| abstract |
A hydroentangled nonwoven material (8), comprising a mixture of randomized continuous filaments (3) and natural fibres (5), wherein at least part of the staple fibres and/or the continuous filaments comprises thermoplastic material. The nonwoven material is bonded in a non-random bonding pattern comprising a plurality of bonding sites (14) in which thermoplastic material comprised in the nonwoven material has been caused to at least partly soften or melt to create thermal bonds between the continuous filaments. The nonwoven material comprises no other thermal bonds between the filaments than provided by said non-random bonding pattern. The nonowoven material may also contain synthetic staple fibers (6). |