Company
The stars on the world championship jersey of the German national team, interior covers of jewellery boxes, glasses cases or the glove compartment in a car have one thing in common: they are coated with flock. As a specialist in this sector, we – the PFT company with headquarters in Herscheid – use all traditional flocking techniques and thereby provide our customers with customised solutions. Countless objects from everyday life are refined, upgraded, protected and made more “hand-friendly” at our plant. Among these are car door seals and compartments in the interior as well as screw heads. Particularly in demand are springs, which we flock with a velvety soft yet extremely robust cover and which are used, for example, in boot lids for SUVs and many other vehicles which open and close automatically. This prevents annoying clicking noises.
Our company was founded at the end of 1993 to succeed the F.-J.-Rath Flock-Technik company with headquarters in the Plettenberg industrial park. We were able to transfer the concentrated know-how of this company into the new company and grow from 43 employees then to 80 employees now in just a short period of time. Our flocking machines and devices are constantly evolving. This means we can react extremely quickly and productively to customer requests. Major customers in the automotive sector, manufacturers of household appliances and mid-sized companies in the furniture, packing and entertainment industries trust in the wealth of experience we have been able to gain in both industrial flocking and in design flocking.
Moreover, we are an active member in the “Flock Association of Europe”, whose main objectives are in accentuating the major advantages and special features of flocking technology. A second main focus of the association is to promote advancement and evaluation of all flocking techniques and standardisation as regards quality, safety and environmental compatibility.
Production
We have been refining industrial and brand-name articles with our modern and individually developed fleet of machines since 1993. Throughout, we use very diverse flocking materials which are optimally adapted to the surfaces to be flocked and to how the materials will be used in future. Among these are polyamides ranging in length from 0.3 – 10 mm, polyester ranging in length from 0.3 – 1.2 mm, viscose ranging in length from 0.3 – 6 mm and cotton ranging in length from 0.3 – 0.5 mm. Added to these are various titres and colours so that we have the right material available on location for virtually every intended use.
Quality
Flocking parts is, for the most part, an adhesive process which requires a very high degree of adhesive strength. Adhesive is applied to either the entire surface or part of the surface. The flock shoots into the surface perpendicularly in an electric field and is then fixed to the substrate securely after drying. With our innovative technology, we are able to guarantee that the adhesive adheres outstandingly to the substrate. In order to guarantee optimum adhesion, we also use the fluorination technique as a pre-treatment. One of many pre-treatment methods at PFT.
Certification
In our company, quality always comes first.
From the receipt of the goods to the complete production process through to the delivery to the customer, a range of different checking and measurement processes control the dimensional accuracy and evenness of the flocking. Appropriate records and test reports are also available to our customers upon request.
Since 2003, our company has been certified according to ISO 9001:2000.
We are currently certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008