Industry Applications

Eastman established itself more than a century ago as a world leader in developing advanced techniques and innovative technologies for the cutting room. Today, Eastman delivers engineering-based solutions that make real differences to facilities using new and high-tech materials. Our company has focused its vision on, and dedicated its goals to, identifying and solving modern manufacturing problems so that your company can be competitive in today's diverse marketplace.

We develop and manufacture our machines and software in tandem with the industries we serve, operating as a comprehensive resource for your cutting room.

With 120 years of experience under our umbrella, Eastman is proud to work with thousands of manufacturing facilities around the world with applications in a huge variety of market segments. Here is a small list of the types of industries we help to reduce material waste, improve the speed and accuracy of cutting and spreading operations, and minimize manual labor. A small list of common materials is also included.
 

AEROSPACE - Carbon fiber, honeycomb, graphite, Kevlar®, high tech polymers, carpet

 

APPAREL - wool, cottons, denim, foam, canvas, leather, nylon, polyester

 

AUTOMOTIVE - leather, nylon, fiberglass, canvas, vinyl, airbag materials, carpet, upholstery materials, carbon fiber

 

COMPOSITES - glass fibre, kevlar®, carbon fibre. Dry and pre-preg

 

FURNITURE/FIBER - fiberfill, foam, leather, cardboard, vinyl, plastic, cotton, wovens

 

GLASS LAMINATES - DuPont™ Butacite® and Butacite® G Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB) Interlayers / DuPont™ SentryGlas®Plus.

 

INDUSTRIAL FABRICS - Cordura®, canvas, polyester, aerogels, foam, carpeting, vinyl

 

If you have a unique application, contact Eastman! Eastman works hand-in-hand with hundreds of materials every year.

 

Kevlar®, SentryGlas®Plus and Butacite® PVB are registered trademarks of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
CORDURA® is a registered trademark of INVISTA for durable fabrics.