Enhance the quality of your embroidery designs
Ahlstrom embroidery backings are engineered to stabilize and enhance embroidery designs, with decades of manufacturing expertise in Europe and North America.
Technical specifications
- Basis weights: from 25 gsm upward
- Colors available: white, black, grey
- Formats: multiple widths and lengths (customizable)
Product range
- Tear-Away Backings – for general-purpose embroidery requiring clean removal
- Cut-Away Backings – maximum stability for dense designs and stretchy fabrics
- Wash-Away Backings – for lace, appliqués, and applications requiring full removal
Key benefits
- Enhances embroidery quality – stabilizes stitches and improves design precision.
- Excellent physical properties – strong, durable, and dimensionally stable.
- Simple to use – only one sheet required, no overlapping.
- Easy handling – easy to tear and cut, soft feel, no shrinkage.
- High uniformity – supports high stitch counts.
- Reliable global supply – manufacturing in US and Europe.
Sustainability and certifications
- Biobased, biodegradable and recyclable options available
- 100% formaldehyde-free product range
- OEKO-TEX Standard 100 – Class 1 (Annex 6) certified options
- ISO9001, ISO14001, ISO45001 certifications
- FSC cellulose options
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