About us

Our story

Drawing on more than 40 years of experience in the natural, synthetic, and technical textiles industry, Michel DUJARDIN founded CREAFIBRES in 1996. This expertise has been passed down over the years, and the company has specialized in textiles (fabrics, knits, braids, etc.) resistant to high-temperature contact, particularly for industrial applications (glass, extruded metal, filtration, smart textiles, etc.).

Our industrial know-how

CREAFIBRES’ core business is the manufacture of fabrics—or, more broadly, metallic textiles—from the processing of metal fibers through technical spinning to the production of fabrics; this end-to-end expertise is unique in France, and perhaps even in Europe. Our fiber-based materials are primarily centered on stainless steel fiber (316L), but not exclusively. We process other metals into textiles, such as other grades of stainless steel, Inconel, Hastelloy, copper, nickel, aluminum, titanium, and Fecralloy—though this list is by no means exhaustive. CREAFIBRES uses other technical fibers such as aramid, wool, polyester, and polypropylene, among others, which allow us to create blends with metals and thus transform conventional fabrics into technical fabrics or combine the intrinsic characteristics of materials—whether metallic or not—into a single fabric.

The benefit? Quite simply, thanks to our unique expertise, we are able to combine textile structures with other materials—for example, by combining the flexibility, elasticity, large surface areas for heat exchange, and porosity of the textile structure—whether woven or knitted—with a material such as stainless steel, which withstands extreme thermal stresses, is weldable, has good chemical resistance, and is also electrically conductive.

Thus, our stainless steel yarns, knits, and fabrics can be used for various applications, such as the glass industry—where the quality of contact at high temperatures (800°C) is essential—in filtration, where the porosity of the stainless steel fiber fabric is particularly valuable, as well as in heat exchange in automotive and aerospace applications. This also allows for greatly simplified 3D integration into composites, functionalized clothing (personal protective equipment), and smart textiles... However, industrial applications at high temperatures up to 800°C remain the primary use for stainless steel fabrics.

Our end-to-end expertise in cutting, slitting, blending, spinning, twisting, weaving, braiding, knitting, and sewing enables us to both offer innovative solutions to our customers and produce custom-made products.

The company produces split ribbons, fiber fillers, 100% stainless steel or blended fiber yarns, as well as knitted fabrics, woven fabrics, braids, woven tapes, nonwovens, and continuous filaments (monofilaments or multifilaments).

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Our added value

Above all, CREAFIBRES offers :

• A careful listening of customers needs and convert demand in industrialised technical textile
• A reactivity to customers requests on batch and mass production. 
• The quality thanks to monitoring incators and quality controls during each step of production.
• A commitment to quality with a certificate issue. 
• A personalised attention to our clients for their new developments.