Medium Tear Away Backing

Medium Tear Away backing 

Only from ETC Supplies

A versatile embroidery stabiliser offering balanced strength and softness. Manufactured using a wet-laid process with short fibres laid in multiple directions, it provides excellent stability during stitching and clean removal afterwards.

Composition – 50% biodegradable fibres and 50% recyclable fibres (plastic), made with FSA-certified cellulose (wood pulp).

• Weight available – 50 g/m².
• Colours available – White and Charcoal.
• Tear behaviour – Multi-directional tear for easy removal.
• Softness – Softer than Multi Tear backing but slightly firmer than Soft & Easy backing.
• Roll size – 100 cm width × 100 m length.
• Formats – Available in rolls or pre-cut pieces.

A dependable all-round backing suitable for a wide variety of embroidery applications.

Sustainability

Our synthetic fibres are OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified and our plant is certified to the appropriate standards of quaklity, safety and environment.

* ISO9001:2015 (quality) 

* OHSAS18001:2008 (safety)

* ISO14001:2015 (environment)

* FSC MIX CREDIT SGSCH-COC

The forest Stewardship Council (FSC)is an international non-profit organisation established in 1993 to promote responsible management of the world's forests. The FSC sets standards on forest products, certifies and labels them as eco-friendly.

Our supplier has been recognized for its sustainability performance by the EcoVadis Gold Rating for three consecutive years.

EcoVadis is one of the leading systems for evaluating suppliers environmental aspects, working conditions, social responsibility and procurement practices.

The EcoVadis method is based on internationally adopted principles for sustainability reporting - United Nations Global Compact and ISO 26000.

* Assessed as Advanced - EcoVadis assesses our factory's corporate social responsibility engagement level as advanced,

* Top 1% of Suppliers - Our factory is in the top 1% of suppliers assessed regardless of their industry (total of 55,000 companies)

ETC Supplies

Did you know that the backings sold by ETC Supplies are unique and especially manufactured for us by Europe’s leading non-woven factories to Oeko-Tex standards. These are not available from our competitors.

With over 30 years’ experience in research and development, our embroidery backings are far superior to our competitors’ products. The binders we use are all safe and Formaldehyde free. The fibres we use are the highest grade available. Don’t be fooled into thinking that the products our competitors supply are the same.