Polyamide
Versatility, performance and colour for your textile creations
Polyamide, commercially known as nylon, is a highly versatile synthetic fiber, adaptable to a wide range of applications and finishes. It can be produced as a monofilament or multifilament, in rigid or textured versions, and is available in a broad variety of yarn counts, lusters and cross-sections, allowing control over both the visual effect and technical performance of the yarn. Dyed polyamide is especially valued for its colour intensity and stability, with a wide selection available both from our colour card and based on customer samples.
This fiber has become essential in many sectors, including hosiery, elastic tapes, seamless garments, circular knitting and flat knitting. Furthermore, advances in texturizing have enabled the development of yarns with specific functionalities—such as thermal, cooling, energizing or moisture-absorbing properties—making it an excellent choice for technical, functional and sportswear applications.
Why choose polyamide?
Polyamide stands out for a set of superior technical properties that make it ideal for durable, functional and high-performance garments:
- Excellent abrasion resistance
- Ultralightweith and highly elastic
- High dimensional stability
- Dries quickly and not ironin required.
- Hypoallergenic and non-toxic
- Resistant to mould and bacteria
Most commonly used types of polyamide
In the textile sector, the two most common variants are:
- Polyamide 6.6 (PA 6.6)
Better thermal resistance
More stable to light and UV radiation
- Polyamide 6 (PA 6)
Higher affinity for certain dyes
Slightly softer touch
Our offer
At Filpar, we supply textured and dyed polyamide yarns, available in a wide variety of titres and an extensive palette of in-house and custom colours, according to the client’s sample.
Among our most requested titres:
INTERMINGLED | TWISTED | ||||
PA 66 | 44/13/1 | SM | DYED YARN | ||
44/13/2 | SM | ✔️ | ✔️ | DYED YARN | |
78/23/1 | SM | DYED YARN | |||
78/23/2* | SM | ✔️ | ✔️ | DYED YARN | |
78/23/4 | SM | ✔️ | ✔️ | DYED YARN | |
78/23/6 | SM | ✔️ | DYED YARN | ||
110/34/1 | SM | DYED YARN | |||
110/34/2 | SM | ✔️ | DYED YARN | ||
78/68/1 | SM | DYED YARN | |||
78/68/2 | SM | ✔️ | ✔️ | DYED YARN | |
78/68/4 | SM | ✔️ | DYED YARN | ||
PA 6 | 44/12/2 | SM | ✔️ | DYED YARN | |
78/18/1 | SM | ✔️ | DOPE DYED | ||
78/18/2 | SM | ✔️ | DOPE DYED | ||
78/24/2 | SM | ✔️ | DYED YARN | ||
78/23/3 | SM | ✔️ | DYED YARN | ||
78/24/4 | SM | ✔️ | DYED YARN | ||
110/24/2 | SM | ✔️ | DYED YARN |
Nomenclature
The count of a polyamide yarn is expressed as follows:
[Type of polyamide] / [Decitex] / [Number of filaments per head] / [Number of heads]
Example: PA66 / 78 dtex / 34 f / 1
Our stock colour service is available in PA66 78/23/2 intermingled.
We hereby only indicate our most standard products. For any other kind of yarn that could be of your interest, please contact us.