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Pioneer in medical textiles

KOB was founded in Germany in 1903 and has been developing and producing medical textiles for over 115 years. The portfolio of KOB includes bandages and woven carrier fabrics, all of which are developed in Germany. KOB’s superior product quality has made it the global market leader for elastic specialist textiles for many years.

KOB has served the Japanese market since the 1980s, building close and successful relationships with Japanese customers. In 2017, KOB Japan KK opened its doors to forge closer ties with its market and provide customers with the best possible service. Please contact us directly to find out more.

Expertise

A comprehensive range of innovative medical textiles

KOB develops and produces bandages and fabrics for a wide range of therapeutic purposes for wound care, phlebology & lymphology, sports medicine & orthopaedics as well as transdermal carriers for the pharmaceutical industry.

A special team of innovation and development managers at KOB is dedicated to and responsible for developing custom products and solutions to meet the specific needs of both patients and users.

Our production covers the entire woven textile process chain including spinning, warp-beaming, weaving, finishing and packaging according to the most stringent international standards and our customers’ requirements.

Our German and Indian production facilities and our global procurement of first‑class raw materials enable KOB to produce large volumes with consistently high quality.

As an original equipment manufacturer and development partner, we offer our customers competitive products with high market potential, all from a single source.

Range of products

Our core competence is the development and production of high‑quality elastic medical bandages and fabrics.

Phlebology & Lymphology

Compression

Our compression bandages and multi-layer systems provide compression as needed for both phlebological and lymphological treatment.

Product Lines
  • Short-stretch bandages
  • Long-stretch bandages
  • Multi-layer systems

Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics

Support

Our portfolio of bandages for sports medicine and orthopaedics covers almost all  applications in preventative and rehabilitative support therapy.

Product Lines
  • Cohesive support bandages
  • Non-cohesive support bandages
  • Cooling bandage for first aid

Wound Care

Fixation

Our wound care product range includes a wide variety of bandages for diverse applications such as fixation of wound pad material, dressings, cannulas, catheters or splints.

 

Product Lines
  • Cohesive fixation bandages
  • Non-cohesive fixation bandages
  • Tubular fixation bandages

Transdermal Carriers

Fabrics for Transdermal Therapeutic Systems

For this innovative method of administering drugs, KOB offers high‑performance semi‑finished mono- or bi-elastic woven textiles and custom solutions to produce excellent results.

 

Product Lines
  • Fabrics for processing to topical transdermal patches
  • Fabrics for processing to systemic transdermal patches

Products

Roselastic 530

Strong short-stretch compression bandage

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Features
• Very good moulding properties
• High wearing comfort
• Very good drapability
• Washable
• Absorbent

Technical Data
Material composition: Approx. 100% cotton
Extensibility: Approx. 90%

ColourBrown

Dimensions
5 m length (stretched), 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 cm width
10 m length (stretched), 10 / 12 cm width

VisioCompress2

(Padding bandage 754 / Nowopress® Soft 755) For applications up to 7 days

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Features
• Indicator as an application aid
• Optimal distribution of pressure
• Avoidance of pressure marks
• Extensibility limitation of the first layer for safe application
• Very skin-friendly
• Good adhesion of layers due to cohesiveness
• Non-slip effect

First Layer: Padding bandage 754

Technical Data
Material Composition: Approx. 92% polyester, 8% elastane
Extensibility: Approx. 60%
Coating: Latex-free coating – synthetic polymer, coated on one side
Dimensions: 6.5 m length (stretched), 10 cm width

Second Layer: Nowopress® Soft 755

Technical Data
Material Composition: Approx. 85% polypropylene, 15% elastane
Extensibility: Approx. 150%
Coating: Latex-free coating – synthetic polymer, coated on both sides
Dimensions: 8.2 m length (stretched), 10 cm width
Properties: With indicator

*VisioCompress2 is only available as a set.

Medirip® 199

Cohesive, absorbent support bandage

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Features
•    Absorbent
•    Air-permeable
•    Skin-friendly
•    Conforms well to body contours
•    Tearable by hand
•    Bandage layers do not slip – adhere to each other
•    No additional fixation necessary
•    Cohesive – bandage adheres to itself but not to skin, hair or clothing

Technical Data
Material composition: Approx. 99% cotton, 1% elastane
Extensibility: Approx. 100%
Coating: Latex-free coating – synthetic polymer

Colour: Brown, white, blue

Dimensions
4.5 m length (stretched), 2.5 / 4 / 5 / 7.6 / 8 / 10 / 15 cm

Nowopress® soft 755

Light cohesive non-woven bandage

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Features
• Easy to apply
• Air-permeable
• Conforms well to body contours
• Tearable by hand
• Bandage layers do not slip – adhere to each other
• No additional fixation necessary
• Cohesive – bandage adheres to itself but not to skin, hair or clothing

Technical Data
Material Composition: Approx. 85% polypropylene, 15% elastane
Extensibility: Approx. 150%
Coating: Latex-free coating – synthetic polymer
Grammage coated: 49 g/m²

Colour: Pink, red, white, light green, light blue, purple, black, brown

Dimensions
4.5 m length (stretched), 2.5 / 5 / 7.6 / 10 / 15 cm width

Sporty Cool Blue 752

Cooling bandage to be used for first aid

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Features
• Cooling effect (at least 1 hour)
• Non-slip
• The bandage adheres to itself even in a moist state 
• Support and compression dressings with cooling effect for musculoskeletal injuries
• Bandage layers do not slip
• No additional fixation necessary

Technical Data
Material composition: Approx. 84% polypropylene, 16% elastane with ethanol, water, camphor, menthol, fragrance
Extensibility: Approx. 160%
Coating: Latex-free coating – synthetic polymer, cooling fluid

Colour: Blue

Dimensions
4.5 m length (stretched), 8 cm width

Permacrepe Ideal Cohesive 136

Strong support bandage

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Features
• Absorbent
• Air-permeable
• Skin-friendly
• Conforms well to body contours
• Bandage layers do not slip – adhere to each other
• No additional fixation necessary
• Cohesive – bandage adheres to itself but not to skin, hair or clothing

Technical Data
Material Composition: Approx. 93% cotton, 5% polyamide, 2% elastane
Extensibility: Approx. 90%
Coating: Latex-free coating – synthetic polymer

Colour: White, red, blue, brown

Dimensions
4 m length (stretched), 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 cm width

Elastic Support Bandage 374

Elastic support and relief bandage with high extensibility

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Technical Data
Material composition: Approx. 88.5% viscose, 8% polyamide, 3.5% elastane
Extensibility: Approx. 180%

Colour: White

Dimensions
9 m length (stretched), 5 / 7.5 / 9 cm width

Nylastic® Sport 586

Permanently elastic support and relief bandage

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Features
• Washable
• Air-permeable
• Very skin-friendly
• Very good moulding properties
• Dressing very easy to remove

Technical Data
Material Composition: Approx. 89% cotton, 8% polyamide, 3% elastane
Extensibility: Approx. 95%

Colour: Brown, white

Dimensions
5 m (white/brown) length (stretched), 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 cm width
5 m (white) length (stretched), 15 cm width

Nylastic® Color 587

Coloured permanently elastic support and relief bandage

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Features
• Washable
• Air-permeable
• Very skin-friendly
• Very good moulding properties
• Dressing very easy to remove

Technical Data
Material Composition: Approx. 76% cotton, 23% polyamide, 1% elastane
Extensibility: Approx. 65%

Colour: Green, yellow, blue, red

Dimensions
5 m length (stretched), 4 / 6 / 8 cm width

Confolastic V 564

Fixation bandage with crepe structure

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Features
• Very skin-friendly
• Beginning of bandage very easy to find
• Very easy to unwind
• Very easy to cut
• Dressing very easy to remove

Technical Data
Material composition: Approx. 71% viscose, 29% polyamide
Extensibility: Approx. 140%

Colour: White

Dimensions
4 m length (stretched), 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 cm width

Rinkilastic Cohesive 184

Cohesive fixation bandage

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Features
• Air-permeable
• Easy application
• Very good moulding properties
• Dressing very easy to remove

Technical Data
Material composition: Approx. 40% cotton, 31% viscose, 29% polyamide
Extensibility
White: Approx. 100%
Coloured: Approx. 105%
Coating: Latex-free coating – synthetic polymer

Colour: White, blue, red

Dimensions
4 m length (stretched), 1.5 / 2.5 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 cm width
20 m length (stretched), 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 cm width

Hospifix Mono 930

Bleached tubular bandage with high extensibility

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Features
• Bleached cotton
• Protective bandage over and under zinc paste bandages and plaster bandages
• Quick and easy to use
• Secure and long-lasting fixation
• Easy replacement of wound dressings without removing the fixation dressing
• Skin-friendly

Technical Data
Material composition: 100% cotton
Extensibility: Approx. 300% 

Colour: White

Dimensions
4 m length (unstretched), 6 / 10 / 12 / 15 / 20 cm width
10 m length (unstretched), 4 / 6 / 8 / 16 / 21 cm width
20 m length (unstretched), 1.5 / 2.5 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 cm width