Acrilan

American

[ak-ruh-lan] / ˈæk rəˌlæn /

Trademark.

a brand name for an acrylic fiber used in textiles, characterized chiefly by softness, strength, and wrinkle-resistant properties.

Acrilan British

/ ˈækrɪˌlæn /

noun

an acrylic fibre or fabric, characterized by strength, softness, and crease-resistance and used for clothing, upholstery, carpets, etc

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An ad for the Cole of California line tried to make you think of that tiny piece of Acrilan acrylic knit as a "sizzle of orange with hot pink."

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Soft, strong and nonshrinking, Verel is similar to, and faces stern competition from, Du Font's Orion, Chemstrand's Acrilan and Union Carbide's Dynel.

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Chemstrand Corp., which makes Acrilan at $1.40 a Ib., will probably also cut prices to keep its competitive edge.

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The thermal now comes in wool, rayon, Dacron, Creslan and Acrilan, as well as the popular cotton, and in shades like curry, persimmon, melon, hollyhock, sand and avocado.

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It offered fast tax write-off certificates for enough new plants to raise the combined production of nylon and Acrilan from 100 to 300 million lbs. a year.

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