Tufted geotextiles extend their effect into the third dimension and thus offer the vegetation a supportive hold. In the event of heavy rainfall, they prevent the erosion of shallow-rooted plants or grasses and hold the soil firmly against the flow pressure. They achieve this effect on road embankments or sloping surfaces as well as on flooded areas or river banks as part of flood protection or infrastructural adaptation to extreme precipitation caused by climate change. Funding program: IGF 20323 N

However, tufted geotextiles are also capable of greening our cities in the context of the EU-wide green deal and thus improving the microclimate. Thanks to their textile structure, they give the growing substrate for façade greening a firm hold by allowing the plant roots to interlock with the threads and also ensure the supply of moisture and nutrients by integrating nonwovens into the textile tufting construction.