Swisswool by Nawarotec
We give Swiss wool its value.
Swiss wool is a multifunctional, renewable raw material – right on our doorstep. That's why we buy and process around 300 tonnes of it every year: we pay farmers fair prices, develop innovative products and throw nothing away.
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Use it, don't waste it
In Switzerland sheep are mainly kept for meat, milk and landscape conservation. Wool was long seen as a waste product and was often burnt or composted. We believe this brilliant natural raw material must be used.
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Swisswool uses the whole fleece
All wool has useful properties – so the entire shearing of every breed is valuable. We buy everything the farmers deliver and process every wool quality in large quantities. That's what sets us apart from other wool processors.
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Wool beats high-tech
No other material does what wool does. It regulates temperature and moisture, neutralises odours and pollutants and absorbs sound. Wool is elastic, tear-resistant, only ignites at 580 °C – and it is renewable and 100% biodegradable.
Wool properties
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Swiss wool is special
Swiss wool is multifunctional too. But because of the cold, wet climate it is thicker and therefore “scratchier” than, say, Australian wool. Making products from local wool takes a great deal of know-how and innovative processing methods.
Our know-how
The label
The red square with the white sheep.
On every Swisswool product, the red square with the white sheep guarantees that the wool comes from a Swiss sheep farmer. We find the right use for shorn wool of every quality – that's our Swisswool promise.
In processing, partnership and regionality matter most to us. Swisswool relies on a network of long-standing partners who turn this incomparable natural material into functional, beautiful products. Our label stands for high quality and good design.
Who is behind the label?
A wool man in the fourth generation.
Swisswool is a label of Nawarotec GmbH in Buchs SG – Nawarotec stands for “renewable raw materials & technology”. Owner Friedrich Baur founded Swisswool in 2009, when hardly anyone was interested in Swiss shorn wool.
A wool man in the fourth generation, he relied from the start on his wool expertise, creativity and good contacts in the wool world to give this quintessentially Swiss natural product its value back. The fact that Swiss wool is naturally scratchy only spurred him on to find a meaningful use for every type, colour and quality.
Since 1913 his family has been turning wool into nonwovens at the fulling mill in Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria. Swisswool works hand in hand with this family business, Baur Vliesstoffe, to process Swiss shorn wool.
Our standard
As local and sustainable as possible.
Swisswool supports Swiss sheep farmers and their important role in caring for the landscape. We have our wool products made as locally as possible, with high standards of quality and design. We require sustainable production from our partners.
