History of Geotextiles

According to the historical record, it is believed that the first applications of geotextiles were woven industrial fabrics used in 1950's. One of the earliest documented cases was a waterfront structure built in Florida in 1958. Then, the first nonwoven geotextile was developed in 1968 by the Rhone Poulence company in France. It was a comparatively thick needle-punched polyester, which was used in dam construction in France during 1970.

In fact, the geotextile is one of the members of the geosynthetic family. Those members include the following items
  • Geogrids
  • Geonets
  • Geotextiles
  • Geomembranes
  • Geosynthetic Clay Liners
  • Geopipe
  • Geocomposites