Report Summary:
The World Nonwovens Industry: Part 3 Ten Smaller
Producers |
23 pages,
published in Issue 68, 1st quarter 2007 |
Worldwide sales of nonwoven roll goods
continued their mid-single digit growth in 2005, reaching
nearly US$16 bn. Sales of the ten smaller producers profiled
in this report which rank from number 31 to number 40 among
the world's leading companies ranged individually from US$55
mn to US$87 mn and together accounted for about 5% of the
global total.
These producers include new players as
well as long established ones. Two Italian producers Union
Industries and Albis were both established in the 1990s and
focus mainly on the hygiene market.
Internationalisation is also driving
industry growth. Denmark's Jacob Holm started up a new US$65
mn spunlaced line in the USA in autumn 2005 and is targeting
new technical applications with its output, as well as
traditional markets for spunlace nonwovens such as wipes.
Union Industries is in the process of adding a new spunmelt
line and Textilgruppe Hof has announced expansions
throughout its facilities.
Other drivers of growth are new
technologies and product markets. SP2C and Easy Care
interlining products from Textilgruppe Hof have coatings to
enhance performance in fashion fabrics. Precision Custom
Coatings has diversified into OmniStretch hydroentangled
liners for the automotive market. Kuraray has commercialised
nonwovens made from Vectran, which uses liquid crystal
polymer technology.
- The World Nonwovens Industry: Part
3
Ten Smaller Producers
- Summary
Introduction
Textilgruppe Hof, Germany
Jacob Holm Industries/norafin, Switzerland
Suominen Nonwovens, Finland
Unitika, Japan
Union Industries, Italy
Albis, Italy
Precision Custom Coatings, USA
Kuraray, Japan
KNH (Formerly Kang Na Hsiung), Taiwan
Lantor, Netherlands
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