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The world nonwovens industry: part 1—the leading ten producers, October 2024

Publisher Textiles Intelligence
Published Oct 01, 2024
Length 70 Pages
SKU # TXI19272224

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The world nonwovens industry: part 1—the leading ten producers, October 2024


In this report, the first in a series of three in which the world’s top 40 nonwovens producers are profiled, Karen Bitz provides the latest information and analysis about the activities of the world’s leading ten producers of nonwovens. For many of the top ten players, sales remained flat or declined during 2023 as demand for nonwovens declined, reflecting a weak economy and a challenging business environment. Having said that, many of the top ten players announced investments in 2024. Freudenberg completed work on a new facility for producing comfortemp thermal insulation in Vietnam and is adding a line in India for producing interlinings. Ahlstrom added a laminator line in Brazil and announced plans to add a molecular filtration media line in Italy, and Fitesa is adding a spunmelt nonwovens line at its site in Sweden. Meanwhile, Kimberly-Clark launched a number of new products incorporating environmentally sustainable nonwovens. However, DuPont announced a plan to separate into three publicly traded companies, and Berry Global entered into a definitive agreement to spin off its Health, Hygiene and Specialties Global Nonwovens and Films (HHNF) business and merge it with Glatfelter.

Table of Contents

70 Pages
INTRODUCTION
The leading ten players
Companies which joined the leading ten players
Companies which exited from the leading ten players
Companies which remained among the leading ten players
1 FREUDENBERG GROUP, GERMANY
Manufacturing facilities
Spunlaid operations
Industrial nonwovens operations
Interlinings operations
Filtration operations
Novolon
International strategy
2 BERRY GLOBAL, USA
Products and markets
Medical
Hygiene
Industrial and speciality
Capacity expansion up until June 2015
Latin America
North America
Europe
China
3 AHLSTROM, FINLAND
Product areas
Filtration & Performance
Specialties
4 KIMBERLY-CLARK, USA
Corporate structure
Personal Care
Consumer Tissue
Business-to-Business
Products and markets
Filtration
Delivery systems (including wipes)
Sorbents
Personal care
Other developments
5 GLATFELTER, USA
Airlaid Materials
Composite Fibers
Spunlace
6 FITESA, BRAZIL
Company development
7 DUPONT, USA
Internationalisation strategy
Tyvek
Construction
Personal protective apparel
Envelopes and packaging
7 TORAY INDUSTRIES, JAPAN
Manufacturing facilities
South Korea
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Products and markets
9 ZHEJIANG KINGSAFE NONWOVENS, CHINA
Products and markets
Research and development and innovation
ALKEGEN, USA
Company structure
Performance Materials
Technical Nonwovens
Manufacturing facilities and geographical markets

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