Nov 18, 2020   SOURCE: BusinessWire

World Nonwovens Industry Report 2020 Featuring the Leading Ten Producers - ResearchAndMarkets.com

The "The World Nonwovens Industry: Part 1 - The Leading Ten Producers, 2020" report from Textiles Intelligence Ltd. has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

In this report, the first in a series of three in which the world's top 40 nonwovens producers are profiled.

For many of these players, sales have increased, reflecting a number of investments and acquisitions in recent years. In addition, more recent acquisitions and planned investments - particularly in melt blowing technology in response to the COVID-19 pandemic - should lead to further increases in sales in the future.

Berry Global is adding a number of melt blowing lines around the world and has purchased nine machines for making masks. Freudenberg has acquired two nonwovens producers, namely Filc and Low & Bonar, and it is adding a state-of-the art melt blowing line in Germany. A

Ahlstrom-Munksjo has expanded production, increased capacity and adapted its current technologies within its medical business to meet demand. DuPont has launched the #TyvekTogether programme in order to increase the overall availability of Tyvek personal protective garments, and it has expanded its Tyvek capacity in the USA and introduced a new specialised Tyvek fabric.

Fitesa has acquired a number of companies - including Freudenberg's South American hygiene nonwovens business, Tredegar Corporation's Personal Care Films division, and Fiber Dynamics - and it has signed a contract with Reifenhauser Reicofil for four new lines which will be installed around the world.

Lydall has committed to adding melt blowing capacity in the USA and France, and Johns Manville has started producing meltblown filtration media with a bacterial filtration efficiency of 95% and has launched a spunbonded nonwoven designed for the production of medical gowns. Glatfelter has added a new line in the USA and acquired Georgia-Pacific's European nonwovens business, and Toray has added a new line in China and invested in a new facility in India.

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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 BERRY GLOBAL, USA

  • Products and markets
  • Medical
  • Hygiene
  • Industrial and speciality
  • Capacity expansion
  • Latin America
  • North America
  • Europe
  • China
  • Plant consolidation

2 FREUDENBERG GROUP, GERMANY

  • Manufacturing facilities
  • Spunlaid operations
  • Industrial nonwovens operations
  • Interlinings operations
  • Filtration operations
  • Novolon
  • Comfortemp
  • Acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures
  • International strategy

3 AHLSTROM-MUNKSJO, 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
  • Building products
  • Personal care
  • Acoustics
  • Other developments

5 DUPONT, USA

  • Internationalisation strategy
  • Tyvek
  • Construction
  • Personal protective apparel
  • Envelopes and packaging

6 FITESA, BRAZIL

7 GLATFELTER, USA

  • Advanced Airlaid Materials
  • Composite Fibers

8 LYDALL, USA

  • Company structure
  • Thermal/Acoustical
  • Automotive
  • Industrial
  • Performance Materials
  • Technical Nonwovens
  • Manufacturing facilities and geographical markets

9 TORAY, JAPAN

  • Manufacturing facilities
  • South Korea
  • China
  • Indonesia
  • Products and markets

10 JOHNS MANVILLE, USA

  • Corporate structure
  • Products and markets
  • High Performance Nonwovens
  • Roofing Materials
  • Manufacturing facilities
  • USA
  • Germany
  • Slovakia
  • China

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