NON WOVEN END-USE

PRODUCT
Technical Textiles
 Technical Textiles are defined by DRA to
encompass those products which are used
principally for their performance or
functional characteristics rather than for
their aesthetics, or are used for non-
consumer (i.e. industrial) applications.
 Shoe components (hidden, functional) are
included as technical, whilst shoe uppers
(visible, largely aesthetic) are treated as
non-technical
NON WOVEN DEFINATION
 “Nonwoven” fabric is defined as a sheet
or web structure made of fibers bonded
or interlocked together by mechanical,
chemical, thermal or solvent means.
This definition excludes all fabrics that
are woven, knitted or tufted, together
with all papers
Top Ten Companies
 The Top Ten Global Nonwovens Companies…
1. Freudenberg
2 DuPont
3 Kimberly-Clark
4 BBA
5 PGI Nonwovens
6 Ahlstrom
7 Johns Manville
8 Buckeye Technologies
9 Colbond
10 Japan Vilene
In 2001 the top five nonwoven
manufacturers together accounted for
just under half of total world-wide
nonwovens sales with the top 40
accounting for just over 90%.
However, the remaining 10% of the
nonwovens market is supplied by a
large number of small specialist
suppliers.
Terms & Process
 Fibers are processed into webs
Web technologies can be divided into four
broad types:
 Dry-laid
 Extruded (including spunbond, melt-blown,
flash-spun)
 Wet-laid
 Air-laid (sometimes included within dry-laid
but reported on separately within this
report).
Nonwoven fabrics are subsequently
formed by bonding the fibers in the
webs together.

Bonding can take place as a

separate process to web forming it
is often carried out at the same time
as the web is formed.
Bonding Technologies
 Mechanical: Includes needle punching, stitch
bonding and hydro-entangling.
 Chemical: Involves the application of adhesive
binders by a range of processes including
spraying, printing, saturating and foaming.
 Solvent: Achieved by softening or partially
dissolving fibers with a solvent to provide self-
bonding surfaces.
 Thermal: Involves heat and/or pressure to fuse or
weld fibers together at points of intersection or in
patterned bond sites. This usually involves
including a fiber with a lower melting point in the
web.
The type of bonding has a direct
influence of the fabric properties in
terms of density, strength, flexibility,
softness, etc.
A wide range of finishing techniques
can be applied to nonwoven fabrics to
provide additional properties.
World End-Use Consumption of Technical Textiles by Fabric and
other Final Textile Product

Fabrics and Other 2000 2010 00-10

Final Textile Volume Share Volume Share CAGR
Products ’000
% ’000 tonnes % %
tonnes
Woven fabrics 6,432 38% 8,448 36% 2.8%
Knitted fabrics 541 3% 750 3% 3.3%
Nonwoven fabrics 3,851 23% 6,264 26% 5.0%
Other fabrics 316 2% 470 2% 4.1%
Yarn type products 1,570 9% 2,079 9% 2.8%
Unspun fibre 4,007 24% 5,767 24% 3.7%
Total 16,714 100% 23,774 100% 3.6%
World End-Use Consumption of Technical Textiles
Woven have higher share of the market in value terms than in volume terms.
World End-Use Consumption Analysis by Fabric and other Final Textile against
Application Area.

Final Textile Product (‘000 tonnes) Total

Application Unspun Woven Knitted Nonwoven Yarn type Other ‘000 %

Area fibre fabric fabric fabric products fabric tonnes Share

Agrotech 0 368 116 64 647 186 1,381 8%

Buildtech 834 194 48 566 0 6 1,648 10%

Clothtech 227 86 112 551 262 0 1,238 7%

Geotech 0 111 16 128 0 0 255 2%

Hometech 732 845 29 467 113 0 2,186 13%

Indutech 1,230 458 12 453 52 0 2,205 13%

Medtech 189 106 20 1,228 0 0 1,543 9%

Mobiltech 736 1,151 78 249 211 53 2,479 15%

Packtech 0 2,220 18 51 263 0 2,552 15%

Protech 0 157 29 52 0 0 238 1%

Sporttech 55 735 64 42 22 71 989 6%

Total 4,004 6,432 541 3,851 1,570 316 16,714 100%

% Share 24% 38% 3% 23% 9% 2% 100% -

Oekotech 0 45 0 170 0 0 214 -

(included in
total)
Fabric End-Use Consumption by
Region
 Nonwovens products are largely consumed
in Western markets. North America and
Western Europe together accounted for
60% of nonwoven consumption in 2000
compared with just 34% of woven fabric
consumption and 40% of knitted fabric
consumption.
 North East Asia was the third largest
consumer of nonwovens with a 21 % share
of the total and had the highest share of
woven fabric consumption (23%) and
knitted consumption (30%) of any single
region.
World End-Use Consumption Analysis by Fabric and other Final Textile against
Region.

Final Textile Product (‘000 tones) Total

('000
tones) Unspun Woven Knitted Nonwoven Yarn type Other ‘000 %
Region fibre fabric fabric fabric products fabric tones Share

N. America 1,390 1,147 98 1,223 251 75 4,184 25%

S. America 152 325 40 164 144 21 847 5%

W. Europe 1,013 1,028 116 1,139 272 46 3,614 22%

E. Europe 100 222 25 108 83 10 548 3%
M. East 44 161 15 72 59 8 359 2%
Central Asia 7 27 2 10 11 1 58 <1%

South Asia 95 1,075 34 121 129 15 1,469 9%

N. E. Asia 1,041 1,501 163 824 414 96 4,040 24%

S. E. Asia 92 700 25 88 103 29 1,037 6%
Africa 57 208 18 78 88 10 459 3%
Oceania 14 39 5 23 15 3 99 1%
Total 4,004 6,432 541 3,851 1,570 316 16,714 100%
% Share 24% 38% 3% 23% 9% 2% 100% -
END-USE CONSUMPTION OF
NONWOVENS BY WEB TECHNOLOGY
 Dry-Laid Technology
 44 % had the greatest share of industrial
nonwoven market.
 Dry-laid processes employ a card to comb fibres
into a web. The fibres in the web may be parallel
or random laid, depending upon the desired
characteristics of the eventual nonwoven. Several
layers of web can be lapped to create heavier or
special nonwovens. Current trends in nonwoven
card design are towards faster processing speeds
and wider widths. Various bonding methods are
used including stitch bonding, needle punching,
hydro entangling, resin impregnation and thermal
bonding, the latter of which has become more
popular as suitable thermoplastic fibres have
become widely available.
Extruded Technology
 37% share of the market in volume
terms.

 These include both spunbond and

meltblown nonwovens as well as
smaller volumes of flash-spun
fabrics
Spunbonds Technology
 Spunbonds are produced by melting
polymer and extruding a sheet of synthetic
filaments on to a moving belt, then bonding
the filaments to form a fabric. Whilst this
technology is in itself a bonding
technology, additional bonding is normally
achieved by thermal methods (calender or
oven), needle punching, or by chemical
means although a recent development has
combined spunbonding with hydro-
entangling.
Meltblown Technology
 The production method involves feeding
a low viscosity synthetic polymer into a
high velocity air stream, allowing the
extenuated droplets formed in the air
stream to fall as a micro fibre web on a
collecting sheet.
Application
 Spunbond/meltblown web composites
wide variety of applications including
construction, civil engineering, filtration,
packaging, coating substrate, medicare
and hospital apparel.
 These composites can be finished with a
wide range of chemicals to make them
flame-retardant, UV-stable, hydrophilic,
anti-microbial, etc
Draw Backs
 Spunbonding continues to be limited by
the large capital investment required.

 Processing different polymers involves

different polymer technologies and most
individual lines are still used to process
only one polymer.
Flash spinning Technology
 Non woven fabric produced using high
density polyethylene.

 flash spinning a polymer is dissolved in a

solvent and is extruded as a sheet which,
upon extrusion, is blown into a mass of
bubbles as a result of the fall in pressure.
This sheet is subsequently drawn and
mechanically fibrillated, resulting in a fine
fibre network. These fibres are laid as a
web on a moving belt prior to being bonded
by heat and pressure.
Wet-laid Technology
 Short fibres, commonly less than 10
mm, are suspended in large amounts of
water and fed on to a wire screen. The
water is filtered and squeezed off. The
resultant fibre web is drum dried and
bonded to form an isotropic nonwoven.
Bonding can be achieved by chemical
binders, or by including thermoplastic
fibres in the mix.
Draw Backs
 Wet-laid installations tend to involve high
capital investment

 Wet-laid nonwoven face environmental

problems associated with the amount of
water used.

 In Market sectors wet-laid nonwovens are

facing increasing competition from spun
bonds.
Air-Laid Technology
 In this Process, Transports the fibre in
an air stream to the web bonding stage.
Isotropic webs are formed and the
process is commonly limited to short
fibres, usually up to 76 mm, latest
equipment can handle longer materials.
Growth rates of Web Technology
 Air-laid is fastest growing web
technology. Growing Rats
forecast to decline over time & Web
Technology
CAGR(%)

come closer with other web

technologies.
 Extruded non woven forecast 1995-2000 2000-2005 2005-2010
declining average annual
growth rate. Extruded 6.8% 4.5% 4.4%
 Dry-laid forecast to remain
robust & small acceleration in 5.1% 5.1% 5.5%

growth rate. Dry-laid

 This contrast in fortunes is 12.2% 8.6% 7.3%

partly driven by the strong Air-laid

demand for end-use products 5.0% 4.0% 5.3%

requiring hydrophilic fibres Wet-laid
such as viscose and cotton
which cannot be extruded. 5.9% 4.8% 5.1%

All nonwovens
World End-Use Consumption of Nonwoven Fabric in Technical Textiles by
Application Area, 2000
(% Split in Volume Terms)

Medtech
33%
Medtech: Hygiene and Medical Textiles
 The dominance of the Medtech
segment is the consequence of 2000 2010 CAGR
massive volumes of nonwoven cover
stock products for use in nappies Products (%)
(diapers), female sanitary towels. 2000-10

 Recent rapid growth of the medical

and hygienic wipes market, which is
already approaching 200,000 tones %
‘000 Shar ‘000 %
per annum tones e tones Share

 Nonwoven wipes are relatively new Coverstock 894 73% 1,282 64% 3.7%
consumer products which are usually Wipes 190 15% 483 24% 9.7%
impregnated with a combination of
fluids, chemical and/or perfumes Gowns, Drapes 94 8% 150 7% 4.8%
designed to clean and protect skin.
29 2% 45 2% 4.4%
Sterile
 Wound care products exhibit strong Packaging
growth. Wound dressings are Woundcare 21 2% 46 2% 8.0%
marketed in a vast array of types and
sizes to suit various medical and
surgical applications. Total 1,228 100% 2,005 100% 5.0%
Buildtech: Building and Construction
Textiles
 The bulk of nonwovens used in the 2000 2010 CAGR
Buildtech use in roofing.

 US roofing market consumes large Products (%)

volumes of glass “shingle” products 2000-10
which comprise a glass fiber mat,
coated with layers of blacktop and
mineral granules.
 Nonwovens are also increasingly used
in breather membranes, mostly made ‘000 % ‘000 %
from polypropylene or polyethylene, tones Share tones Share
which act as underlays between layers
of roofing to protect against the
elements. Shingles 304 54% 422 51% 3.4%

Roofing
 Breather membranes are also used as Felts
171 30% 249 30% 3.8%
“Housewrap” to insulate the walls of
timber framed buildings against wind
and water but allow the moister transfer Housewrap 79 14% 131 16% 5.2%
to avoid the build up of condensation
within the property Composites 12 2% 19 2% 5.0%

Total 566 100% 822 100% 3.8%

Clothtech: Technical Components for Shoes and
Clothing
 Clothtech represented the third
largest application area for
nonwovens largely because of
two main products – components
for shoes and inter-linings for
garments. 2000 2010 CAGR

 Shoe components form polyester Products (%)

2000-10
fiber which provides far better
abrasion resistance than its main
competitor cotton, ‘000 % ‘000
%
Shar
 Nonwovens are forecast to tones Share tones e
continue to increase their share of Shoe 411 75% 550 71% 2.9%
the world interlinings market, at Components
the expense of woven and knits, Interlining 140 25% 220 29% 4.7%
particularly as suitable nonwoven
technology is introduced into Total 551 100% 770
100
3.4%
developing countries where %

woven constructions currently

dominate the market.
Hometech: Technical Components for Furniture,
Household Textiles and Floor Coverings
 Over recent years, nonwoven 2000 2010 CAGR
synthetic fabrics have begun to Products (%)
take a major share of the 2000-10
primary carpet backing market. ‘000 % ‘000 %
tones Share tones Share

 wipes, nonwoven synthetics are Carpet

Backings 163 35% 230 29% 3.5%
slowly taking share from
traditional woven natural fibres Wipes 73 16% 188 24% 9.9%
(e.g. leno woven floor cloths) in HVAC Filters 51 11% 91 12% 6.0%
developed markets, although Mattress 50 11% 68 9% 3.2%
waste materials are still used in Components
large volumes in many other Spring 34 7% 47 6% 3.2%
regions Insulators

Furniture 30 6% 42 5% 3.3%
Components
 These products have experienced Dust Cloths 23 5% 38 5% 5.0%
very high levels of growth in
Western markets over recent years Pillow
Tickings
21 4% 41 5% 7.1%
and growth looks set to continue
over the near future. Mattress 10 2% 14 2% 3.1%
Tickings
Mattress 6 1% 14 2% 9.3%
 Smaller segments wrappings for Spring
bed and upholstery springs are Wrap
forecast to grow strongly, as
nonwovens take share from Vacuum Filters 5 1% 11 1% 7.4%
wovens.
Total 467 100% 783 100% 5.3%
Indutech: Textiles Used in Industrial
Applications
 Industrial wipes include dry and 2000 2010 CAGR
pre-moistened wipes used in Products (%)
areas such as manufacturing, ‘000 % ‘000 %
2000-10
food service applications and tones Share tones Share

clean rooms. Battery

126 28% 260 30% 7.5%

Separators, etc
 Filtration is a faster growing
industrial application for Wipes 121 27% 258 30% 7.9%
nonwovens. Nonwovens are
ideally suited to many filtration Liquid Filters 98 22% 168 19% 5.6%

applications, combining relatively 44 10% 58 7% 2.8%

Papermaking
low cost with a largely open pore Felts
structure.
 different types of fibre can be Dust Filters
31 7% 60 7% 6.9%
used in this end-use to provide HEPA Filtration 19 4% 38 4% 7.1%
specific combinations of
temperature tolerance, acid and Abrasives 9 2% 15 2% 4.6%

alkali resistance, etc.

Other Filters 6 1% 17 2% 10.5%

Total 453 100% 873 100% 6.8%

Mobiltech: Textiles Used in Automotive, Marine,
Railway and Aerospace Applications

 In vehicle and transport sectors, environmental, recycling and

fuel efficiency considerations, as well as the trend within the
automotive industry to standardize vehicle components across
global ranges, are favoring the in-creased use of non-woven
trim, carpeting, insulation and filtration materials.

 Cabin air filters where an electro statically charged filter medium

is combined with a nonwoven pre-filter to ensure a clean air
supply to the vehicle interior.

 Sound and heat insulation materials have also forecast to have

high growth rates up to 2010. These are used in a number of
places within cars and commercial vehicles.

 Glass has traditionally had a large share of this

market but shift towards the use of polyester and also
natural fibers such as jute and flax.
Geotextiles Application: The Nonwoven Used in Ground
Stabilization Pit Linings, Erosion Control.

Agrotech: Textiles for Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry and

Fishing. Main Application area Crop protection Cover &
Capillary nonwovens for use in horticultural applications that
provide consistent watering of plants.

Protech: Textiles for Personal and Property Protection

application area Disposable Chemical Protection, Face Masks &
Cut Protection.

Packtech: Packaging Textiles: The packaging sector uses over

51,000 tones of nonwovens annually in a variety of flexible and
rigid packaging applications. Major uses include food filtration
and coverings, envelopes, tea bags, medical wrappings and
more general wrapping purposes.
Ten Highest Volume Nonwoven Products

These ten products account for almost 70% of the market by weight and just under
60% by value.
Product ‘000 % Share of $US mn % Share of
tonnes Total Total
(volume) (value)
Medtech: Coverstock 893.7 23.2% 2,150.7 14.0%

Clothtech: Shoe Components 411.3 10.7% 1,688.4 11.0%

Buildtech: Shingles 303.6 7.9% 910.8 5.9%

Medtech: Wipes 190.4 4.9% 632.3 4.1%

Buildtech: Roofing Felts 171.4 4.5% 514.3 3.3%

Hometech: Carpet Backings 163.4 4.2% 637.1 4.1%

Clothtech: Interlinings 139.8 3.6% 1,304.3 8.5%

Indutech: Battery Separators, etc 125.8 3.3% 540.6 3.5%

Indutech: Wipes 120.7 3.1% 390.9 2.5%

Geotech: Ground Stabilisation 119.4 3.1% 274.7 1.8%

Others 1,211.1 31.5% 6,318.2 41.1%

All Nonwovens 3,850.7 100.0% 15,362.2 100.0%

Ten Fastest Growing Products
Most of the fastest growing products represent relatively new, and consequently small,
applications
Product World End-Use Consumption,
CAGR %
2000
2000-2010
‘000 tonnes Percentage
Share

Mobiltech: Cabin Filters 15.2% 7.7 0.2 %

Packtech: Misc. Packaging 10.9% 39.6 1.0 %
Indutech: Other woven Filters 10.5% 6.3 0.2%
Hometech: Wipes 9.9% 73.0 1.9 %
Protech: Face Masks 9.9% 9.3 0.2 %
Medtech: Wipes 9.7% 190.4 4.9 %
Mobiltech: Insulation 9.6% 51.7 1.3 %
Hometech: Mattress Spring Wrap 9.3% 6.0 0.2 %

Medtech: Wound care Nonwovens 8.0% 21.5 0.6 %

Indutech: Wipes 7.9% 120.7 3.1 %
Others 4.1% 3,324.5 86.3 %
All Nonwovens 5.0% 3,850.7 100.0 %
Analysis of End-Use Consumption by Growth Rate and Current Consumption

 Around half of the 52 nonwoven products are growing rapidly (above 5% per
annum).

 6 of these are currently consumed in volumes above the average for nonwovens
overall of 70,000 tonnes (principally wipes, some filters, and fabrics for electrical
applications as battery separators)
 9 large nonwoven product segments such as interlinings, shoe components and
now cover stock are mature or maturing

 18 products (35% of the total) such as wound-care, disposable packaging and

wrappers for mattress springs are growing quickly but from relatively small bases.

 37% of the market represented by specialist nonwoven products expected to

remain in low volume applications such as tea bags, abrasive products and certain
items of protective clothing.
Small volume products with good future Products with currently high
prospects
consumption levels that are
Agrotech: Cover/Protection, Capillary
Matting Buildtech: Composites forecast to continue to grow
Hometech:Vacuum Filters, HVAC Filters, rapidly
Pillow Tickings,Mattress Spring Wrap, Dust
Buildtech: HousewrapHometech:
Cloths Indutech:Air Filters, Dust Filters,
Other Filters Medtech:Woundcare WipesIndutech:Wipes, Liquid
Mobiltech: Cabin Filters, Insulation Filters,Battery separatorsMedtech:
Packtech: Misc. Packaging Protech:Face Wipes (6 Products)
Masks Sporttech: Bags/Shoppers, Flags
(18 Products)

Forecast to remain specialist and/or Maturing bulk products with low

small volume products forecast growth
Geotech: Pit Linings, Erosion Control
Buildtech: Roofing Felt, Shingles
Hometech:Mattress Tickings,Mattress
Components,Spring Insulators,Furniture
Clothtech:Interlinings, Shoe
Components Indutech:Abrasives,Paper Components Geotech:Ground
making Felts Medtech:Sterile Packaging Stabilisation Hometech: Carpet
Mobiltech: Needled Carpet, Automotive Backings Medtech: Gowns/Drapes,
Carpet Backing, Transport Composites, Coverstock Mobiltech: Trim(9
Marine Composites Packtech: Teabags Products)
Protech:Cut/Slash Protection, Dust
Protection, Disposable Chemical Protection
Sporttech: Artificial LeatherSubstrates,
Equipment Composites(19 Products)
Extruded Nonwoven Products that Account for 80% of Consumption, 2000

11 products account for 80% of the total volume of extruded nonwovens (covering spunbond, meltblown,
flash spinning)

Product
Volume % Share of Cumulative
2000 (000t) Total Extruded Percentage
Medtech Coverstock 607.7 42.3% 42.3%
Buildtech Roofing Felts 104.3 7.3% 49.5%

Hometech Nonwoven Carpet Backings 96.3 6.7% 56.2%

Buildtech Housewrap 79.0 5.5% 61.7%

Clothtech Shoe Components 58.9 4.1 % 65.8%

Medtech Nonwoven gowns, drapes 45.4 3.2% 68.9%

Agrotech NW Crop Cover, Protection 42.8 3.0% 71.9%

Mobiltech Nonwoven Trim 40.6 2.8% 74.7%
Packtech Misc. NW Packaging 37.3 2.6% 77.3%

Protech Disposable Chemical Protection 28.8 2.0% 79.3%

Sporttech Bags, Shoppers 25.6 1.8% 81.1 %
Others 271.8 18.9% 100.0%
Total Extruded 1438.4 100.0% 100.0%
Wet-Laid Nonwoven Products that Account for 80% of Consumption, 2000

Wet-laid nonwovens are highly concentrated with four products accounting for almost 90% of the
total volume by weight.

Product Volume % Share Cumulati

2000 of ve
(000t) Total Wet- Percenta
Laid ge
Buildtech: Shingles 303.6 49.4% 49.4%
Indutech: Battery
Separators, etc 107.0 17.4% 66.8%
Indutech: Nonwoven Liquid
filters 73.2 11.9% 78.7%
Clothtech: Shoe
Components 58.9 9.6% 88.3%
Others 72.0 11.7% 100.0%
Total Wet-Laid 614.8 100.0% 100.0%
Dry-Laid Nonwoven Products that Account for 80% of Consumption, 2000

Dry-laid nonwovens are concentrated with 13 products accounting for 80% of total
dry-laid consumption.

Product Volume % Share of Cumulative

2000 (000t) Total Dry-Laid Percentage
Clothtech Shoe Components 293.5 17.5% 17.5%
Medtech Coverstock 273.9 16.3% 33.8%
Clothtech Interlinings, nonwoven 131.4 7.8% 41.6%
Medtech Wipes 113.4 6.7% 48.3%
Geotech Ground Stabilisation 101.5 6.0% 54.4%
Indutech Nonwoven Wipes 86.9 5.2% 59.5%
Mobiltech Nonwoven Trim 69.1 4.1% 63.7%
Hometech Nonwoven Carpet Backings 67.1 4.0% 67.6%
Buildtech Roofing Felts 56.7 3.4% 71.0%
Mobiltech Needled Carpet 53.2 3.2% 74.2%
Mobiltech Insulation 51.7 3.1% 77.3%
Indutech Papermaking Felts 43.7 2.6% 79.9%
Hometech HVAC Filters 40.8 2.4% 82.3%
Others 297.8 17.7% 100.0%
Total Dry-Laid 1680.7 100.0% 100.0%
Inter-fabric Competition at the Product Level

 Nonwovens growth can be attributed to two

different factors:

 overall market growth

 The increased competitiveness of nonwovens

at the individual product level, resulting in
increased share of nonwovens at the expense
of other fabric forming technologies, especially
weaving
Inter-fabric Competition at the Product Level

 At the product level, the nonwovens market can be usefully

split into two distinct groups:

 Group A: products that are made exclusively from

nonwovens – e.g. HVAC filters (where growth is attributable
wholly to market growth)

 Group B: products that can be made from either nonwovens

or another fabric type – (e.g. carpet backing, which can be
either nonwoven or woven) where volume changes reflect
movements in both market size and nonwoven share.
Competition Between Nonwovens and Other Fabrics by Product, 2000
Group A: Group B:
Products Which Use Only Nonwovens Products Where Nonwovens Compete With
Other Fabric Types

Percentage Percentage
Share of Share of
Total Nonwovens Total Nonwovens

Agrotech: Capillary Matting 0.6% Agrotech: Crop Cover, Protection 1.1 %

Buildtech: Shingles 7.9% Buildtech: Housewrap 2.1%
Hometech: Vacuum Filters 0.1 % Buildtech: Roofing Felts 4.5%
Hometech: HVAC Filters 1.3% Buildtech: Composites 0.3%
Hometech: Mattress Components 1.3% Clothtech: Interlinings 3.6%
Hometech: Spring Insulators 0.9% Clothtech: Shoe Components 10.7%
Indutech: Air Filters 0.5% Geotech: Ground Stabilisation 3.1%
Medtech: Sterile Packaging 0.8% Geotech: Pit Linings 0.1%
Medtech: Wipes 4.9% Geotech: Erosion Control 0.1%
Mobiltech: Cabin Filters 0.2% Hometech: Wipes 1.9%
Mobiltech: Auto Carpet Backing 0.4% Hometech: Pillow Tickings 0.5%
Mobiltech: Insulation 1.3% Hometech: Mattress Tickings 0.3%
Mobiltech: Transport Composites 0.1 % Hometech: Mattress Spring Wrap 0.2%
Mobiltech: Marine Composites 0.2% Hometech: Dust Cloths 0.6%
Packtech: Teabags 0.3% Hometech Furniture Components 0.8%
Protech: Face Masks 0.2% Hometech: Carpet Backings 4.2%
Sporttech: Equipment Composites 0.1 % Indutech: Abrasives 0.2%
Indutech: Wipes 3.1%
Indutech: Dust Filters 0.8%
Indutech: Liquid Filters 2.5%
Indutech: Other Filters 0.2%
Indutech: Papermaking Felts 1.1%
Indutech: Battery Separators, etc 3.3%
Medtech: Coverstock 23.2%
Medtech: Nonwoven Gowns, Drapes 2.4%
Medtech: Woundcare 0.6%
Mobiltech: Needled Carpet 1.4%
Mobiltech: Trim 2.8%
Packtech: Misc. Packaging 1.0%
Protech: Cut, Slash Protection 0.0%
Protech: Dust Protection 0.3%
Protech: Disposable Chemical Protection 0.8%
Sporttech: Bags, Shoppers 0.7%
Sporttech: Artificial Leather Substrates 0.3%
Sporttech: Flags 0.0%

Total of 17 Products with 21.2% share Total of 35 Products with a 78.8% share

of all nonwovens (815,300 tonnes pa) of all nonwovens (3,035,400 tonnes pa)
Overall Polymer/Fibre Usage
Cotton, Wool,Wood-pulp,Viscose ,Polyester ,Polyamide ,Polypropylene Polyethylene,
Acrylic Aramid, Other synthetic high performance fibres Carbon,Glass,Ceramic

 Polyester and polypropylene together accounted for almost 70%

of all fibre and polymer used in nonwovens in 2000

 Glass fibre, with 14%, was the only other fibre with a share of
the market above 10%.

 Extensive use of viscose in the more rapidly growing product

segments such as wipes, filters and medical gowns and drapes,
this fibre is forecast to increase its share of the nonwovens
market to over 11 % by 2010.
Fibre Usage by Web Technology
World End-Use Consumption of Wet-Laid Nonwovens by
Polymer/Fibre Type, 2000
(% Split in Volume Terms)
 only glass, polyester
and viscose are
used in any quantity
in wet-laid
nonwovens.These
three fibers account
for around 95% of all
wet-laid nonwovens,
with glass itself
representing over
two-thirds of the
market.
World End-Use Consumption of Extruded Nonwovens
by Polymer/Fibre Type, 2000
(% Split in Volume Terms)
 Extruded nonwovens
are more concentrated,
with only 4 polymers
represented and the
polypropylene and
polyester accounting for
around 99% of the
market. In this web
technology it is
polypropylene that takes
a two-thirds market
share. This share is
expected to increase
slightly to 2010 at the
expense of polyester.
World End-Use Consumption of Dry-laid Nonwovens by
Polymer/Fibre Type, 2000
(% Split in Volume Terms)
 Dry-laid nonwovens use
a far wider range of
fibres, but even here
three fibres dominate –
polyester, polypropylene
and viscose. Glass also
has a significant share
while cotton and
polyamide have only a
small presence.
References
WORLD MARKET FORECASTE TO 2010
DAVID RIGBY ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Class Notes Tech Textile By Sir Jacek

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