CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION... 1 STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES... 1 REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY... 1 INTENDED AUDIENCE... 2 SCOPE OF REPORT... 2 INFORMATION SOURCES... 3 AUTHOR S CREDENTIALS... 4 RELATED BCC RESEARCH... 4 BCC ONLINE SERVICES... 5 DISCLAIMER... 5 CHAPTER TWO: SUMMARY... 6 SUMMARY (CONTINUED)... 7 SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL NONWOVEN MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS OUTLOOK, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 8 SUMMARY FIGURE GLOBAL NONWOVEN MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS OUTLOOK, 2006-2015 (MILLION LBS)... 9 CHAPTER THREE: TECHNOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT... 10 OVERVIEW... 10 HISTORY... 10 HISTORY (CONTINUED)... 11 PRODUCTION PROCESSES... 12 FIGURE 1 NONWOVEN FABRIC PRODUCTION PROCESSES... 13 TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF NONWOVEN PROCESSES... 14 TABLE 1 (CONTINUED)... 15 WEB FORMING... 15 TABLE 2 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVENS MARKET BY WEB FORMING PROCESS METHOD, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 16 Spun Laid... 16 Dry Laid... 17 Carding... 17 Air Laying... 18 Wet Laid... 18 Other Techniques... 19 Meltblown... 19 Film Fibrillation... 20 Tandem (or Hybrid) Processes... 20 WEB BONDING... 21 Chemical Bonding... 21 Thermal Bonding... 22 Calendering... 23 Ultrasound... 23 Through-Air... 23
Mechanical Bonding... 23 Needlepunching... 24 Hydroentanglement... 24 Stitchbonding... 25 FINISHING... 25 CONVERTING... 25 GOVERNMENT REGULATION... 26 GOVERNMENT REGULATION (CONTINUED)... 27 GOVERNMENT REGULATION (CONTINUED)... 28 CHAPTER FOUR: NONWOVEN FIBERS... 29 OVERVIEW... 29 FIGURE 2 PERCENTAGE SHARES OF NONWOVEN FIBERS USED IN NORTH AMERICA BY TYPE OF FIBER, 1975 2015 (%)... 30 FIGURE 2 (CONTINUED)... 31 TABLE 3 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN FIBERS MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 32 TABLE 4 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN STAPLE FIBERS MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 33 TABLE 5 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN CONTINUOUS- FILAMENT FIBERS MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 34 POLYPROPYLENE... 35 TABLE 6 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR POLYPROPYLENE IN NONWOVENS BY APPLICATION AND TYPE OF FIBER, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 36 POLYESTER... 37 TABLE 7 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR POLYESTER IN NONWOVENS BY APPLICATION AND TYPE OF FIBER, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 38 CELLULOSICS... 39 CELLULOSICS (CONTINUED)... 40 TABLE 8 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR CELLULOSICS IN NONWOVENS BY APPLICATION AND TYPE OF FIBER, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 41 NYLON... 42 TABLE 9 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR NYLON IN NONWOVENS BY APPLICATION AND TYPE OF FIBER, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 42 OTHER... 43 OTHER (CONTINUED)... 44 TABLE 10 NORTH AMERICAN MARKET FOR OTHER FIBERS IN NONWOVENS BY APPLICATION AND TYPE OF FIBER, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 45
BI-COMPONENT FIBERS... 46 NANOFIBERS... 47 PRICE... 48 FIGURE 3 NORTH AMERICAN PRICES OF FIBERS USED IN NONWOVENS, 2010 ($/LB)... 49 FIGURE 4 PRICES OF FIBERS USED IN NONWOVENS ($/YD 2 )... 50 CHAPTER FIVE: NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN PRODUCT MARKETS... 51 OVERVIEW... 51 TABLE 11 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN DISPOSABLE AND DURABLE PRODUCTS MARKETS THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 51 TABLE 12 SELECTED NONWOVEN SEGMENTS AND COMPETING MARKETS... 52 OVERVIEW (CONTINUED)... 53 DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS... 54 TABLE 13 NORTH AMERICAN DISPOSABLE NONWOVEN PRODUCTS, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 54 HYGIENE... 54 TABLE 14 NORTH AMERICAN POPULATION TRENDS AFFECTING THE HYGIENE MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLIONS OF PEOPLE)... 55 TABLE 15 NORTH AMERICAN HYGIENE MARKET BY MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 56 TABLE 16 NORTH AMERICAN HYGIENE MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 57 Disposable Diapers... 57 TABLE 17 NORTH AMERICAN DISPOSABLE DIAPER NONWOVENS MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 58 Disposable Diapers (Continued)... 59 Adult Incontinence... 60 TABLE 18 NORTH AMERICAN ADULT INCONTINENCE NONWOVEN MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 61 Feminine Hygiene... 62 TABLE 19 NORTH AMERICAN FEMININE HYGIENE NONWOVEN MARKET, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 63 Other Hygiene Applications... 64 TABLE 20 NORTH AMERICAN OTHER HYGIENE MARKETS, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 65 MEDICAL/SURGICAL... 66 TABLE 21 NORTH AMERICAN MEDICAL/SURGICAL MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 67 Medical/Surgical (Continued)... 68 FILTRATION... 69
TABLE 22 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN FILTRATION MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 70 WIPES... 71 TABLE 23 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN WIPES MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 72 TABLE 24 NORTH AMERICAN WIPES MARKET SEGMENTS, 2010 (MILLION LBS)... 73 Consumer... 73 Consumer (Continued)... 74 Consumer (Continued)... 75 Industrial... 76 Other Factors... 77 FABRIC SOFTENER... 78 TABLE 25 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN FABRIC SOFTENER MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 78 FOOTWEAR... 79 TABLE 26 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN FOOTWEAR MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 79 OTHER DISPOSABLES... 79 TABLE 27 NORTH AMERICAN OTHER NONWOVEN DISPOSABLES BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 80 DURABLE PRODUCTS... 81 TABLE 28 NORTH AMERICAN DURABLE NONWOVEN PRODUCTS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 81 GEOTEXTILES... 82 TABLE 29 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN GEOTEXTILE MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 83 HOME FURNISHINGS... 84 TABLE 30 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN HOME FURNISHING APPLICATIONS, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 85 TABLE 31 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN HOME FURNISHING MATERIALS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 86 FLOOR COVERINGS... 87 FIGURE 5 RELATIVE SIZE OF FLOOR COVERING SEGMENTS, 2010 (MILLION LBS/YR)... 88 TABLE 32 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN FLOOR COVERING MATERIALS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 89 AUTOMOTIVE... 90 TABLE 33 NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOTIVE NONWOVEN MARKETS BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 91 FIGURE 6 LIGHT VEHICLE NONWOVEN USE BY APPLICATION, 2010 (%)... 92
INDUSTRIAL GARMENTS... 93 TABLE 34 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN INDUSTRIAL GARMENT MARKET BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 94 APPAREL INTERLININGS... 95 TABLE 35 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN APPAREL INTERLININGS BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 96 COATINGS... 97 TABLE 36 NORTH AMERICAN NONWOVEN COATINGS MARKETS BY TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 98 OTHER DURABLES... 99 TABLE 37 NORTH AMERICAN OTHER NONWOVEN DURABLES MARKET BY APPLICATION AND TYPE OF MATERIAL, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 99 Building and Construction... 100 Agricultural Fabrics... 101 Electronic Components... 102 Durable Paper... 102 Miscellaneous Durables... 103 CHAPTER SIX: GLOBAL NONWOVEN MARKETS... 104 OVERVIEW... 104 FIGURE 7 GLOBAL PER CAPITA NONWOVEN CONSUMPTION, 2010 (POUNDS PER CAPITA)... 104 FIGURE 7 (CONTINUED)... 105 FIGURE 8 GLOBAL NONWOVEN MARKETS, 2010 (11.88 BILLION LBS OR 5.39 MILLION MTS)... 105 FIGURE 8 (CONTINUED)... 106 DETERMINANTS OF DEMAND... 106 DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE... 107 TABLE 38 GLOBAL POPULATION TRENDS BY REGION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLIONS OF PEOPLE)... 108 FIGURE 9 CONSUMER SPENDING BY AGE COHORT... 108 FIGURE 9 (CONTINUED)... 109 TABLE 39 GLOBAL TRENDS IN ECONOMIC OUTPUT BY REGION, THROUGH 2015 (BILLIONS OF 2010 $)... 110 GLOBAL OUTLOOK FOR NONWOVENS... 110 TABLE 40 GLOBAL NONWOVEN MATERIALS MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 111 WESTERN EUROPE... 112 TABLE 41 WESTERN EUROPEAN NONWOVEN DURABLES AND DISPOSABLES MARKETS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 113
TABLE 42 WESTERN EUROPEAN NONWOVEN MATERIALS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 114 Western Europe (Continued)... 115 JAPAN... 116 TABLE 43 JAPANESE NONWOVEN DURABLES AND DISPOSABLES MARKETS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 117 TABLE 44 JAPANESE NONWOVEN MATERIALS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 118 ROW... 119 ROW (Continued)... 120 TABLE 45 ROW NONWOVEN MATERIALS MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2015 (MILLION LBS)... 121 Latin America... 122 Eastern and Central Europe... 122 Africa and the Middle East... 123 China... 124 Other Asia... 125 Other Asia (Continued)... 126 CHAPTER SEVEN: INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND STRATEGIC CHANGES... 127 OVERVIEW... 127 TABLE 46 STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF THE NONWOVEN FABRICS MARKET... 127 TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES... 128 TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES (CONTINUED)... 129 CAPITAL INVESTMENT... 130 OPERATIONS... 131 COST STRUCTURE... 132 NON-FIBER RAW MATERIALS... 133 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT... 134 LABOR... 135 INVENTORIES... 136 VOLATILITY... 136 INTEGRATION... 136 Integration (Continued)... 137 COMPETITION... 138 MARKETING... 139 PRICING AND BARGAINING POWER... 139 MARKET SEGMENTATION... 140 Market Segmentation (Continued)... 141 DIFFERENTIATION... 142 INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND MARKET SHARE... 143 REGIONAL IMPORTANCE... 144
TABLE 47 GLOBAL NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPANY SALES,* 2010 ($ MILLIONS)... 145 TABLE 47 (CONTINUED)... 146 Regional Importance (Continued)... 147 CONCENTRATION AND CHANGING DYNAMICS... 148 FIGURE 10 CHANGING NONWOVEN INDUSTRY STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS, 2005 VS. 2010 (%)... 149 Concentration and (Continued)... 150 GLOBALIZATION... 151 GLOBALIZATION (CONTINUED)... 152 CHAPTER EIGHT: COMPANY PROFILES... 153 NONWOVEN FABRIC COMPANY PROFILES... 153 3M CO.... 153 ADS, INC.... 154 AHLSTROM CORP.... 154 Ahlstrom Corp.(continued)... 155 ALBIS SPA... 156 AMBIC CO., LTD.... 157 ANDREW INDUSTRIES, LTD.... 157 ASAHI KASEI CORP.... 158 ASSOCIATED FIBER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.... 159 AS WENDRE... 160 AVGOL, LTD.... 160 Avgol, Ltd. (Continued)... 161 AWA PAPER MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.... 162 BAIKSAN T&S CO., LTD.... 162 BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.... 163 CAMTEX FABRICS, LTD.... 164 CARUSO GMBH... 165 CHISSO CORP.... 165 COLBOND B.V.... 166 COMPANHIA PROVIDÊNCIA INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO... 166 CRANE & CO., INC.... 167 DAILAN RUIGUANG NONWOVENS GROUP... 168 DELSTAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.... 169 DE SAEDELEIR TEXTILE PLATFORM N.V.... 170 DYNIC CORP.... 170 EAGLE NONWOVENS, INC.... 171 ECOTEXTIL, S.R.O.... 171 E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO.... 172 FAMA JERSEY SPA... 173 FIBER DYNAMICS, INC.... 173 FIBERMARK, INC.... 174 FIBERTEX A/S... 174
FIBERWEB, PLC... 175 Fiberweb, Plc (Continued)... 176 FIRST QUALITY ENTERPRISES, INC.... 177 FISIRAS SA... 178 FITESAFIBERWEB... 178 FOSS MANUFACTURING CO., LLC... 179 Foss Manufacturing Co., LLC (Continued)... 180 FREUDENBERG & CO.... 181 FRITZ LANDOLT AG... 182 FUYUAN NONWOVEN FABRIC CO., LTD... 183 GAF MATERIALS CORP.... 183 GEOFABRICS AUSTRALASIA PTY, LTD.... 184 GENERAL TEKSTIL SANAYI VE TICARET AŞ... 185 GEORGIA-PACIFIC, LLC... 186 GINNI FILAMENTS, LTD.... 187 GULSAN SENTETIK DOKUMA SANAYI VE TICARET AS... 187 HANOL CO., LTD.... 188 HASSAN GROUP... 189 HOBBS BONDED FIBERS CO.... 190 HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE CO.... 190 Hollingsworth & Vose Co. (Continued)... 191 HUNAN YUANJIANG ENZE WATER SOLUBLE NONWOVEN FABRIC CO., LTD.... 192 I.M.P. INDUSTRIE MAURISIO PERUZZO... 192 INDUSTRIAS MURTRA SA... 193 IPETEX SA... 194 JACOB HOLM INDUSTRIES SAS... 194 JAPAN VILENE COMPANY, LTD.... 195 JEEVAN GROUP... 196 JEONG HWAN CORP.... 196 JILANA A.S.... 197 JOHNS MANVILLE CORP.... 197 JOHNSON TEXTILES, INC.... 198 KANAI JUYO KOGYO CO., LTD.... 199 KANG NA HSUING ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.... 199 KASBAR NATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INC.... 200 KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP.... 201 KOLON CHEMICAL CO., LTD.... 202 KOMITEX JSC... 202 KURABO INDUSTRIES, LTD.... 203 KURARAY CO., LTD.... 204 KUREHA, LTD.... 205 LAEI SAZ INDUSTRIAL CO.... 205 LANTOR B.V.... 206
LYDALL, INC.... 207 MCAIRLAID VLIESSTOFFE GMBH & CO., KG... 208 MATADOR CONVERTERS CO., LTD.... 209 MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS CO., LTD.... 209 MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.... 210 MOGUL TEKSTIL SANAYI YE TICARET, LTD.... 211 NAN LIU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.... 211 NUOVA FNT FABBRICA NON TESSUTI SPA... 212 OJI PAPER CO., LTD.... 212 ORLANDI SPA... 213 ORSA SRL... 214 PEGAS NONWOVENS S.R.O.... 214 P.H. GLATFELTER CO.... 215 POLYMER GROUP, INC.... 216 PRECISION CUSTOM HOLDINGS, LLC... 217 PROPEX HOLDING, LLC... 218 PT MEGAH MEGALON INDUSTRIES... 219 REGENERACIJA D.D.... 220 REXCELL TISSUE & AIRLAID AB... 220 RKW AG RHEINISCHE KUNSTOFFWERKE... 221 ROCKLINE INDUSTRIES, INC.... 222 ROYAL TENCATE GROUP... 222 Royal Tencate Group (Continued)... 223 SANDLER AG... 224 SHALAG INDUSTRIES A.C.S., LTD.... 225 SHENG HUNG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.... 226 SOFT N.W. SRL... 227 SO.GE.TEC. SPA... 227 N.R. SPUNTECH INDUSTRIES, LTD.... 227 SUOMINEN CORP.... 228 SUPREME NONWOVEN INDUSTRIES PVT., LTD.... 229 SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET... 230 TEXAR SA... 230 TEXSUS SPA... 231 TEXTILGRUPPE HOF AG... 231 THRACE PLASTICS CO. SA... 232 TOOM TEKSTILL AS... 233 TORAY ADVANCED MATERIALS KOREA, INC.... 233 TOYOBO COMPANY, LTD.... 234 Toyobo Company, Ltd. (Continued)... 235 THE TWE GROUP... 236 UNION INDUSTRIES SPA... 237 UNITIKA, LTD.... 238 VINKA AD... 239
VITA NONWOVENS, INC.... 239 Vita Nonwovens, Inc. (Continued)... 240 ZHEJIANG KINGSAFE NEW TEXTILE GROUP CO., LTD.... 241