The development of the non-woven textile industry?

As of 1998, the world's consumption of non-woven fabrics has reached 2.4 million tons. In 1970, its consumption was only 400,000 tons, and by 2007, its consumption is expected to reach 4 million tons.
Manufacturers of Spunbonded nonwovens are mainly concentrated in the United States (41% of the world's total), Western Europe accounted for 30%, Japan accounted for 8%, China's production only accounted for 3.5% of the world's production, and its consumption was 17.5% of the world's In 2018, China's non-woven fabric output was 5.932 million tons, accounting for 37.91% of the global total, and the world's largest production capacity.
Man-made fibers still dominate the production of non-woven fabrics, and this situation will not change significantly before 2007. 63% of the fibers used in the production of non-woven fabrics worldwide are polypropylene, 23% polyester, 8% viscose, 2% acrylic fiber, 1.5% polyamide, and the remaining 3% other fiber.
The application of non-woven fabrics in sanitary absorbent materials, medical, transportation, and shoe-making textile materials has increased significantly.
2. Non-woven fabric production and consumption
The global consumption of non-woven fabrics was 800,000 tons in 1983, increased to 1.1 million tons in 1985 and 1.4 million tons in 1988. By 1998, global non-woven fabric consumption reached 2.4 million tons. In 2005, its consumption could reach 3.7 million tons.
The consumption of man-made fibers used in various textiles was 16.9 million tons in 1983, increased to 20.4 million tons in 1988, and reached 30.4 million tons in 1998. It is estimated that by 2005, its consumption will be 37 million tons. It can reach 38.3 million tons per year.
The consumption growth rate of man-made fibers in the production of non-woven fabrics is expected to reach 10% in 2005 and 10.4% in 2007. Part of the reason why the consumption of non-woven fabrics has grown so fast is the increase in auxiliary industries in China, Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
3. Factors that affect the growth rate of non-woven fabrics
All the factors that affect the growth of man-made fibers can more or less have a certain impact on textiles using man-made fibers as raw materials, of which non-woven textiles have the greatest impact. Population growth has a smaller impact on non-woven fabrics than other textiles used in apparel. But if considering the important application of non-woven fabrics in baby diapers, population growth is also an important factor. The partial replacement of natural fibers has a greater impact on textiles, but has little impact on non-woven fabrics, because the production of non-woven fabrics basically depends on man-made fibers.
The commercial development of man-made fibers and the professional application of non-woven fabrics: the establishment of international economic treaties has enabled the trade of microfibers, composite fibers, biodegradable fibers and new polyester fibers to grow. This has a great impact on non-woven fabrics, but has little impact on apparel and knitted textiles. Replacement of textiles and other supplies: This includes the replacement of non-woven textiles, knitted textiles, plastic films, polyurea foam, wood pulp, leather, etc. This is determined by the cost and performance requirements of the product. Introduce a new, more economical and more effective production process: that is, the application of new competitive non-woven fabrics made of polymers, the application of special fibers and non-woven textile additives.
The three major fibers used in the production of non-woven fabrics are polypropylene fiber (62% of the total), polyester fiber (24% of the total) and viscose fiber (8% of the total). From 1970 to 1985, viscose fiber was used most in non-woven fabric production. Between 2000 and 2005, in the field of sanitary absorbent materials and medical textiles, the application of polypropylene fiber and polyester fiber began to dominate. In the early non-woven fabric production market, the amount of nylon was large. Since 1998, the amount of acrylic fiber began to rise, especially in the field of artificial leather manufacturing.
There are many large-scale projects in various constructions in China, such as the Three Gorges Project, Xiaolangdi Project, environmental protection projects, western development, infrastructure construction, etc., which will greatly promote the development of geotextiles, filter materials, waterproof materials, and packaging materials. consumption. In addition, the increase in domestic consumer income will also force the consumption of various hygienic absorbent products and air filtration materials, medical and sanitary products, and labor insurance, sports and sports products. Therefore, China's non-woven fabric industry still has great growth potential in the future.