The Top 40 International Roll Goods Manufacturers
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rnannual survey profiles the top producers worldwide
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rnFor more information on these companies, please refer to the print version of the September 1999 issue of Nonwovens Industry.
rn | rn | rn Worldwide Roll rn rn Good Sales | rn rn North American Roll Good Sales rn | rn
rn 1. rn | rn Freudenberg (1) | rn$1.4 billion | rnrn $252 million rn | rn
rn 2. rn | rn DuPont (2) | rn$1.12 billion | rnrn $638 million rn | rn
rn 3. rn | rn BBA (3) | rn$812 million | rnrn $487 million rn | rn
rn 4. rn | rn PGI (4) | rn$722 million | rnrn $390 million rn | rn
rn 5. rn | rn Kimberly-Clark (5) | rn$640 million | rnrn $560 million rn | rn
rn 6. rn | rn Johns Manville (6) | rn$485 million | rnrn $255 million rn | rn
rn 7. rn | rn Dexter Corporation | rn$280 million | rnrn $140 million rn | rn
rn 8. rn | rn Colbond bv | rn$185 million | rnrn | rn
rn 9. rn | rn Japan Vilene (8) | rn$184 million | rnrn | rn
rn 10. rn | rn Buckeye Technologies/Walkisoft* (30/23) | rn$180 million | rnrn $1.6 billion rn | rn
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rn 11. rn | rn Amoco Fabrics & Fibers (10) | rn$160 million | rnrn $112 million rn | rn
rn 12. rn | rn Foss Manufacturing (13) | rn$143 million | rnrn $122 million rn | rn
rn 13. rn | rn Asahi Chemical (11) | rn$133 million | rnrn |
rn 14. rn | rn Western Nonwovens (16) | rn$128 million | rnrn $115 million rn | rn
rn 15. rn | rn Synthetic Industries (15) | rn$122 million | rnrn $109 million rn | rn
rn 16. rn | rn Lydall, Inc. (12) | rn$116 million | rnrn $105 million rn | rn
rn 17. rn | rn Fort James (28) | rn$115 million | rnrn $80 million rn | rn
rn | rn Lantor/IPT Group (18) | rn$115 million | rnrn |
rn 19. rn | rn Toyobo (14) | rn$114 million | rnrn |
rn 20. rn | rn J.W. Suominen Oy (17) | rn$104 million | rnrn |
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rn 21. rn | rn Libeltex (21) | rn$100 million | rnrn |
rn | C.H. Sandler | rn$100 million | rnrn |
rn 23. rn | rn Hollingsworth & Vose (19) | rn$95 million | rnrn $82 million rn | rn
rn 24. rn | rn Polyfelt (20) | rn$89 million | rnrn |
rn 25. rn | rn Textilgruppe Hof (27) | rn$77 million | rnrn $8 million rn | rn
rn 26. rn | rn Mitsui Chemicals (24) | rn$72 million | rnrn |
rn 27. rn | rn Kuraray (24) | rn$69 million | rnrn |
rn | Unitika (26) | rn$69 million | rnrn |
rn 29. rn | rn Tenotex (33) | rn$65 million | rnrn |
rn 30. rn | rn Companhia Providència (32) | rn$60 million | rnrn |
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rn 31. rn | rn Precision Custom Coatings | rn$58 million | rnrn $30 million rn | rn
rn 32. rn | rn Pantex (29) | rn$55 million | rnrn |
rn | Stearns (31) | rn$55 million | rnrn (95% North American) rn | rn
rn 34. rn | rn Tex Tech (37) | rn$50 million | rnrn $39 million rn | rn
rn 35. rn | rn Ahlstrom (34) | rn$49 million | rnrn $9 million rn | rn
rn | Kang Na | rn$49 million | rnrn |
rn 37. rn | rn Avgol (37) | rn$46 million | rnrn |
rn | Fibertex (34) | rn$46 million | rnrn |
rn 39. rn | rn BFF Nonwovens (36) | rn$43 million | rnrn |
rn 40. rn | rn Lohmann (39) | rn$42 million | rnrn |
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rn Honorable Mention -- Milyon (40) rn | rn $35 million | rnrn |
*includes $80 million in 1998 sales for UPM-Kymmene, Walkisoft
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