The Top 40 International Roll Goods Manufacturers

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.

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

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*includes $80 million in 1998 sales for UPM-Kymmene, Walkisoft

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