Karen McIntyre, Senior Editor03.21.14
The spunlace market continues to grow. After a few years of limited investment in North America, two major projects are currently underway. Spuntech announced in May it would add to its U.S. operation and Jacob Holm broke ground on an expansion to its Candler, NC plant in October. Both of these projects will meet the needs of the wipes market as well a number of new markets for spunlace both in North Amercia and globally.
According to industry estimates, the global spunlace market is growing between 4-6.5% due to gains both in the technology’s core market, wipes, and in new applications both in hygiene and industrial markets. While the wipes market growth has leveled in recent years as many subsegments have reached maturity, executives still report gains in many areas, although eroding margins and other macroeconomic factors have presented problems in the area.
This has led to an increased interest in examining new markets for spunlace, a path that is also not without challenges as often competition both from fellow spunlace manufacturers and competing technologies can be just as severe. Still the benefits for spunlace, including absorbency, textile-
According to industry estimates, the global spunlace market is growing between 4-6.5% due to gains both in the technology’s core market, wipes, and in new applications both in hygiene and industrial markets. While the wipes market growth has leveled in recent years as many subsegments have reached maturity, executives still report gains in many areas, although eroding margins and other macroeconomic factors have presented problems in the area.
This has led to an increased interest in examining new markets for spunlace, a path that is also not without challenges as often competition both from fellow spunlace manufacturers and competing technologies can be just as severe. Still the benefits for spunlace, including absorbency, textile-
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