Tara Olivo, Associate Editor02.02.17
New opportunities and anticipated growth for needlepunched nonwovens have players in this market optimistic. Automotive applications, geotextiles, filtration, and home products, including materials used in mattresses and bedding, make up just some of the core markets in this sector of nonwovens.
“Needlepunch is the second-largest market segment in terms of capacity after the spunbond process segment. It is a continuously growing market,” says Jean-Philippe Dumon, sales director, Andritz Asselin-Thibeau, Elbeuf, France.
Global production in the needlepunch process has grown from 1.3 million tons per year in 2010 to 1.75 million tons per year at the end of 2015, with worldwide capacity expended to hit 2.3 million tons per year in 2020, he says, citing statistics from EDANA.
Lydall, which recently grew through acquisition in the needlepunch market last year with the purchases of Texel, headquartered in Quebec, Canada, and Gutsche, headquartered in Fulda, Germany, is experiencing growth in many of the markets it serves and is optimistic about the futur
“Needlepunch is the second-largest market segment in terms of capacity after the spunbond process segment. It is a continuously growing market,” says Jean-Philippe Dumon, sales director, Andritz Asselin-Thibeau, Elbeuf, France.
Global production in the needlepunch process has grown from 1.3 million tons per year in 2010 to 1.75 million tons per year at the end of 2015, with worldwide capacity expended to hit 2.3 million tons per year in 2020, he says, citing statistics from EDANA.
Lydall, which recently grew through acquisition in the needlepunch market last year with the purchases of Texel, headquartered in Quebec, Canada, and Gutsche, headquartered in Fulda, Germany, is experiencing growth in many of the markets it serves and is optimistic about the futur
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