Tara Olivo, Associate Editor03.02.18
The spunlace market is growing. Despite oversupply in some regions, experts say that the industry is optimistic about future capacity utilization.
Much of this optimism is stemming from the flushable wipes sector. Rising awareness of moist toilet tissue among consumers continues to grow, thus driving nonwovens producers to expand their technologies in this part of the business.
“The flushable wipes requested by the global market have experienced a boom, and many converters are looking for wipes with such characteristics,” says Andre Michalon, sales director of Andritz Perfojet.
Andritz extended its portfolio 20 years ago with a new configuration for its hydroentanglement unit, fully adapted to the production of flushable wipes, known as Wetlace. “Our Wetlace technology based on wood pulp is known to produce proper flushable products for sustainable wipes, which is very important for the market,” he adds.
While there is a lot of interest in flushable substrates, since a flurry of new capacity is being added to serve this market area, there’s significantly mo
Much of this optimism is stemming from the flushable wipes sector. Rising awareness of moist toilet tissue among consumers continues to grow, thus driving nonwovens producers to expand their technologies in this part of the business.
“The flushable wipes requested by the global market have experienced a boom, and many converters are looking for wipes with such characteristics,” says Andre Michalon, sales director of Andritz Perfojet.
Andritz extended its portfolio 20 years ago with a new configuration for its hydroentanglement unit, fully adapted to the production of flushable wipes, known as Wetlace. “Our Wetlace technology based on wood pulp is known to produce proper flushable products for sustainable wipes, which is very important for the market,” he adds.
While there is a lot of interest in flushable substrates, since a flurry of new capacity is being added to serve this market area, there’s significantly mo
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