Karen McIntyre, Editor11.08.21
Compared to competing technologies, airlaid continues to represent a small share of nonwovens capacity globally as manufacturers continue to recover from a period of excessive overcapacity in the early 2000s.
“Turkey puts in more spunlace capacity in a year than all airlaid globally,” says industry expert Phil Mango. “It’s just been a very small, slow expansion lately because of all the problems companies had since 2001…a lot of companies have gotten burnt.”
After a period of little or no expansion starting in 2001—when the industry over invested in new lines—investment has been moderate in recent years including a new line from Glatfelter in Arkansas that came onstream in 2018, Magic’s new Italian investment and a new line currently under construction at Domtar’s site
“Turkey puts in more spunlace capacity in a year than all airlaid globally,” says industry expert Phil Mango. “It’s just been a very small, slow expansion lately because of all the problems companies had since 2001…a lot of companies have gotten burnt.”
After a period of little or no expansion starting in 2001—when the industry over invested in new lines—investment has been moderate in recent years including a new line from Glatfelter in Arkansas that came onstream in 2018, Magic’s new Italian investment and a new line currently under construction at Domtar’s site
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