EDANA, European Nonwoven Manufacturers’ Association, published 2013 Nonwoven Production and Delivery Report and announced that production increased by 2 % by exceeding 2 million tonnes in the sector last year. In the report where it is stated that diapers, medical products and personal hygiene disposable handkerchiefs as well as manufactures for engineering, automotive and agricultural purposes come to the forefront in the growth, it was added that overall nonwoven delivery reached 2.044.215 tonnes throughout the world in 2013. According to the report, although there has been a slowdown in 2013 in comparison to the increases in 2011 and 2012, it is expected that these rates will further increase in the upcoming years with the diversification of product range.
Thermo-Bonded and Spunmelt Production Increased
Jacques Pigneaux, Market Analysis and Economic Affairs Director of EDANA, said that “In 2013, nonwoven production increased by 2 % in regions including Turkey and Commonwealth of Independent States. This rate is 1.7 % higher than that recorded in 2012 in comparative basis. Reaching the level of 59.883 million meters, nonwoven sector is marked with significant increases in thermo-bound and spunmelt production.” Stating that more than 25 % of global production takes place in the European Continent, Pigneaux expressed that EU states moved up both in terms of quantity and value in nonwoven export in comparison to last year.
Biggest Supplier of Europe is China
Stating that China has continued being the biggest supplier of Europe by recording an increase of 20 % in export in 2013, Pigneaux added that EDANA can lead the global nonwoven sector.
Pierre Wiertz, General Director of EDANA, said that: “These reports which have been uninterruptedly published since 1970 by EDANA which represents more than 30 % of the global nonwoven production are of vital importance in terms of leading the sector.” Explaining that they will expand the scope of these reports in coming years, Wiertz stated that they constitute the most reliable source in terms of database and method.
