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The World Nonwovens Industry: Profiles of 20 Leading Producers--part 2 of 3, 2010/11

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Worldwide sales of nonwoven roll goods continued to increase at a mid-single digit growth rate in 2008 to reach more than US$18 bn. Of the 2008 total, about 76% of sales, worth around US$13.6 bn, was generated by just 40 producers. Sales of the 20 medium sized producers profiled in this report -- which rank from number 11 to number 30 among the world's leading companies -- ranged individually from US$112 mn to US$240 mn and together accounted for about 21% of the global total. The 20 companies ranking 11-30 include long established players as well as new ones. Hollingsworth & Vose has been in the business for more than 160 years but Pegas Nonwovens and Concert Industries are relatively new companies. Recent investments among the 20 companies include new spunmelt lines from Union Industries and Companhia Providencia. Meanwhile, Hollingsworth & Vose and Lydall continue to focus on new product development while Sandler and Jacob Holm have increased their role in the spunlaced wipes market. This is the last year in which Concert Industries, a specialist in air-laid nonwovens based in Canada, is profiled in this series of reports as a separate entity. In early 2010, Concert was purchased by the US paper manufacturer and wet-laid nonwovens producer Glatfelter. In the future, Concert's sales will be grouped with those of Glatfelter.

List of contents

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

The global nonwovens market

Medium sized companies

Companies which joined the list of 20 medium sized producers

Companies which exited from the list of 20 medium sized producers

Companies which remained among the 20 medium sized producers

Geographical location

11 BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES, USA

Products and markets

Market development

Manufacturing facilities

Investments

Packaging technology

11 HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE, USA

High Efficiency and Specialty Filtration

Engineered Composite Materials (ECM) and Industrial Specialties

Battery Separator & Additive Materials

Engine & Industrial Filtration

13 SANDLER, GERMANY

Manufacturing facilities

Products and markets

Product innovation

14 CONCERT INDUSTRIES, CANADA

Products and markets

Growth strategy

Reorganisation and restructuring

14 TWE GROUP, GERMANY

Company structure

Products and markets

16 COMPANHIA PROVIDENCIA, BRAZIL

Products and markets

Facilities

17 JAPAN VILENE, JAPAN

Investments and joint ventures

New technology

Products and markets

Automotive Materials

Apparel and Medical Materials

Industrial and Electrical Materials

Air Filters

Strategies for future growth

18 PEGAS NONWOVENS, CZECH REPUBLIC

Investment

Manufacturing facilities

Products and markets

19 ASAHI KASEI (FORMERLY ASAHI CHEMICAL), JAPAN

Products and markets

19 COLBOND, NETHERLANDS

Ownership

New products, and product and process improvement

Manufacturing facilities

Products and markets

Building and construction

Civil engineering

Flooring

Automotive

21 PROPEX HOLDING (FORMERLY PROPEX FABRICS), USA

Products and markets

22 JACOB HOLM INDUSTRIES, SWITZERLAND

Company development

Business structure

Facilities

Products and markets

23 VITA NONWOVENS (FORMERLY BRITISH VITA), UK

Products and markets

24 TOYOBO, JAPAN

Polyester spunbonded nonwovens

Needlepunched nonwovens

25 MITSUI CHEMICALS, JAPAN

Products, markets and manufacturing facilities

26 GEORGIA-PACIFIC (FORMERLY FORT JAMES), USA

Corporate structure

Products and markets

Technology

27 TORAY SAEHAN, SOUTH KOREA

Facilities

Products and market

28 UNION INDUSTRIES, ITALY

29 ANDREW INDUSTRIES GROUP, UK

Products and markets

Manufacturing facilities

30 LYDALL, USA

Thermal/Acoustical

Automotive

Industrial

Performance Materials

Geographical markets

Closures

List of tables

Table 1: Sales by the world's top 40 roll goods producers, 2008

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