The global consumption of nonwovens in 2020 is 606,200 tonnes or 15.0 billion square metres (m2), valued at $1.8 billion. Growth rates for 2015-20 were 6.5% (tonnes), 6.5% (m2) and 6.8% ($). These increased growth rates reflect the rapid growth of the now included hydroentangled wetlaid segment used primarily in the flushable personal care wipes market.
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- Authoritative market forecasts for current and future demand for wetlaid nonwovens for 2015-25
- Detailed market segmentations by value and volume across all essential metrics - process, material, end use, geographic region and major national markets
- Critical insight into how retailer and consumer demands will define this market across the next 5 years.
What methodology is used?
This Smithers study is founded on an extensive programme of expert primary and secondary research.
Primary research included targeted interviews with key market and technical staff.
Secondary research included information acquired from technical literature, reports, papers, conference proceedings and company information.
This was cross referenced with Smithers' expert database.
What will you discover?
- How potential single-use plastics bans will affect the market
- The impact regulatory changes will have on the flushable wipes
- The growing importance of the hydroentangled wetlaid process variant, as well as the growth of both the flushable wipes and single serve beverage market segments.
Who should buy the report?
- Wetlaid nonwoven manufacturers and converters
- Wetlaid nonwoven equipment manufacturers
- Brand owners and retailers in the wipe and personal care sectors
- Industry consultants and analysts.
Table of Contents
Executive summary
Introduction & methodology
- Objectives
- Scope
- Methodology
- Definitions
Key drivers and trends
- Introduction
- Wetlaid nonwovens supply chain
- Profit pool participation
- Regulations
- Single use plastics regulations
- Regulations on flushable wipes
- Regulations on industrial wipes
- Regulations of emissions from diesel engines
- Regulations on hospital acquired infections (HAIs)
- Regulations on food safety
- Regulations on flammability of bedding
- Current/projected consumer trends
- SWOT analysis
- Strengths
- Weaknesses
- Opportunities
- Threats
- Key drivers
- User requirements
- Sustainability requirements
- Retail trends
Wetlaid nonwovens market by process
- Introduction
- Wetlaid process
- Fibre dispersion
- Web formation
- Web drying
- Bonding
- Wetlaid nonwoven process variants
- Standard synthetic fibre/pulp wetlaid nonwoven
- Double recrepe (DRC)
- All synthetic wetlaid
- Glass based wetlaid nonwovens
- Hydroentangled wetlaid (HEW)
Wetlaid nonwovens market by material type
- Introduction
- Analysis of raw materials in wetlaid nonwovens
- Fibres
- Polypropylene fibre
- Polyester fibre
- Rayon /lyocell
- Rayon
- Lyocell
- Bicomponent fibre
- Wood pulp
- Glass
- Other fibres
- Other
Wetlaid nonwovens market by end-use
- Introduction
- Wetlaid nonwoven end uses
- Disposable end uses
- Hygiene
- Medical
- Wipes
- Other end uses - disposable
- Durable end uses
- Shoe components/leather
- Coating substrates
- Wall coverings/household
- Liquid filtration
- Air & gas filtration
- Building/roofing
- Other end uses - durable
Wetlaid nonwovens market by region
- Introduction
- North America
- Analysis
- Wetlaid nonwovens end-uses in North America
- Wetlaid nonwovens consumption in North America by process variant
- South America
- Analysis
- Wetlaid nonwovens end-uses in South America
- Wetlaid nonwovens consumption in South America by process variant
- Europe
- Analysis
- Wetlaid nonwovens end-uses in Europe
- Wetlaid nonwovens consumption in Europe by process variant
- Asia
- Analysis
- Wetlaid nonwovens end-uses in Asia
- Wetlaid nonwovens consumption in Asia by process variant
- Rest of the world (ROW)
- Analysis
- Wetlaid nonwovens end-uses in ROW
- Wetlaid nonwovens consumption in ROW by process variant
Company profiles
- Ahlstrom (Ahlstrom Munksjo)
- Glatfelter
- Freudenberg
- Kimberly-Clark
- Hollingsworth & Vose (H&V)
- Johns Manville
- Lydall
- Sellars Nonwovens
- Suominen
- N Bond
- Neenah Group
Key Facts and Figures
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by type 2020 & 2025, by value (% share)
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by end use 2020 & 2025, by value (% share)
- Supply chain for wetlaid nonwovens, 2020
- Profit pool distribution for the wetlaid nonwoven supply chain, 2020
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by process variant, 2020 & 2025, by volume (%)
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by material type, 2020 & 2025, by volume (%)
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by enduse, 2020 & 2025, by volume (%)
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by region, 2020 & 2025, by volume (%)
- Major wetlaid nonwovens producers by sales, 2018
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens, 2015-25. ('000 tonnes, millions square metres, $ millions)
- Global nonwovens consumption by process variant, 2020 ('000 tonnes)
- Top 5 drivers and trends, 2020-25
- Summary of latest wetlaid nonwoven technology developments
- Summary of latest wetlaid nonwoven market developments
- Summary of key regulations for wetlaid nonwovens, 2020
- SWOT analysis for wetlaid nonwovens
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by process variant, 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by process variant, 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Standard synthetic fibre/pulp wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Standard synthetic fibre/pulp wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- All-synthetic wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- All-synthetic wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Glass-based wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Glass-based wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Double recrepe wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Double recrepe wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Hydroentangled wetlaid nonwovens market, 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Hydroentangled wetlaid nonwovens market, 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by material type 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Wetlaid nonwovens market by material type 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Polypropylene fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Polypropylene fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Polyester fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Polyester fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Rayon/lyocell fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Rayon/lyocell fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Bicomponent fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Bicomponent fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Wood pulp fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Wood pulp fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Glass fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Glass fibre for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Other fibres for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Other fibres for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Binders/additives for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by volume ('000 tonnes)
- Binders/additives for wetlaid nonwovens market 2015-25, by value ($ million)
- Wetlaid nonwoven consumption versus all other nonwovens, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Wetlaid nonwoven consumption versus all other nonwovens, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ($ millions)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for disposable markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for disposable markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for hygiene markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for hygiene markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for medical markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for medical markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for personal care wipes markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for personal care wipes markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for industrial wipes markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for industrial wipes markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for other disposable markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for other disposable markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for durable markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for durable markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for shoe components and leather markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for shoe components and leather markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for coating substrate markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for coating substrate markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for wallcoverings/ household markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for wallcoverings/ household markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for liquid filtration markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for liquid filtration markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for air & gas filtration markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for air & gas filtration markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for building and roofing markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for building and roofing markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for other durable markets, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens for other durable markets, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes, million m2, $ million)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by region, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by region, 2015-25 (million m2)
- Global consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by region, 2015-25 ($ million)
- North American consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- North American consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 (million m2)
- North American consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ($ million)
- North American consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by process variant, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- South American consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- South American consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 (million m2)
- South American consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ($ million)
- South American consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by process variant, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- European consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- European consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 (million m2)
- European consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ($)
- European consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by process variant, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Asian consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Asian consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 (million m2)
- Asian consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ($ million)
- Asian consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by process variant, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- ROW consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- ROW consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 (million m2)
- ROW consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by end use, 2015-25 ($ million)
- ROW consumption of wetlaid nonwovens by process variant, 2015-25 ('000 tonnes)
- Major wetlaid nonwoven producers, 2020
- Major wetlaid nonwovens supply chain players, 2020
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