The world nonwovens industry: part 2—20 medium sized producers, March 2019

March 2019 | 74 pages | ID: WBA770E793AEN
Textiles Intelligence Ltd

Abstracts

In this report, the second in a series of three in which the world's top 40 nonwovens producers are profiled, Karen Bitz provides the latest information and analysis about the investments and strategies of 20 medium sized producers—namely Asahi Kasei, Avgol, Fibertex Nonwovens, Fibertex Personal Care, First Quality Nonwovens, Georgia-Pacific, G?lsan Holding, Hassan Group, Hollingsworth & Vose, Jacob Holm Industries, Jinjiang Xingtai Non-woven Products Co, Low & Bonar, Mitsui Chemicals, Nan Lui Enterprise, Pegas Nonwovens, Sandler, Toray Advanced Materials, TWE Group, Union Industries and Zhejiang Kingsafe Nonwovens. Most of these 20 producers continue to expand their businesses—in some cases through acquisitions and in others through investments in new lines in Brazil, Belgium, China, the Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Japan, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the USA.

Contents

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Medium sized companies
Companies which entered the list of 20 medium sized producers
Companies which exited the list of 20 medium sized producers
Companies which remained among the 20 medium sized producers

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

11 TWE GROUP, GERMANY
Company structure
Products and markets
12 LOW & BONAR, UK
Company structure
Products and markets
Construction
Flooring
Industrial
Civil engineering
Transportation
Strategy
13 ZHEJIANG KINGSAFE NONWOVENS, CHINA
14 SANDLER, GERMANY
Manufacturing facilities
Products and markets
Product innovation
15 GEORGIA-PACIFIC, USA
Corporate structure
Products and markets
Technology
16 HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE, USA
Company structure
High Efficiency and Specialty Filtration
Energy and Industrial Systems (EIS)
Engine & Industrial Filtration
17 AVGOL, ISRAEL
Manufacturing facilities
Israel
USA
China
Russia
India
Products and markets
18 TORAY ADVANCED MATERIALS, SOUTH KOREA
Ownership
Manufacturing facilities
South Korea
China
Indonesia
Products and markets
19 JACOB HOLM INDUSTRIES, SWITZERLAND
Company development
Business structure
Manufacturing facilities
Products and markets
20 FIBERTEX PERSONAL CARE, DENMARK
Ownership
Company structure
Manufacturing facilities, products and markets
21 FIRST QUALITY NONWOVENS, USA
22 PEGAS NONWOVENS, CZECH REPUBLIC
Ownership
Manufacturing facilities
Products and markets
23 G?LSAN HOLDING, TURKEY
24 NAN LIU ENTERPRISE, TAIWAN
Manufacturing facilities
Products and markets
25 FIBERTEX NONWOVENS, DENMARK
Manufacturing facilities
Brazil
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
South Africa
Turkey
USA
26 MITSUI CHEMICALS, JAPAN
Products, markets and manufacturing facilities
27 ASAHI KASEI, JAPAN
Products and markets
28 HASSAN GROUP, TURKEY
Company history
Company structure
Environmental policy
Investments
29 UNION INDUSTRIES, ITALY
Manufacturing facilities
Products and markets
30 JINJIANG XINGTAI NON-WOVEN PRODUCTS, CHINA

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Sales by the world’s top 40 roll goods producers, 2017