High End Nonwovens Materials Have Great Room For Development In China.

By the end of 2013, China produced 3 million 889 thousand tons of nonwoven fabrics, an increase of 11.67% over 2012, accounting for 40% of the global market. The production of spunbonded nonwovens accounted for 48% of the total output. In 2013, the spunbonded production line reached 1073, the SMS production line was 56, and the actual output increased by 50.21% over 2012.

In 2013, the output of China's export nonwoven fabrics was 558 thousand tons, accounting for 14.5% of the total output. This means that the foreign trade dependency ratio of China's nonwovens industry is relatively low, and stimulating domestic demand is the most important driving force. Meanwhile, in 2013, the domestic nonwovens industry completed a fixed investment of 17 billion 600 million yuan, an increase of 20.33% over the same period, of which the investment in needle punched nonwovens increased by 150%. In the first half of this year, the investment in fixed assets continued to grow, and the growth rate of investment and new projects exceeded 50%. In terms of imports, in 2013, the import of non-woven fabrics was 852 million US dollars, an increase of 1.5%. But by analyzing the import and export prices of nonwoven products between 2007 and 2013, the difference between the two products reached 1.73 times. That is to say, the high-end nonwovens materials have vast market and huge development space in China.

First of all, diversification and differentiation of raw materials promote application expansion. Spun nonwovens are widely used in addition to polypropylene and polyester, such as polyethylene, polylactic acid, polyphenylene sulfide, polyacrylate and other materials. High temperature filtration nonwovens have been applied to Aramid 1313, polyphenylene sulfide, polyimide and poly four fluoroethylene fiber according to different processes and working conditions. The nonwovens of biomass and natural fibers such as chitosan fiber, alginate fiber, silk protein fiber, wood pulp viscose fiber have been well received by the medical and health market, and have greatly driven the market demand.

Second, technological innovation is the way to develop new products. In addition to traditional needle punched and spunlaced nonwoven technology, wet nonwovens also made great breakthroughs in production speed, material availability and product application. Wet aramid and glass fiber nonwoven fabrics produced by this technology have accelerated the development of structural reinforcement materials and geotextile textiles. The polyester spunbonded filament felt base fabric with independent intellectual property rights has added more than 10 production lines in 2013, with a total output of 140 thousand tons, replacing the traditional short fiber products with its performance advantages, and promoting the technological progress of the downstream waterproofing industry. With the promotion of national policies, the process of high temperature filtration nonwovens has realized many online processes, such as spunbond, needle punching, spunlace, laminating, finishing and so on. The new filter material has been developed around the technical direction of "microfiber", "high density gradient" and "fine filtration". In the use of disposable products, the 3 processes of wet papermaking, fiber combing and spunlace entanglement are combined to make the disperse nonwovens. Biodegradability The remnants can be used as soil improvement AIDS and have cost advantages. They are widely used in wipes, baby diapers, women's hygiene products, disposable medical protective products, food packaging and other fields.

Thirdly, equipment technology boosts industrial development. As the world's largest producer of nonwovens and importing countries of international advanced nonwovens equipment, The method of trunk And the wet spunlace equipment, DILO's needle punching equipment are gradually introduced into the domestic market. The first generation of the fourth generation SSMMMS production line in Asia will start at the end of this year, and will be used to produce products such as medical and health, geotechnical engineering and so on, which can greatly improve production efficiency, product stability and quality. Through the digestion and absorption of imported equipment, combined with the innovation of theoretical research, mathematical modeling and repeated practice, the domestic nonwovens equipment manufacturers improved and improved some of the nonwovens equipment, and the stability of the equipment. efficiency The level of energy consumption and other products has been continuously improved, and the quality and performance of products have been upgraded. Some of the equipment and products have reached the international advanced level, and have begun to export to India and Turkey.

The personalized solutions of nonwovens, the performance advantages of various composite technologies, the perfect combination of efficiency and lightweight, and high cost performance and substitutability have brought broad prospects for the development of nonwovens industry. But it is undeniable that the domestic nonwoven industry lacks the complete supply chain from professional raw materials, professional equipment to engineering services. Some of the coil enterprises are still at the low end of the value chain, the market control capability and the supporting capability of the industrial chain are weak. At the same time, the industrial concentration degree is low, the risk of industrial operation caused by low end capacity agglomeration is increasing, and the international competitiveness of high-end products is still not enough to be ignored.