Nonwoven Fabric Market - Forecast(2021 - 2026)

 Nonwoven fabric market size is forecast to reach $42 billion by 2025, after growing at a CAGR of 7.4% during 2020-2025, owing to the wide usage of nonwoven fabrics in various applications such as agricultural coverings, apparel lining, automotive upholstery, carpeting, filters, disposable diapers, hygiene products, roofing, wall coverings and sterile medical products. The demand for nonwoven fabrics are increasing in varied industries due to its extensive set of properties such as absorbency, cushioning, retardancy, excellent thermal insulation, sterility, strength, softness and liquid repellency. Nonwoven fabrics can be designed with specific targeted properties such as can be produced with substantial variations in thickness, mass, voluminosity, elasticity and stiffness. Also, nonwoven fabrics are comparatively quick and cheap to manufacture than the knitted fabrics, which is anticipated to drive the nonwoven fabric market substantially during the forecast period.

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Report Coverage

The report: “Nonwoven Fabric Market – Forecast (2020-2025)”, by IndustryARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following segments of the nonwoven fabric Industry. 

By Material Type: Polyester, Polypropylene, Polyethylene, Rayon, Wood Pulp, Bi-Component (BICO) and Others

By Technology: Dry Laid, Wet-Laid, Spun Bond, and Others

By End Use Industry: Automotive & Transportation (Boot Liners, Air Filters, and Others), Consumer Products (Cosmetic Applicators, Reusable Bags, and Others), Electronics (Cable Insulation, Fuel Cells, and Others), Geotextiles & Construction (Soil Stabilization, Erosion Control, and Others), Healthcare & Medical (Apparel, Wipes, Diapers, and Others), and Others

By Geography: North-America, South-America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and RoW

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Key Takeaways

• Asia Pacific dominates the nonwoven fabric market, owing to the increasing construction activities in the region due to various government initiatives such as “100 smart cities” and “One Belt, One Road” in the APAC region.
• The nonwoven fabrics market is witnessing a shift due to several advantages over the woven fabrics such as overlapping of yarns to create pores, better liquid repellence, and high-tech fabrics.
• Nonwoven fabrics are organized from long fibers, bonded collectively by mechanical, chemical, heat or solvent treatment due to which they are smooth and porous than sheets that are made from separate fibers or from molten plastic or plastic film. These high performance properties are driving the nonwoven fabric market during the forecast period.
• Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the growth of healthcare industry is accelerating. The demand for packaging, wipes, and medical apparel is increasing due to which the nonwoven fabric is also significantly increasing, which is boosting the nonwoven fabric market growth.

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By Material Type – Segment Analysis

The polypropylene materials segment holds the largest share in the nonwoven fabric market in 2019, owing to the rising demand of polypropylene nonwoven fabrics from various sectors as, non woven fabric lasts for almost 5 years and they decomposes naturally if placed outdoors. Also, when burning, it is non-toxic, odorless and leaves no residual substances, so non woven fiber does not pollute the environment. Therefore, non woven polypropylene is taken to be an eco-friendly market. Polypropylene nonwoven fibers find extensive applications in construction industry; especially in roofing, tile underlayment, pipelines wrapping, acoustical ceiling, and overall insulation. The product is also used in agriculture and landscaping in root bags, capillary matting, turf protection, weed control fabrics and crops, which is anticipated to drive the nonwoven fibers market during the forecast period.

By Technology – Segment Analysis

The spunbond technology holds the largest share in the nonwoven fabric market in 2019, owing to its excellent characteristics such as random fibrous structure, high strength to weight ratio, high tear strength, planar isotropic properties, good fray, crease resistance and high opacity. Spunbonding combines fiber spinning, web forming, web bonding and finishing in a continuous process and thus it is widely used to produce nonwoven fabrics from polymers. Also, the fabrics produced in spun bonded nonwovens are spun filaments, whose diameters are in the range of 10-35 microns, whereas the fabrics of melt blown nonwovens are usually discontinuous and much finer, typically less than 10 microns. The Spun bonding technique offers superior tensile properties at a weight of fabric while process modifications of filament device, crimp, cross section, degree of bonding etc. and can often produce the required property balances needed to meet end user requirements, which is increasing the demand of spunbond technology for manufacturing nonwoven geotextiles during the forecast period.

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