The market size of medical and health non-woven fabric has maintained fluctuating growth

In recent years, the non-woven industry has developed rapidly in China, and China has become the world's largest producer and consumer of non-woven fabrics. According to data from the China Industrial Textile Industry Association, China's non-woven fabric production reached 6.213 million tons in 2019. In 2021, China's non-woven fabric production increased from 4.85 million tons in 2015 to 8.205 million tons, and in 2022, China's non-woven fabric production is about 8.5 million tons.

The non-woven fabric industry has the characteristics of short process flow, high yield, low cost, rapid variety change, and wide source of raw materials. According to its process flow, the non-woven fabric can be divided into: spunlaced non-woven fabric, hot bonded non-woven fabric, pulp air mesh non-woven fabric, wet non-woven fabric, spunbonded non-woven fabric, melt-blown non-woven fabric, needled non-woven fabric, stitched non-woven fabric, etc.

According to the different methods of non-woven fabric forming, non-woven fabric can be divided into: carding into mesh method, air flow into mesh method, spinning into mesh method and wet mesh method.

Medical and health care is the largest application field of non-woven fabrics

Because the technology of non-woven fabric production is not the same, its downstream application field is also more. The downstream applications of non-woven fabrics in China are mainly medical and health, wiping and cleaning materials, packaging materials, filter materials, household paper, automotive interiors and so on. Among them, medical and health is the largest application field of non-woven fabrics, accounting for 41%. In addition, in recent years, with the promotion of downstream consumption upgrading awareness, disposable non-woven fabrics (such as baby diapers, adult incontinence products and female hygiene products, etc.) will become the main driving force for the development of the non-woven fabric industry.