Nonwovens to 2011

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

II. MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• General
• Macroeconomic Environment
• Manufacturing Outlook
• Demographic Trends
• Household Trends
• Retail Sales
• Textiles Outlook
• Competitive Materials
• Environmental & Regulatory Considerations
• Pricing Trends
• World Market
  • Western Europe
  • Asia/Pacific
  • Other Regions
• Foreign Trade
  • Exports
  • Imports

III. MATERIALS

• General
• Fibers
  • Polypropylene
  • Polyester
  • Wood Pulp
  • Rayon
  • Polyethylene
  • Cotton
  • Other
    • Glass
    • Nylon
    • All Other
• Other Materials
  • Binder Resins
  • Additives

IV. PRODUCTS

• General
• Demand by Process
  • Spunbonded
    • Characteristics
    • Markets & Manufacturers
  • Carded
    • Characteristics
    • Markets & Manufacturers
  • Meltblown
    • Characteristics
    • Markets & Manufacturers
  • Wet Laid
    • Characteristics
    • Markets & Manufacturers
  • Air Laid
    • Characteristics
    • Markets & Manufacturers
• Web Bonding Processes
  • Thermal
    • Heating Processes
    • Manufacturers
  • Chemical
  • Mechanical
    • Needlepunching
    • Spunlacing
    • Stitchbonding

V. MARKET OVERVIEW

VI. DISPOSABLES MARKETS

• General
• Consumer
  • Personal Hygiene Products
    • Personal Hygiene Products Outlook
    • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
      • Infant Diapers & Training Pants
      • Feminine Hygiene Products
      • Adult Incontinence Products
  • Wipes
    • Consumer Wipes Outlook
    • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
      • Baby Wipes
      • Household Cleaning Wipes
      • Personal Care Wipes
      • Other Consumer Wipes
  • Other Consumer
• Filtration
  • Filters Outlook
  • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
    • Air Filters
    • Fluid Filters
• Medical
  • Nonwoven Medical Garments & Textiles Outlook
  • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
    • Applications & Manufacturers
    • Types
• Other
  • Industrial Wipes
  • Protective Apparel
  • All Other

VII. NONDISPOSABLES MARKETS

• General
• Construction
  • Construction Outlook
  • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
    • Building Construction
      • Roofing
      • House Wrap
    • Geotextiles
      • Applications
      • Materials & Producers
• Electrical & Electronics
  • Batteries Outlook
  • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
    • Battery Separators
    • Other
• Furnishings
  • Furniture Outlook
  • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
    • Applications
    • Suppliers
• Carpets & Rugs
  • Carpet & Rug Outlook
  • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
    • Applications
    • Materials & Manufacturers
• Motor Vehicles
  • Motor Vehicles Outlook
  • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
• Clothing
  • Apparel Industry Outlook
  • Nonwoven Fabric Demand
    • Apparel Interlinings
    • Other
• Other Nondisposables
  • Coated & Laminated Substrates
  • Agriculture
    • Shoe Linings
    • All Other

VIII. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• General
• Industry Structure
• Market Share
  • Kimberly-Clark
  • DuPont
  • Fiberweb
  • Polymer Group
  • Freudenberg
  • Johns Manville
  • Ahlstrom
  • Others
• Integration
• Competitive Strategies
• Research & Development
• Manufacturing
• Distribution
• Marketing
• Acquisitions & Divestitures
• Cooperative Agreements

• Company Profiles
  • Acordis Industrial Nederland BV
  • Ahlstrom Corporation
  • American Felt & Filter Company Incorporated
  • Andrew Industries Limited
  • Avgol Industries
  • Barnhardt Manufacturing Company
  • Bauer Industries Limited
  • BBA Aviation plc
  • Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated
  • Bicomfiber SA, see Freudenberg & Company
  • BMP America Incorporated, see Andrew Industries
  • British Vita Group
  • Buckeye Technologies Incorporated
  • Carpenter Company
  • Colbond Incorporated, see Low & Bonar plc
  • Color-Fi Incorporated, see Formed Fiber Technologies
  • Concert Industries Corporation
  • DuPont (EI) de Nemours
  • ElkCorp, see G-I Holdings Incorporated
  • Emtex Incorporated
  • Fabriano Filter Media SpA, see Ahlstrom Corporation
  • Fiberweb plc
  • Fisipe Synthetic Fibers, see Foss Manufacturing
  • Formed Fiber Technologies Incorporated
  • Foss Manufacturing Company LLC
  • Freudenberg & Company
  • G-I Holdings Incorporated
  • Georgia-Pacific Corporation, see Koch Industries
  • Hollingsworth & Vose Company
  • Holm (Jacob) & Sons AG
  • Intrinsics, see Barnhardt Manufacturing Company
  • Johns Manville Corporation, see Berkshire Hathaway
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  • Koch Industries Incorporated
  • Kunin Group, see Foss Manufacturing Company LLC
  • Lantor Advanced Materials Group
  • Libeltex Group, see British Vita Group
  • Low & Bonar plc
  • Lydall Incorporated
  • National Nonwovens
  • Orlandi SpA, see Ahlstrom Corporation
  • Owens Corning
  • Ozite, see Foss Manufacturing Company LLC
  • PCC Ningbo Textile Company Limited, see Precision Custom Coatings LLC
  • Polymer Group Incorporated
  • Precision Custom Coatings LLC
  • Precision Fabrics Group Incorporated
  • Propex Incorporated
  • Royal Ten Cate NV
  • Sabee (R.) Company LLC
  • SciMAT, see Freudenberg & Company
  • SI Corporation, see Propex Incorporated
  • Tex Tech Industries Incorporated
  • Textilgruppe Hof AG
  • US Nonwovens Corporation
  • Western Nonwovens Incorporated
• Other Companies Mentioned in Study

LIST OF TABLES

SECTION I -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Summary Table

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 Macroeconomic Indicators
• 2 Manufacturers' Shipments
• 3 Population Trends
• 4 Households & Housing Stock
• 5 Retail Sales
• 6 Textile Mill Product Shipments
• 7 Nonwovens Pricing
• 8 World Demand for Nonwovens
• 9 Foreign Trade in Nonwovens

SECTION III -- MATERIALS

• 1 Fiber Consumption in Nonwoven Fabrics
• 2 Other Material Consumption in Nonwoven Fabrics

SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS

• 1 Nonwoven Fabric Demand by Web Formation Process
• 2 Spunbonded Nonwoven Fabric Demand
• 3 Carded Nonwoven Fabric Demand
• 4 Meltblown Nonwoven Fabric Demand
• 5 Wet Laid Nonwoven Fabric Demand
• 6 Air Laid Nonwoven Fabric Demand

SECTION V -- MARKET OVERVIEW

• 1 Nonwoven Fabric Demand by Market
• 2 Growth Rates for Selected Nonwovens Markets, 2006-2011

SECTION VI -- DISPOSABLES MARKETS

• 1 Disposables Markets for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 2 Consumer Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 3 Personal Hygiene Product Demand
• 4 Personal Hygiene Product Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 5 Infant Diapers & Training Pants Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 6 Feminine Hygiene Product Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 7 Adult Incontinence Product Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 8 Consumer Wipes Demand
• 9 Consumer Wipes Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 10 Other Consumer Disposables Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 11 Filter Supply & Demand
• 12 Filtration Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 13 Air Filter Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 14 Fluid Filter Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 15 Nonwoven Disposable Medical Garments & Textiles Demand
• 16 Medical Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 17 Other Disposables Markets for Nonwoven Fabrics

SECTION VII -- NONDISPOSABLES MARKETS

• 1 Nondisposables Markets for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 2 Construction Expenditures
• 3 Construction Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 4 Building Construction Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 5 Geotextiles Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 6 Battery Supply & Demand
• 7 Electrical & Electronics Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 8 Furniture Supply & Demand
• 9 Furnishings Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 10 Carpet & Rug Supply & Demand
• 11 Carpet & Rug Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 12 Motor Vehicle Production
• 13 Motor Vehicle Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 14 Apparel Shipments
• 15 Clothing Demand for Nonwoven Fabrics
• 16 Other Nondisposables Markets for Nonwoven Fabrics

SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 US Nonwoven Fabric Sales by Company, 2006
• 2 Selected Acquisitions & Divestitures
• 3 Selected Cooperative Agreements

LIST OF CHARTS

SECTION II -- MARKET ENVIRONMENT

• 1 World Nonwovens Demand by Region, 2006
• 2 US Nonwovens Exports by Destination, 2006
• 3 US Nonwovens Imports by Source, 2006

SECTION III -- MATERIALS

• 1 Fiber Consumption in Nonwoven Fabrics, 2006

SECTION IV -- PRODUCTS

• 1 Nonwoven Fabric Demand by Web Formation Process, 2006

SECTION V -- MARKET OVERVIEW

• 1 Nonwoven Fabric Demand by Market, 1996-2016

SECTION VI -- DISPOSABLES MARKETS

• 1 Disposables Markets for Nonwoven Fabrics, 2006
• 2 Components of a Baby Diaper

SECTION VII -- NONDISPOSABLES MARKETS

• 1 Nondisposables Markets for Nonwoven Fabrics, 2006

SECTION VIII -- INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

• 1 Nonwoven Fabric Market Share, 2006