Top 10 Nonwoven Fabric Manufacturers & Suppiers in 2023

The Global nonwoven fabrics market is expected to reach a whopping $62 Billion by 2026, up from $38 Billion in 2020. The major growth drivers here are increasing …This article summarizes the top manufacturers and suppliers of non-woven fabrics in 2023, as well as the top non-woven fabrics suppliers in the world.

1.Berry Global

Berry Global, formerly known as Berry Plastics, will be on the list of the world’s largest nonwoven fabric manufacturer. Berry Global has established a strong position as the world’s leading nonwoven manufacturer for diapers, adult incontinence, and hygiene items. Consumer insights, ideas, and skills in design, production, and research and development have made them at the forefront of this industry.

2.DuPont

The company produces several nonwoven materials under the brand names Tyvek, Tychem, Sontara, Suprel, Softesse, ComforMax, and Typar. Tyvek in particular massively increased in demand in the face of coronavirus. However, while demand for PPE Tyvek products has slowed in the last year, the company continues to ramp up supplies of the product to other markets, including construction, medical packaging, and graphics.

The major markets they compete in are construction, health care, protective apparel, industrial, filtration, absorbents, home furnishings, geotextiles, graphics, packaging, and footwear.

3. NW Fabric

NW Fabric is a leading global nonwoven manufacturer, they produce a variety of nonwoven materials for the hygiene and healthcare markets. It’s also one of the world’s largest manufacturers of nonwoven spunmelt textiles for the medical, hygiene and industrial sectors. The company operates an impressive 23 plants across 13 countries.

4. Freudenberg

Freudenberg has a workforce of 49,836 employees and produces technical textiles for various applications and markets, including automotive, construction, apparel, and medical supplies. Products include drylaid nonwovens, spunlaid nonwovens, melt-blown nonwovens, wetlaid nonwovens, and more. The company is also committed to sustainability and plans to become climate-neutral by 2045

5. Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Ahlstrom-Munksjö is a leading player in sustainable and innovative fibre solutions and a significant player in the technical textiles market. In 2022, the company reported record-high net sales of €3.1 bn. In addition, Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s sold production increased by 6% to a whopping 1,672,000 tons. The company distributes decor papers, health care materials, graphic papers, tapes, wall coverings, and other fibre-based materials. And impressively, renewable fibres represent approximately 95% of Ahlstrom-Munksjö’s total fibre use.

6. Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark‘s revenue for 2021 came in at a colossal $19.4 billion. However, it’s worth noting that the company operates across many different market segments, so revenue alone doesn’t represent its dominance in the nonwoven segment. With that said, Kimberly-Clark is a leading producer and user of nonwoven materials. They use nonwovens in their consumer products like Huggies nappies and other external major markets, including filtration, acoustics, construction, consumer hygiene, industrial, medical packaging, textile linings and wet wipes. In some major news, the company announced in 2021 that they would be partnering with RWDC to develop biodegradable nonwovens for consumer products.

7.Fitesa

Founded in 1973, Fitesa produces nonwoven materials for the hygiene and healthcare markets. It’s also one of the world’s largest manufacturers of nonwoven spunmelt textiles for the medical, hygiene and industrial sectors. The company operates an impressive 23 plants across 13 countries.

8.HaoRui NonWovens

HaoRui NonWovens is a leading manufacturer of nonwoven fabrics. Their products include polyester spun-bonded fabric, PET spunbond fabric, and nylon/polyester weaved fabric. They have been supplying to the global market for more than 10 years with high quality and competitive price.

9.Glatfelter

With an approximate revenue of $1.1 billion for 2021, Glatfelter has made significant strides since last year, when it reported a revenue of $916 million. They specialise in airlaid, wetlaid and metallised engineered materials for the global market. Some of their top product solutions include materials for adult incontinence, feminine hygiene, tea bags, and single-serve coffee segments.

10.Toray Industries

Toray specialises in fibre and chemical products, including filament yarns, staple fibres, spun yarns, nylon fabrics, polyester films, engineering plastics, resin materials, and carbon fibre composite materials. In addition, the company is known for its polyester nonwoven fabric called AXTAR. AXTAR can be used in the civil engineering sector to strengthen embankments, in agriculture as anti-weed sheets, or in household products like wrapping bags. In an effort to become more sustainable, the company also manufactures plant-based nonwoven fabric.