The growing demand for sustainable development from consumers and retailers is driving major non-woven manufacturers to make more use of eco-friendly materials and processes. Smithers Pira's report reveals four key areas of this trend.
Sustainable development is the demand of progress and living quality, but it is difficult to achieve it completely. In Smithers Pira's authoritative market report - the development trend of eco-environmental non-woven fabric to 2022 - eco-environmental non-woven fabric is defined as a product or process of sustainable development and sustainable development to meet the needs of the current society, rather than by harming the welfare of future generations to meet their own needs.
The driving force of eco-friendly products and technological processes in all markets is growing. For decades, although the pace of development is not so fast,
Generally speaking, when the global economy is strong and there is little political interference, the promotion of sustainable development is strong, while when the global economy is weak and there are many political interference, the development momentum is weakened.
The non-woven industry is no different. Economic and political factors, together with cheap oil and mature market, have slowed down the growth of eco-friendly non-woven fabric.
In 2017, the global consumption of eco-friendly non-woven fabrics was 3.7 million tons, or 94.8 billion square meters, with a value of US $14.1 billion. The average annual market growth in 2017-22 is expected to be 6.4% (tons), 7.0% (M2), 7.1% (USD value)
The growth rate of these eco-friendly non-woven fabrics is slowing down. Even though all non-woven fabrics are expected to have a slow growth by 2022, the development of eco-friendly non-woven fabrics is slowing down more obviously. For example, in 2012-17, the growth of eco-friendly nonwovens is 50-70% higher than that of all nonwovens, but in 2017-22, the expected growth of eco-friendly nonwovens is only 3% (tons) and 12% (value) higher than that of all nonwovens.