World Nonwovens Industry: Profiles Of 20 Leading Producers (edition 2 Of 3, 2006/07)

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World Nonwovens Industry: Profiles of 20 Leading Producers (edition 2 of 3, 2006/07)
Worldwide sales of nonwoven roll goods continued their mid-single digit growth in 2005, reaching nearly US$16 bn. Sales of the 20 medium sized producers profiled in this report—which rank from number 11 to number 30 among the world's leading companies—ranged individually from US$91 mn to US$200 mn and together accounted for about 18% of the global total. Companies ranking 11-30 include long established as well as new players. Hollingsworth & Vose has been in the business for more than 160 years but Western Nonwovens, Pegas Nonwovens, Avgol and Concert Industries are relatively new companies. Recent investments among these companies include Pegas's new line in the Czech Republic as well as Avgol's announcement that it would build a facility in Eastern Europe. Also, this is the last year that Orlandi will be profiled as an independent company. In February 2007 it was announced that Orlandi had been purchased by Ahlstrom,the world's sixth largest nonwovens producer. Other ownership changes include the purchase of Polyfelt ...
... by Royal Ten Cate, British Vita's ownership by a Texas-based equity fund, and the purchase in June 2006 of 20% of Avgol's outstanding shares by IPE (Israel Petrochemical Enterprises).
Table of Contents :
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
THE GLOBAL NONWOVENS MARKET
THE TOP 40
MEDIUM SIZED COMPANIES
Companies which joined the 20 medium sized producers
Companies which exited from the 20 medium sized producers
Companies which remained among the 20 medium sized producers
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
11 JAPAN VILENE, JAPAN
Automotive
Air filtration materials
Medical and consumer materials
INVESTMENTS
11 PROPEX FABRICS, USA
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
13 FIBERTEX, DENMARK
TECHNICAL DIVISION
HYGIENE DIVISION
14 HOLLINGSWORTH & VOSE, USA
HIGH EFFICIENCY & SPECIALTY FILTRATION BUSINESS
ENGINEERED COMPOSITE MATERIALS & INDUSTRIAL SPECIALTIES
BATTERY SEPARATORS
ENGINE & INDUSTRIAL FILTRATION
15 COLBOND, NETHERLANDS
NEW PRODUCTS, AND PRODUCT AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
Building and construction
Civil engineering
Flooring
Automotive
Construction
16 ASAHI KASEI (FORMERLY ASAHI CHEMICAL), JAPAN
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
17 BRITISH VITA
THREE REGIONAL OPERATIONS
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
LIBELTEX
18 AVGOL, ISRAEL
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
DEVELOPMENT OF MANUFACTURING CAPACITY
19 WESTERN NONWOVENS, USA
EXPANSION
NEW PRODUCTS
COMPANY HISTORY
ACQUISITIONS
OPERATIONS BY SEGMENT
Industrial Nonwovens
Performance Products
19 PEGAS NONWOVENS, CZECH REPUBLIC
21 GEORGIA-PACIFIC (FORMERLY FORT JAMES), USA
Staff changes
21 C H SANDLER, GERMANY
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
PRODUCT INNOVATION
21 TOYOBO, JAPAN
POLYESTER SPUNBONDED NONWOVENS
NEEDLEPUNCHED NONWOVENS
24 MITSUI CHEMICALS, JAPAN
PRODUCTS, MARKETS AND MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
25 LYDALL, USA
NEW PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
Thermal/acoustical
Filtration/separation
Geographical markets
CLOSURES
26 CONCERT INDUSTRIES, CANADA
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
GROWTH STRATEGY
REORGANISATION AND RESTRUCTURING
27 FOSS MANUFACTURING, USA
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
27 ORLANDI, ITALY
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
SPUNLACE
NEEDLEPUNCH
29 TORAY SAEHAN, SOUTH KOREA
30 POLYFELT, AUSTRIA
PRODUCTS AND MARKETS
EUROPEAN OPERATIONS
AUSTRALASIAN OPERATIONS
ASIAN OPERATIONS
NEW PRODUCTS
FUTURE GROWTH
List of Tables :
Table 1: Sales by the world's top 40 roll goods producers, 2005
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