Future Trend: Spunbonded Non-woven Fabric and Melt Blown Non-woven Fabric

On the whole, spunbond non-woven fabric and melt blown non-woven fabric are bound to become new stars in the market at present or even the next 5 years due to the impact of the the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, spunbond non-woven fabric and melt blown non-woven fabric accounted for 49.8% and 1.07% of the year's output respectively. The market scale and output of spunbond non-woven fabric and melt blown non-woven fabric will be further improved.

1. Spunbond non-woven fabric

The main products of spunbond non-woven fabric are polypropylene, polyester (long fiber, short fiber) and the most common and most commonly used are non-woven bags, non-woven packaging and so on.

In addition, as spunbond non-woven fabrics have excellent properties such as high strength, high temperature resistance, and good air permeability, they are also used in medical and health products such as masks.

Due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus in 2020, the demand for masks has increased sharply. In the production process of the filter part of the masks, due to the high strength, spunbonded non-woven fabrics are required for the surface and inner layers.

With the explosive growth of the demand for masks, the demand for pp spunbonded nonwoven fabric related to the production of masks has also increased significantly, and the increase in capacity utilization is also expected to further boost product profit margins.

2. Melt blown non-woven fabric

Affected by COVID-19, the demand for medical and health products such as masks and protective clothing has increased sharply. As the core upstream product of medical and health products, China's market demand for meltblown fabric will increase rapidly. With the volatility of the epidemic, the demand for China meltblown nonwoven fabric will further expand in the future.