Melt blown fabric is a kind of non-woven fabric. Non woven fabric, also known as "non-woven fabric", refers to the fabric formed without spinning. The non-woven fabric industry originated in Europe and the United States in the 1950s, and was introduced into China for industrial production in the late 1970s. In the process of development, non-woven fabrics evolved into spunbonded, needle punched, Spunlaced, chemical bonded, thermal bonded, air laid, wet, melt blown, etc technology.
Because it is the core material of medical protective mask, meltblown cloth is well known by the public, and even "one cloth is hard to find" when the epidemic situation is serious. However, before the epidemic, meltblown cloth in the non-woven fabric industry is relatively small. The data shows that the output of spunbonded nonwovens in 2019 is 3.0943 million tons, accounting for 49.80% of the total output of non-woven fabrics, while the output of melt blown non-woven fabrics accounts for only 1.07% of the total production of non-woven fabrics in the same period.
Zhang Rui, director of Sales Department of a non-woven fabric company in Anhui, told the associated press that at present, the market of non-woven fabrics is not as hot as the previous two months, but many kinds of non-woven fabrics are still in short supply. For example, the demand for Spunlaced and super fiber products used in the production of FMCG is still in an increasing state. Affected by the epidemic situation, the demand for non-woven fabrics in foreign countries has soared, and Foreign goods are in short supply, and there are a lot of non-woven fabric purchase orders in China.
Zhang Rui said that the whole market heat is expected to continue until the end of this year, but the market situation in 2021 and after can not be reached a conclusion. After all, in the absence of an epidemic situation, the non-woven fabric industry directly related to the epidemic only meets the normal consumption of the daily medical care industry. However, after the epidemic, consumers' consumption behavior, habits and consciousness will change The non-woven fabrics of FMCG will continue.
According to Everbright Securities Research Report, in the short term, the epidemic situation will catalyze the demand for spunlace and melt blown non-woven fabrics. In the future, the government and hospitals will also increase the reserve of protective articles, and the residents' demand for disinfection wipes and other cleaning products is expected to increase. This epidemic situation will catalyze the growth of demand for non-woven fabrics. In the future, the growth of demand for downstream medical and personal health care products will drive the continuous growth of non-woven fabrics.