Nonwovens Market Overview

Nonwovens Market size is forecast to reach US$55.1 billion by 2026, after growing at a CAGR of 3.8% during 2021-2026. The development of the nonwoven market is endorsed to the rise in demand for nonwoven products and solutions for hygiene, medical, construction, and filtration applications. On the other hand, the nonwoven market is gaining high traction in certain areas like polylactic acid biodegradable fiber for its antibacterial and skin friendly nature use in medical industry, nonwoven floor covers for its flame retardancy and Liquid repellency, polyethylene nonwoven is a popular choice for outdoor furniture fabric and geotextiles applications. Nonwoven fabrics are sheet or web structures that are mechanically, thermally, or chemically bound together by entangling fiber or filaments (and by perforating films). Nonwovens provide extensive properties such as absorbency, liquid repellency, resilience, stretch, softness, strength, flame retardancy, washability, filtering, bacterial barriers, and sterility, owing to upsurge in its demand. Several regulations have been enforced for the production of and use of nonwovens in various end-use industries. For instance, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of spunbond nonwovens in food packaging (FDA). Spunbond nonwovens have also been approved for use in medical and healthcare applications by the FDA and European regulators. Such regulations are accelerating the growth of the nonwovens industry during the forecast period.