The non-woven fabric is also called non-woven fabric, which is composed of directional or random fibers. Because of its appearance and some properties, it is called cloth. There are many production processes for its manufacture, including spunbond method, melt blown method and Spunlaced method. Melt blown cloth is one of the non-woven fabrics. Generally speaking, the medical mask adopts multi-layer structure, with single-layer spunbond nonwovens on both sides and single-layer or multi-layer melt blown nonwovens in the middle, that is, melt blown cloth.
Due to the development of overseas epidemic situation, the demand for melt blown nonwovens continues to increase, and the demand for spunbond nonwovens is also increasing day by day. Lin youkuai, deputy general manager of Huahao non-woven fabric, told reporters that due to the full order, there are nearly 2000 tons of low-cost non-woven fabric orders that have not yet been delivered, and many customers' new orders have not been received, so they can only stop receiving orders. According to Lin youkuai, the current market speculation on non-woven fabrics is very fierce. In just 10 days, the price of non-woven fabrics has risen from more than 10000 yuan per ton to more than 100000 yuan per ton.
As the price of non-woven fabrics rises, the enterprises that produce non-woven fabrics should be happy to see their success, but Lin youkuai said it was not a "good thing" for them. Lin youkuai said that upstream and downstream influence each other. The speculation on non-woven fabrics in the market seems to directly drive the price of raw material polypropylene in the upstream skyrocketing. After the price of raw material rises, it further makes the company's foreign procurement very difficult.
It is reported that the market price of polypropylene was more than 6000 yuan / ton before, which has recently increased to more than 13000 yuan / ton, and for some time, it has risen to more than 30000 yuan / ton. At present, the supply and demand market of non-woven fabrics is not rational, while the market price of raw polypropylene is rising sharply, and there are also factors that the enterprises are hoarding goods in excess of production and the circulation channels take advantage of the trend to increase the price.
According to the reporter of "daily economic news", the main raw materials used for non-woven fabric production are polypropylene (63%), polyester (23%), viscose fiber (8%). Yu Wei, an analyst with Longzhong information, told reporters that in the first half of April, polypropylene reached a crazy level of nearly 10000 yuan per day, and many insiders exclaimed "never seen such a market".