China is now building 28 BICO spunbond nonwoven lines from 12 companies till end of 2018,inside type S/C percent 32.2%,S/S 28.6%,S/P 32.1%,compose fiber type 3.6% . the capacity is around 175000t/a at the end of 2019.Total 3 types spinning system involved that is WLPE(wide tip low pressure extension) ,PE(pipe extension),WHPE(wide tip high pressure extension).
Domotex2018 in Shanghai China is hot showing,from the exhibition we see natural fiber weaving rugs and carpets,functional spunbond backsheet,glass fiber nonwoven,circluar knitting machine,tufting are all uprising as more than 10% growing around asia markets.Jialong show 2 loop cut circular knitting carpet machine at this fair,it is developed by the combination of the knitting and carpet weaving technology and reach advanced level in the world.it is the same as Japanese WAC piezo jacquard with Denmark Danfoss frequency transformer for speed control.Britain steel wire track and auto-oil feeding.Jialong carpet knitting machine is applied in yarns like acrylic,polypropylene,polyester,nylon,cotton,wool,rayon and so on.Max 4 colors in plain cut,plain loop,high cut cow loop,high loop low loop and high cut high loop.Customer design possible both by photoshop or coreldraw software easy operate.
Fibertex's trust in the strength of the spunlace market is proven through recent acquistions in the U.S. and Brazil.Fibertex Nonwovens is also a needlepunch producer,an existing background in many technical markets has helped it expand spunlace into new market areas ,Fibertex already sell spunlace technology in various industrial segments- automotive interiors,engine bay,backing composites,filtration and acoustics.
In fact Aisa is the region seeing the strongest rate of investment for spunlace technology. At the forefront of the expansion is Nan Liu Enterprises.The company operates production sites is Taiwan and Zhejia China,India and largely serves the needs of disposable hygiene,medical,and nursing markets.Its investment about $100 million in Taiwan China,mainly for expanding spunlace capacities. bERNARD kERSTENS,commercial director of the overseas business says Nanliu continues to invest in new spunlace production lines In addition,the upgrading and modification of an existing old spunlace line could create high value-added products and avoid price competition with competitors.
Till May,2019 There are total 16 pure cotton spunlace nonwoven lines built by mostly Hengtian,Wenjian,Xinlou,Aomei and Xinglong in China,they located all in Hubei China as Huanggang and Tianmeng.