Asia held the largest market share in terms of volume in the global non-woven fabrics market in the year 2015. Increasing demand for hygiene and personal care products due to an increase in birth rate and aging population is the major driver in this region.The spunlaid technology dominates the non-woven fabric market with a volume share of 48.5%. The ease of production and cost efficiency associated with this technology has encouraged the manufacturers to set up more and more new installations of the production units, especially in the emerging countries.In this report, Technavio covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global non-woven fabrics market for 2016-2020. The report also presents the vendor landscape and a corresponding detailed profiling of the five major vendors operating in the market.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 6

Highlights 6

PART 02: Scope of the report ............................................ 7

Market overview 7

PART 03: Market research methodology ......................... 12

Research methodology 12

Economic indicators 12

PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 13

Key market highlights 13

Outlook 14

PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 16

Market size and forecast 16

Five forces analysis 17

PART 06: Market segmentation by application ............... 18

Global non-woven fabrics market by application 18

Global non-woven fabrics market for durable

applications 20

Global non-woven fabrics market for disposable

applications 21

PART 07: Market segmentation by technology ............... 23

Global non-woven fabric market by technology 23

Global spunlaid non-woven fabrics market 25

Global carded non-woven fabrics market 26

Global wetlaid non-woven fabrics market 27

Global airlaid non-woven fabrics market 28

PART 08: Market segmentation by product ..................... 29

Global non-woven fabrics market by product 29

Global PP non-woven fabrics market 31

Global polyester non-woven fabrics market 32

Global other non-woven fabrics market 33

PART 09: Market segmentation by end-user ................... 34

Global non-woven fabrics market by end-user 34

PART 10: Geographical segmentation ............................. 35

Global non-woven fabrics market by geography 35

Non-woven fabrics market in Asia 37

Non-woven fabrics market in Europe 38

Non-woven fabrics market in Americas 39

Non-woven fabrics market in ROW 40

PART 11: Market drivers ................................................... 41

Increasing demand for hygiene products 41

Increasing demand for disposable non-woven

products 41

Growing use of non-woven fabrics in the geotextiles and

construction sector 42

PART 12: Impact of drivers ............................................... 43

PART 13: Market challenges ............................................. 44

Frequent fluctuation in raw material costs 44

Issues associated with the flushability and waste

management of non-woven fabrics 45

Issues associated with size fit and comfort in the nonwoven

apparel market 45

PART 14: Impact of drivers and challenges .................... 46

PART 15: Market trends .................................................... 47

Innovation in non-woven disposable hygiene products 47

Technological advancement in non-woven medical

products 47

Penetration in niche market segments 48

Evolution in raw-materials used 48

PART 16: Vendor landscape ............................................. 49

Competitive scenario 49

Key market vendors 49

Other prominent vendors 50

PART 17: Key vendor analysis ......................................... 53

Berry Plastics 53

Kimberly-Clark 54

DuPont 55

Ahlstrom 57

Freudenberg 59

PART 18: Appendix ........................................................... 62

List of abbreviations 62

PART 19: Explore Technavio ............................................ 63