There are thousands of companies that manufacture products from fibers without utilizing any weaving, knitting or moulding technologies, which is why those products cannot be called textiles, plastics or papers. They use one or another, or a mixture of several nonwoven technologies, and they are making nonwoven products. For an excellent description of the various technologies in use with the nonwovens industry, please go to: http://www.edana.org/story.cfm?section=|edana_nonwovens&story=making.xmlThis main page will not list sites. If your company applies more than one manufacturing technology, please submit your site in Diversified Technologies to the regional sub-category which suites your company. Companies which utilise one main technology should submit to the proper sub-category available.
Artificial Leather
This category lists manufacturers of artificial or imitation leather, using nonwoven or textile fabric substrates.
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Associations
This category lists trade organizations for the nonwovens industry only.
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Consulting
This category lists consultancies specialising in the nonwovens industry.
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Diversified Technologies
This category lists nonwovens manufacturing companies which utilise a variety of technologies, and is sub-categorised regionally for ease of use.Please, submit your site to the regional sub-category most appropriate to your company.
Africa,
Asia,
Europe,
Middle East,
North America,
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Import and Export
This category list companies active in the import and export of nonwoven rollgoods only.
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Machinery and Equipment
Without the great efforts of machine and equipment manufacturers, to provide the nonwovens industry with innovative solutions in order to improve production efficiency and versatility, we would probably all still be producing carpet underlays.
Blow and Vacuum Filling,
Calenders,
Complete Plants,
Fiber Extrusion,
Needle Looms,
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Needlepunch and Pressed Felts
This category lists companies dedicated to the utilization of the needlepunch and pressed felt technologies, or for which the production of needlepunch and pressed felt fabrics and end products is their main business.
Needlepunch,
Pressed Felts,
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Resources
Articles and Studies,
Dictionaries,
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Spunbond, Spunlace and Meltblown
This category lists companies which maintain spunbond, spunlace and meltblown technologies as their primary production technologies.
Meltblown,
Spunbond,
Spunlace,
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Stitchbond
This category lists manufacturers of stitchbond fabric only.
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Thermobonded
This category lists nonwovens manufacturers which utilize the thermobond technology as their sole or primary production method.
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Waddings and Battings
This category lists companies utilizing the dry-laid webforming technology, or for which this technology is their core production technique.
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