Key Drivers and Trends for Hygiene Textiles

For 2016, the global hygiene market (baby diapers/nappies, feminine hygiene pads and tampons, and adult incontinence products, as well as the medical and wipes markets) will consume 4.4 million tons valued at $17 billion, according to Smithers Pira’s report The Future of Global Hygiene Markets to 2021: Wovens vs Nonwovens.

The nonwovens segment of this market is projected to grow at more than twice the rate from 2016 to 2021, as the large surgical gowns and drapes market continues to transition to disposable nonwoven based products globally, and the nonwovens based industrial wipes market benefits from the U.S. EPS’s recent favorable treatment.