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Article: Production lines for spunlaced nonwoven composites with pulp for use in the wipes and medical sectors with special attention to raw material costs saving, energy saving and environmental protection.(Suppliers' Corner: The Latest From Suppliers)
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- Nonwovens Industry
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- January 1, 2008
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In times of continually rising raw material costs, the question of which fibers to use for the production of a specific nonwoven product is gaining in importance. The reasons for the increase in raw material costs and quite different. The costs of synthetic fibers, for example, depend largely on rising crude oil prices, while the steep increase in viscose fiber costs is due mainly to h growing demand in combination with limited production capacities.
The rise in costs of wood pulp fibers, on the other hand, is quite moderate because these are renewable resources available in sufficient quantities. The example of the heavily growing wet wipes market for consumer, ...