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Article: What's next for airlaid?(Editor's Page)
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- Nonwovens Industry
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- October 1, 2008
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When I took over the post of editor of NONWOVENS INDUSTRY nearly eight years ago, the airlaid market was one of the most buzzed-about topics out there. Concert had announced plans to add two side-by-side airlaid lines in Quebec. Its key North America competitor Buckeye was building the "world's largest airlaid line" in North Carolina. Fiberweb (then BBA) was entering the market with a new line in China. And, Rayonier was building a Novathin line in the southeast U.S. The nonwovens industry watched all this capacity come onstream (an estimated 33% increase in world supply) with bated breath. Where was all this capacity going? Had a major diaper supplier finally committed to ...