The sharp increase in demand for masks has led to a rapid increase in the demand for upstream meltblown nonwoven fabrics, but it is constrained by the slow expansion of production equipment capacity and long delivery cycles, and the slow expansion of meltblown nonwoven fabrics.After the outbreak in February 2020, meltblown nonwoven fabrics Prices rose rapidly, from 20,000 yuan / ton to a maximum of 650,000 yuan / ton.

Domestic non-woven fabric face mask suppliers  and central enterprises have expanded the production capacity of melt-blown non-woven fabrics to meet downstream demand, among which the non-woven fabric industry leader works overtime to produce spunlace, melt-blown and other non-woven fabrics for mask production

In addition, the production of protective clothing requires the use of spunbond non-woven fabrics, and the production of disinfectant wipes and wipes requires the use of spunlace non-woven fabrics. The increase in demand for protective clothing and disinfectant wipes after the epidemic also drove the growth of the corresponding consumption of non-woven products. Due to the abundant production capacity of spunbond and spunlace nonwoven fabrics, their prices are relatively stable.

In the long run, China's non-woven fabric demand has a large growth space. The short-term outbreak will catalyze the need for non-woven fabrics such as spunlace and meltblown.

In the long-term, China's non-woven fabric industry also has a large space for development. From the perspective of industrial structure, the processing of industrial textile fibers in European and American countries accounts for more than 40% of the textile industry. In 2018, China's industrial textiles accounted for more than 27%. The non-woven fabric industry still has great development potential in the future.

From the perspective of consumption level, due to gaps in income and consumption level, compared with developed countries, China's per capita consumption of non-woven fabrics is at a low level. The largest application area of ​​China's non-woven fabrics is medical and health care.In 2016, the national medical and health non-woven fabric consumption was 1.461 million tons, accounting for 27.3%, while 60% to 70% of the non-woven fabrics in the U.S. market were used for Medical, health and daily necessities. In Japan, non-woven fabrics consumed by industrial, medical and sanitary products accounted for 57.4% of the demand.

Due to the high cost of use, the proportion of disposable non-woven fabric products in China is much lower than that of developed countries. Short-term epidemics increase the demand for protective products.In the long run, the consumption of medical non-woven fabrics is expected to continue to grow, driving medical non-woven fabric materials. Production enterprises are developing rapidly.