Breaking 2023|Chemical fiber and nonwoven machinery: focus on innovation and technological progress

China Textile Machinery Industry Department 5

In the first three quarters of 2022, due to the continued low fluctuations in raw material prices and weakening demand in the downstream chemical fiber market, the production and operations of enterprises in the chemical fiber machinery industry are facing greater pressure. Nonwoven Machinery equipment in all major categories has declined significantly compared with the previous year. In the future, the chemical fiber and nonwoven machinery industries will focus more on sustainable development and skill improved.

Chemical fiber equipment focuses on sustainable development

At present, the main sales of filament equipment are mainly from leading enterprises purchasing imported equipment, with some small-scale contracts to purchase domestic equipment; texturing machine manufacturers have basically continued their orders in the first half of the year, and still have Able to maintain normal production. The performance of short fiber equipment is higher than that of the same period last year, and there will be some growth.

According to industry statistics, in the first three quarters of 2022, there will be 9760 filament spinning machines for polyester, nylon etc. Spinning positions, a year-on-year decrease of 25.5%, high-speed texturing machines were 1,620, a year-on-year decrease of 12.9%, chemical fiber machinery exports were US$225 million, a year-on-year increase of 74.55%, and imports were US$659 million. A year-on-year decrease of 5.19%.

In terms of short fiber equipment, polyester staple fiber will have approximately 450,000 tons of new production capacity in the first three quarters of 2022, which is higher than the same period in 2021. The new production capacity is mainly domestic The extension of the industrial chain of leading filament companies is the main focus. The increase in short fiber is mainly related to the expansion of nonwoven production capacity and the strategic transformation of filament giants. The varieties of short fiber are mainly conventional and hollow fibers and low melting point fibers. It is expected that short fiber equipment will continue to expand. There will be some growth.

Judging from the development trend of chemical fiber and chemical fiber equipment, the industry will focus more on sustainable development and technological progress in the future, promote energy efficiency and low-carbon development, improve the level of recycling and regeneration, and textile chemical recycling technology and equipment and investment will be more Many opportunities. In addition, green fiber certification and platform system construction are accelerating; bio-based chemical fibers and functional fibers have received more attention; intelligent manufacturing has entered more production process fields and links.

Nonwoven equipment focuses on stability and automation

Affected by the decline in global demand for anti-epidemic materials, the nonwoven industry has gradually faded out of the focus of social attention. All major categories of equipment have declined significantly compared with the previous year. Enterprises have focused more on innovation and technological progress, entering New product development and intensive launch period. Greenenvironmental protection and circular economy, digitalintelligent technology have obvious trends in widespread application.

In the first three quarters of 2022, nonwoven production fell by 0.4% year-on-year, operating income of enterprises above designated size fell by 2.1% year-on-year, and total profits fell by 34.8% year-on-year. According to customs statistics, nonwoven machinery exports were US$241 million, a year-on-year decrease of 51.32%, and imports were US$137 million, a year-on-year decrease of 1.9%.

Nonwovens have always been a “sunrise” industry in the textile industry. Domestic nonwoven equipment production lines still lack process stability, productqualitystability, and back-end automation equipment. , which is also the growth point of recent improvements.

Looking to the future, the development of the nonwoven industry will show the following trends: ultra-high-density needle punching technology will become more mature, creating the prospect of replacing the spunlace process and solving its problems of high energy consumption, high investment, and high pollution; Carbon fiberrollers, carbon fiber parts, high-strength aluminum alloys and other composite materials are widely used; there is an obvious trend of natural fibers partially replacing petroleum-based fibers . Nonwoven equipment companies must anticipate and adapt to these changes in advance, develop process equipment adapted to these fibers, improve nonwoven production lines with mature technology and processes as soon as possible, and at the same time apply more digital technology to existing and future production lines.

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