Freedonia Private Companies Report #1235 Nonwovens - Hundreds of private companies are active in the U.S. nonwovens Fabrics industry.

& Converted Products Nonwovens: Fabrics & Converted Products - Private Companies Report profiles more than 130 private U.S. manufacturers and converters of nonwoven fabrics and nonwoven converted products. This information will assist you to understand the position of Report Publication Date: February 2000 private companies in this industry. Price: $3,200 Pages: 258 Examine the report highlights, sample pages and table of contents on the following pages and see how Nonwovens: Fabrics & Con- verted Products - Private Companies Report can serve as a valuable decision making tool for your company in accessing acquisitions, joint ventures and cooperative agreements.

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Table of Contents and List of Tables ...... 2 List of Companies Profiled ...... 3 Sample Pages and Tables from: Private Company Profiles ...... 4 Market Overview ...... 6 Industry Structure ...... 7 Report Highlights ...... 8 About the Company ...... 9 Advantages of Freedonia Reports ...... 9 Our Customers ...... 10 Related Studies and Reports from Freedonia ...... 11 Ordering Information...... 12 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY List of Contents, II. MARKET OVERVIEW General ...... 4 Consumer Spending Outlook ...... 5 Tables and Charts Table - Consumer Expenditures ...... 6 Health Care Trends ...... 6 This new report profiles more than 130 private U.S. Table - Health Care Indicators ...... 7 Manufacturing Outlook ...... 8 companies active in the industry. To frame the Table - Manufacturers’ Shipments ...... 10 industry, Freedonia analysts have prepared an Construction Outlook ...... 10 overview of the market and general industry. The Table - Construction Expenditures ...... 12 Nonwoven Fabrics Outlook ...... 12 analysis explores the key indicators that drive de- Table - Nonwoven Fabrics Demand by Market ...... 14 mand, highlights company capabilities and annual Markets ...... 14 sales, identifies private company characteristics and Disposable ...... 15 Chart - Nonwoven Fabric shows regional concentration. Demand by Disposable Market, 1999 ...... 17 Durable ...... 17 Chart - Nonwoven Fabric Demand by Durable Market, 1999 ...... 20 Materials ...... 20 Chart - Nonwoven Fabric Demand by Material, 1999 ...... 22

III. INDUSTRY STRUCTURE General ...... 23 Chart - Nonwoven Fabrics Industry Flowchart ...... 25 Private Nonwoven Fabric & Converted Product Leaders ...... 26 Types of Private Companies Profiled Table - Leading Private Nonwoven Fabric & Converted Product Companies, 1999 ...... 27 95+ Consolidation Trends & Recent Acquisitions ...... 28 Table - Recent Private Nonwovens Company Acquisitions ...... 31 80+ Nonwoven Fabrics ...... 33 Market Share ...... 34 Chart - US Nonwoven Fabrics Market Share, 1999 ...... 36 Private Company Characteristics ...... 36 55+ Table - Selected Private Nonwoven Fabric Companies ...... 39 Nonwoven Converted Products ...... 42 Leading Producers ...... 42 Private Company Characteristics ...... 45 Disposable Nonwovens ...... 45 Table - Selected Private Disposable Nonwoven Product Companies ...... 48 Durable Nonwovens ...... 53 Table - Selected Private Durable Nonwoven Product Companies ...... 54 Regional Concentration ...... 59 Chart - Geographic Distribution of Private Nonwoven Fabric Establishments ...... 61 Private Nonwoven Fabric Producers Private Companies Private Companies Serving the Durable ServingNonwovens the Disposable Market Nonwovens Market IV. PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES...... 69-258

Nonwovens: Fabrics & Converted Products - Private Companies Report #1235 2 Dynarex Corporation National Wiper Alliance Incorporated EMI Specialty New Pig Corporation Companies Emtex Incorporated SpillTech Industries Incorporated Encompass Group LLC Nice-Pak Products Incorporated CompaniesHospitex Professional Disposables International Profiled The Pillow Factory Nonwovens Incorporated Techstyles Incorporated Nu-Tex Styles Incorporated Nyco Fabrics Incorporated * Sample profiles Erikson Nonwoven Incorporated Fabrite (JF) Laminating Corporation Oliver Products Company on pages 4 and 5 Facemate Corporation Orcon Corporation Innovation Technology Incorporated -Pak Products Incorporated Fiberbond Corporation Powell Corporation FiberCo Incorporated Precision Custom Coatings Incorporated Filter Fabrics Corporation Precision Fabrics Group Incorporated Acme Pad Corporation Filtration Group Incorporated Protek Health Incorporated Ad Tape & Label Company Inc. Findlay Industries Incorporated Rollprint Packaging Products Incorporated Adhesives Research Incorporated First Quality Enterprises Incorporated Sellars Absorbent Materials Incorporated Aldine Technologies Industries Inc. Fisher Textiles Shawmut Mills All Products Incorporated Flo-TEC Incorporated Snow Filtration Company LLC American Engineering Fabrics Inc. Atmore Industries Incorporated Sommers Incorporated BOOM Environmental Products Foss Manufacturing Company Inc. Fiber Dynamics Incorporated American Felt & Filter Company Inc. Kunin Felt Sorbent Products Company Incorporated American Nonwovens Corporation Inc. Ozite Southern Mills Incorporated American Fabri-Tec Incorporated Freudenberg Nonwovens LP Sparcon Incorporated Mississippi Fabritek Incorporated General Econopak Incorporated Spunfab Limited American Ribbonz Limited Glenoit Corporation Stearns Technical Textiles Company American Mills Incorporated Global Material Technologies Inc. Stitches Incorporated Nu-Towel Company Globetec Nonwovens Strick Nonwoven Materials Incorporated American Threshold Industries Inc. Gore (WL) & Associates Incorporated Superior Nonwovens Incorporated Americo Manufacturing Company Inc. Green Bay Nonwovens Tapemark Company Asbury Towel Company Incorporated HDK Industries Incorporated Tendasoft Incorporated Astro-Form Corporation High-Tech Conversions Incorporated Tex Tech Industries Incorporated Atlantic Mills Incorporated Higher Dimension Medical Incorporated Tietex International Limited Avon Tape Incorporated Hollingsworth & Vose Company Tillotson Healthcare Corporation Bauer Industries Limited HRS Textiles Incorporated The Tranzonic Companies The Beier Industries Group HTC Incorporated Absorbco Berkshire Corporation Kamen Wiping Materials Company Inc. CCP Industries Incorporated BGF Industries Incorporated Kappler Protective Apparel & Fabrics Hospeco Blocksom & Company Karnak Corporation Hospital Specialty Company Bondex Incorporated Knowlton Specialty Papers Incorporated Intex Supply Company Andrew Industries Knowlton Nonwovens Incorporated Spintex Company Incorporated BMP America Incorporated KoSa Troy Mills Incorporated Boston Felt Company Incorporated Lamart Corporation TTL Medical Products Boyd Converting Company Inc. Lamb (J.) Incorporated Tuff Spun Fabrics Incorporated Bro-Tex Incorporated Gotham Industries II Ultratek Industries Carlee Corporation Philmont Manufacturing Company Union Wadding Company Carpenter Company Lantor Incorporated US Felt Manufacturing Company Inc. Cerex Advanced Fabrics LP Light Fabrications Incorporated US Laminating Corporation Choice Products of Milwaukee Lyman (John R.) Company US Nonwovens Corporation Colbond Incorporated Lym-Tech Scientific Wendell Textiles Incorporated Columbus Industries Incorporated M&C Specialties Company Western Nonwovens Incorporated Concept Industries Incorporated Malik Industries Bonded Fiber Products Incorporated Consolidated Textiles Incorporated Medco Coated Products California Fiberloft Incorporated Cooper Fabrics Medline Industries Incorporated Florida Nonwovens Incorporated Crane & Company Incorporated Meridian Industries Incorporated MidAmerica Fiber Company Creative Foam Corporation Aurora Textile Company Paltex Incorporated Delaware Valley Corporation Kleen Test Products Reliance Products Incorporated Disposable Products Company LLC Majilite Corporation Western Incorporated Dixie Manufacturing Corporation Monadnock Paper Mills Incorporated White Knight Engineered Products Inc. Duro Industries Incorporated NanoFiber Technology Incorporated White Knight Healthcare Incorporated Handler Textile National Nonwovens Whitestone Corporation Worthen Industries Incorporated

Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 3 Detailed Company Profile

More than 130 private PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES company profiles are compiled

and range from detailed to HRS Textiles Incorporated brief company descriptions. 2840 Southborough Road Darlington, SC 29532 (See Samples) County: Florence County Code: 45041

All companies are individu- Phone: 843-393-0882 ally contacted and the Fax: 843-393-9000 Web Address: http://www.hrstextiles.com majority of the companies PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES verify the data. Annual Sales: SAMPLE PROFILE Employment: Key Executive:per-square-yard Harley Lemaster, styles. President Micron ratings range from four to 80, and custom media Hard to obtain sales and is available to meet specific end-use requirements. Hot cooking oil filtration Key Products: media nonwoven is constructed fabrics from 100-percent and is US Food and Drug employment figures, key Census Code SIC(s):Administration 2297; 2396 (FDA)-compliant. Ranging in weight from 0.7 to two ounces, products and services and this media is designed for use in direct contact with cooking oils used to process SIC Description(s):meats, nonwovenvegetables, fabrics;snack foodsautomotive and nuts. trimmings, Micron apparelratings findingsrange from eight to 30. an overview of corporate and related productsMilk filtration media is made from a and rayon blend that is FDA- operations are provided. compliant. This media is converted into sleeves for milking machines and filters out impurities from milk before processing. HRS Textiles produces this media in HRS Textiles isroll a manufacturerand converted and styles. converter of nonwoven fabric. The Company serves the filtration, furniture, apparel, absorbent, automotive and screen industries. HRSHRS Textiles Textiles offers also such produces services pleat as andslitting, coating,media and , highloft media die for air cutting and laminating.filtration applications. The Company The operates Company a 125,000-square-foot custom designs pleat facility and bagin media to Darlington, Southmeet Carolina. customers’ This specifications, facility can produceincluding over efficiency 60 million and squaredust holding characteris- yards of fabrictics. annually. HRS Textiles can heat seal media, as well as treat it with antimicrobial products. A variety of colors is available. Highloft media features a high fiber- The Company’sto- nonwovens ratio can and be thickness. used to produce The Company a variety produces of filtration over devices,30 styles for air including coolant,filtration, hot cooking paint filtration,oil and milk and filters.furniture Coolant and home filtration furnishings media isapplications. This used primarily polyesterin metal mediagrinding is andavailable polishing in weights applications, ranging where from fine1/2 toparticles 1-1/2 ounces per need to be filteredsquare out foot, of coolants and in loftsand otherranging fluids. from HRS1/2 toTextiles two inches. produces this fabric, which is made from a polyester and rayon blend, in 0.7- to 5-1/2-ounce- For absorbent applications, the Company produces universal and oil-only © Copyright by The Freedoniaproducts inGroup, rolls, Inc.pads and socks. Universal absorbents are comprised of organic designed for maximum fluid holding capacity and easy disposal. Accord- ing to HRS Textiles, these fabrics can hold up to ten times their dry weight, while retaining tensile strength. Oil-only absorbents are designed for use with motor oil, diesel fuel and gasoline. These absorbents are constructed from 100-percent , which offers a fire-retardant and leak-proof fabric.

HRS Textiles also produces furniture products, including skirt liners, pad covers,

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Nonwovens: Fabrics & Converted Products - Private Companies Report #1235 4 Brief Company Profile

These profiles give you insight into the operations of private companies, and can help you: PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES

• Identify companies for investment, American Threshold Industries Incorporated merger, and/or acquisition oppor- 240 Sardis Road tunities based on size, products, Enka, NC 28728 County: Buncombe and location. County Code: 37021

Phone: 828-665-4555 • Evaluate the position of your Fax: 828-665-4777 competitors based on sales and/or Web Address: http://www.athealthcare.com

employment figures. Annual Sales: Employment: SAMPLE PROFILE Key Executive: Brian Hoge, President

Key Products: disposable nonwoven health care products Census Code SIC(s): 2297; 2389; 3842

SIC Description(s): nonwoven fabrics; miscellaneous apparel and accessories; orthopedic, prosthetic and surgical appliances and supplies PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES

American Threshold Industries is a producer of disposable nonwovens for the Choice Products of Milwaukee health care market. The Company’s products include face masks, gowns, 5519 West Woolworth Avenue sterilization wrap, headwear, footwear, washcloths, wipes, , , veterinary Milwaukee, WI 53218 draping and baby scale liners. These products are primarily manufactured from County: Milwaukee polypropylene, as well as , polyester and rayon. Tradenamed products County Code: 55079 include SECURE-GARD face masks, KOOL-GARD protective gowns, lab coats and jackets, SECURE-WIPE washcloths and SECURE-WRAP sterilization wrap. Phone: 414-358-3334 SECURE-WRAP consists of outer layers of long-fiber spunbond polypropylene © Copyright by The Freedonia Group, Inc. Fax: 414-353-9686 © Copyrightsurrounding by The anFreedonia inner layer Group, of meltInc. blown polypropylene fibers. This construction results in a tear-resistant material which can also protect against bacteria. The Annual Sales: Company also produces NOVA nonwoven gauze sponges, which feature fast Employment: SAMPLE PROFILE absorbency and low linting. American Threshold’s wiping products include Key Executive: Robert Cohen, President nonwoven soft absorbent cleaners, manufactured from a blend of rayon and polyester. These wipes are designed for post-surgical care, perineal care and Key Products: nonwoven disposable wipes infant care. Census Code SIC(s): 2297 SIC Description(s): nonwoven fabrics

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Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 5 Market Overview

The Market Overview Section discusses factors influencing supply and demand, including health care and construction trends. MARKET OVERVIEW

Nonwoven Fabrics Markets - This information helps you: Disposable

The disposable products market for nonwoven fabrics is forecast to advance 5.5 • Determine what external factors percent annually through 2004 to $3.1 billion. Disposable nonwoven markets encompass products used in a wide range of single- and limited-use applications, will impact future supply and such as personal hygiene products,SAMPLE medical TABLEand surgical products, filtration media demand and other applications (e.g., industrial wipers, industrial protective apparel and fabric softener sheets). Personal hygiene applications, by far the largest market, accounted for 56 percent of disposable nonwoven fabric demand in 1999. This • Measure your market and sales market includes baby , sanitary napkins, adult incontinence products, training pants, consumer wipes and lens cleaners. Other major markets for potential based on supply and disposable nonwovens include medical and surgical products, and filtration media. demand forecasts. The medical and surgical products market encompasses patient examination apparel and surgical gowns and drapes, staff apparel, surgical masks, shoe covers, underpads, sterilization wrap, wound dressings and surgical sponges. Additional • Propose new areas for product disposable markets for nonwoven fabrics include industrial and household wipers, protective apparel and masks, and fabric softener sheets. Among the major development based on market disposable nonwovens markets, the personal hygiene market will see the strongest trends & innovations. growth through 2004, primarily due to advances for adult incontinence products. Above-average gains are also expected for filtration applications. The outlook for the various disposable nonwoven fabrics markets is presented in the following table. NONWOVEN FABRIC OUTLOOK BY DURABLE MARKE

Market Outlook

Furniture Cost and performance advantages w ill pro Components continue to replace traditional textiles.

Geotextiles Healthy outlook for infrastructure constru although competitionSAMPLE from woven TABLE geotext some applications, w ill limit advances.

Construction Deceleration in new residential constructi the healthy outlook for residential repair a industrial and nonbuilding construction w opportunities.

Nonwovens: Fabrics & Converted Products - Private Companies Report #1235 6 Industry Structure

Gain a better understanding of your competition and analyze your company's position in the industry with information about the INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

characteristics of leading non- Market Share woven manufacturers including The US nonwoven fabrics market is fairly concentrated and led by a handful of total sales, capabilities and regional large, well-capitalized companies, most of which are publicly owned with concentration. diversified product lines and well-established marketing and distribution programs. The leading US producers are also among the largest players in the worldwide market and are all forward integrated (in varying degrees) into the production of This information helps you: converted nonwoven products. In addition, the largest producers have the capital resources which are necessary for the development and marketing of higher performance, value-added nonwovens. • Evaluate diversification The seven largest producers of nonwoven fabrics in 1999 were DuPont, Kimberly- opportunities based Clark, Group Incorporated (PGI), BBA Nonwovens (BBA Group plc -- United Kingdom), Freudenberg, Johns Manville and Dexter. These seven on product lines SAMPLE PAGE companies held a combined 57 percent of the nonwoven fabrics market. Several of other private of the leaders (namely, PGI, BBA and Johns Manville) have made major acquisi- companies. tions since 1998, which served to broaden their capabilities and markets. More- over, as of February 2000, Dexter was the subject of a hostile takeover attempt by International Specialty Products. • Understand barriers Although all seven leading manufacturers offer nonwovens for a wide range to entry based on applications, some specialize to a certain degree. For example, DuPont, Kimberly- industry concentration. Selected PrivateClark, PGI and Dexter supply a significant amount of their nonwovens to health Nonwovencare and/or hygiene markets, while Johns Manville and BBA, as well as DuPont, FabricCompanieshave a major presence in nonwovens for construction and industrial applications. • Develop positioning Freudenberg, the only private company among the top players, is active in virtually all nonwoven fabrics markets. In addition, the company is the largest US strategies based on producer of nonwoven garment interlinings and dominates the US automotive size of competitors. backings market. Nonwoven fabrics are produced in the US mainly by Freudenberg Nonwovens, with a smaller volume manufactured by its Freudenberg Texbond affiliate. Both companies, along with Freudenberg Household Products (which sells converted nonwoven products, among its other operations), are US

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* Sales are 1999 estimates of total corporate sales including products other than nonwoven fabrics.

Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 7 Report Highlights • The majority of the over 200 companies in the US non- woven fabrics industry are private firms. Some of these companies concentrate solely on the production of roll goods, while others are also forward integrated into the conversion of nonwovens.

• Because no single converter of nonwovens is able to com- pete in every market, there are ample niche marketing opportunities for smaller private players.

• Seven private concerns each have total annual nonwovens sales of $100 million or more, including fabrics and/or converted products.

• Four private firms have US nonwoven fabric sales of at least $70 million and one private company is among the top four US producers of adult incontinence products.

• Private nonwoven fabric and converted products firms have been involved in a significant number of recent acquisi- tions, both as purchasers and targets, as industry consolida- tion continues.

• North Carolina, Georgia, New York and South Carolina have the largest numbers of private nonwoven fabric establishments, with over 20 each. Six other states each have 10 or more private nonwoven fabric establishments.

• US demand for nonwoven fabrics is projected to rise 5.1 percent per year through 2004, reaching $4.9 billion.

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• Propose new areas for product development based on material trends.

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