Hubei creates an 'upgraded version' of the non-woven industry

In recent years, the Hubei textile industry has accurately grasped the opportunity, further strengthened the confidence in the adjustment and transformation of the non-woven industry, accelerated the creation of an upgraded version of the Hubei non-woven industry, and strived to achieve an output value of 50 billion yuan in 2015. It is understood that there are 268 non-woven fabric production and product processing enterprises in Xiantao City, Hubei, including 107 enterprises above designated size, which produce 193,000 tons of various non-woven fabrics annually, accounting for 8.2% of the country’s total output; More than 300,000 tons of cloth products, accounting for nearly one-third of the country's total exports, has become the country's largest non-woven product production and processing and export foreign exchange earning base. Yichang City vigorously develops the medical textile industry. For example, Zhijiang Ogilvy Medical Products Co., Ltd. has a total asset of more than 800 million yuan, an annual output of 10,000 tons of medical spunlace non-woven fabrics, and exports to more than 20 countries including the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. And the region, in 2012 alone achieved sales revenue of 1.62 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.5%. Huanggang City is developing the cotton non-woven fabric industry. Yiwenjian Medical Co., Ltd. is a leading enterprise that uses all imported American cotton as raw materials to produce pure cotton muscle tendons, women’s sanitary napkins, baby diapers, medical masks, sports bandages, etc. The products are sold to more than 20 countries and regions in Europe, America, Southeast Asia, etc. Its production and sales account for 60% of the national market share of similar products.