Here’s your weekly recap—the most-viewed news stories on our site for the week ended May 10, 2025.

International Paper LLC Uzbek has started up a spunlace line at its plant in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The complete neXline production line, supplied by Andritz, enables International Paper LLC to produce high-quality spunlace wipes, both under its own brand and for other converters. This expansion opens new market opportunities, addressing the growing demand for spunlace wipes in Uzbekistan and neighboring countries. Additionally, the project aligns with the company’s sustainability goals by reducing its carbon footprint through minimizing intercontinental shipments and boosting local employment in the Tashkent area.

Meanwhile, China’s nonwovens output in 2024 was 8.56 million tons, up 5.1% year-on-year, showing the largest growth after 2020 as market demand recovered. In 2020, China’s nonwovens output reached 8.79 million tons due to the increased demand for pandemic prevention materials, while a large number of new production lines were added, especially spunbond lines and spunlace lines, which saw their production capacity increase by more than 2 million tons. The sharp expansion of production capacity and the decline in demand for pandemic prevention materials, and the intensification of competition in the industry put nonwovens output in China on a downward trend from 2021 to 2022, with companies under-opening and production declining. In 2023, the demand for nonwovens showed a negligible increase, the output reached 8.14 million tons.

Here are our top 3 most-viewed stories from the past week:

1. International Paper Uzbek Invests in Spunlace Line

2. China’s Nonwovens Output Records the Largest Post-Pandemic Growth

3. GreenCore Diapers Launch European Production