RUSSIA’S NONWOVENS PRODUCERS LOOK FOR GOVERNMENT SUPPORT AS SECTOR BOOMS

the Russian nonwovens market expanding, producers and industry experts say supportive government measures and decreased bureaucracy could help domestic companies increase their competitiveness against western rivals.While the country’s domestic textile market is growing at a slow 1% to 2% annually, nonwovens have posted phenomenal growth of 74% over the three years since 2009, according to estimates of the US-based Discovery Research Group released last July (2012). “…an increase in local demand for converted items is expected,” Jacques Prigneaux, a ...


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