Njengoba ukusabalala kobhubhane lwe-Covid-19 kusaqhubeka emhlabeni wonke, isidingo sama-wipe—ikakhulukazi ama-disinfecting nama-hand sanitizing wipes—sisalokhu siphezulu, okuye kwabangela isidingo esikhulu sezinto eziwenzayo njenge-spunlace nonwovens.
Ama-spunlace noma ama-nonwoven ahlanganiswe ngamanzi asetshenziswe kuma-wipes asebenzise inani elilinganiselwa ku-877,700 lamathani ezinto zokwakha emhlabeni wonke ngo-2020. Lokhu kukhuphuke kusuka kumathani angu-777,700 ngo-2019, ngokusho kwedatha yakamuva evela embikweni wemakethe wakwaSmithers - Ikusasa Lama-Global Nonwoven Wipes kuya ku-2025.
Inani eliphelele (ngamanani angaguquki) lenyuke lisuka ku-$11.71 billion ngo-2019, laya ku-$13.08 billion ngo-2020. Ngokusho kukaSmithers, uhlobo lobhubhane lwe-Covid-19 lusho ukuthi noma ngabe ama-wipes angelukiwe ayebhekwa njengokuthengwa okuzimele kwesabelomali semindeni, ngokuqhubeka kwesikhathi azobhekwa njengabalulekile. Ngenxa yalokho, amaSmithers abikezela ukukhula kwesikhathi esizayo okungu-8.8% unyaka nonyaka (ngomthamo). Lokhu kuzothuthukisa ukusetshenziswa komhlaba wonke kube ngamathani ayizigidigidi ezingu-1.28 ngo-2025, anenani elingu-$18.1 billion.
“Umthelela we-Covid-19 unciphise ukuncintisana phakathi kwabakhiqizi abasebenzisa i-spanlace ngendlela efanayo nakwezinye izinkundla zobuchwepheshe ezingezona ezokwelukwa,” kusho uDavid Price, umlingani, i-Price Hanna Consultants. “Isidingo esikhulu se-spanlace nonwoven substrates phakathi kwazo zonke izimakethe ze-wipe besilokhu sikhona kusukela maphakathi ne-Q1 2020. Lokhu kube yiqiniso ikakhulukazi kuma-disinfectant wipes kodwa futhi kukhona nama-wipe okunakekela izingane kanye nabantu.”
UPrice uthi imigqa yokukhiqiza ehlanganisiwe emhlabeni wonke ibilokhu isebenza ngokugcwele kusukela kwikota yesibili ka-2020. "Silindele ukusetshenziswa okugcwele kwezimpahla ezingelukiwe ezihlanganisiwe kuze kube ngu-2021 futhi mhlawumbe kuze kube yingxenye yokuqala ka-2022 ngenxa yemiphumela ye-Covid-19."
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Agasti-13-2024