Isidingo esiphezulu sama-disinfectant wipes ngesikhathi sobhubhane lwe-Covid-19 ngo-2020 nango-2021 saholela ekutshalweni kwezimali okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili kwama-spunlace nonwovens—enye yezinto zokwakha ezithandwa kakhulu emakethe yama-wipes. Lokhu kwaqhubekisela ukusetshenziswa komhlaba wonke kwama-spunlace nonwovens kwafika kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-1.6, noma amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-7.8, ngo-2021. Ngenkathi isidingo sisalokhu siphakeme, siye sehla, ikakhulukazi ezimakethe ezifana nama-face wipes.
Njengoba isidingo sivame ukwenzeka futhi umthamo uqhubeka nokwanda, abakhiqizi bezingubo ezingezona ezelukiwe ezihlanganisiwe babike izimo eziyinselele, eziye zanda kakhulu ngenxa yezimo zomnotho omkhulu njengokwehla kwamandla emali emhlabeni jikelele, ukukhuphuka kwamanani ezinto zokusetshenziswa, izinkinga zochungechunge lokuhlinzekwa kanye nemithethonqubo ekhawulela ukusetshenziswa kwepulasitiki esetshenziswa kanye kwezinye izimakethe.
Embikweni wayo wakamuva wenzuzo, i-Glatfelter Corporation, umkhiqizi we-nonwoven owashintshashintsha waba umkhiqizi we-spunlace ngokuthenga i-Jacob Holm Industries ngo-2021, ibike ukuthi kokubili ukuthengisa kanye nenzuzo kulesi sigaba yayiphansi kunalokho obekulindelwe.
“Sekukonke, umsebenzi ophambi kwethu ku-spunlace ungaphezu kwalokho obekulindelwe ekuqaleni,” kusho uThomas Fahnemann, i-CEO. “Ukusebenza kwesigaba kuze kube manje, kanye nezindleko zokuphazamiseka esizithathe kule mpahla kuyisibonakaliso esicacile sokuthi lokhu kuthengwa akuyona into inkampani eyayicabanga ukuthi ingaba yiyo ekuqaleni.”
UFahnemann, owathatha indima ephezulu eGlatfelter, umkhiqizi we-airlaid omkhulu kunabo bonke emhlabeni, ngemuva kokuthengwa kukaJacob Holm ngo-2022, utshele abatshalizimali ukuthi i-spunlace isabhekwa njengefanele inkampani njengoba ukuthengwa kwayo kungagcini nje ngokunikeza inkampani ukufinyelela igama lomkhiqizo eliqinile eSontara, kodwa futhi kwayinikeza amapulatifomu amasha okukhiqiza ahambisana ne-airlaid kanye ne-composite fibers. Ukubuyisela i-spunlace enzuzweni kwabekwa njengenye yezindawo eziyisithupha ezibalulekile zenkampani okugxilwe kuzo ohlelweni lwayo lokuguqula izinto.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Ephreli-18-2024