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According to the latest report of international market research and business information agency Smithers, "future trends of nonwoven battery separators in 2030", the demand for nonwoven fabrics in battery separators will reach US $1.7 billion in 2025. Nonwoven materials will account for slightly more than 20% of the global battery separator Market in 2025. The total market size is expected to be $8.3 billion, covering lithium ion, lead acid, nickel cadmium, nickel metal hydride and other battery chemical systems.
The application of Nonwovens in battery separator is expected to become one of the fastest growing areas in the Nonwovens Market in the next five years. The sales volume will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.1%, and it is expected to reach 4billion US dollars by 2030 (calculated at constant prices); The consumption of nonwovens will almost double from 8.1 billion square meters in 2025 to 16billion square meters in 2030.
The transformation from traditional vehicles to electric vehicles (EV) has promoted the development of this market, and spawned a new generation of special nonwovens as key components of high-capacity, more compact lithium batteries. By 2030, the demand for lithium batteries will increase by 33.4% CAGR. The development of batteries with larger capacity and faster charging will stimulate the demand for new high-performance polyamide and viscose/Lyocell fiber nonwovens, and provide opportunities for other special fiber nonwovens.
Wet netting is the main nonwoven process used in battery separator, which is expected to account for three quarters of the sales in 2025. Smithers predicts that by 2030, the proportion of wet networking process in sales will increase to 85.5%. Spunlaced and needle punched nonwovens will continue to be used as diaphragm materials for other types of batteries, mainly for nickel metal hydride batteries.
In 2025, Asia will be the largest regional market for nonwoven diaphragm materials, with China, South Korea and Japan as major producers. Europe and North America will continue to remain competitive, especially in the R&D and application of new nonwoven battery separators, although they will face major challenges in the next five years. By 2030, Europe will continue to lead North America in the transformation of electric vehicles, the application of Nonwovens in lithium battery separators and the number of super factories, but will lag behind Asia.
