Polypropylene fibres and yarns in the current state of development

Polypropylene (PP) production capacities in 2010 will exceed 60 million tons and by 2020, 90 million tons at an average annual growth rate of 8% in 2005–2010 and 4% in 2010–2020. Consumption of PP in 2010 will be 53 million tons, more than half of which will be in Asia, where 2/3 of production capacities are concentrated. World production of PP textile materials is slightly over 7 million tons, which is approximately 10% of natural and chemical fibres. Film fibres, staple fibre, carpet twist, and different kinds of nonwovens are the basic consumers of PP in the textile sector. In Russia, manufacture of PP for fibre applications is 7%, versus 11–12% in world practice. In 2007, production of PP fibres and yarns reached 24,300 tons (8.7% higher than the preceding year), and 56.4% was for manufacture of film fibres, 20.7% was for staple fibre, and 12.5% was for spunbond.