

The global Airlaid Paper market size was US$ 1625 million in 2024 and is forecast to a readjusted size of US$ 2126 million by 2031 with a CAGR of 4.0% during the forecast period 2025-2031.
Airlaid paper is a textile-like material categorized as a nonwoven fabric made from fluff pulp. Compared with normal wet-laid paper and tissue, air-laid paper is very bulky, porous and soft. It has good water absorption properties and is much stronger compared with normal tissue.
Key players in the industry include Glatfelter, Duni AB and so on. Glatfelter is the largest supplier of airlaid paper globally with more than 30% share. The company is actively expanding their airlaid business through acquisition of airlaid business from Georgia-Pacific as well as building new plants.
As economies in Asia and Latin America continue to grow, demand for hygiene products is expected to increase significantly. Rising awareness about personal health, hygiene, and increasing purchasing power provide opportunities for airlaid paper producers to expand.In regions like China and India, the shift from traditional fabric or tissue-based products to modern disposable alternatives is driving demand for airlaid products in baby care, adult incontinence, and medical applications.
The airlaid paper market is set to experience robust growth due to increasing demand in various downstream industries.
The global Airlaid Paper market is strategically segmented by company, region (country), by Type, and by Application. This report empowers stakeholders to capitalize on emerging opportunities, optimize product strategies, and outperform competitors through data-driven insights on sales, revenue, and forecasts across regions, by Type, and by Application for 2020-2031.
Market Segmentation
By Company:
Glatfelter
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Duni AB
EAM Corporation (Domtar)
Fitesa
Oji Kinocloth
Kinsei Seishi
M&J Airlaid Products (Mölnlycke)
Main S.p.A.
SharpCell
National Nonwovens
China Silk (Shanghai) New Material Technology
Qiaohong New Materials
Ningbo Qixing Nonwoven
Elite Paper
By Type: (Dominant Segment vs High-Margin Innovation)
Latex-bonded Airlaid Paper
Thermal-bonded Airlaid Paper
Multi-bonded Airlaid Paper
By Application: (Core Demand Driver vs Emerging Opportunity)
Feminine Hygiene
Consumer Wipes
Adult Incontinence
Industrial Wipes
Tabletop and Napkins
Food Pads
Other
By Region
Macro-Regional Analysis: Market Size & Growth Forecasts
- North America
- Europe
- Asia-Pacific
- South America
- Middle East & Africa
Micro-Local Market Deep Dive: Strategic Insights
- Competitive Landscape: Player dominance vs. disruptors (e.g., Glatfelter in Europe)
- Emerging Product Trends: Latex-bonded Airlaid Paper adoption vs. Thermal-bonded Airlaid Paper premiumization
- Demand-Side Dynamics: Feminine Hygiene growth in China vs. Consumer Wipes potential in North America
- Localized Consumer Needs: Regulatory hurdles in EU vs. price sensitivity in India
Focus Markets:
North America
Europe
China
Japan
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Report scope, executive summary, and market evolution scenarios (short/mid/long term).
Chapter 2: Quantitative analysis of Airlaid Paper market size and growth potential at global, regional, and country levels.
Chapter 3: Competitive benchmarking of manufacturers (revenue, market share, M&A, R&D focus).
Chapter 4: Type-based segmentation analysis – Uncovering blue ocean markets (e.g., Thermal-bonded Airlaid Paper in China).
Chapter 5: Application-based segmentation analysis – High-growth downstream opportunities (e.g., Consumer Wipes in India).
Chapter 6: Regional sales and revenue breakdown by company, type, application and customer.
Chapter 7: Key manufacturer profiles – Financials, product portfolios, and strategic developments.
Chapter 8: Market dynamics – Drivers, restraints, regulatory impacts, and risk mitigation strategies.
Chapter 9: Actionable conclusions and strategic recommendations.
Why This Report?
This is not just another market study. By fusing global trend analysis with hyper-local operational intelligence, we deliver:
- Risk-Controlled Market Entry: Navigate regulatory complexities in focus markets (e.g., China’s policies).
- Product Portfolio Optimization: Align offerings with regional preferences (e.g., Latex-bonded Airlaid Paper dominance in Europe vs. Thermal-bonded Airlaid Paper demand in MEA).
- Competitor Counterstrategies: Decode player tactics in fragmented vs. consolidated markets.
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1 Market Overview
1.1 Airlaid Paper Product Scope
1.2 Airlaid Paper by Type
1.2.1 Global Airlaid Paper Sales by Type (2020 & 2024 & 2031)
1.2.2 Latex-bonded Airlaid Paper
1.2.3 Thermal-bonded Airlaid Paper
1.2.4 Multi-bonded Airlaid Paper
1.3 Airlaid Paper by Application
1.3.1 Global Airlaid Paper Sales Comparison by Application (2020 & 2024 & 2031)
1.3.2 Feminine Hygiene
1.3.3 Consumer Wipes
1.3.4 Adult Incontinence
1.3.5 Industrial Wipes
1.3.6 Tabletop and Napkins
1.3.7 Food Pads
1.3.8 Other
1.4 Global Airlaid Paper Market Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.4.1 Global Airlaid Paper Market Size in Value Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Airlaid Paper Market Size in Volume Growth Rate (2020-2031)
1.4.3 Global Airlaid Paper Price Trends (2020-2031)
1.5 Assumptions and Limitations
2 Market Size and Prospective by Region
2.1 Global Airlaid Paper Market Size by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
2.2 Global Airlaid Paper Retrospective Market Scenario by Region (2020-2025)
2.2.1 Global Airlaid Paper Sales Market Share by Region (2020-2025)
2.2.2 Global Airlaid Paper Revenue Market Share by Region (2020-2025)
2.3 Global Airlaid Paper Market Estimates and Forecasts by Region (2026-2031)
2.3.1 Global Airlaid Paper Sales Estimates and Forecasts by Region (2026-2031)
2.3.2 Global Airlaid Paper Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
2.4 Major Region and Emerging Market Analysis
2.4.1 North America Airlaid Paper Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.2 Europe Airlaid Paper Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.3 China Airlaid Paper Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
2.4.4 Japan Airlaid Paper Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)
3 Global Market Size by Type
3.1 Global Airlaid Paper Historic Market Review by Type (2020-2025)
3.1.1 Global Airlaid Paper Sales by Type (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Airlaid Paper Revenue by Type (2020-2025)
3.1.3 Global Airlaid Paper Price by Type (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Airlaid Paper Market Estimates and Forecasts by Type (2026-2031)
3.2.1 Global Airlaid Paper Sales Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
3.2.2 Global Airlaid Paper Revenue Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
3.2.3 Global Airlaid Paper Price Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
3.3 Different Types Airlaid Paper Representative Players
4 Global Market Size by Application
4.1 Global Airlaid Paper Historic Market Review by Application (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Airlaid Paper Sales by Application (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Airlaid Paper Revenue by Application (2020-2025)
4.1.3 Global Airlaid Paper Price by Application (2020-2025)
4.2 Global Airlaid Paper Market Estimates and Forecasts by Application (2026-2031)
4.2.1 Global Airlaid Paper Sales Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
4.2.2 Global Airlaid Paper Revenue Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
4.2.3 Global Airlaid Paper Price Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
4.3 New Sources of Growth in Airlaid Paper Application
5 Competition Landscape by Players
5.1 Global Airlaid Paper Sales by Players (2020-2025)
5.2 Global Top Airlaid Paper Players by Revenue (2020-2025)
5.3 Global Airlaid Paper Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) & (based on the Revenue in Airlaid Paper as of 2024)
5.4 Global Airlaid Paper Average Price by Company (2020-2025)
5.5 Global Key Manufacturers of Airlaid Paper, Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
5.6 Global Key Manufacturers of Airlaid Paper, Product Type & Application
5.7 Global Key Manufacturers of Airlaid Paper, Date of Enter into This Industry
5.8 Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
6 Region Analysis
6.1 North America Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.1.1 North America Airlaid Paper Sales by Company
6.1.1.1 North America Airlaid Paper Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.1.1.2 North America Airlaid Paper Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.1.2 North America Airlaid Paper Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.1.3 North America Airlaid Paper Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.1.4 North America Airlaid Paper Major Customer
6.1.5 North America Market Trend and Opportunities
6.2 Europe Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.2.1 Europe Airlaid Paper Sales by Company
6.2.1.1 Europe Airlaid Paper Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.2.1.2 Europe Airlaid Paper Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.2.2 Europe Airlaid Paper Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.2.3 Europe Airlaid Paper Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Europe Airlaid Paper Major Customer
6.2.5 Europe Market Trend and Opportunities
6.3 China Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.3.1 China Airlaid Paper Sales by Company
6.3.1.1 China Airlaid Paper Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.3.1.2 China Airlaid Paper Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.3.2 China Airlaid Paper Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.3.3 China Airlaid Paper Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.3.4 China Airlaid Paper Major Customer
6.3.5 China Market Trend and Opportunities
6.4 Japan Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers
6.4.1 Japan Airlaid Paper Sales by Company
6.4.1.1 Japan Airlaid Paper Sales by Company (2020-2025)
6.4.1.2 Japan Airlaid Paper Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
6.4.2 Japan Airlaid Paper Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
6.4.3 Japan Airlaid Paper Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Japan Airlaid Paper Major Customer
6.4.5 Japan Market Trend and Opportunities
7 Company Profiles and Key Figures
7.1 Glatfelter
7.1.1 Glatfelter Company Information
7.1.2 Glatfelter Business Overview
7.1.3 Glatfelter Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.1.4 Glatfelter Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.1.5 Glatfelter Recent Development
7.2 ²Ñ³¦´¡¾±°ù±ô²¹¾±»å’s
7.2.1 ²Ñ³¦´¡¾±°ù±ô²¹¾±»å’s Company Information
7.2.2 ²Ñ³¦´¡¾±°ù±ô²¹¾±»å’s Business Overview
7.2.3 ²Ñ³¦´¡¾±°ù±ô²¹¾±»å’s Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.2.4 ²Ñ³¦´¡¾±°ù±ô²¹¾±»å’s Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.2.5 ²Ñ³¦´¡¾±°ù±ô²¹¾±»å’s Recent Development
7.3 Duni AB
7.3.1 Duni AB Company Information
7.3.2 Duni AB Business Overview
7.3.3 Duni AB Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.3.4 Duni AB Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.3.5 Duni AB Recent Development
7.4 EAM Corporation (Domtar)
7.4.1 EAM Corporation (Domtar) Company Information
7.4.2 EAM Corporation (Domtar) Business Overview
7.4.3 EAM Corporation (Domtar) Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.4.4 EAM Corporation (Domtar) Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.4.5 EAM Corporation (Domtar) Recent Development
7.5 Fitesa
7.5.1 Fitesa Company Information
7.5.2 Fitesa Business Overview
7.5.3 Fitesa Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.5.4 Fitesa Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.5.5 Fitesa Recent Development
7.6 Oji Kinocloth
7.6.1 Oji Kinocloth Company Information
7.6.2 Oji Kinocloth Business Overview
7.6.3 Oji Kinocloth Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.6.4 Oji Kinocloth Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.6.5 Oji Kinocloth Recent Development
7.7 Kinsei Seishi
7.7.1 Kinsei Seishi Company Information
7.7.2 Kinsei Seishi Business Overview
7.7.3 Kinsei Seishi Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.7.4 Kinsei Seishi Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.7.5 Kinsei Seishi Recent Development
7.8 M&J Airlaid Products (Mölnlycke)
7.8.1 M&J Airlaid Products (Mölnlycke) Company Information
7.8.2 M&J Airlaid Products (Mölnlycke) Business Overview
7.8.3 M&J Airlaid Products (Mölnlycke) Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.8.4 M&J Airlaid Products (Mölnlycke) Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.8.5 M&J Airlaid Products (Mölnlycke) Recent Development
7.9 Main S.p.A.
7.9.1 Main S.p.A. Company Information
7.9.2 Main S.p.A. Business Overview
7.9.3 Main S.p.A. Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.9.4 Main S.p.A. Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.9.5 Main S.p.A. Recent Development
7.10 SharpCell
7.10.1 SharpCell Company Information
7.10.2 SharpCell Business Overview
7.10.3 SharpCell Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.10.4 SharpCell Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.10.5 SharpCell Recent Development
7.11 National Nonwovens
7.11.1 National Nonwovens Company Information
7.11.2 National Nonwovens Business Overview
7.11.3 National Nonwovens Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.11.4 National Nonwovens Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.11.5 National Nonwovens Recent Development
7.12 China Silk (Shanghai) New Material Technology
7.12.1 China Silk (Shanghai) New Material Technology Company Information
7.12.2 China Silk (Shanghai) New Material Technology Business Overview
7.12.3 China Silk (Shanghai) New Material Technology Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.12.4 China Silk (Shanghai) New Material Technology Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.12.5 China Silk (Shanghai) New Material Technology Recent Development
7.13 Qiaohong New Materials
7.13.1 Qiaohong New Materials Company Information
7.13.2 Qiaohong New Materials Business Overview
7.13.3 Qiaohong New Materials Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.13.4 Qiaohong New Materials Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.13.5 Qiaohong New Materials Recent Development
7.14 Ningbo Qixing Nonwoven
7.14.1 Ningbo Qixing Nonwoven Company Information
7.14.2 Ningbo Qixing Nonwoven Business Overview
7.14.3 Ningbo Qixing Nonwoven Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.14.4 Ningbo Qixing Nonwoven Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.14.5 Ningbo Qixing Nonwoven Recent Development
7.15 Elite Paper
7.15.1 Elite Paper Company Information
7.15.2 Elite Paper Business Overview
7.15.3 Elite Paper Airlaid Paper Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.15.4 Elite Paper Airlaid Paper Products Offered
7.15.5 Elite Paper Recent Development
8 Airlaid Paper Manufacturing Cost Analysis
8.1 Airlaid Paper Key Raw Materials Analysis
8.1.1 Key Raw Materials
8.1.2 Key Suppliers of Raw Materials
8.2 Proportion of Manufacturing Cost Structure
8.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Airlaid Paper
8.4 Airlaid Paper Industrial Chain Analysis
9 Marketing Channel, Distributors and Customers
9.1 Marketing Channel
9.2 Airlaid Paper Distributors List
9.3 Airlaid Paper Customers
10 Airlaid Paper Market Dynamics
10.1 Airlaid Paper Industry Trends
10.2 Airlaid Paper Market Drivers
10.3 Airlaid Paper Market Challenges
10.4 Airlaid Paper Market Restraints
11 Research Findings and Conclusion
12 Appendix
12.1 Research Methodology
12.1.1 Methodology/Research Approach
12.1.1.1 Research Programs/Design
12.1.1.2 Market Size Estimation
12.1.1.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation
12.1.2 Data Source
12.1.2.1 Secondary Sources
12.1.2.2 Primary Sources
12.2 Author Details
12.3 Disclaimer
Glatfelter
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Duni AB
EAM Corporation (Domtar)
Fitesa
Oji Kinocloth
Kinsei Seishi
M&J Airlaid Products (Mölnlycke)
Main S.p.A.
SharpCell
National Nonwovens
China Silk (Shanghai) New Material Technology
Qiaohong New Materials
Ningbo Qixing Nonwoven
Elite Paper
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