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Special Reports
Man-Made Fibre Industry in Western Europe: A New Structure, A New Strength

Published in October 1987

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  • 2.1 World production of man-made fibres, 1971-86
  • 2.2 Geographical breakdown of man-made fibre production
  • 2.3 West European production of man-made fibres
  • 2.4 Planned capacity reductions by West European fibre producers, 1982-85
  • 2.5 Indices of synthetic fibre prices, 1978-87
  • 2.6 Fibre price comparisons, 1987
  • 2.7 West European viscose staple production, 1983 and 1986
  • 2.8 Production of textile cellulosic yarn
  • 3.1 EC10 production and consumption of man-made staple fibres, 1981-85
  • 3.2 EC10 production and consumption of man-made filament yarn, 1981-85
  • 3.3 West European mill consumption of synthetic fibres, 1970-85
  • 3.4 Consumption of polypropylene in Western Europe, 1978-85
  • 3.5 EC10 man-made fibre production, 1985
  • 3.6 Man-Made fibre production in non-EC10 West European countries, 1985
  • 3.7 West European synthetic fibre production and trade, 1969-85
  • 3.8 EC10 man-made fibre imports, 1985
  • 3.9 West European mill consumption of staple fibre by country, 1984
  • 3.10 Mill consumption of filament yarn by country, 1984
  • 4.1 West European caprolactam producers, 1986
  • 4.2 West European DMT and PTA producers, 1986
  • 4.3 West European acrylonitrile producers, 1986
  • 4.4 West European dissolving wood pulp producers
  • 4.5 West European suppliers of complete man-made fibre plants
  • 4.6 West European man-made fibre production machine manufacturers
  • 4.7 West European mass-dyeing pigment and dye producers
  • 5.1 Products and capacities of West European man-made fibre companies
  • 5.2 Products and capacities of West European man-made fibre companies
  • 6.1 Structure of Bayer by sector and business group
  • 6.2 Ten year financial summary - Bayer World and Bayer AG
  • 6.3 Bayer world sales by sector, 1986
  • 6.4 Bayer fibre plants and capacities
  • 7.1 Turnover by business area 1985/86 and 1986/87
  • 7.2 Courtaulds' ten year financial summary, 1978-87
  • 7.3 Courtaulds' non-European fibre interests
  • 7.4 Courtaulds' European fibre plants
  • 7.5 Courtaulds' West European fibre capacity
  • 7.6 Courtaulds' textile group operating profit, 1986/87
  • 8.1 Du Pont key financial data, 1983-86
  • 8.2 Du Pont European financial data
  • 8.3 Du Pont's fibre plants in the USA
  • 8.4 Du Pont fibre capacities in the USA
  • 8.5 Du Pont fibre plants outside the USA and Western Europe
  • 8.6 West European fibre sales
  • 8.7 Du Pont's West European fibre plants
  • 9.1 EniChem group business sectors, 1985
  • 9.2 EniChem fibre plants and capacities
  • 9.3 EniChem fibre sales and profits, 1982-85
  • 10.1 Akzo organisation and products
  • 10.2 Akzo product group financial data, 1977-86
  • 10.3 Enka group financial highlights
  • 10.4 Enka affiliates and subsidiaries
  • 10.5 Enka group sales by region, 1985
  • 10.6 Enka non-European fibre affiliate
  • 10.7 Enka's European fibre plants, locations and products
  • 10.8 Enka's West European fibre capacities, by product
  • 11.1 Hoechst net sales by division, 1985 and 1986
  • 11.2 Hoechst group financial highlights, 1976-86
  • 11.3 Hoechst AG financial highlights 1976-86
  • 11.4 Hoechst non-European fibre plants
  • 11.5 Hoechst's West European fibre plants
  • 11.6 Hoechst's fibre capacities in Western Europe
  • 12.1 ICI turnover and trading profit by sector
  • 12.2 ICI turnover and trading profit, 1976-86
  • 12.3 ICI Fibres financial data, 1976-86
  • 12.4 ICI's non-European fibre plants
  • 12.5 ICI's European fibre plants
  • 12.6 Breakdown of ICI's West European fibre capacities by fibre type
  • 13.1 Lenzing AG turnover and profit 1976-86
  • 13.2 Lenzing AG sales by product group, 1983-86
  • 13.4 Lenzing AG fibre capacities, 1986
  • 14.1 Montedison sales by business sector, 1985
  • 14.2 Montedison group financial highlights, 1984-86
  • 14.3 Montefibre fibre plants, 1986
  • 14.4 Montefibre consolidated financial highlights
  • 14.5 Montefibre market shares in Western Europe
  • 15.1 Moplefan SpA fibre capacity (Terni site)
  • 16.1 Rhone Poulenc group financial data, 1980-85
  • 16.2 Rhone Poulenc sales by sector, 1985
  • 16.3 Trends in the geographical breakdown of Rhone Poulenc's production and sales, 1971-85
  • 16.4 Rhone Poulenc foreign subsidiaries
  • 16.5 Rhone Poulenc Textiles' operating income, 1982-85
  • 16.6 Rhone Poulenc's non-European fibre plants
  • 16.7 Turnover of Rhone Poulenc's fibre making subsidiaries in Western Europe, 198592
  • 16.8 Rhone Poulenc's fibre capacities in Western Europe by fibre type
  • 16.9 Rhone Poulenc's West European fibre plants
  • 16.10 End use analysis of Rhone Poulenc's output
  • 17.1 Kemira group key financial data, 1982-86
  • 17.2 Kemira group sales by division, 1985-86
  • 17.3 Sateri division net sales
  • 18.1 Snia BPD group key financial data, 1982-86
  • 18.2 Snia BPD sales by division
  • 18.3 Snia BPD group's European fibre plants, products and capacities
  • 18.4 Snia's fibre capacities
  • 18.5 Snia's textile activities
  • 19.1 West European consumption of textured yarns by fibre type, 1980-84
  • 19.2 Textured yarn consumption for knitting and weaving, 1980-84
  • 19.3 Texturisers in Western Europe, 1985
  • 19.4 West European production of textured yarn by country, 1983-85
  • 20.1 EC consumption of man-made staple fibre by product type, 1984
  • 20.2 EC consumption of spun man-made fibres by fibre type and process route, 1984
  • 20.3 Fibre consumption in spinning by country and production route, 1984
  • 21.1 Fibre consumption in EC7 textile manufacture by main end use, 1984
  • 21.2 Mill consumption of textile fibres in selected EC countries, 1976-84
  • 21.3 West European fibre consumption by apparel end use, 1985
  • 21.4 EC10 mill fibre consumption by home furnishings end uses, 1985
  • 21.5 Fibre consumption in EC7 production of textile floorcoverings, 1976-84
  • 21.6 Fibre consumption in EC7 manufacture of textiles for industrial end uses, 1976-84124
  • 21.7 Fibre consumption in tyres, 1976-84
  • 21.8 Fibre consumption in EC10 manufacture of textiles for selected industrial end uses, 1984
  • 22.1 Properties of PTFE filament yarns
  • 22.2 Properties of PTFE sewing threads and weaving yarns
  • 22.3 Properties of aramids
  • 22.4 Properties of P84 polyimide fibres
  • 22.5 Properties of polybenzimidazole (PBI)
  • 22.6 Properties of Inidex
  • 22.7 Properties of Dyneema
  • 23.1 Production of polypropylene staple fibre and filament in Western Europe, 1978-86
  • 23.2 Production of polypropylene in Western Europe, 1984
  • 23.3 Synthetic fibre production in Western Europe, Japan and the USA, 1985
  • 23.4 Comparison of average output per producer for different fibre types, Western Europe, 1985
  • 23.5 West European polypropylene capacity by country, 1985
  • 23.6 West European polypropylene producers
  • 23.7 Mill consumption of polypropylene in Western Europe, 1978-85
  • 23.8 Polypropylene consumption in floorcoverings by construction, 1979-84
  • 23.9 Polypropylene production machinery suppliers
  • 23.10 Comparisons of fibre densities
  • 23.11 Fibre price comparison, 1985
  • 24.1 End uses for nonwoven fabrics
  • 24.2 Fibre consumption per annum in the West European Nonwovens industry
  • 24.3 Suppliers of speciality fibres for nonwovens
  • 24.4 Spunbonded fabric suppliers
  • 24.5 Wet-laid nonwoven fabric suppliers
  • 24.6 Nonwovens production by country, 1985
  • 24.7 Dry-laid nonwoven fabric suppliers
  • 24.8 West European nonwovens production by manufacturing process, 1980-85
  • 24.9 West European nonwovens consumption by end use, 1976 and 1984
  • 25.1 Growth in West European textile mill consumption by sector, 1960-85
  • 25.2 Trade and consumption forecasts to 1990 by selected major countries and regions