Carding Equipment Race Toward High-End: The Underlying Logic of Nonwovens Upgrade Seen from an Exhibition

Carding equipment is becoming the bottleneck in upgrading nonwovens production lines. The 19th China International Technical Textiles and Nonwovens Exhibition (CINTE26) sent a clear signal: simply competing on the number of machines is outdated. High speed, high output, and high quality—the "three highs"—are now the entry ticket for the next round of competition.

Exhibition Trends

Held at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, CINTE26, as a high-profile event in the Asia-Pacific nonwovens sector, showcased the entire chain from raw materials and equipment to end products. This year, the moves of carding equipment makers were particularly striking, as they directly determine the uniformity, strength, and production efficiency of nonwovens—acting as the hub for line efficiency.

Jinlun Card Clothing launched comprehensive carding solutions tailored to the "three highs" for the three mainstream processes: spunlace, thermal bond, and needle punch. This is not a simple product display, but a systematic answer to common industry pain points such as web quality fluctuation at high speeds and high fiber damage rates. Its exhibits were placed in the special zone for the 15th Five-Year Plan for technical textiles in Hall W5, indicating that its technological roadmap aligns closely with national industrial upgrade directions and is forward-looking for the next five years.

Industrial Impact

The deep interaction between equipment suppliers and user enterprises reveals a substantive shift in industry collaboration models. During the exhibition, technical leaders from Andritz, Anhui Jinchun, Shandong Yongxin, Jiangsu Huafeng, and Huafu Group visited Jinlun's booth, discussing product adaptation, process optimization, line efficiency improvement, and technology iteration. This transition from a "buyer-seller relationship" to "joint R&D" is a warning to small and medium nonwoven enterprises: the era of going solo is ending.

For equipment buyers, selecting a carding solution is no longer just about unit price; it requires evaluating whether the equipment matches their process route and can maintain quality stability while increasing output. Jinlun's solutions this time are essentially helping customers reduce total operating costs—high-speed carding means higher output per unit time, and suitability for thermal bond processes directly affects the pass rate of high-end hygiene and filtration materials.

From a broader perspective, the high-end transformation of nonwovens is forcing upstream equipment makers to increase R&D investment. Whoever achieves finer control in every step—fiber opening, blending, carding—will gain pricing power in the next round of capacity renewal. For nonwoven enterprises focused on foreign trade, the improved product stability brought by equipment upgrades is key to passing the factory audits of high-end international clients.

Practical Recommendations

For Buyers - Include the "three highs" performance of carding equipment as core bidding criteria, and require suppliers to provide measured data under the same process conditions, not just brochures. - Prioritize suppliers that offer process support services, such as parameter tuning for spunlace, thermal bond, and needle punch separately, which guarantees long-term output benefits better than simply driving down prices.

For Trading Companies - In export product promotion, highlight the automation and high-speed level of your production equipment, using equipment generation differences as a quality endorsement to enhance overseas client trust. - Pay attention to technology directions related to the 15th Five-Year Plan, and plan production line renovations aligned with national guidelines early, so as to take the lead in applying for technical renovation subsidies or addressing green trade barriers.