When the nonwovens industry shifts from scale expansion to value competition, the speed and precision of a carding machine often determine the ceiling of an entire production line. Signals from CINTE26 indicate that domestic carding equipment makers are responding to downstream demands for high yield, high speed, and high quality through technological iteration—and this upgrade starts well beyond the equipment itself.
Event Highlights: Dense Exchanges Among Headline Firms
The 19th China International Trade Fair for Technical Textiles and Nonwovens (CINTE26) concluded at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. As a high-specification event in the Asia-Pacific nonwovens sector, it served not only as a showcase for new products but also as a concentrated venue for technical dialogue across the supply chain. Jinlun Card Clothing, a representative in the carding equipment field, unveiled comprehensive solutions for mainstream processes such as spunlace, thermal bonding, and needle-punch, directly targeting production pain points like line efficiency and product stability.
During the event, leaders and technical staff from top companies including Andritz, Anhui Jinchun, Shandong Yongxin, Jiangsu Huafeng, and Huafu Group visited Jinlun's booth for in-depth discussions. Topics spanned the full chain from product adaptation, process optimization, and line efficiency improvement to technology iteration. Such intensive high-level technical interaction indicates that downstream users are no longer satisfied with purchasing standard components; they want to co-define process parameters for next-generation lines with equipment suppliers.
Notably, Jinlun's innovative exhibits entered the '15th Five-Year Plan' special zone for technical textiles in Hall W5. This detail carries dual significance: it shows that the company's technology roadmap resonates with national industrial direction, and it hints that high-end nonwoven equipment has been incorporated into mid-to-long-term industrial upgrade plans, with policy resources likely to flow toward this area.
Industrial Impact: Carding as a Lever for Upgrading
Carding is the first forming stage in dry-laid nonwoven production; fiber orientation and uniformity directly affect the stability of subsequent processes. In the past, domestic carding machines sufficed for mid-to-low-end lines. But as downstream sectors such as hygiene materials, filtration media, and automotive interiors demand higher basis weight uniformity and strength, traditional equipment begins to show strain. Jinlun's solutions this time focus on minimizing fiber damage during high-speed operation and extending card clothing life—essentially helping plants calculate a comprehensive cost-benefit: the unit price of equipment may rise, but gains in output per unit time and yield rate can offset the initial investment.
For buyers, the signal from the exhibition is that competition in high-end carding equipment has shifted from 'selling card clothing' to 'selling complete process know-how.' Suppliers need to understand the high-speed entanglement logic of spunlace lines, grasp the sensitivity of fiber blending in thermal bonding lines, and even predict loftiness changes in needle-punch lines under different basis weights. Whoever accumulates data in these niche scenarios will gain pricing power in future equipment tenders.
On a broader level, the technological trends displayed at CINTE26 echo the policy direction of the '15th Five-Year Plan,' implying that the high-end transformation of the nonwovens industry is no longer a spontaneous act of a few enterprises but will become a policy-driven cluster action. As a key basic component, the rising localization rate of carding equipment will directly reduce construction costs for high-end nonwoven lines, thereby affecting the price competitiveness of downstream end products.