The industrial and institutional wipes market continues to offer significant opportunities for nonwovens manufacturers as more users of these materials recognize the benefits of using disposable products. Expensive to launder and often breeding grounds for infections and other hazards, reusable wipers are more frequently being replaced by disposable wipers, which offer cost effectiveness, better flexibility and more control. However, this mar- ket remains extremely price sensitive, a situation not helped by increasing raw material prices and increased capacity, and continues to face regulatory challenges such as EPA's Office of Solid Waste's (OSW) mandates on solid waste disposal.
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