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Leipzig 2017

Market Report: Vegetable Fibres

Urte RietdorfFriedrich Platt GmbH

• The beginning :

– Established 1849 in Eberbach as a manufacture of curled hair for mattresses, sofas or chairs

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About us: Friedrich Platt GmbH

• Today: horse tail hair inlays are currently not modern

– so we are specialized in tipping, flagging & mixing of broom and brush filaments

• Natural fibers like Arenga, Coconut fibre, Tampico

• Syntetic fibers like Nylon, PVC…

• animal hairs like horse tail hair, pig bristles and cow tail hairs …

– and epoxy resin

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• and for matresses, sofas or chairs?

our foam plastics branch

– prepargin form cuts for furniture, automobiles, medicine products or technical uses

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Content

• Tampico

• Bahia Piassava

• Sherbro

• Palmyra

• Arenga

• Cocos

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Content


Tampico

Bahia Piassava

Sherbro

Palmyra

Cocos

Arenga

Material Availability Quality Price

Tampico

Bahia Piassava

Sherbro

Palmyra

Cocos

Arenga

Summary


depends on supplier

depends on supplier

Tampico


Tampico


Tampico


• Prices: After downward adjustment the prices are stable. No significant fluctuations in the near future.

• Quality: traditional producers offer consistently good quality.

• Availability: The availability is good at the moment.

trad. new

Bahia Piassava


Bahia Piassava


stable production that estimatedly will remain

• Prices: is stable as the production is very stable at the moment

• Quality: The quality has improved due to cooperations with research centres and universities

• Availability: the supply is ensured



Bahia Piassava

Sierra Leone

Sherbro


Sherbro X + Mixtures


Sherbro


• Availability: No contact to Sierra Leone, the demand of Sherbro is nearlycompletely substituted by other mixtures. The availability of those mixtures isgood.

• Prices & Quality : depends on the substitute materials


Sherbro

Palmyra


• Availability: Climate changes have caused a shortage of fibres. Due todroughts in the past year many trees are ruined and the crop has reduced. Due to more rain this year it is expected that the output will stabilize nextyear.

• Prices: Because of the shortage the price has increased monthly since May. But a sudden hike is not expected.

• Quality: The quality standard of Palmyra is stable. Several qualities areoffered by the suppliers, who hold stocks in good qualities to guarantee a continous standard.


Palmyra


Palmyra

depends on supplier

Coconut Fiber


Coconut Fiber

• Availability: Compared to the past few years the raw material supply has been reduced. The main reason is the drought that was persisting for more than 8 months and has reduced the amount of coconut crops. The plants have to recover again.

• Price: While the price of Cocos was quite stable during 2015 and 2016, the price has risen since April 2017. The main reason is a drought in Sri Lanka that causes an shortage of raw material.

• Quality: As the extraction standard of bristle fibre has not significantly changed, the quality is ensured to be constantly good.



Cocos

Arenga



• Price: The price is stable and expected to be stable, among others because of the investments in new machines with lower producing costs which should counteract against the increased labour costs.

• Quality: A slight quality decrease is expected due to the older plants and the new workers’ generations with lower productivity levels. To improve the quality standard machines are employed for the quality selection of fibres.

• Availability: The availability still remains constant. In addition – because of the enormous stock of Arenga trees outside of West Java - the Indonesian government works on new raw material sources.

Arenga


Arenga


Tampico

Bahia Piassava

Sherbro

Palmyra

Cocos

Arenga

Summary


depends on supplier

depends on supplier

Thank You!


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