Needle punch is a mechanical bonding process of making non-woven means this is a bonding process by which the fibres are mechanically entangled to produce a nonwoven fabric by repeated penetration of barbed needles through a preformed dry fibrous web. The machine which accomplishes this process is known as needle loom. Needle-punched nonwovens are felt-like and very flexible, having a fibrous network with distinctive pores, which makes them suitable for applications infiltration and drainage.

Needle-punched fabrics produced with a modified needle bed and needles that penetrate beyond the surface to form loops on the back can be made to resemble