Method for producing creped nonwoven webs

A method for preparing a pattern bonded and creped nonwoven web comprising

• a) providing a nonwoven fibrous web having a first side and a second side, the nonwoven fibrous web comprises thermoplastic fibers;
• b) transferring and adhering the nonwoven fibrous web to a first roll, such that the first side of the nonwoven fibrous web faces the first roll;
• c) bonding the nonwoven fibrous web transferred and adhered to the first roll by contacting the fibrous web with a second roll comprising a pattern, such that the nonwoven fibrous web is passed between a nip formed between the first roll and the second roll to form a bonded nonwoven web;
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• d) removing the bonded nonwoven web from the first roll by creping the bonded nonwoven web from the first roll to produce a creped nonwoven web.