To provide a method for producing a nonwoven material containing at least one layer of continuous filaments, enabling effective draining and producible while decreasing the loss of the fiber.

The method produces a nonwoven material containing at least one layer of continuous filaments such s spun bond or melt-blow fibers. The first web of a continuous filament 19 is placed on a wire 14 or other permeable supporting member elastically stretchable in lateral direction and essentially returning to the original dimension after the release of stretching force, the wire is stretched in lateral direction to ≥120% of the original width in the case of placing the continuous filaments on the wire and the stretching is stopped after placing the continuous filaments on the wire.