Technical Textiles Industry is one of the TOP 5 Industry which is expected to grow @ 20% YoY !

1. Textile Industry-We are not aware
about
By – Mihir Upadhyay

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3. OBJECTIVE
• To share the knowledge of Technical Textiles, its International
Scenario and opportunities of Indian Textile Industry in
Technical Textiles
• Challenges of Indian Textiles Industry for Technical Textiles
• Divided into 2 parts
– Today : All About Technical Textiles & E-Textiles
– Next time :
• How its been made and used in different industries
• Growth, challenges and opportunities in India
• Different government initiatives / Schemes for Technical Textiles

4. What is Technical Textiles ?
• Technical Textiles are defined as Textile Materials & products
used primarily for their technical performance rather than
their aesthetic and / or decorative characteristics.
• Majorly all Technical Textiles are Non Woven Fabrics, but not
limited to non woven. (90-95% of TT are non woven)
• There is a quote in Textiles which describes this in best way :
“All Non Woven are Technical Textiles but all Technical
Textiles are not Non Woven”
• As the name suggests, nonwovens are ‘not woven’ fabrics. It
skips intermediate processes of Spinning, Weave Preparation
and Weaving.
Fiber Fabric
without weaving

5. Technical Textiles Industry
• India consumes 20% of the total technical textile production
happening in Asian Market.
• Technical Textiles Market shares 22% in Worldwide Textile Industry
• Technical Textiles employs around 19 Lacs of people – 55% of this
needs technically skilled manpower – this will reach to 35 Lacs by
2017-18 – growing @13% each year
• Indian Technical Textile Sector is expected to reach $26 Billion by
2016-17 (15600 Crore)… currently of $14 Billion
• Only Sector which is expected to grow @20% YoY (Source : Vibrant
Gujarat Summit 2015-16)

6. Demand for Technical Textiles
Worldwide: Demand for Technical Textiles (96000 Cr)

7. Contribution of India in TT
2013 Asian TT Market 2.6 million tonnes

8. Asia’s Influence on the Global Technical Textiles Market
Source: IFAI
Asian Technical
Textiles Market Share
in Global Technical
Textiles Market
In 2011, 45%
In 2018, 61%
(expected)
Asia in Global TT World

9. What is Technical Textiles Mean ?
22%
78%
But what exactly is
Technical Textiles mean ?
Where they are used ?

10. Types of Technical Textiles
Agro Textiles
These fabrics are used for Agricultural uses
in soil building, horticulture and Forestry
Building Textiles
These fabrics are used for Construction
usages in Homes and Building Materials
Cloth Textiles
These fabrics are used in technical
components of Shoes and Clothing Materials

11. Types of Technical Textiles
Geo Textiles
These fabrics are used in Geo Textiles / road
construction / civil engineering
Home Textiles
These fabrics are used for furniture components
/ household textiles / floor coverings
Industrial Textiles
These fabrics are used in Industries for filteration
process / cleaning / industrial usage

12. Types of Technical Textiles
Medical Textiles
These fabrics are used for all the Medial
Equipments and for Hygiene purpose
Automobile Textiles
These fabrics are used for Automobiles,
Shipping, Railways & Aerospace
Packing Textiles
These fabrics are used in Industries as Packaging
Materials

13. Future – ‘E-Textiles’
• Textiles is been merging with ELECTRONICS !
• Wearable Computers will be launched, they will contain IC
(Integrated Circuit) in fabric to develop fabric keyboards and
other wearable computer devices.
• These are called as Interactive Electronic Textiles (IET)… also
known as ‘E-Textiles’ !
• Currently, some of the fabrics are already in use by
Sportsmen where in they count their Heart Beats, will
monitor ECG and will suggest and report about the same !

14. Future – ‘E-Textiles’

15. Future – ‘E-Textiles’

16. • IFAI : Industrial Fabric Association International
• www.fibretofabric.com
• www.technotex.gov.in
• www.textileworld.com
• Various Textile Journals
• Various Textile Articles
• www.google.com
• www.fppt.com
• Nidhi Parwal for her help !
Sources used

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