Technical Textiles Workshop by Grainne McVeigh

1. Grainne McVeigh
Director Consumer Products
Technical Textiles Workshop

2. UK TEXTILES SECTOR
World
 Technical textiles is 25% of world textiles market
 $253bn in sales
UK
 £9bn sales
 of which technical textiles contributes £1.5 – 2bn
 employs 100,000
 15th largest textile manufacturer globally
NI:
 £700m sales
 employs 4,500
 100 growth companies

3. Consumer Products

4. Consumer Products Sector overview
Employment 4,500 2013 Turnover £700m £370m in Exports
Exporting to over 50 countries
Linen in fashion
Ulster carpets
Beleek world wide
100 Growth Companies
QUB design
UU Art and Design
Colleges NI programmes
Academia
Craft NI
Arts Council
Art and Design
Design UK
NIACE
Sector Bodies
Success of major companies
Famous products
Variety of products

6. Opportunities for NI companies
Alliance Report - 2 year research project into textiles
manufacturing in UK
Opportunities for UK manufacturers, especially where
demand is for
 short lead times
 quality control,
 provenance,
 significant design input required
 More added value in the manufacturing process, the more
the market can be made in UK
 Alliance Report identified technical textiles as a key growth
sub-sector

7. Next steps
Create a network of NI technical textiles companies
Supply chain advantages
Focus on building the case for technical textiles to become part of
the High Value Manufacturing category within Innovate UK
Northern Ireland Technical Textiles group?
build a case for technical textiles to become part of the High
Value Manufacturing within Innovate UK
access funding from Innovate UK

8. Team!