Flame retardant protective clothing is important for safety in hazardous industries like oil and gas, welding, defense, and chemicals. India has a large need for such clothing but the market is still developing. There are approximately 15 million people exposed to fire hazards in India across various industries like oil and gas, defense, and metals. If each person needs 3 pieces of clothing per year, the total market potential is 45 million pieces annually. The Indian Technical Textile Association aims to promote the technical textiles sector in India and help it become a global manufacturing hub for specialty flame retardant protective clothing.

1. FLAME RETARDANT PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
GLOBAL OVERVIEW & INDIAN MARKET OUTLOOK
'Knowledge sharing session
Indian Technical Textile Association
30th September, 2014 Courtyard
Marriott, Mumbai

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7. India the Accident Death capital of the world
Country
Road fatalities
per 100,000
inhabitants per
year
Road fatalities
per 100,000
motor vehicles
per year
Road fatalities
per 1 Billion
vehicle per km
Total fatalities
during the year
Reporting Year
United States of
America
11.6 13.6 7.6 36 166 2012
United Kingdom 3.5 6.2 4.3 2175 2012
South Korea 13.6 30.4 22.8 6671 2012
South Africa 31.9 156.4 n/a 14 993 2011
Singapore 5.1 27.4 n/a 259 2010
Russia 18.6 55.4 n/a 27 991 2012
Japan 4.8 7.3 8.3 6090 2012
Indonesia 17.7 58.4 n/a 42 434 2010
India 19.9 211.8 n/a 243 475 2011
Germany 4.3 6.9 4.9 3520 2013
Source of report : WHO

10. FR Protective
Clothing

11. Why FR Clothing?
The most severe burns are
often not caused by the original
hazard, but rather are the
secondary result of clothing
igniting.
FR clothing not only increases
the chances of survival, but can
significantly enhance the quality
of life after the accident.

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• EN ISO 11612: Protective clothing against Heat and Flame
• EN ISO 11611: Protective clothing for use in Welding and Allied
• EN 61482-1-2: Protective clothing against Thermal hazards of
Electric Arc
• EN ISO 20471: High Visibility Warning clothing
• EN 1149-5: Protective clothing for Electrostatic properties
• EN 13034: Protective clothing against Liquid chemicals
• EN 14404 : Knee protectors for work in the kneeling position

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• NFPA 70E: Standard for Electricals Safety in the Workplace
• NFPA 2112: Standard on Flame-Resistant Garments for
protection of Industrial Personnel against Flash fire.
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• IS 11871-1986: Methods for determination of flammability
and flame resistance of textile fabrics
• IS 15748:2007: Protective clothing for Industrial workers
exposed to Heat

14. Fire Hazardous Industries
Oil & Gas Industry

15. Fire Hazardous Industries
Welding

16. Fire Hazardous Industries
Defense &
Paramilitary
Forces

17. Fire Hazardous Industries
Molten
Metal
Splashes

18. Fire Hazardous Industries
Electric Arc

19. Fire Hazardous Industries
Chemical
Splash

20. Multi – Protection

21. Current Scenario
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22. Way Forward…

23. Prospects – Global Markets
• Exact Assessment of total requirement of Protective
Clothing is not available
• Oil & gas industry is the largest industry user
• Oil installations are spread all over the globe and new
findings are reported every now and then
• Due to High production cost of the fabric and garments in
the developed countries, manufacturing is shifting east
wards.
• India has the potential to become a hub for the
manufacturing of the FR textiles and the protective clothing

24. Prospects – Indian Market
• Poor basic safety consciousness
• 20 years back the seed of FR clothing was sown in India but
it is still in the nascent stage
• Though there are some standards in India but there are no
regulations or guidelines for proper implementations
• Market Potential is BIG
•As per ICRA Report: Total estimated demand for the FR
protective clothing was 1.16 million pcs for the year 2012-
13, with an estimated value of INR. 104.00 crore.

25. Oil Industry
• Like in the global market this is
the most potential industry.
• Total workers directly working in
the large O&G / E&P Co’s
1,50,000 + employees
• Total contract workers in the
industry:
5,00,000 (including
multinationals and smaller
companies)

26. Defense and paramilitary forces
• Defense and paramilitary forces is
another large segment.
• Army, Navy, Air Force: 15,00,000
• At 20% the no. of people exposed to
risk of fire: 3,00,000
• Paramilitary forces: 22,88,000
(including NSG, BSF, ITBP, Assam
Riffles, CRPF, RAF, SFF-Special
Frontier Force, Indian Coast guard
etc)
• At 20% the no. of people exposed to
the risk of fire : 4,57,600

27. Molten Metal Splash
• Total no of workers in large Steel & Aluminum plants:
1,00,000 working in and around hot metal activities.

28. Market Outlook
• Current Indian Domestic Market
Potential :
• To tal pe rso nne l e xpo se d to Fire
hazard : 1 5, 0 0 , 0 0 0
• Garme nt pe r pe rso nne l pe r ye ar :
3 pcs
• To tal g arme nts re quire d pe r
annum : 45, 0 0 , 0 0 0 pcs
• An enormous consumption
demand in India with increased
awareness
• Global Manufacturing hub in India
for specialty Flame Retardant
Protective Clothing

29. Role of Indian Technical Textile
Association
• The Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) is an industry
think-tank that facilitates the usage and production of technical
textiles in India, helping the industry grow internally and
become a key player in the international market.
• Given that the Government policy has to play a critical role in the
advancement of technical textiles, ITTA is expected to maintain
close interaction with the Government in formulating a national
technical textiles policy. The policy needs to focus on removing
the ambiguities in the system that are hampering the growth of
the sector, help bring legislation that will help spur usage in India
and will assist the industry in achieving its true potential.

30. Role of Indian Technical Textile
Association
• The main objective is to promote, support, develop and increase
production, consumption and export of technical textiles. To
make India a power-house of technical textiles in the days to
come.
• ITTA aims to become a premier organization for representing the
industry’s interests and for creating a policy that assembles and
addresses the concerns of the stake-holders in the technical
textile sector. The Association is expected to become an ideal
forum for overseas and domestic companies to explore the vast
potential available for JVs, strategic and marketing alliances, joint
product development, etc., by organizing business meets with
delegates from different countries.

31. Thank you!
Basant Lohia
Director, Tarasafe International Pvt. Ltd.
basant@tarasafe.in | + 91 7359844434