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1. India's approach to technical textiles
Shri.A.B.Joshi
Textile Commissioner
25-08-2011

2. Highlights of Indian Technical Textile Industry
Technical textile is the fastest growing segment in textiles in India and it has
generated a lot on investor interest in recent past.
The Indian Technical Textiles market has grown from Rs. 42,000 crores in 2007-08
to Rs. 57,000 crores in 2010-11 registering a CAGR of ~11%.
There are over 3000 units manufacturing technical textiles, mostly in small scale
sector.
About 2/3rd of the production is of commodity products, only 1/3rd is high-end.
The pre-dominant segments are Packtech, Clothtech, Hometech and Sportech.
These segments primarily include commodity products and not very R&D intensive.
• Though India is the second largest textile economy after China, its contribution in
the global technical textile industry is only 9% to the total consumption.

3. Unlike traditional textile industry in India, technical textile is an import
intensive industry.
There are some large domestic players in this segment like SRF,
Entremonde Polycoaters, Kusumgar Corporates, Supreme Nonwovens
Pvt. Ltd., Garware Wall Ropes, Century Enka, Techfab India Ltd.,
Unimin, etc.
 In addition, there are several multinational large players in technical
textiles like Johnson & Johnson, Du Pont, Procter & Gamble, 3M,
SKAPs, Kimberly Clark, Ahlstorm, Maccaferri, Strata, and Terram etc.
who have set up their manufacturing facilities in India.
Large textile houses like Arvind Limited and Welspun are now focusing to
develop strong technical textiles businesses.
Highlights of Indian Technical Textile Industry

4. The Indian technical textile industry has presence in all the 12 segments but
consumption pattern is different.
India’s consumption level is different than global level. The top three
segments in the World vis-à-vis India are given below:
Global India
Segment % share Segment % share
Mobiletech 24 Packtech 35
Indutech 16 Clothtech 17
Sportech 15 Hometech 12
Others 45 Others 36
Total 100 Total 100
Highlights of Indian Technical Textile Industry

5. Packtech
35%
Clothtech
17%
Hometech
12%
Indutech
8%
Mobiltech
7%
Sportech
7%
Buildtech
5%
Meditech
4%
Protech
3%
Agrotech
1%
Geotech
1%
Oekotech
0%
Segmentation of Indian Technical Textiles market

6. 15196 19130
41,756
63,20212%
21%
11%
Figures in bar chart are in Rs. crore
* Based on the past trend of growth and estimated end user segment growth, the sub-group on
technical textiles for 12th
five year plan has projected the market size to Rs. 1,58,540 crore for the
year 2016-17 with a growth rate of 20% year on year basis.
Market size of Technical Textiles in India
1,58,540
20%

7. Segment
2011-12 2016-17(P)
Rs. in crore US $ mn Rs. in crore US $ mn
Clothtech 9454 2149 23525 5347
Packtech 23710 5389 64083 14564
Sporttech 4297 977 9421 2141
Mobiltech 4689 1066 10281 2337
Buildtech 2980 677 6535 1485
Hometech 7831 1780 19486 4429
Indutech 4892 1112 11191 2543
Meditech 2298 522 5719 1300
Protech 1890 430 5322 1210
Geotech 410 93 1108 252
Agrotech 751 171 1869 425
Oekotech** 135 31 364 83
Total 63,202 14,364 1,58,540 36,032
Segment wise market size of Indian Technical Textile Industry
* Projection by sub-group on technical textiles for 12th five year plan with a growth rate of 20%
year on year
** Oekeotech size has already been considered as a part of Geotech.

8. Growth of consuming industry:
 India has witnessed a high growth of its economy in last decade, which is expected to
continue in foreseeable future as well. With increase in investments in industry sectors,
higher consumption and growing exports, the industrial sector is poised for a considerable
growth. This will ultimately lead to increased demand of technical textiles products.
Industry segment contributes to nearly 28% of the overall GDP and has seen excellent
growth in past. In recent times, the industrial sector has seen higher investments across the
board.
Increasing affordability of Consumer
 The income of Indian consumer is also growing very fast. This rise will enable them to make
more discretionary spent on technical textile products viz. Hometech, Clothtech,
Mobiltech, Sportech and Meditech. Per Capita income of Indian consumer has increased
from Rs. 46,492 in the year 2009-10 to 54,527 in the year 2010-11 @ 17%
Increasing adaptability level / acceptance of products
 Not only the capacity of consumers to spend is growing, but also their willingness to spend
on products which were not used previously is increasing. Such products include wipes,
diapers, sanitary napkins, disposable sheets, pads, etc. With growing awareness, consumer
will realize, and be willing to pay for the superior functionality of such technical textile
products.
Key drivers for growth of technical textile Industry in India.

9. Government initiatives
Govt. of India in order to promote the filed of technical textiles has taken many steps in a
structured manner. Some the major schemes for technical textiles are :
1.Scheme for Growth and Development of Technical Textiles (SGDTT):
A Scheme for Growth and Development of Technical Textiles (SGDTT) was launched
during 2007-08 comprising of 3 components:
a) Baseline Survey of Technical Textile Industry in India,(Fund utilised- Rs. 54.49 lakhs)
The baseline survey of technical textile industry was carried out. The report contains details on raw
material, technology, machinery etc.
b)Creation of Awareness (Fund utilised- Rs. 2.75 crore)
More than 60 no. of Seminars/ workshops /Training programmes were organized by Office of the
Textile Commissioner across the country during the course of scheme.
c)Setting up of four Centres of Excellence (fund utilised-Rs. 46.609 crore.)
Four Centres of Excellence (COEs) were set up, i.e., BTRA for COE Geotech, SASMIRA for COE
Agrotech, NITRA for COE Protech and SITRA for COE Meditech. The COEs are working like one
stop shop to provide infrastructure support in terms of Facilities for testing with national and
international accreditation center, Development of Resource Centre with I.T. infrastructure, Facilities
for training, prototype development etc.

10. Technology Mission On Technical Textiles (TMTT)
 Technology Mission on Technical Textiles (TMTT) Govt. has recently
launched TMTT with two mini missions for a period of five years (from 2010-11 to
2014-15) with two Mini Missions.
 The aim of TMTT is to address the issues like lack of basic infrastructure in terms
of testing facilities, lack of market development support, skilled manpower, lack of
R & D, absence of regulatory measures, absence of specifications and standards
for technical textiles etc. The total fund outlay for TMTT is Rs 200 Crore.
 Mini Mission-I (financial outlay Rs.156 crore)
o Setting up of four new Centers of Excellence (COEs) in
Composites, Non-Wovens, Indutech: Four new COEs are being
set up.
o Up gradation of existing four COEs: The existing COEs will be
upgraded in line with new COEs i.e. with incremental facilities like
incubation centre and development of prototypes and provision for
appointment of consultants.
Government initiatives

11. Technology Mission On Technical Textiles (TMTT)
Mini Mission-II (financial outlay Rs. 44 crore)
1) Support for Business Start Up.
2) Fund support for organizing workshops/ seminar
3) Support for Contract Research.
4) Market development support for sale to the institutional
buyers.
5) Identification of regulations required for promotion of
technical textiles.
6) Support for domestic & export market development of
technical textiles.
Government initiatives

12. Mini Mission-I
1. Setting up of new COEs
Three new COEs namely DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering
Institute, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra for Non –wovens, PSG College of
Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu for Indutech and Ahmedabad
Textile Industry’s Research Association (ATIRA), Ahmadabad, Gujarat.
for composites have been designated and they have started establishing
the facilities. The selection of COE:sportech is in process.
2. Upgradation of existing COEs:
Rs. 9.00 crore each has already been provided all the four existing COEs
and the COEs have started procurement of machineries/instruments for
upgradation
Progress of Technology Mission On Technical Textiles
(TMTT)

13. Mini Mission-II
1. Support for business start-up: Technical Textiles is a new area and
entrepreneurs find it difficult to invest in this field due to lack of knowledge about
technology, raw material, process etc. Therefore, support for ‘business start-up’ is
provided under the Mini Mission II of the TMTT. The COE and other
associations / institutes / independent reputed consultants will be empanelled by
the MOT / Office of the Textile Commissioner who will prepare project reports
and do the hand holding of the potential entrepreneurs till the completion of the
projects. Following Two consultants have been empanelled for doing hand holding
of potential entrepreneurs in starting the business under TMTT:
Progress of Technology Mission On Technical Textiles
(TMTT)
Sr. No. Name of the Consultant E-mail ID Contact Person Telephone Nos.
1
M/s. K's Technical &
Management Consultants
techtex@gmail.com Shri RavishankarG.
91 265 2782245
91 9825244940
2
M/s. Technopak Advisors Pvt
Ltd
arindam.saha@techn
opak.com
Shri Arindam Saha
91 124 4541111
91 9810677443

14. Mini Mission-II
2.Providing fund support for organizing workshops:
Technical Textiles are still at nascent stage and its awareness level
is very low. Hence National and International Conferences,
Seminars, Workshops and short term training programmes will be
organised across the country to dissipate the knowledge among
stake holders of technical textiles. The
workshops/seminars/conference organised across the country
under this component till date are given below:
Progress of Technology Mission On Technical Textiles
(TMTT)
S. No Name of the event In association
with
Place Date
1 Seminar on Protective
Agrotextiles-Advantages &
Future prospects
SASMIRA Coimbatore 07.06.2011
2 Seminar/Workshop on
Protective Textile & Workwear
FICCI - WRC,
Mumbai
Kanpur 08.07.2011
3 Conference on Technical
Textiles focus on Medical and
infrastructure sectors
CII Coimbatore 26.07.2011

15. Mini Mission-II
3. Market development Support for marketing support to
bulk and institutional buyers etc: Under the component Buyers-
sellers meet will be organized across the country wherein the
indigenous manufacturers can showcase their products and
institutional buyers will be invited for enhancing their marketing
competitiveness. This event is being supported under this
component.
Progress of Technology Mission On Technical Textiles
(TMTT)

16. Mini Mission-II
4. Market development Support for export sales: There are many
reputed technical textile fairs organized abroad like TECHTEXTIL and
Industrial Fabrics Exhibition, Index etc., the participation in which will
improve the export potential of the indigenous manufacturers. Some of
the technical textile units are also participating in the exhibition of
application based fairs. The support includes participation in Technical
Textile fairs/Application based fairs by the Indian technical textile
manufacturers to exhibit their products. So far this office has approved
four units for their participation in International trade fair under this
component as given below:
Progress of Technology Mission On Technical Textiles
(TMTT)
S.No. Name of the TT unit Name of the trade fair
1 M/s Ginni Filaments Ltd INDEX 11, Switzerland
2 M/s Kusumgar Corporates Pvt Ltd. TechTextil, Frankfurt, Germany
3 M/s Hindoostan Technical Fabrics Ltd. TechTextil, Frankfurt, Germany
4 M/s Thea-Tex Healthcare (India) Pvt. Ltd. Hospitalar 2011, Brazil

17.  Major machinery required for the technical textiles has been placed in the
concessional custom duty list of 5 percent.
Specified technical textile products are covered under focus product
scheme/green technology products/hi-tech products of Exim policy and are
entitled for duty credit scrip equivalent to 2% of FOB value of exports.
Technical textile machinery is covered under the Technology Upgradation Fund
Scheme (TUFS) and eligible for 5% interest reimbursement & 10% capital subsidy.
Under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP), the Government provides
assistance for creation of infrastructure in the parks to the extent of 40% limited to
Rs.40 crore(US$ 8.82 mn.).
Under Integrated Skill Development Scheme (ISDS), it is proposed to train 22,000
personnel in technical textile sector during the year 2010-11 & 2011-12.
In Textile sector FDI is permitted through automatic route without any limit on
the extent of foreign ownership. Thus there is no restriction on any amount of FDI
, with or without local partner. Government incentives are equally applicable to
FDI units
Other Government initiatives

18. For more information relating to technical textiles kindly
visit us at
www.technotex.gov.in
&
www.txcindia.gov.in

19. Thank you