Technical Textiles are defined as Textile material and products manufactured primarily for their Technical performance and functional properties rather than aesthetic and decorative characteristics.
SCOPE OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES: According to the recent reports, there has been a sharp Increase in the global demand for Technical Textiles in various application areas namely Meditech, buildtech, Mobiletech,Protech, Indutech, Hometech, Clothtech, Sporttech, Packtech, Oekotech, Defence, Geotech.These applications have provided scope for making various products – from Car Upholstrey to Parachutes,Shelter Fabric to Home furnishing, Infrastructure to Environmental and even to Hospitals.The WORLD TRADE in technical textiles is believed to be over USD 50 Billion per annum and it isgrowing at an accelerated pace. It is expected to increase to USD 127 Billion by 2010 and drivers of future growth of this industry is expected to be Asian countries like India and China. Out of both the Countries, India has the capacity of not only becoming a large consumer of technical textiles in divercified application in view of the fast pace of the developing / growing economy but also become the world leader in manufacturing the COATED TECHNICAL TEXTILES.
TECHNICAL TEXTILES V/S CONVENTIONAL MATERIAL:
Technical textiles are now being increasingly used / consumed due to various properties / advantages such as
- Cost effectiveness
- Versatility
- Durability
- Customization
- High Strength
- User friendliness
- Light in weight
- Eco friendliness
- Contribution to quality of life
- Logistic Convenience
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