Chinese Technical Textiles And Nonwovens Industry

Technical textiles are one of the two fast growing sectors of the textile industry worldwide. Since 1985, the global market size of this particular sector has, on an average, grown by 3.8% per year. By 2010, the consumption of technical textile will is anticipated to be as high as US$ 128.6 billion, according to estimates of international market research firm DRA Co. Eyeing the strong growth rates in the technical textile market, many producers of apparel textiles are getting more involved in the sector. Competition hence is intensifying, and the power of innovation will play a key role to win the market.

China is now one of the worlds largest emerging markets and its consumption of technical textiles is soaring, with an annual average growth of 11% since 1998. The demand for technical textiles and nonwovens comes from several flourishing sectors including the construction, clothing and automobiles industries. The opportunities are tremendous for importers of nonwovens and technical textiles since this fast increasing demand cannot be covered by domestic production alone.

China is a huge, expanding market offering considerable opportunities for the technical textiles industry. With the expiration of the International Textile Agreement and to a large extent the end of the import quota for the textile and clothing industry in January 2005, competition has increased considerably. Technical textiles have been rapidly developing over the past decade with rapid development of national economy and the increase rate of technical textile consumption is even higher that that of GDP.

Agrotech --- Applications for technical textiles in the Agrotech sector include all activities connected with the growth and harvesting of life products and nutrition, such as gardening and landscaping, agriculture and forestry, animal husbandry, woven fabrics and fences. Regarding the rapid growth in china, the sector nonwovens application manufacturer are expected to develop considerably in the future .However china Government need to pay more attention to agriculture and nonwoven products at lower prices.

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Finishing Techniques For Medical Textiles

Technical textiles are one of the fastest growing sectors of the global textile industry. According to 'Technical Textiles and Industrial Nonwovens: World Market Forecast to 2010' published by David Rigby Associates it is forecast that the world market for technical textiles and industrial nonwovens will reach 23.8 mn tons with a value of $ 126 bn by 2010. The drivers for future growth of this industry are expected to be Asian countries like China and India.

The Indian technical textile industry was estimated by Tata Economic Consultancy Services (TECS) to be about Rs 23,300 crore during 2005-06 which is expected to increase to Rs 29,600 crore ($ 7.5 billion) by 2007-08 registering a growth of 11.51 % per annum, while the total textile production may touch over $ 45 billion.

Various techniques of application are required for finishing of medical textiles with specific

finish that may include: coating, spraying, padding etc.

The Working Group for the 11^th Five Year Plan has projected the market size of technical textiles to grow at about 15% per annum and at this growth rate, the market size for technical textiles will increase from Rs 26,076 crore ($ 6.5 billion) in 2006-07 to Rs 52,200 crore ($ 13 billion) by 2011-12. Keeping such high growth rate of the Technical Textiles market in view the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in his Valedictory Address announced, during the Tex-Summit 2007 organised by the Ministry of Textiles on 31^st August and 1^st September 2007, about the launching of Rs 689 crore Technology Mission on Technical Textiles in the 11^th Five Year Plan.

An objective of the Mission will be to focus on key segments viz Agrotech, Meditech, Buildtech and Geotech. These sectors are expected to grow at a rate of 8%, 12%, 15%, and 15%, respectively. The Meditech will focus on sanitary napkins, incontinence diapers, baby diapers, surgical dressings, healthcare textiles, sutures, medical devices and implants. The market size for these products will grow from Rs 1280.32 crores to around Rs 2256.36 crore during 2006-07 to 2011-12.

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