Technical Textiles Presentation

Technical Textiles Outline • • • • • • What are technical textiles? Different categories of technical textiles Technical textiles market size Technical textiles fibres, yarns and fabrics What our competitor, India, is doing? What Pakistan should be doing? What are Technical Textiles? Conventional Textiles Technical Textiles • Manufactured primarily • Manufactured primarily for performance or for aesthetic or decorative purpose function rather than • Fiber (natural or aesthetics • May be both woven and synthetic) is usually non woven, and is first Spun into Yarn and then Yarn is Woven / made out of primarily Knit into Fabric synthetic and some natural fibers Scope of Technical Textiles • • 12 different categories of products 150 different product groups o 19 different fibre types o different yarn types o different coating types Main Categories of Technical Textiles Agrotech Buildtech Clothtech Geotech Hometech Indutech Medtech Mobiltech Oekotech 10.Packtech 11.Protech 12.Sporttech Agrotech Textiles used in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, farming and fishing Functions • • • • Provide protection against frost, wind, excessive sunlight, hail Provide protection against weeds and pests Accelerate plant growth Provide optimal ventilation and temperature regulation Agrotech Sunscreens, bird protection nets, plant nets, harvesting nets, root ball nets and packing material for agriculture products Agrotech - Market • Market size by 2010 is expected to be around million tons per annum • 7th in rank in terms of volume by 2010 • 8th in rank in terms of value by 2010 • 7th in rank in terms of expected growth rate between 2000-2010 Buildtech Applications • • • • • • • • • Concrete reinforcement Interior construction, partitions Insulations Roofing materials Awnings Canopies Billboards Complete textile structures Wind turbines Functional Properties • • • Strength Resilience Resistance to degradation by chemicals and pollutants in the air 11 Protech - Market • 11th in rank in terms of volume by 2010 • 9th in rank in terms of value by 2010 • 10th in rank in terms of expected growth rate between 2000-2010 12 Sporttech 12 Sporttech - Market • 9th in rank in terms of volume by 2010 • 3rd in rank in terms of value by 2010 • 8th in rank in terms of expected growth rate between 2000-2010 Technical Textiles Market Total Market by 2010: 23,773,000 tons : $127 billion Regional Market Size in Volume Terms by 2010 Source: DRA Regional Market Size in Value Terms by 2010 Source: DRA Consumption-wise Forecast Source: DRA Technical Textiles Fibre Type Consumption Forecast 2010 Source: DRA Technical Textiles Fibre Form Consumption Forecast 2010 Source: DRA Technical Textiles End-product Form Consumption Forecast 2010 Source: DRA Road Map for Pakistan • • • Setting-up of an expert committee on technical textiles to formulate a comprehensive strategy for growth and development of technical textiles in Pakistan Arrangement of a series of awareness seminars about different areas of technical textile and non-woven industry Immediate launch of government-sponsored Graduate programs in selected universities focusing on technical textiles and non- Road Map for Pakistan… • • Short listing of a couple of dozen high-priority product groups among a total of 150 technical textile product groups to focus on Preparation of project profiles/prefeasibility studies to facilitate the entrepreneurial activity in the technical textile projects Road Map for Pakistan… • Establishment of centers of excellences, each centre focusing on separate product groups to provide technical support to manufactures of technical textiles The centers of excellence will have the following facilities: Resource centers hosting technical literature, reference materials, books, bank of samples of technical textile products, pre-feasibility studies and information about manufacturing processes, standards and testing procedures etc o Facilities for development of prototype technical textile products o ISO 17025 accredited facilities for testing and evaluation of technical textiles o Road Map for Pakistan… • Setting-up of a technical textiles steering committee to coordinate, monitor and review the growth of the technical textile industry and also the activities of the centers of excellence Challenges for Pakistan • • • • • Limited synthetic fibre availability for technical textiles Lack of know-how and skilled workforce No R n D facilities Non-availability of production & market database Lack of encouragement to entrepreneurs for going into technical textiles like import duty, interest rates etc • Lack of investment by the industry • Low importance given to the long term benefits and life cycle cost of the products vis-à-vis traditional products ...Outline • • • • • • What are technical textiles? Different categories of technical textiles Technical textiles market size Technical textiles fibres, yarns and fabrics What our... Consumption-wise Forecast Source: DRA Technical Textiles Fibre Type Consumption Forecast 2010 Source: DRA Technical Textiles Fibre Form Consumption Forecast 2010 Source: DRA Technical Textiles End-product Form... competitor, India, is doing? What Pakistan should be doing? What are Technical Textiles? Conventional Textiles Technical Textiles • Manufactured primarily • Manufactured primarily for performance