End-Use Insights
The global technical textile industry has been divided into various segments that include indutech(Industrial
Textile), mobiltech(automobile), sportech(Sports Textile), hometech(Domestic Textile), buildtech(Construction
textiles), clothtech(Clothing textile), agrotech(agro textile), packtech(ackaging Textile), meditech(Health Care
Textile), protech(Protecting Textile), and others.
Owing to the rapid and constant advancement in automobile technology, mobiltech has the largest share in the
overall market in the recent past which was followed by the Indutech technology.
Regional Insights
Asia Pacific industry dominated the industry in 2014. It is expected to account for around 43% of the overall
demand by 2022. North American market is expected to decline moderately in the next few years owing to
moderate growth of the end-use industries. Various countries in the Asia Pacific region such as India and China
are expected to be some of the leading markets in the region.
Increasing infrastructure development in Asia Pacific and Central & South American regions owing to various
initiatives taken the respective governments and the developing healthcare industry in these region is expected
to augment demand for these products in the next few years.
Competitive Insights
The market is fragmented with numerous multinationals such as Strata Geosystems Ind. Pvt. Ltd., DuPoint,
Johnson & Johnson, Ibena Textilewerke GmbH, SRF, and Ahlstrom. These industry participants are involving in
various acquisitions with various other multinational or local manufactures and even distributors with the aim
of increasing their annual production and also enhance product range.
Industry players such as Avintiv have recently increased its product prices and have also taken over Duonor S.A.S
as a strategic move in order to meet regional demand and acquire substantial market share with the integration
of novel technologies.
Market Segment:
Global Technical Textiles Technology Outlook (Volume, Kilo Tons; Revenue, USD Million, 2012 - 2022)
• Thermo-forming
• 3D Weaving