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| Issue date:01/10/2007 |
| ATA Journal for Asia on Textile & Apparel - Oct 2007 Issue |
| Source:Journal for Asia on Textile & Apparel |
| by Staff Reporters |
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| Techtextil India was held from October 10-12, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, India, concurrently with Heimtextil India and Texworld India to jointly form the "Textile Days India 2007" |
More than 100 exhibitors attended at this first event in India occupying a gross exhibition area of 2,000 square meters with international players coming from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. The technical textile show itself welcomed around 3,000 visitors targeting technical textiles.
By mid-August, the organizer, Messe Frankfurt India announced that Techtextil India had been completely sold out. Shammi Nagpal, Managing Director of Messe Frankfurt India said there was considerable interest among the international community.
"Since the rapid changes taking place in the development of Indian infrastructure, the automotive industry, the medical industry, and clothing fabric industry, to name a few, were all preempting the development and usage of technical textiles in the huge and untapped market of India," he said.
The technical textile segment is growing fast, boosting the related machinery investment in India |
In India, the technical textile segment accounted for up to 17% of the textile production with a share of about 3% of the global market.
The Indian government was willing to help the industry gain a bigger foothold in the market for technical textiles and hence already cut customs duties.
Investments were also planned in the field of technical textiles and nonwovens, as well as in the medical and garment sectors. The Indian government expected a growth of 3.5 % per annum up to US$9.15 billion in 2007-08.
Wide-ranging applications for target groups
The Indian edition covered 12 major applications of technical textiles, for agriculture; building and construction; clothing; civil engineering, road and railway construction; furniture and home uses; filtration and industrial applications; hygiene and medical purposes; automotive industry; environmental protection, waste-water and dust filtration; packing and protective covering systems; personal safety; and personal sports and leisure activities. Each field has its own attractions in India according to Messe Frankfurt India.
Among others, geotech was believed to enjoy a lucrative growth in the coming years in India due to the expected large investment in the construction and infrastructure sectors of India. Under the National Highways Project, the authorities had planned to build up a network of 13,000-km expressways across the entire country.
Moreover, rural roads and other such projects were expected to increase the demand for geotextiles in a huge way. The market for major infrastructure projects like roads, flood control projects, irrigation projects and coastal protection would also help drive the market up to US$65 million by 2007-2008.
Automotive and medical textiles growing fast
Technical textiles for the automotive industry (mobiltech) including vehicles, ships and aircraft were the single largest consumer of technical textiles in the world where the market share was around 25% and India was one of the world’s largest growing markets for automobiles.
On a basis of 11 million units in 2006-07, car sales in the country was expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 16%, jumping to 19 million units by 2010. Furthermore, India was also one of largest suppliers to the OEM market of the auto industry.
Medical (left) and automotive textiles look promising in India |
Drawn by this force, more Indian manufacturers were intensifying their automotive textile production, for instance, the Mumbai-listed Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), a leading polyester fiber producer in the world. It was planning to produce textiles for such visible automotive components as upholstery, carpets and seat belts, as well as those concealed ones like tire cords, hoses, belts, and airbags.
Besides, North West Textile Network (NWtexnet), an organization to promote and develop the technical textile industry in the northwestern part of England, echoed a similar optimism toward the Indian automotive industry.
After a study of India conducted in mid-November 2006, it expected that the Indian passenger car sector alone would grow to 3 million vehicles by 2015. It saw potential opportunities for UK suppliers in the areas of seat belts (as all seat belt webbings consumed in India were currently imported); airbags (though it was not yet compulsory in India, but the law might change in near future); seat covers; and headlining and insulation felts.
It is estimated by industry experts that India will witness a remarkable growth of the automotive and airline industries, offering substantial market opportunity for automotive textile producers.
Other industrial applications of technical textiles—from conveyor belts, solid waste management to packing materials—are also growing.
In addition, medical textiles also look promising in India. Multinational companies like Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble are already present in the market, providing improved medical products for the emergence of the Indian affluence in the cities.
The trend of medical tourism is another favorable factor for medical textile producers in India. In recent years, India has received a growing number of foreign patients from the Middle East, Europe and North America for the lower-cost quality operations.
A study jointly conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and management consulting firm Mckinsey in 2005 estimates that the medical tourism industry will be worth 100 billion rupees (around US$2.44 billion) by 2012.
Potential opportunities for technical textile companies include the fields of wound care packages, including nonwoven bandages; such hospital fittings and furnishings as beddings; and clothing for medical staff.
Optimistic outlook for personal and home uses
The suppliers of clothtech also find a significant potential market in India, for instance, the market for Taffetta fabric used in umbrellas is expected to grow enormously due to the climatic conditions of monsoon and hot sun in the country. It is expected that the demand of such fabric would be 940 tonnes by 2008 in India.
Other functional components of clothing, technical textiles for sports and leisure activities are also witnessing an increasing demand.
More applications of technical textiles can be found in the fields of household textiles such as furnishings, carpets and fiberfill, as well as personal protective clothing for defense forces and other professionals.
German suppliers highlighted
Aside from the demonstration over the exhibition halls, the new Techtextil India also organized a special presentation of technical textiles to promote the market entry of German manufacturers at the "High-Tex from Germany" pavilion, which was organized by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), in cooperation with the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry (AUMA) and the Confederation of the German Textile and Fashion Industry.
Synteen & Lckenhaus exhibited their products for the Indian market |
Over 40 German technical textiles companies and institutes were presented at the pavilion, including Lindauer Dornier, Teijin Monofilament, Klevers, Synteen & Lckenhaus, Gaenslen & Völter and Rex Industrie-Produkte. Meanwhile, a number of research and education institutions would also exhibit, including the Institute of Textile and Clothing Technology (ITB) at Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), the Hohenstein Institutes and Saxon Textile Research Institute (STFI).
According to Hartmut Schauerte, Parliamentary Undersecretary to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and Government Commissioner for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), this special German pavilion served to step up the presence of German companies and German products in the Indian market.
This pavilion followed the previous success held in Atlanta, Shanghai and Moscow in the past few years. This year, it was kicked off in Mumbai under the motto of "Top quality from Germany".
At the symposium on October 11, there were numerous talks given by industry experts from German textile research centers, covering key issues ranging from textile applications in the automobile and aircraft manufacturing industry to building construction, personal protection equipment and the environmental sector. Corresponding application-related research results were also presented.
Conferences were organized featuring more than 22 international speakers.
In addition, Messe Frankfurt India organized the Techtextil India together with Heimtextil India and Texworld India, so as to create a trio show for textile sourcing and selling under the slogan "Textile days India", given that the total size of the apparel and textiles markets in India was close to US$47 billion and was expected to grow to US$95 billion by 2010.
The three combined major shows collectively received around 20,000 visitors.
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