Transcript Opportunities Non-woven and Advanced Materials Laboratory

Technical Textiles
Opportunities
Seshadri Ramkumar and Vinitkumar Singh
Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-1163, USA
E-mail: [email protected]
TECHNOTEX 2011, Mumbai, India
Technical Textiles?
Where is money in technical
textiles?
How to grow the industry and
make money?
Answers
The answer lies in the THREE
major product categories:
1) Consumer tech products.
2) Institutional tech products
(infrastructure, hospital or major
bulk procurement items)
3) Government procurement
products
(New classification pertinent to
India/developing countries).
Technical
Textiles
What are Technical Textiles ?
 Technical Textiles are value-added textile products that
provide added functionality and applications other than
regular fiber-to-fashion supply chain products.
 These technical textiles encompass high performance
fibers, yarns, woven, knitted, nonwoven, braided and
composite structures.
Thrust
Thrust will be to grow the sector
that produces products that are
close to end-users or where the
value is!!
Are Nonwovens Technical Textiles?
• Most of the nonwovens are technical textiles as they have
not yet penetrated into the apparel sector.
• Nonwovens are predominantly disposable and semi
durable goods.
• All nonwovens are technical textiles but all
technical textiles are not nonwovens
Technical Textiles –Simple
Understanding
 Technical textiles can be any fibrous material and their
combination with other items which have NONAPPAREL applications, excluding paper.
Amazing Reality
 Raw cotton with bark, seed coats and trash is a
TECHNICAL TEXTILE!
 Situations create new technical textile products.
 Generally, margins are high.
Amazing Reality
Cotton absorbs crude oil enabling unprecedented high-end
application to cotton.
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill in April 2010 in the United
States and recent Mumbai oil spill incident are examples of
using situations to create technical textile products from
cheap raw material.
Let us watch the how cotton takes-in oil and creates a new
technical textile product.
Cotton Nonwoven Absorbs Oil
Technical Textiles Growth Scenario
Implications of Global Economy and
Indian Textile Industry
• Import of commodity textiles in developed
economies hit by credit crisis will slow
down.
• Increase in the price of raw materials due
to global economic situation.
• Indian textile industry should diversify.
Diversification into Non-commodity
Textiles
• Indian textile industry should go on a higher
gear in diversifying into unconventional textiles.
• Even after 30 years of organized sector status,
the nonwoven and technical textile industry is
growing at a rate of 6 % in USA and Europe.
• This sector is at infancy in India and offers
tremendous growth and opportunities until 2050.
Technical Textiles Growth in India
General Idea
Cover Story in Modern
Textiles, April/May, 08
Nonwoven and Technical
Textiles, January-March 2008
13.3 % CAGR for India
Technologies for Technical Textiles
 Technical textiles can be made by variety of methods
based on performance requirements.
 So, the 12 product category followed may not be
correctly/aptly applicable for India.
 Why? A carded bonded loft can be used for upholstery
material or H&V and acoustic insulation material.
 Based on the existing 12 category where will this be
grouped: Builttech or Mobiltech? So, such classification
causes confusion and will contradict statistical numbers.
However, these are basically converted institutional
products-------
2011 State of the Technical Textiles
Industry
Source: IFAI
2010 U.S. Specialty Fabric Import Market Nov. YTD
{ Based on Volume - Square Meters Equivalent }
Source: IFAI
Worldwide Consumption of
Technical Textiles (000 tonnes)
Region
Years
CAGR%
1995
2000
2005
2010
95-00
00-05
05-10
Americas
4,288
5,031
5,777
6,821
3.2%
2.8%
3.4%
Europe
3,494
4,162
4,773
5,577
3.6%
2.8%
3.2%
Asia
5,716
6,963
8,504
10,645
4.0%
4.1%
4.6%
ROW
473
558
628
730
3.3%
2.4%
3.1%
Totals
13,971
16,714
19,683
23,774
3.7%
3.3%
3.8%
Source: David Rigby Associates
Worldwide Consumption of
Technical Textiles (000 tonnes)
Application Area
Years
CAGR%
1995
2000
2005
2010
95-00
00-05
05-10
Agrotech
1,173
1,381
1,615
1,958
3.3%
3.2%
3.9%
Geotech
196
255
319
413
5.4%
4.6%
5.3%
Medtech
1,228
1,543
1,928
2,380
4.7%
4.6%
4.3%
Protech
184
238
279
340
5.3%
3.3%
4.0%
Totals
2,781
3,417
4,141
5,091
4.68%
3.93%
4.38%
Source: David Rigby Associates
Nonwoven Consumption Per Capita
(kilograms)
India
Emerging Markets
Russia
S. Africa
Brazil
South America
Early Development Markets
China
Mexico
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Malaysia
Japan
Developed Markets
Australia
Europe -27
High export volumes
NAFTA
Korea
Taiwan
0
1
2
Source: INDA Estimates, Ian Butler, INTC-2008
3
4
5
6
7
Nonwoven Consumption Rises as
GDP Per Capita Increases *
Kg/Capita
Trend line
4.5
4
Taiwan
3.5
Europe
NAFTA
3
Japan
2.5
2
China now
Turkey
Czech Rep.
1.5
1
Brazil
0.5
India now
Korea
India, 2012
0
$0
$10,000
$20,000
Source: INDA Estimates, Ian Butler, INTC-2008
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
* PPP in US$ equivalents
2010 Nonwoven Production Region Wise
(million tonnes)
Source: Ian Butler, INDA
North America:
1.520
South America
0.340
Europe (2009)
1.615
China
1.400
Other Asia Pacific
0.680
Middle East
0.240
Japan
0.330
Rest of World
0.230
Total
6.355
2010 Nonwoven Production Region Wise
(% Share)
Source: Ian Butler, INDA
North American Market ( 2010-2015)
•
The North American market in 2010 consumed about 1.52 million tonnes of
nonwoven materials (roll goods) valued at $5.8 billion.
•
Several of the North American nonwovens industry segments declined in
2009 and 2010 caused by the slowdown in new housing construction.
•
The slow economy also negatively impacted the automotive market.
•
The average growth for the North American nonwoven industry at 3-3.5%
per year over the coming five years through 2015.
•
If the economy improves to the point where new housing production in
North America is in the 1.2-1.4 million homes per year, then growth will be
higher than the 3-3.5% per year range.
Source: Ian Butler, INDA
Nanotechnology-US and the Global
Market
•
Value of manufacturing goods using nanotechnology is projected to rise
from $254 billion in 2007 to $2.5trillion in 2015.
•
India, the global market for nanotechnology is estimated to grow at an
annual rate of 19% over the next few years (2011-2013).
•
Total value of the goods manufactures using the nanotechnology will be $
1.6 trillion and the share f the United States is going to be a massive 35%.
•
Value of smart and interactive textiles would reach $ 1.8 billion by 2015.
•
In the energy sector, the value of nanomaterials will rise to US $ 2.28
billion by 2017.
Source: Seshadri Ramkumar and Vinitkumar Singh, “Nanofibers : New Developments”, Nonwovens Industry, April 2011.
Impact of Worldwide Recession
2010
Total Volume (million tonnes)
7.2
7
10.5 %
6.8
6.6
Estimated Production
Actual Production
7.1
6.4
6.2
6.355
6
5.8
Estimated Production
Source: Ian Butler, INDA
Actual Production
Global Perspective of Technical
Textiles in India
•
India’s specialty fabric and nonwoven industry is fragmented and still in its
infancy, with no state-of-the-art technology in place compared to global
players.
•
Textile industry is also undergoing a major reorientation from apparel to
specialty fabric applications.
•
Specialty fabrics now accounts for more than half of the total textile
production in India.
•
The focus of the government is on upgrading infrastructure (geosynthetics)
and increasing the use of automotive textiles (nonwovens).
•
Other niche areas: Safety and protective (defense), medical textiles,
agriculture (nets, shading, mulch) and filtration fabrics.
Source: IFAI
Growth
Prediction of
Technical
Textiles in India
Consumption Of Nonwovens/TT
in India Vs. GDP Per Capita
(Assuming An Increase Of 13.27% In Per Capita Every Year)
YEAR
GDP PER CAPITA
(US$)
CONSUMPTION OF
NONWOVENS/TT (kg)
2005
733
0.08
2010
1374
0.15
2015
2563
0.27
2020
4780
0.51
2025
8912
0.95
2030
16618
1.77
2035
30985
3.31
2040
57773
6.16
2045
107720
11.49
2050
200850
21.43
GDP per capita source: World Bank
Consumption Of Nonwovens/TT
in USA vs. GDP Per Capita
(Assuming An Increase Of 4.6% In Per Capita Every Year)
YEAR
GDP PER CAPITA
(US$)
CONSUMPTION OF
NONWOVENS/TT (kg)
2005
42499
3.5
2010
52435
4.32
2015
65656
5.41
2020
82213
6.77
2025
102943
8.48
2030
128901
10.62
2035
161404
13.29
2040
202103
16.64
2045
264705
20.84
2050
331452
26.10
GDP per capita source: World Bank
India vs. USA Per Capita Nonwoven/TT
Consumption (2005-2050)
GDP per capita source: World Bank
India’s Per Capita Consumption
vs. Income Levels (2005-2050)
GDP per capita source: World Bank
Why then the industry has not
grown?
Requirements for the growth of technical textiles
sector in India.
1) Lack of awareness on how to make finished or converted
technical textile products.
2) Marketing know-how to sell and trade technical textile
products.
3) 1-0-1 basic marketing class on technical textiles.
4) Technical textiles sector in India should know where
and how technical textiles are used on a daily basis.
Need of the
Awareness on
the Technical
Textiles
Converted
Sector
Converted Products are Necessary
Value Addition to Conventional
Textiles
• Plasma finish is a surface
treatment to textile
materials for imparting
multiple finishes without
water and the use of lot of
chemicals and energy.
• Integration of Atmospheric
Pressure Plasma
Technology (APT) to
nonwovens/conventional
textile processing is
economical and is ecofriendly.
Source: Enercon Industries, Menomonee Falls, WI, USA
Market Value of Plasma
Technology
• A typical Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology lane for
the application in textiles with a width of 1524 mm and an
operating speed of 100 mpm will have a capital cost of
approximately $100 K.
• This is a capital based process/technology and has negligible
cost of production compared to its capital cost.
• The hourly gas consumption cost in the latest technology is
about $10.
• PLASMA 4, a new technological development by Enercon
Industries Corporation is economical and more profitable.
Source: Enercon Industries, Menomonee Falls, WI, USA
Example of Plasma Treatment
Water absorbent cotton needlepunched fabric
before plasma and after plasma treatment
Source: Developed at Nonwovens Lab, Texas Tech University, USA
Spunbonds with Phase Change Materials
Spunbond PP Row Cover Fabric
Agrotextiles in Experimental
Strawberry Rows
Source: Wadsworth L. C. et al. Nonwoven & Technical Textiles, Oct-Dec 2007
Pesticide
Protective
Clothing
Pesticide Protective Materials
Three layered Chemical Protective
Fabric: Patent Pending
Conclusions
• It is extremely important for the Indian textile industry to diversify
into durable technical textiles and disposable nonwovens.
• Technical textiles should at least contribute 15 -20 % of the total
textile sector by 2015-2020.
• Our growth prediction is that the industry should grow in double
digits around 13 %.