Grainne McVeighDirector Consumer Products

Technical Textiles Workshop

UK TEXTILES SECTOR

World

Technical textiles is 25% of world textiles market

$253bn in sales

UK

£9bn sales

of which technical textiles contributes £1.5 – 2bn

employs 100,000

15th largest textile manufacturer globally

NI:

£700m sales

employs 4,500

100 growth companies

Consumer Products

Consumer Products Sector overview

Employment 4,500

2013 Turnover £700m £370m in Exports

Exporting to over 50 countriesLinen in fashionUlster carpetsBeleek world wide

100 Growth Companies

QUB design

UU Art and Design

Colleges NI programmes

Academia

Craft NIArts Council

Art and DesignDesign UK

NIACE

Sector Bodies

Success of major companiesFamous productsVariety of products

Opportunities for NI companiesAlliance Report - 2 year research project into textiles

manufacturing in UK

Opportunities for UK manufacturers, especially where demand is for

short lead times

quality control,

provenance,

significant design input required

More added value in the manufacturing process, the more the market can be made in UK

Alliance Report identified technical textiles as a key growth sub-sector

Next stepsCreate a network of NI technical textiles companies

Supply chain advantages

Focus on building the case for technical textiles to become part of the High Value Manufacturing category within Innovate UK

Northern Ireland Technical Textiles group? 

build a case for technical textiles to become part of the High Value Manufacturing within Innovate UK

access funding from Innovate UK

Team!