Technical Textiles –Trends, Potentials and Challenges

Porto, 22 October 2019

Michael JaeneckeDirector Brand DevelopmentTechnical Textiles & Textile ProcessingMesse Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH, Germany

02Messe Frankfurt

03Messe Frankfurt

4Messe Frankfurt

• approx. 30,000 employees in 350 companies in technical textiles

• approx. 9 billion € turnover in 2018

• Technical textiles stand for over 50% of the turnover of the German textile industry

• growth rate approx. 5% per year

• 52% export rate

Source: t+m, IVGT

MARKET GERMANYTechnical Textiles

5Messe Frankfurt

MARKET CHINATechnical Textiles

• Technical textiles: output will be doubled between 2013 and 2020

• Production plus 4.2% in 2018• Nonwovens: estimated to reach over

22 millions tons in 2020 (double that of 2013)

• Relatively high growth rates: textiles formedical + hygiene care, filtration + separation, geotextiles, construction + structural reinforcement

• maintains vast demand on technical textile imports

Source: The National Bureau of Statistics of the PRC / China Nonwoven and Industrial Textile Association

6Messe Frankfurt

• Expected growth to US$ 32 billion until 2023

• Demand is expected to stay steady between 2017 to 2020

• Government supports SMEs with a total of US$ 1 billion

• 8 Centres of Excellence have been set up

• Exemption in custom duty for raw materials used by the sector

• Major drivers: healthcare + infrastructure sectors

MARKET INDIATechnical Textiles

7Messe Frankfurt

• Plan until 2025: develop an integrated manufacture chain of synthetic fabrics including technical textile production

• Technical textiles considered a new innovative tool for developing the Russian textile industry

• Textile industry to grow by 5-7% annually

• Lack of raw materials for the production of technical textiles

Source: Report by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russian Federation

MARKET RUSSIATechnical Textiles

8Messe Frankfurt

• U.S. textile + apparel shipments totaled 76.8 billion $ in 2018

• Investments in new plants + equipment 22.8 billion $ from 2006 to 2017

• Largest application sectors: military, infrastructure, automotive

• Strong exports of technical textiles for industry, medicine, protective apparel and nonwovens

Source: State of the US Technical Textiles Industry by Steve Warner –printed in Textile World Magazine – March 2018

MARKET USATechnical Textiles

High-tech textile solutions for all applications

9Messe Frankfurt

Potentials / applications

From carbon concreteto lightweight and membranestructures.

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BUILDTECH

Messe Frankfurt

Functional andsmart textiles for fashion.

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CLOTHTECH

Messe Frankfurt

High-tech medical andhygiene products such as fibre-based implants.

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MEDTECH

Messe Frankfurt

Lightweight structures andsmart textiles for aircraftconstruction, automobile, railway and space travel.

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MOBILTECH

Messe Frankfurt

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Challenges• Economic situation• Situation in the different customer /

user industries• Independency from one single industry• Growth of the business geographically• Investments in

Research + Development

in materials, products, markets Technology +

Equipment

machinery, processes, quality

control Time

short-, mid- + long-term objectivesMarketing

sales, market research,after-sales

service, pricing, observation of

competitors, etc.

Staff

education, training,

new people

Money

for financing the different steps,

buying companies who are already in the market for

cooperations, etc.

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