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The Current Position of Technical Textiles
in the UK
Chris Byrne
CB Innovation
& Materials KTN
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Agenda
What can statistics and market research data tell
us about the past, present and future of UK
technical textiles?
How has the climate for innovation changed over
the past three decades?
Where do future opportunities and growth
prospects lie for UK industry ? What will be the
drivers of innovation?
Time for a change in terminology ?
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Scope – technical textiles
“Textile materials and products manufactured
primarily for their technical performance
properties rather than for their aesthetic or
decorative characteristics”
Textile Terms & Definitions, The Textile Institute
... but many shortcomings as a definition
Few reliable statistics
Commissioned by DTI (and updated for MatKTN)
to prepare an overview of UK TT
Developed and researched DRA TT model
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DRA Model – UK TT Consumption£ million (Actual 1985-1995, Forecast 2000-2005)
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UK growth turns to decline
1997 - 2002
UK Apparent Consumption & Mfrs. Sales of
Technical & Industrial Textiles (excl. canvas goods)
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
£'000
Net UK Supply
UK Mfrs Sales
DRA estimate
of UK TT
consumption
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UK mfg. decline continues
latest figures to 2007 and beyond ?
500
700
900
1,100
1,300
1,500
£ m
illio
n
UK Mfr Sales of All Technical/Industrial Textiles
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UK in 4th place, pursued by SpainRanking
2007
EU Country Total technical textile sales (million euros)
Percentage of total output (%)
1 Germany 3,984 26.12 Italy 3,177 20.83 France 2,508 16.44 UK 1,317 8.65 Spain 1,078 7.16 Belgium 715 4.77 Poland 410 2.78 Finland 343 2.29 Portugal 332 1.810 Czech Republic 245 1.611 The Netherlands 245 1.612 Austria 206 1.313 Norway 190 1.214 Denmark 183 1.215 Sweden 158 1.0
Others 178 1.1TOTAL 15,269 100.0
PRODCOM
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EU Technical Textiles Output Growth
2002 – 2007
Country % growth over 5 years
Czech Republic +121 %Poland +40.0%Belgium +35.3%Germany +6.3%Italy -3.4%Spain -7.9%France -21.5%Portugal -24.3%UK -32.9%
PRODCOM
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Several sectors collapsed after 2000
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... while growth continued in others
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Growth Decline
HT filament
weaving
Glass, carbon
weaving
Nonwovens
Narrow wovens
Paperfelt making
„Canvas‟ goods
Coated fabrics
Sewing thread
Cotton wool
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The climate for innovation
How has it changed over the past 3 decades,
especially after 2000?
What are likely to be the drivers of innovation for
the coming decade?
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Contrasting decades
1980s
Innovation in materials
1990s
Innovation in products
2000s
Innovation in supply chains
2010s
Innovation in processes and applications ?
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1980‟s
Innovation in materials
Aramids
HMPE
Polyolefins
Microfibres
High temperature, high tenacity, high performance
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1990‟s
Innovation in products
Economic downturn at beginning of 1990s
Especial impact on auto sector
Focus on established markets, applications
Better, cheaper, greater economies of scale
Techtextil categories established
International shop window for end-uses
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2000‟s
Innovation in supply chains
Progressive shift of manufacturing to lower cost
areas
Eastern Europe, Asia
Globalisation of products and processes
Standardisation
Management systems
NPD, sourcing
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2010‟s
Innovation in novel processes and applications ?
Processes
3D weaving, plasma, digital, nano
Applications
Composites, electronics, consumer products
Technology transfer
Other advanced material sectors
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Convergence with consumer markets
Consumer Industrial
TechnicalPerformance
Function
Technology Advanced
Materials
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Key challenges for the coming decade
Advanced mfg.
Sustainability
Energy
Low carbon
footprint
Multi-functionality
Re-engineering
Lightweighting
Biomimetics
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Innovation challenges
Set by Materials KTN / Technology Strategy Board
Renewable energy
Sustainability
High value manufacturing
Road mapping and dissemination events to be
delivered through www.materialsktn.net
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Renewable energy
Supply chain mapping of composite
reinforcements
Anticipated growth in wind, wave and tidal
Solar capture – photovoltaics
Key to growth in personal electronics
Energy from textile and mixed plastics waste
Manufacturing and end-user
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Sustainability
Transport textiles
Medical textiles
Performance clothing
Green construction
Embedded sensors
Remanufacture of textile waste
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High value manufacturing
Regenerative medical textiles
Antimicrobials
Defence and security
Natural fibres – traditional and novel
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“Technical textiles”
Technical textiles - the new commodities ?
Increasingly dominated by China, India and others
Time to re-think terminologies ?
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Beyond Techtextil
Agrotech
Buildtech
Clothtech
Geotech
Hometech
Indutech
Medtech
Mobiltech
Oekotech
Packtech
Protech
Sportech
?
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Thank you
Chris Byrnewww.cbinnovation.co.uk
www.materialsktn.net
