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The technical textile industry is in the midst of significant change shaped by powerful forces in the global marketplace. These forces are driving substantial reinvention of business models and plans; which will be impossible without disruptive technologies in key areas. This study will define and analyse those disruptive technologies critical to the reinvention of the technical textiles industry over the next five years. Major trends, such as increasing global competition and industry consolidation, as well as market drivers like raw material supply and demand, energy and resource costs, environmental impact and government regulation, will also be detailed. Interaction among those trends and disruptive technologies will be outlined with their ultimate effect on the technical textile industry clarified and projected to 2014.
Find out about:
- The key disruptive technologies driving change in the technical textile industry
- The industry landscape: rising energy costs, environmental impact, globalcompetition and how disruptive technologies will influence emerging markets
- Synergies between market drivers and disruptive technologies
Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
- Methodology
- Definitions of disruptive technologies, impact, and probability of success
- Scorecard and ranking of the top 25 disruptive technologies and market drivers
Trends in the smart fabrics/technical textiles industry
- Competition
- Consolidation
- Technology developments
- Corporate investment
Disruptive market drivers
- Material supply and demand
- Rising energy costs, resource planning and environmental impact
- Global competition and emerging markets
- Regulatory changes affecting material selection
Disruptive technologies
- Environmentally friendly manufacturing/products
- Conductive textiles
- Composites
- Durability
- Specialty natural and synthetic fibres
Disruptive processes
- Integration
- Multi-component
Emerging products
Industry scenarios to 2014
- Synergy between certain market drivers and disruptive technologies