Month: September 2017

Global market size for technical textiles is estimated at $145 billion in 2015 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4 per cent to $170 billion by 2020, according to Wazir Advisors Knowledge Paper.

Circular knitted fabric is growing increasingly popular as an upper material for leisure and sport shoes. The high level of productivity makes circular knitting especially interesting for the manufacture of “fabric” shoe uppers.

With high precision, flexibility and energy efficiency, digital printing has gained the attention from various industry players. With a focus on short production cycle.

The technical textiles and nonwovens projects were at quite low level in the last couple of years. Not much of investment has happened in this area, the major reasons have been that investors are unsure.

Huntsman-Clariant’s position as a leading global speciality chemicals company will further benefit from complementary R&D and technological expertise.