Some sweet-toothed individuals might dream of a room full of candy floss. The fairground treat certainly has its appeal… but what if you had to find an object as thin as a one cent coin hidden inside the sugary mass? A sticky problem, for sure. Now, let’s imagine we are dealing with tufts of man-made fibre instead, the kind used as feedstock for spun-laced nonwovens.
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Marvel Gloves Industries, founded in 1980, established its first seamless knitted gloves manufacturing unit in Gujarat. Marvel Group won two National Awards for quality products which were presented by the Honorable Presidents of India that got them recognition and fame in the safety gloves market in India and abroad.
An industry growing at a CAGR of 20 per cent to reach $28.7 billion, technical textiles is one of the most dynamic sectors in India. Techtextil India 2019, the leading platform to source products using technical textiles, reflects the industry with the biggest opening received this year.
Though India is the second largest textile economy in the world after China, our contribution to one of the growing textile segments is negligible, says Avinash Mayekar.
The major technological advancements associated with the First Industrial Revolution – that lasted from the mid-18th century to about 1830 – were concerned with textile manufacturing, especially spinning. John Kay’s invention of flying shuttle, which enabled wider cloth to be woven faster, in 1767 marked the beginning of modernisation (or automation) in the textile industry.
Over the next decade, global demand for viscose fibre is projected to grow faster at seven to eight per cent, while specialty fibres like modal/micro modal, dyed, excel (Lyocell) expected to grow even faster, says Ajay Sardana.
Technical textiles find use in a number of such as aviation, shipping, sports, automobiles, and others. They fit specific needs in demanding applications due to their properties such as high strength, thermal and wear resistance, stiffness, etc.