30 novembre 2005
Technical textiles : World market forecast 2010 by David Rigby Associates
TECHNICAL TEXTILES AND NONWOVENS:
WORLD MARKET FORECASTS TO 2010
By David Rigby Associates1
SUMMARY
Technical textiles and nonwovens account for over one-quarter of all textile consumption in weight terms. Despite slackening growth rates since the start of the millennium, technical applications have a far more positive outlook than most other fibre, textile and clothing markets. Volume growth in developing countries will average between 4% and 5% per annum to 2010.
Within
the total, some application areas will grow faster than others.
Although forecasts have been downgraded from earlier studies, world
demand for geotextiles is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth
rate of 5.3% between 2005 and 2010, with China a major source of both
consumption and production. Construction applications are also forecast
to grow strongly, at a compound annual growth rate of 5.0%, over the
same period, driven by new products and the increasing textile content
of building.
In contrast, textile components for shoes, clothing, furniture, carpets and interior textiles exhibit annualised growth rates of less than 3% on average through the current decade. This is in response to relatively modest forecast growth in demand for apparel and household goods, but also a switch in many products to lighter weight nonwoven materials.
Technical_Textile_Markets_to_2010_1_.pdf
Salon virtuel sur les textiles à usage technique
Ce site présente, sous la forme d'un salon virtuel, les différents secteurs (bâtiment, transport, agriculture...) qui utilisent les textiles techniques.
Ainsi, nous pouvons avoir accès à une brève description des entreprises de chaque secteur ainsi que de leurs produits (fiche technique, etc).
25 novembre 2005
Synthèse - Novembre 2005
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Béton armé en textile (Allemagne)
22 juillet 2004
Réseaux de compétences: Conseil en Recherches Textiles (CRT)
Secteurs d'innovation: Recherche sur les matériaux
Conjointement avec l’association Allemande du Béton et de Technique de Construction ("Deutscher Beton und Bautechnik-Verein") le CRT a fondé en 1997 une Groupe de Travail Béton Armé en Textile se composant des entreprises et établissements de recherche. Il y résultaient des élaborations qui s’occupent avec l’armement textile du béton comme un matériel nouveau, innovatif et efficient.
On peut l’appliquer comme alternative ou en combinaison vis-à-vis des matériaux traditionnels comme acier ou béton à fibre courte et il se prête à l’entretien de parties vielles de construction ou à la fabrication des éléments des constructions en préfabriqué
Les couches de renforcement en béton armé en textile sont minces, résistantes à la corrosion, durables et au prix modéré. On peut atteindre des augmentations en capacité portante de plus que 80 % tout en améliorant sensiblement la ductilité. La minceur des parois rend possible dans la construction légère des champs d’application complètement nouveaux en tant que des éléments garde-corps pour les parkings à étages, plaques de revêtement de sol pour des balcons ou en combinaison avec d’autres matériaux pour des tuyaux composites, panneaux de protection contre l’incendie etc.
Article diffusé sur www.kompetenznetze.de, sur une initiative du Ministère fédéral de l'éducation et de la Recherche Allemand
Wasserspeicher aus textilbewehrtem Beton (Quelle: Domostatik GmbH)
Lien qui illustre les solutions offertes par les textiles techniques selon la cible :
- L'industrie
- L'agriculture
- Les collectivités
- Les transporteurs
- Les commerçants et CHR
- Les particuliers
http://www.relais-textiles.com/solution.php
23 novembre 2005
Salons
Salon du textile et du plastique decautex.pdf
Pub_CNAM_27oct05.pdf
20 novembre 2005
Les textiles intelligents - l'équipe d'Amabilia.com (2003)
Vous connaissez peut-être déjà les
collants drainants ou même hydratants, figurez-vous que cela n'est que le sommet
de l'iceberg. Dans ce domaine (et plusieurs autres), le Japon est loin devant
mais déjà cette tendance se diffuse sur les marchés d'ici.
Que diriez-vous d'un vêtement sport qui sent frais et le reste après 2 heures d'entraînement?
Et de cet ensemble qui serait blanc ou noir selon la température extérieure
afin d'optimiser la chaleur ou la fraîcheur?
Ces textiles intelligents
pouvaient paraître futiles mais les temps ont changé puisque bientôt les draps
de lit pourront capter votre rythme cardiaque et si jamais il se passe quelque
chose, un signal est directement transmis à une centrale qui se chargera de
venir vous porter secours.
Pour un confort absolu, ne serait
pas fantastique de porter un soutien-gorge qui s'adapterait aux situations:
tenue plus ferme lors de la pratique d'un sport, " push-up " pour le
port d'un décolleté plongeant et " normal " le reste du temps?
Toutes ces innovations existent
déjà ou sont en développement, la réalité n'est jamais bien loin de la
science-fiction…
L'équipe de www.Amabilia.com
Les entreprises
Entreprise spécialisée dans Textiles techniques de plein air et de protection solaire.
Fabricant de membranes et textiles composites
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Communiqué d'un expert finlandais sur les "Smart clothes"
Smart clothes can improve occupational safety
”Smart clothes” are clothes that
employ new technologies:technological developments have made it possible to integrate electronic components into
conventional garments. In
demanding conditions, such as working in heavy industries, very specific demands are
placed on work
apparel and materials, as they must protect the wearer from any hazards found in
the working environment.
Smart clothes design offers new material technology applications to make work apparel safer and more specifically suited to the work and environment in question. Smart clothes also make it possible for the wearer’s vital functions to be monitored, using, for example, an electromyograph (EMG).
The goal of the Academy-funded Models for Intelligent Garment Design (MeMoGa) research project is to develop methods and models for the research and design of smart clothes as well as to study matters related to their usability and social acceptability. The MeMoGa project approaches new, multidisciplinary research fields through the research of clothing design, fibre material technologies and physiology.
The
material applications used in new types of work apparel include
impact-protective materials, which can be divided into two categories: phase change materials
(PCMs) and auxetic materials. "One example of phase change materials might be d3o, which is made of
”smart molecules”. Phase
change materials move normally with the body, but when impacted, they protect the wearer
by instantly hardening
and then returning to their normal state once the impact load is released,"
explains researcher
Mailis Mäkinen. Auxetic materials, on the other hand, are energy-absorbing materials,
whose cross-section expands when stretched. "Auxetic materials include metals, ceramic or polymer materials
or composites.
These materials withstand pressure better than standard materials," says Mäkinen.
Many
challenges facing the
adoption of new materials.There
are many challenges facing the use of new materials. The use of innovative new materials and integration
of electronic and other types of components into garments requires, for example, the development of new
types of testing methods and standards.
Furthermore,
the development of materials, such as their mechanical properties, temporal durability or functionality
in various conditions, may take a long time.
Garment-integrated
electronics or other
types of components in particular present problems in the washing or maintenance
of the garment.
In many cases the high cost of new materials discourages their adoption.
User
needs and desires play
a key role in the development of smart clothes
The
needs and desires of work apparel users are surveyed before beginning the design of smart clothes, in
order to ensure that the design will meet the user’s needs as effectively as
possible.
Before the
design phase, it is important to identify the user as someone who is generally
open to the use
of technology and understand in what way a new technology, such as electronic
components, change the user’s perceptions of the garment. This helps to predict
how the technology should appear in the garment, i.e. how invisible or visible it can be.
A
crucial part of ensuring the user-orientation of smart clothes is a usability assessment. A virtual
prototype was developed for this purpose in order to allow end users evaluate a still non-existent
smart garment before actually building the actual, physical prototype. "A virtual prototype involves such
material as 3D models and 3D animations, which are used to present a realistic iteration of the
prototype to the user instead of just showing them conceptual drawings. Animation
makes it possible
to show how the prototype will be used in a working environment, which demonstrates the
smart garment’s
possible uses in a heavy industry environment,"explains researcher Riikka Matala. The
goal of assessment
is to make the user a part of the design process and possibly reduce the need
for producing expensive (at this stage of development) and time-consuming
physical rototypes.
Intelligent garments are being studied as part of the Academy’s PROACT Research Programme
The University of Lapland Department of Textile and Clothing Design, Tampere University of Technology Institute of Fibre Material Science, and University of Kuopio Department of Physiology are participants in the MeMoGa research project. The project is part of the Academy of Finland’s Proactive Computing (PROACT) Research Programme.
Notes:
-
PROACT Research Programme
and its Spring 2005 lecture series:
Programme Co-ordinator
Greger Lindén, tel. +358 (0)9 191 51233, greger.linden@cs.helsinki.fi
- Smart clothes - Materials:
Researcher Mailis
Mäkinen, Tampere University of Technology,tel.+358 (0)3 3115 2494, mailis.makinen@tut.fi
- Smart clothes -
User-oriented R&D:
Researcher Riikka Matala,
University of Lapland, +358 (0)400 429 055, riikka.matala@ulapland.fi
- Smart clothes -
Monitoring of vital functions:
Researcher Niina Lintu,
University of Kuopio, +358 (0)17 163 040, Niina.Lintu@uku.fi
Academy of Finland Communications
Information Specialist
Terhi Loukiainen
tel. +358 (0)9 7748 8385,
+358 (0)40 828 1784
terhi.loukiainen@aka.fi
17 novembre 2005
Technical or 'industrial' textiles
In the light of the fast
pace of innovation in technical (or ‘industrial’) textiles, there is no
generally accepted definition of this part of the textile industry. It relates
both to kinds of products and to the application of textiles to particular
uses. Examples of (high-tech) products are high tenacity yarns, or special
elastic or coated fabrics, all of which have a high technology content. As far
as industrial applications
are concerned, textile-based articles can offer considerable performance advantages
compared to other materials. The vehicles and transport industry is the
principal industrial user of technical textiles (29% in total EU consumption of
such products in 1999), followed by furniture/home furnishing (14%) and
construction/civil engineering (11%). For an overview of possible fields of
application of technical textile.
In recent years, technical textiles
have become a vital component of EU industry (reaching a share of 27.6% in
total textile production in 1999, after 25.8% in 1998), and its importance is
bound to increase. Within the EU, the main producers of technical textiles are
Germany (17% of the EU total), closely followed by the UK and France (16%
each), Belgium (15%) and Italy (14%).
Given that innovation in
new materials, processes and products is an inherent feature of this sub-sector,
expenditure on R&D is higher in this field than for ‘conventional’ textiles
(reaching up to 8-10% of turnover, compared to the industrial average of 3-5%).
In the development of fibres, yarns and fabrics, functional aspects – such as
anti-bacterial, anti-static, UV protective, thermal, or biodegradable functions
– are playing an increasingly important role. Since technical textiles are
generally not fashion oriented, performance requirements and technical
specifications determine the success of a product. Usually, technical textiles
are created in a close relationship between the producer and the consumer so as
to ensure tailor-made solutions to specific user purposes.
Europe is internationally
very competitive in this area, and runs a trade surplus in technical textiles (+
€ 2.1 billion in 1999). It should be noted that such products are not just
exported to industrialised countries like the US and Switzerland (with their
advanced technologies and applications), but also to developing countries. Depending
on the type of product, the EU’s main markets are as follows (figures for
1998):
- Technical fibres and yarns: US (18.2%), Switzerland
(6.7%), Turkey (6.4%), Poland (6%), China (4%), Hong Kong (3.7%)
- Technical fabrics: Poland (10.2%), US (9.2%),
Turkey (5.4%), Czech Republic (5.7%), Switzerland (5.2%)
- Technical made-up articles: US (19.7%), Switzerland
(11.6%), Japan (8.9%), Norway (4.7%)
Source : http://europa.eu.int/
