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Needless Fabric Manufacturing?


Non-woven fabrics are gaining traction in many countries due to the properties and the cost benefits it offers. This growth is mainly driven by the ease of customization, attractiveness, durability, weight, ventilation, disinfectant-carrying and filtration capacity and cost. Non-woven fabrics are manufactured via mechanical, thermal or chemical methods by entangling and bonding fibers, but not by weaving them. Examples of non-woven fabrics include diapers, medical dressings, household wipes, disposable protective clothing, automobile headliners and carpets.

FABRICS MANUFACTURING MARKET TO GROW TO $362 BILLION BY 2020 ACCORDING TO THE BUSINESS RESEARCH COMPANY.

The Business Research Company expects the fabrics manufacturing market to grow to $362 billion in 2020. Asia was the largest region in the fabrics manufacturing market in 2016, accounting for $220 billion or 72.6% market share. This can be attributed to high demand from apparel manufacturing facilities in the region, which use fabrics as raw materials.

The chart below shows the year-on-year growth of the global fabrics manufacturing market during 2016 - 2020.

According to The Business Research Company’s Manufacturing Consultant, Abdul Wasay, globally, textile manufacturers are re-allocating their production plants. Rapid wage increases, rising transportation costs and the difficulty in effective quality control at offshore locations are leading them to re-assess the attractiveness of off-shoring production locations in the developing countries. These factors are encouraging many companies to relocate production closer to their markets. For instance, the US marketer, the No nonsense legwear brand which is a part of the Kayser-Roth Corporation partnered with Walmart for in-house manufacturing and has moved its production units to US rather than outsourcing to low labor cost countries like China which have become more expensive in the recent times.

Among big and small players in the fabrics manufacturing market Toray Industries Inc. emerged as the largest company with revenues of $7 billion in the financial year 2015. Toray Industries’ growth strategy is to focus on business expansion of its growing business fields of fibers, textiles, plastics and chemicals in emerging countries and regions. The company has executed a medium-term management program called Project AP-G 2016 and long-term corporate vision: AP Growth- TORAY 2020 for implementing its growth strategies. The company’s previous programs were successful in expansion of growth business fields.

The fabrics manufacturing market comprises all establishments engaged in producing fabrics, mostly through processes such as weaving and knitting. A fabric is a cloth formed by weaving, knitting, tufting or bonding together. Fabric Mills include broad woven fabric mills, narrow fabric mills, non-woven fabric mills and knit fabric mills. They are engaged in weaving fabrics, felts and narrow fabrics and they also further finish and fabricate fabric products.

The industry is categorized into the following segments

Broad Woven Fabric Mills manufacture and market wide range of weaving broad fabrics. Companies in the market also finish the fabrics they weave. Some of the products include blankets and bedspreads, broad-woven fabrics except rugs and tire fabrics, weaving elastic fabrics, natural hard fibers (linen, jute, hemp, and ramie), weaving glass fabrics, glass fabrics, and woven fabric products.

Narrow Fabric Mills And Schiffli Machine Embroidery comprise establishments that produce a range of weaving or braiding narrow fabrics and embroideries with Schiffli machines. Some of the companies in this market also finish the fabrics they manufacture. In addition to this, the company also manufacture fabric coated elastic threads, yarn, and cord that are used in a wide range of applications in textile industry. Some of the products in this market include braiding narrow fabrics cords and braids, apparel webbings, bandings, spindles, beltings (woven or braided) , bindings (textile-mitse) , braids (textiles) ,braids (tubular nylon and plastics);

Non-woven Fabrics Mills include companies that manufacture non-woven fabrics either by bonding or interlocking of fibers. Some of the different types of non-woven fabrics are bonded-fiber fabrics, non-woven fabrics, non-woven ribbon fabrics, and spun bonded fabrics.

Knit Fabric Mills are further classified into weft knit fabric mills and lace and warp knit fabric mills:

  • Weft Knit Fabric Mills comprise establishments that manufacture circular knit fabrics, cloth, circular knit, dyeing and finishing circular knit fabrics, dyeing and finishing weft knit fabrics, fabrics, circular knit, fabrics, weft knit, jersey fabrics and other knit fabric products.

  • Lace and Warp Knit Fabric Mills include establishments engaged in knitting, dyeing, or finishing warp (flat) knit fabrics and in the manufacturing of dyeing, or finishing lace goods. Some of the products produced by lace and warp knit fabric mills include Curtains and curtain fabrics; Dyeing and finishing lace goods; Dyeing and finishing warp knit fabrics and other lace and warp knit products.

Fabrics Manufacturing Global Market Briefing is a detailed report giving a unique insight into this market. The report is priced at $1000 for an individual user. To use across your office the price is $1500 and $2000 if you wish to use across a multinational company.

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