Key points

From the perspective of countries, Germany, the United States, and Japan are still in the leading position in the industry, followed by China, and the Indian market is full of momentum.

From the product point of view, carbon fiber reinforced composite materials, aramid and other high-performance materials will enter the most critical period of application area expansion and industrialization, that is, the speed of high-end products to the higher end will be further accelerated.

Analysis of key application areas of various composite materials found that the reinforcement materials used in the automotive industry and aerospace industry have gradually become the market.

In China, due to the recent high attention paid by the country to the emergency industry and the military-civilian integration industry, safety protection products have gained new development opportunities.

China

The opportunity of the safety protection industry is uninterrupted; the filter membrane is 100 billion yuan market

The safety protection industry is one of the fastest-growing areas in China's industrial textile industry. The emergency industry and the military-civilian integration industry have received extensive attention from the industry.

In the emergency industry, the state has established a national emergency industry alliance, and the enthusiasm of relevant enterprises to develop emergency products is also rising. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is expected to release the “three-year plan” for the emergency industry this year. Disposable nonwoven products are widely used in personal protective equipment, public protective equipment, and rescue disposal supplies.

The military-civilian integration industry has risen to the national strategic level, and industry experts say that the current development situation of the industry has reached an unprecedented height.

The filter membrane material industry is another area in China's industrial textile industry that is optimistic about the market with 100 billion yuan. By 2020, the market size of China's membrane water treatment industry will reach 160 billion yuan.

Germany

Internationally leading structural reinforcement products; high applicability of automotive composite materials

Germany is a large country in the production and application of industrial textiles, especially in the field of structural reinforcement products.

The survey results show that the main driving force for the growth of the German industrial textile market comes from the automotive industry, aviation, and building materials. The new capacity investment hot products are carbon fiber composite materials used in the automotive industry and aramid honeycomb composite materials used in the aerospace industry. The hot spot processes are RTM process and GMT/LFT process.

United States

Increased application rate of dispersible wipes; first opening of biomass products market.

Due to the continuous emergence of new capacity and the continuous penetration of production capacity in the global market, the US industrial textile industry has continued to grow in recent years, and the growth rate of wipes, non-woven fabrics for vehicles and geotextiles is particularly prominent. In 2016, the growth rate of wipes in the United States was 17%, which was second only to the demand for absorbent hygiene materials, especially for wet wipes.

On the other hand, the US industrial textile industry is most enthusiastic about the research and development of biomass water-absorbing sanitary materials. Biomass absorbent cores and elastic recovery membranes with better bulkiness and less added innovations are quite innovative. Bio-fibers such as wood pulp, cotton, chitosan and polylactic acid and degradable materials have attracted a new round of attention from investors.

Japan

The output of diapers fell for the first time in 15 years; the monopoly of carbon fiber market will continue

Japan's industrial textile industry started earlier, its product application is very mature, and it is in a leading position in the global market. However, the production of Japanese brand diapers, which has been well received by the market, decreased by 2% in 2016, which was the first time in 15 years.

Relevant industry insiders believe that the purchase of Chinese consumers in Japan, which has stimulated production growth in recent years, has had a great impact on this. In order to attract Chinese consumers, many Japanese health materials companies will intensively inspect the Chinese market in the near future. Eight companies have clearly stated that they will build factories in China before 2019, and 11 companies intend to set up factories in China or invest in Chinese capital. Diaper business.

In the carbon fiber and composite materials industry, the market monopoly of Toray, Teijin and Mitsubishi Rayon has continued to strengthen and remains the main force in the development of carbon fiber in the world.

India

Disposable sanitary products have great business opportunities; geotechnical projects are attractive to foreign investors.

In the Indian textile industry, the industrial textile industry has a market share of 38%, of which non-woven products have the highest application rate. Despite this, due to the low level of consumption of non-woven materials in India, the room for improvement is quite large.

Health care products are one of the most promising branches of the industrial textile industry in India, with a focus on feminine hygiene products and baby diapers.

In terms of geotechnical projects, as India's infrastructure construction has entered a period of rapid development and there is a relatively backward state of technology, geotextiles and industrial textiles are increasingly receiving the attention of the Indian government.