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2. Observations by regions
Technical textile is mostly used as the middle materials such as tire filed fabric, basic material of conveyor draper
and racket strings, etc. Asia-Pacific region is the global manufacturing base with high demand of middle materials.
According to the estimated figures of Transparency Market Research, in 2012 the demand of the Asia Pacific region
is 45.6% and the secondary demand comes from the northern American region, 29.4%; the European region, 22.1
and the other regions, 2.9%. In 2018, the demands of these regions will change slightly. The Asia-Pacific region is still
the major market which will grow slightly to 46.8%.
Table 2: 2012-2018 Demands in major regions of global technical textile
Unite: %
Regions
2012
2018
Northern America
29.40%
28.20%
Europe
22.10%
22.40%
Asia-Pacific
45.60%
46.80%
Others
2.90%
2.60%
Source:
Transparency Market Research
, provided by ITIS Project of TTRRI (2014.06)
3. Analysis on the global protection clothing market
According to the survey of Markets and Markets, the data indicates that the global market scale of protection
clothing will grow from 6 billion US dollars (2013) to 8 billion US dollars (2018). The average compound growth rate
can reach up to 6%. The heat protection clothing has the maximum ratio, 27%. And anti-biochemical suit as well the
market scale of radiation protective clothing is rather small but it grows quickly. The average compound growth rate
would reach up to 14.9%.
Till 2018, benefited from the global oil drill construction project, the market demand of thermally protective
clothing will also grow to a certain level. The global manufacturers of thermally protective clothing include DuPont
(USA), PBI Performance Product Inc. (USA), Teijin Limited (Japan), Bulwark Protective Apparel (USA) and Waxman
Fibers Ltd. (UK), etc.