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Figure 2: The growing trend matrix of protective clothing market by industries
Protective clothing could be divided into thermal protection, chemical protection, mechanical
protection, biological and radiation protection, warning protection and others. Among these categories,
thermal protection has the largest scale. In 2013, the market scale is 1.59 billion US dollars. As predicted,
in 2018 the market value would reach 2.19 billion US dollars. The annual compound growth rate is 6.64%.
Indexmundi, Materials Journals & Magazines, Factiva, Company Websites & Presentations, Press Releases,
Expert Interviews, and Markets and Markets (2013),
Protective Clothing Market by Application, End-Use
Industry & Material- Global Trends & Forecast to 2018
Source: International Labor Organization (ILO),
CCOHS.Org, ESPC, OSHA, Indexmundi, Materials Journals
& Magazines, Factiva, Company Websites & Presentations, Press Releases, Expert Interviews, and Markets
and Markets (2013), Protective Clothing Market by Application, End-Use Industry & Material- Global
Trends & Forecast to 2018