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Apparel

Textile

Resiliency

Innovation

Sustainability &

Carbon Footprint

Globalization

TEXTILE THRU THE LOOKING GLASSTEXTILE THRU THE LOOKING GLASS

ARUN ANEJA, ARUN ANEJA, Jiří MILITKÝJiří MILITKÝ11 andand Dana KŘEMENÁKOVÁ Dana KŘEMENÁKOVÁ1,1,

Noéton Policy in Innovation, 210 Churchill Noéton Policy in Innovation, 210 Churchill Drive, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USADrive, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA

11Dept of Material Engineering, Textile Dept of Material Engineering, Textile Faculty, Technical University of Liberec, Faculty, Technical University of Liberec,

LIBEREC, Czech RepublicLIBEREC, Czech Republic

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Analysis

ACC and Technology Transfer in Euroregion Neisse-Nisa-Nysa November 2013ACC and Technology Transfer in Euroregion Neisse-Nisa-Nysa November 2013

World’s Leading Industries

Alice In Wonderland By Lewis Carroll

Thru The Looking Glass – What Alice Found ?

From Dream to Reality In Textile

• Reflection/Reversal Novel Perspectives

• Satire Declining Profits• Dreaming Innovation• Alienation Uncertainty• Adulthood Maturing

Industry• Moral Choice and Social

Etiquette Globalization

Where do we stand globally?Middle East in Turmoil

Oil price volatility

World-wide financial imbalances

Recession in US and Europe

Energy and water costs on the increase

Sustainability & Environmental Awareness

China becoming important economic player

Strained East - West Relations

Some More Points to Consider - Globally

Slower textile consumption internationally

Less than 2% growth forecasted through 2020

U.S. apparel market growth at just 1%

China & India will become dominant suppliers through

2010

Africa and certain Asian and Subcontinent countries will

gain in importance

Significant price deflation due to current economic

meltdown and overcapacity

Current Textile Malaise

We have made the whole smaller than the sum of its parts.

World Fiber Consumption

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2020

Polyester has flexibility to cater to incremental demand

Incremental annual fibredemand in KT 700 800 1000 1400 2000 2500 2200

15 MT 22 MT 30 MT 40 MT 53.7 MT 63.7 MT 76.5 MT 98.7 MT

Source: PCI

Polyester

Cotton

Cellulose

Others

Energy Consumption from Fossil Sources

Reshaping the Textile and apparel industriesFrom Past to Future

Cost oriented approach – by relocating product sourcing to low cost regions but trying to be faster,

Innovation oriented approach – by enhancing efforts in innovation based on technology, branding, quality and product diversification by reinventing to high knowledge content products with reduced labor intensive repetitive tasks,

Productivity oriented approach – by increasing productivity based on technology

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Future Directions

““Intelligent” adaptive textilesIntelligent” adaptive textiles

controlled comfort , antimicrobial activity, self cleaning

potential ““Intelligent” knowledge based technical textilesIntelligent” knowledge based technical textiles

locally compressive behavior and complex actions e.g. comfort

type mattresses for disabled persons, intelligent car seats Hybrid multifunctional textiles for protective clothingHybrid multifunctional textiles for protective clothing

improved protection (a barrier against the selected types of

radiation and particles) with improved comfort

Advanced Production Technology

Advanced Materials

Effects of size

Sustainability - Bioprocessing

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Conclusions The only constant for The only constant for

Textiles is Change Textiles is Change Reshaping textile Reshaping textile

industry strategy industry strategy depends on cost, depends on cost, innovation and innovation and productivityproductivity

Reorientation for new Reorientation for new growth opportunities is growth opportunities is determined by determined by technology (product & technology (product & process), new material process), new material development and development and creating new business creating new business modelsmodels

The Textile Challenge

Together we can make the whole larger than

the sum of its parts