<em>In view of their special technical attributes, geo-technical textiles or geo-textiles are being increasingly used globally to address dangers to infrastructure caused by degradation and natural disasters. In India, too, geo-textiles are gaining greater acceptability, and with the government setting aside ?427 crore for use of geo-textiles between 2015 and 2019, prospects for the...
In India, only 12 per cent of technical textiles are manufactured by nonwoven technology, compared to the global average of 24 per cent. The nonwoven market is expected to be around US$ 45 million by 2019, growing at a CAGR of 6.7 per cent. Subir Ghosh takes a look at nonwovens as an opportunity for the Indian textiles industry.<br /><br />Ever since the Ebola outbreak ravaged through...