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Pdf (642.64 K) 141 Fawzy S. Sherif A New Prospects to Enhance the Commercial and Economical Status in Textile Industry Dr. Fawzy Saied Sherif Lecturer, Textile and clothing technology department, Faculty of home economy, Menoufia University. Abstract: Keywords The traditional concept of the term “Textiles” is no longer similar to the currently - Textile industry international concept related to that field. This traditional concept that used in Arab - Technical Textiles countries depends only on normal textiles and garment. But, the currently - global markets international concept has extended to contain a lot of other functional applications - Ecotech because of modern technologies that has been used in that field. The modern concept - Packtech named “Technical Textiles”. Textile industry in the Arab region has connected with the traditional concept of textiles. Therefore, this industry is limited to garment and - Agrotech normal textiles only. This in turn led to the decline and lack of employment - Medtech opportunities and the weakness of investment opportunities in that area. The study discussed several developmental prospects that depend on modern applications of technical textiles in several fields such as medicine, engineering, industry, environment, agriculture, protection, sport and so many other fields. The study cleared also the status of international market of technical textiles, that showed that technical textiles are reported to be the fastest growing sector of the textile industrial Sector. What is relatively new is a growing recognition of the economic and strategic potential of such textiles to the fibre and fabric manufacturing and processing industries of industrial and developing countries alike. Finally, the study showed the processes that help to transfer the technical textiles concept to Arab countries, and the role of this new concept in developing and improving the commercial and economical status in that region. Paper received 12th November 2015 ،accepted 28th November 2015 ،published 1st of January 2016 1. Introduction: on normal textiles and garment. But, the currently Technical textiles are an innovative sector, one international concept has extended to contain a lot which is highly specialized and holds great of other functional applications because of modern potential for the future. Technical textiles are technologies that has been used in that field. The reported to be the fastest growing sector of the modern concept named “Technical Textiles”. textile industrial Sector. What is relatively new is Textile industry in the Arab region has connected a growing recognition of the economic and with the traditional concept of textiles. Therefore, strategic potential of such textiles to the fibre and this industry is limited to garment and normal fabric manufacturing and processing industries of textiles only. This in turn led to the decline and industrial and industrialising countries alike. In lack of employment opportunities and the some of the most developed markets, technical weakness of investment opportunities in that area. products (broadly defined) already account for as But, that problem has worsened dramatically in much as 50% of all textile manufacturing activity the moment, because of many other competing and output. The technical textiles supply chain is a countries that produce these products with high long and complex one, stretching from the efficiency and lower price. These countries manufacturers of polymers for technical fibres, acquire a great deal of global markets. At the same coating and specialty membranes through to the time, imported textile products became a real converters and fabricators who incorporate competitor for local products, institutions and technical textiles into finished products or use factories. That means, we will face a kind of them as an essential part of their industrial deterioration of employment and a contraction of operations. The economic scope and importance of manufacturing and investment opportunities in technical textiles extends far beyond the textile that field. industry itself and has an impact upon just about 3. Objectives: every sphere of human economic and social Focusing on the concept of technical textiles, activity (1). and its role in community serving. 2. Statement of the problem: Helping to find new developmental prospects The traditional concept of the term “Textiles” is and new markets in the field of textile industry, no longer similar to the currently international through clarifying the functional applications concept related to that field. This traditional of technical textiles, and the role of modern concept that used in Arab countries depends only technology in that kind of textiles, and how to This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License A New Prospects to Enhance the Commercial and Economical Status in Textile Industry 142 apply them in Arab countries. enterprises, and attracting investments in the Development of the traditional concept of field of technical textiles. textile industry in Arab region, to be not To highlight the important and effective role of restricted only to the garment industry, but the research and academic institutions in rather to include the industry of technical spreading the concept of technical textiles textiles applications. through; a) development of education Encouragement of Arab markets, to start an curriculums related to technical textiles; b) effective partnership with the global markets in organizing of scientific conferences and the field of technical textiles manufacturing. workshops related to technical textiles; c) Helping to increase job opportunities in the knowledge transfer with international experts field of textile manufacturing in Arab related to technical textiles. countries, through opening new manufacturing Fig. 1: Classification of technical textiles (12) International Design Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1 143 Fawzy S. Sherif (packing); Protech (protection of people and 4. Technical textiles: property) and Sporttech (sport and leisure) (6). Technical textiles are one of the faster growing 4.2. Developmental prospects of technical sectors of the global textile industry. The world textiles: textile industry is moving rapidly toward the 4.2.1. Indutech: manufacture of high-added value textile structures Technical textiles keep the wheels of industry and products. There is a problem in finding an turning in many different ways, separating and allover definition for the products of technical purifying industrial products, cleaning gases and textiles, since the general definition of textile as an effluents, transporting materials between processes assembly of textile fibers into useful product is and acting as substrates for abrasive sheets and very broad and can be spread onto other segments other coated products. Indutech is an extremely of flexible engineering. Even the name itself diverse application sector in terms of products, "Technical textile" is a result of broadly accepted functions and end-uses ranging from lightweight compromise among other existing terms, such as: nonwoven filters, knitted nets and brushes to "Functional textile", “High performance textile", heavyweight coated conveyor belting. It is also "Engineering textile" and "High-tech textile“. one of the largest end-use application areas. As Technical textiles are defined also as comprising now more precisely defined, this includes textiles all those textile-based products which are used used directly in industrial processes or principally for their performance or functional incorporated into industrial products such as characteristics rather than for their aesthetics, or filters, conveyor belts and abrasive belts, as well are used for non-consumer (i.e. industrial) as reinforcements for printed circuit boards, seals applications (5) (6) (11). and gaskets, and other industrial equipment 4.1. Classification of the technical textile products: (11)(1). Since a broad range of products exists, there are 4.2.2. Agrotech: many sub-classifications of technical textile Agriculture has numerous links with the world of products as shown in Fig.1. At the biggest technical textiles (used as aids in harvesting, or for technical textile exhibitions in Frankfurt and protecting and stocking products, etc.). Among the Osaka , the products are classified according to the main agrotech products, we can include nets application in twelve main fields: Agrotech designed for the packaging of products; fabrics (agriculture, gardening and forestry); Buildtech providing protection from hail, sunlight, and (construction); Clothtech (technical components animals; nets for sustaining creeping plants; tapes for clothing and shoes); Geotech (geotextile and for animal enclosures. Although future volume road construction), Hometech (furniture growth rates appear to be relatively modest, this is components, upholstery and floorcoverings); partly due to the replacement of heavier weight Indutech (filtration, cleaning and other industrial traditional textiles, including jute and sisal sacking applications); Meditech (medical and hygienic and twine, by lighter, longer lasting synthetic textile); Mobiltech (automotive industry, marine substitutes, especially polypropylene (4)(11)(1). construction, railroad and aviation); Oekotech (products for environment protection); Packtech Medical applications* Surgical Extra-corporal devices Health care Non-implantable Implantable • Surgical gowns • Artificial kidney • Caps
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