Domestic technical textiles Industry Segment-wise consumption of ...

The typical usage 9 of the material usage in a berth is as given below:
1. Rexine packing – 272x515 sq. cm.(1unit)
2. Rexine packing – 235x515 sq. cm. (4units)
3. Side rexine – 150x600 sq. cm.(2 units)
4. Top rexine – 1450x1900 sq. cm.(1 unit)
5. Rexine – 500x1750 sq. cm. (1 unit)
The coach construction data and hence, rexine requirement of Railway Coach Factory (RCF) is as
given below:
RCF Data Berths/Coach 2004-05 2006-05 2006-07 2007-08
Non-AC 72 879 923 780 998
AC 55 322 340 486 482
Total Coaches - 1201 1263 1266 1480
Non-AC
Berths
- 63288 66456 56160 71856
AC Berths - 17710 18700 26730 26510
Total Berths - 80998 85156 82890 98366
Rexine
(Quantity sq.
m.)
4.4 sq.m/berth 359160 377597 367549 436173
Rexine (Value
in Rs crore)
Rs. 30/sq. m. 1.08 1.13 1.10 1.31
Source: Rail Coach Factory (RCF), IMaCS Analysis
The annual growth of passenger coaches is around 3-4%.
The current and future forecast of rexine consumption for Railway coaches berth covers is given
below:-
Seat covers - Railways
Domestic usage
Quantity
2007-08 2012-13
0.43 million
sq. m.
0.51 million
sq. m.
Value Rs 1.3 crore Rs 1.54 crore
Source: Industry survey, IMaCS Analysis
The potential market for railways seat cover fabric in Railways in 2012-13 is estimated at Rs. 1.3
crore up from Rs 1.54 crore in 2007-08 (E). No inflationary increase has been assumed for the price
9 Analysis based on data/information received from Railways. IMaCS has made appropriate adjustments because of
insufficient data.