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

The specifications for various nets are adhered to only in the case of institutional buying. Smaller
sports clubs and individuals tend to base their purchase decision more on the cost factor. The
replacement frequency of sports nets is also very high. The sports nets are used for a number of years
with some repairs with out being replaced.
The key demand drivers for the sporting nets are the national and international tournaments. The
likely increase in sports infrastructure, increasing popularity of the sports like football and hockey and
the international tournaments like the commonwealth games etc being organized in the country augur
well for the industry. The demand is likely to grow at the rate of 6 % year on year over the next 5
years.
Key manufacturers
Garware Wall Ropes and Kwality Nets are the largest manufacturers of sporting nets in India.
Garware Wall Ropes is the largest player in the nettings market with a capacity of 6,970 MT of
nettings (Source: Capitaline) of which the capacity of fishing nets is around 5,000 MT. The company
manufactured 6,133 MT of nettings in 2007-08.
Kwality Nets Manufacturing Co. is one of the major producers of sports nets with an installed
capacity of 0.72 million sq meters/annum for all types of nets including safety nets, bird protection
nets, fishing nets, mosquito nets, agro shade nets, packaging nets and other nets. In 2007–08, the
company had a capacity of 200,000 square meters of sports nets.
The production details of the key players manufacturing sports nets are as given below:-
Manufacturer Year Production Sales Value Installed
Quantity
capacity
Garware Wall 2007-08 6,133 MT Rs 146.91 6,970 MT
Ropes*
crore
Kwality Nets** 2007-08 2 lakh sq m
*The revenues of only the nets is given here which includes sporting nets.
** The company manufactures other kind of nets also. The capacity given here is only for sport nets.
Source: Capitaline, Annual reports, Industry
survey
Market size and future forecast
The current and future forecast of sports nets market size is given below:-
Sports nets 2007-08 2012-13