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

Consumption of Geotextile products is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12% to reach Rs 326 Crore by
2012-13. Market size estimates are as shown below:
Geotextiles
(total) 2007-08 2012-2013
Export
Production Imports Exports Consumption Consumption Potential
Rs Crore 167 105 87 185 326 128
The market size for Geotextiles as per the ECTT report is as given below:
Market Size from ECTT's estimates (Rs Crore) for 2007-2008
Geotextiles 2640
Total Roads 1816
Railways 400
Pavement Infrastructure 200
Other Infrastructure 224
Geogrids 214
Capital Employed and Profitability of key players of Geotech*
Company Name
Capital Employed
(Rs crore)
Net Profit Margin
(%)
2006-07 2007-08 2006-07 2007-08
Ashapura Volclay Ltd. 69.8 68.5 17.8% 10.8%
Garware-Wall Ropes Ltd. 184.2 245.2 6.5% 5.9%
Gloster Jute Mills Ltd. 58.4 61.9 3.2% 6.9%
Rishi Packers Ltd. 18.4 15.6 1.6% -4.6%
Source: Prowess Database, IMaCS Analysis
* The above list also includes the players of Oekotech segment
Geotech and Oekotech segment of technical textiles is estimated to provide employment to 2,500
people 25 of whom number of technical 26 employees is estimated at 2,000 and number of non-technical
employees is estimated at 500.
1. Introduction of the product / application areas
Geotextiles can be defined as any permeable fabric or synthetic material, woven or non-woven, which
can be used in association with soil, rock, earth or any other geotechnical engineering related material.
25 Employment has been estimated based on the analysis of primary and secondary data available for the
technical textile manufacturers. IMaCS has made appropriate adjustments because of insufficient data.
26 Technical includes managerial staff and skilled labour whereas non-technical includes unskilled labour.