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

Indutech segment of technical textiles is estimated to provide employment to 1 lakh people 29 of whom
number of technical 30 employees is estimated at 65,000 and number of non-technical employees is
estimated at 35,000.
Decatising Cloth
Decatising cloth, also known as Decatising wrapper is an industrial fabric used in Decatising
machines. The fabric is an integral part of both Open Decatising and Kier Decatising machines that
are majorly used for mechanical finishing of woven fabrics.
Product characteristics
Decatising cloth is a polyamide/cotton or polyester/cotton blended woven fabric available in weights
ranging from 400 gsm to 600 gsm.
Market dynamics and key growth drivers
Decatising wrapper is used for mechanical finishing of synthetic fabrics or synthetic rich blends.
Industry survey reveals that textile manufacturers are switching to other finishing machines thus,
reducing the demand of the wrapper. Moreover, because of changing fashion trends cotton and cotton
rich blends have become popular. The shift in demand towards cotton and cotton blends has also
affected the demand of decatising wrapper.
Market size of decatising cloth and future forecast
Decatising cloth is used for the finishing of woven fabrics. For this purpose, it is used as a wrapper on
the beam of Decatising machine; the consumption per beam depends on the diameter of the beam and
varies from 400 meters to 850 meters. The wrapper is replaced after finishing certain length of fabric;
the replacement depends on severity of treatment. Replacement frequency of decatising wrapper for
different fabric varieties being decatised is given below:
29 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.
30 Technical includes managerial staff and skilled labour whereas non-technical includes unskilled labour.