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

The potential market for insulation felt industry in 2012-13 is estimated at Rs. 494 crore up from Rs.
232 crore in 2007-08. The potential market for automotive interior carpet industry in 2012-13 is
estimated at Rs. 290 crore up from Rs. 136 crore in 2007-08 while that for headliners is estimated at
Rs. 59.3 crore in 2012-13 up from Rs. 28.7 crore in 2007-08. The potential market for sunvisors
industry in 2012-13 is estimated at Rs. 154 crore up from Rs. 74 crore in 2007-08.
The potential market for aircraft disposables is estimated at Rs. 5.3 crore in 2012-13 up from Rs 2.65
crore in 2007-08 while that for aircraft webbings in 2012-13 is estimated at Rs. 5 crore up from Rs 2.5
crore in 2007-08 and aircraft upholstery is estimated at Rs. 0.9 crore in 2012-13 up from Rs 0.45 crore
in 2007-08. The potential market for railways seat cover fabric in Railways in 2012-13 is estimated at
Rs. 1.54 crore up from Rs 1.3 crore in 2007-08 6 .
Overall, the domestic consumption of technical textiles under mobiltech is expected to increase from
around Rs 3,161 crore in 2007-08 to around Rs 5,137 crore by 2012-13.The demand for the mobiltech
products is dependent on the passenger cars and commercial vehicles sector growth. The passenger
vehicles have grown at 13.4% y-o-y over the last five years while commercial vehicles have grown at
15.5% y-o-y. The passenger cars have grown at a CAGR of 13.8% y-o-y in the last 3 years while
utility vehicles and multi-purpose vehicles have grown at 10.4% and 14.4% y-o-y respectively. The
industry is expected to maintain similar growth levels over the next 5 years.
The maximum growth is expected in the airbags, seat belt webbings and helmets segment. The usage
of these products is driven primarily by the road safety measures enforced by the government. The
airbag modules are presently made available through imports. The usage of airbags module is
expected to grow at around 25% year on year. Similarly, the helmet segment is expected to achieve a
growth of around 25% y-o-y.
The other Mobiltech products with strong growth potential are – seat belt webbing, upholstery,
automotive interior carpets, headliners and NVH components. The airlines disposables, airlines
webbings and airlines seat covers / upholstery are also expected to grow at around 15% y-o-y.
Summary of the market-sizing for Mobiltech
Production Imports Exports
2007-08 2012-13
Domestic
Consumption
Domestic
Consumption
6 Analysis based on data/information received from Railways. IMaCS has made appropriate adjustments because of
insufficient data.
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Potential