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• INNOTEX
• 'The development of a cross cluster
• best practice platform for entrepreneurial
  INNOvation
• for the technical TEXtiles sector
• TECHNICAL TEXTILES INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS IN SPAIN

An initiative of the European Commissions
Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry
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CETEMMSA TECHNOLOGICAL CENTRE28th APRIL 2008 -
BARCELONA
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OMC

• On January 2005 came into force the WTO's
  Agreement on Textiles and Clothing and the quotas
  system expired, leaving the European textile
  sector in a vulnerable position.
• The new state of the art, of the textile sector,
  has had some negative consequences for the
  European industries based on a competitiveness
  cost related loss.
• OPEN MARKET PRICE
• The countries with minor costs of production
  rapidly consolidated their dominant position, and
  those SMEs- with serious problems of
  competitiveness - and the big industries took
  their production to these countries in order to
  be more competitive.
• LOW COST PRODUCING COUNTRIES CONSOLIDATE

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SPANISH -INNOTEX

• One of the major changes experienced by the
  sector has been the linear break of the value
  chain, specially regarding location issues.
• PREPRODUCTION PRODUCTION TRADING
• The unfavourable consequences for the clothes
  making SMEs have been associated with
  competitiveness, productivity and employment
  losses.
• COMPETITIVENESS PRODUCTION
  EMPLOYMENT

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WORLD CONSUMPTION OF TECHNICAL TEXTILES BY
GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES
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PRODUCTIVITY AND PRICE

• Although the productive phase has its maximum
  differential value in the price, the phase of
  previous creation, or preproduction phase has the
  principal solution for the competitiveness loss
  of the industry since it is in this phase where
  the product added value is created.
• It is in this creation phase where most of the
  industry efforts have been centered to solve the
  crisis situation.
• FUTURE ACTIONS R D I

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TECNICAL TEXTILE

• The technical textiles are products whose
  competitiveness factor is not cost related (as it
  happens with the majority of dressing products),
  it is based on the innovation, more precisely on
  the RDI.
• The technical textiles need a bigger research
  effort, a bigger technical specialization, and,
  therefore, they have a bigger differentiation
  potential and value added generation than
  traditional textiles.
• NEW BUSINESSES MORE SPECIALIZED MORE
  COMPETITIVE

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SPAIN

• Trends of the traditional manufacturing
  industries are focused on
• Clothtech
• Medtech
• Protech
• Sporttech
• Consequence Necessity of collaboration with
  Technological Centres and Universities
• Some examples of Spanish Technological Centres
  are CETEMMSA (Cataluña), AITEX (Valencia),
  AITAT, ITA (Aragón), FITEX (Extremadura), LEITAT
  (Cataluña).

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SPANISH TEXTILE MARKET
Distribución geográfica de las empresa de
textiles de uso técnico en España.
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OBJECTIVES TO REACH WITH THE TECHNICAL TEXTILES
MAIN OBJECTIVES TO REACH WITH THE TECHNICAL
TEXTILES
MOST USEFUL PROPERTIES OF THE TECHNICAL TEXTILES
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STATE OF THE ART - 2007

• The recovery of the Spanish exports, initiated
  in 2006, has continued during the year on the
  basis of the good European conjuncture, both of
  final consumption and of industrial demand, since
  the EU represents 2/3 of our exports.
• Exports have increased 6,2, specially home
  textiles, carpets, coatings and chemical fibers,
  though the dressing clothes are the principal
  exported product (55 of the total).
• The exportation of threads and fabrics has been
  kept stable.

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• The Spanish IMPORTS have grown globally 8,5 in
  value. Products of final use continue being the
  most imported (3/4 of the whole) and those who
  experience a major growth (11 ).
• The evolution of the exports has allowed a
  certain containment of the TRADE DEFICIT placed
  on 5.560 millions (12 ), while the COVER RATE
  ( of M that can be paid with the X on a specific
  time frame) has been 58,4 , one point lower to
  that of the previous year.

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• The exports forecasts are in these moments very
  uncertain. Since they are linked to the intensity
  of the deceleration of the economic growth in
  Europe, our principal market.
• The export figures of the last months of the year
  show negative growth rates, possibly due to more
  moderate levels of the foreign demand.

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TEXTIL AND CLOTHES MAKING SECTOR LAST
DATA Inter annual variation in the
mentioned period
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BERS
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QUESTIONS DIRECTED TO COMPANYS
of companies using technical textiles in their
collections.
Companies that have foreseen to use technical
textiles in their future collections.
Is it significant the increase of the average
price?
Which technical textiles are the most used? ()
Has the design department developed new products
thanks to the use and attributes of the technical
textiles?
Were there any applicability problems due to the
use of the technical textiles?
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WORLD MARKET

• Country Turnover technical textiles
  Companies Employees
• (milliards ) in the textile industry
  number number
• Germany 8,0 40 300 50 35.000
• France 4,0 17 300 120 20.000
• Italy 3,0 12 700 100 20.000
• UK 3,0 30 250 85 18.000
• Spain 2,3 16 300 60 12.500
• Belgium 1,9 24 130 45 9.000
• Austria 1,2 42 30 16 5.500
• Sweden 0,8 50 65 45 4.500
• Finland 0,8 78 138 38 3.500
• Holland 0,5 35 35 20 2.200

Source Euratex
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SECTOR
Sectors distribution in Spain
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• INDUSTRIAL

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• MEDICAL

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• GEO

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• AUTOMOTIVE

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• TRANSPORT

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• HOUSE

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Some examples

• SYMPATEX
• UNIVERSITY MANCHESTER-fiber high visibility
• NAOX- The Spanish company TINTS QUADRADA makes
  a treatment with PLASMA LON MASK in collaboration
  with UK P2I LTD IN OXFORD

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INNOTEX-CASE

• HYOSUNG has discovered fibers of polyamide
  resistant to fire.
• KENARS FIBERS ITALY-has discovered the fiber
  KENAF with hibiscus, native from ASIA and with
  good industrial results regarding soundproofing
  in construction, cars and ecological uses.
• NOBIE BIOMATERIALS-has created a fiber of
  silver X-STATIC and has developed fibers FRX for
  military clothes resistant to fire.

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INNOTEX-CASE

• BURTON SNOWBOARDS-a clothes making company with
  technology OUTLAST that controls the body
  temperature.
• COVER ASSET TRACKING SYSTEMS-they have discovered
  a clothes finder thanks to an Internet
  connection.
• ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA has discovered a temperature
  and waterproof control system for jackets.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION