Investor Guide.pdf - IMaCS

2010 

Investor Guide 

Investor Conference on Geotech and 

Meditech 

Organised by FICCI and Ministry of 

Textiles, Government of India 

ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited

CONTENTS 

1. The macroeconomic context ................................................................................................................ 1 

2. Introduction to Technical Textiles ....................................................................................................... 4 

3. Global Technical Textile Industry outlook ........................................................................................... 5 

4. Indian Technical Textile industry ......................................................................................................... 6 

5. Meditech ............................................................................................................................................... 8 

6. Geotech ............................................................................................................................................... 13 

7. Raw Materials ..................................................................................................................................... 16 

8. Technology.......................................................................................................................................... 18 

9. Project Profiles…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19

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1. The macroeconomic context 

India offers one of the 

best growth opportunities, 

driven by demographics, 

reforms, and globalization 

sharpest growth rebounds, as evident from 

Exhibit 1; the sharp pace of recovery 

reflects the strength of India’s domestic 

demand-oriented model. 

India’s economic growth has been backed 

by the interplay of three key factors – 

demographics, reforms and globalization. 

Improvement in demographics as measured by 

declining age-dependency (the ratio of the 

dependent population size to the working-age 

population size) has been the most important 

factor supporting India’s growth story. The 

ratio of the elderly and children to the working 

age (aged 15-64 years) population has declined 

from 68.6% in 1995 to 55.6% in 2010, 

according to United Nations (UN) estimates. 

Rising supply of educated/skilled labor 

complements the demographic profile of the 

country. Morgan Stanley estimates that that 

only 7-9% of India’s population moving into 

India – the second fastest growing economy in the world after China – 

is transitioning to a higher sustainable growth rate. The country’s GDP 

growth has moved from a range of 6% in the early 2000s to 8-8.5%. 

Over the past 10 years, India’s ratio of savings to GDP has risen from 

24-25% to 33-36%. Similarly, its ratio of investment to GDP has risen 

from 24-25% to 35-38%. The country has witnessed one of the 

Exhibit 1: Industrial Production: India vs. Rest of the World 

Source: Morgan Stanley Research 

Exhibit 2: Trend in demographics 


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the 15-plus age bracket is illiterate and this is expected to fall below 5% over the next 2-3 years. 

Exhibit 2: FDI inflows as percentage of GDP 

Further, structural reforms have 

improved the utilization of the 

working-age population. Over the 

years, India’s government has been 

initiating reforms to encourage 

private sector investment, which 

helps create the platform of 

employment for the working-age 

population. Globalization, as 


reflected in the steady rise in exports 

to GDP and capital inflows to GDP has 

also helped accelerate the pace of 

growth. India has also benefited 

significantly from a rise in capital 

inflows. Gross FDI in India increased to 2.8% of GDP in 2009 from 0.9% in 2005. 

Going forward, it is estimated that India’s growth will accelerate to a sustainable 9-10% by 2013-15, 

after an average of 7.3% over the past 10 years. However, India’s sustainable lead in future will depend 

on the interplay of demographics, reforms, and globalization. According to UN estimates, India will 

account for almost 26% of the increase in global working-age population over the next 10 years. As per 

UN estimates, by 2020, India will contribute an additional 136 million people to the global labor pool. In 

comparison, China and the US will contribute 23 million and 11 million, respectively, while Japan’s and 

Europe’s working populations are estimated to decline by 8 zannual out-turn of tertiary graduates 

globally; increasing India’s tertiary-educated workforce size from 50-52 million in 2009 to 114 million by 

2020. 

Amidst these favourable factors, acceleration in growth demands opening up of productive 

opportunities through reforms and globlisation. Over the years, the pace of reforms is likely to pick up 

with the government initiating various measures. India’s budget confirmed government plans to 

implement the consolidated nationwide GST system from April 1, 2011 which will be an important 

milestone from a macro perspective. 

Further, the government plans to increase infrastructure spending to 8.4% of GDP in FY2012 from 7.5% 

of GDP in FY2009. The Planning Commission has estimated the infrastructure investments in FY2013-17 

will rise to a cumulative US$ 1 trillion compared with US$ 542 billion in FY2007-12. Key areas where 

infrastructure spending is rising include power, roads, and telecoms. 

Healthcare is the other sector receiving impetus through government reforms. The National Health 

Policy (NHP), 2002 has envisaged the development of an integrated network of evenly spread speciality 

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and super-speciality services through private investments. The government’s recent policy initiatives 

towards the healthcare sector reflect its stance of removing the hurdles towards private and voluntary 

sector playing a larger role. This has taken the form of reduction of customs duty on equipment, push to 

health insurance and other similar initiatives. This direction is expected to be maintained in the longer 

term. 

Given this context, FICCI along with Ministry of Textiles, Government of India has organised an Investor 

Conference focusing on the investment potential in Geotech and Meditech segments of Technical 

Textiles. This document provides a brief introduction to the market, technology and project profiles of 

select products in these segments. 

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2. Introduction to Technical Textiles 

Technical textiles are predominantly man-made fibre-based owing to their inherent advantages of 

strength and versatility. Man-made fibres are estimated to account for around 80% of the total fibre 

consumption in the global technical textiles. Majority of technical textiles are manufactured using 

regular fibres or their specialty variants, whereas, high performance fibres account for a mere 5% of the 

total fibre consumption. 

Technical textiles refer to textile materials and products used primarily for their technical performance 

and functional properties rather than their aesthetic or decorative characteristics. The segment 

encompasses diverse products and applications; based on product characteristics, functional 

requirements and end-user applications; technical textile products have been grouped into 12 

categories as described in Exhibit 4. 

Exhibit 4: Technical Textile industry - an introduction 

Segment End-user application Products 

Agrotech 

Agriculture, horticulture and 

forestry 

Shade nets, mulch mats, crop covers, anti-hail nets, bird-protection 

nets, fishing nets 

Buildtech Building and construction 

Architectural membranes, hoardings & signages, tarpaulins, awnings 

& canopies, scaffolding nets, floor & wall coverings 

Clothtech 

Technical components of shoes 

and clothing 

Shoe laces, interlinings, zip fasteners, elastic narrow fabrics (tapes), 

velcro, labels, umbrella cloth, sewing threads 

Components of furniture, Fiberfil, mattress and pillow components, carpet backing cloth, stuff 

Hometech household textiles and floor toys, blinds, HVAC filters, filter cloth for vacuum cleaners, nonwoven 

coverings 

wipes, mosquito nets, furniture fabrics 

Packtech Packaging 

Polyolefin woven sacks, FIBC, leno bags, wrapping fabric, jute 

hessian and sacks, soft luggage products, tea bags (filter paper) 

Meditech Hygiene and medical 

Baby diapers, incontinence diapers, sanitary napkin, surgical sutures, 

disposables, surgical dressing, contact lens, artificial implants 

Nylon tyre cord, seat belt webbing, airbags, car body covers, seat 

Mobiltech 

Automobiles, shipping, railways 

and aerospace 

upholstery/fabric, automotive carpets, headliners, insulation felts 

(NVH components), sun visors/sunblind, helmets, airline disposables, 

webbings for aircrafts, aircraft upholstery, railways seating fabrics 

Bullet proof jackets, NBC suits, high altitude clothing, flame 

Protech Personal and property protection retardant apparel/fabric, high visibility clothing, chemical protection 

clothing, industrial gloves 

Sports composites, artificial turf, parachute fabrics, ballooning 

Sporttech Sport and leisure 

fabrics, sail cloth, sleeping bags, sport nets, sport shoes components, 

tents, swimwear 

Textile components of conveyor belts, drive belts, AGM glass battery 

Indutech 

Filtration, cleaning and other 

industrial usage 

separators, coated abrasives, composites, printed circuit boards, 

industrial brushes and cigarette filter rods, decatising cloth, bolting 

cloth, ropes & cordages, computer printer ribbon, paper making 

fabrics, filtration products 

Geotech 

Civil engineering, marine 

engineering 

Geotextiles, geogrids, geonets, geomembranes, geocomposites 

Oekotech Environmental protection Geosynthetic products used in landfill 

Source: Baseline survey of the Technical Textile industry in India 

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3. Global Technical Textile Industry outlook 

Technical Textile is the sunrise segment of the global Textile industry. With increasing competition and 

diminishing margins in the production of conventional textiles, textile manufacturers in industrialised 

countries have switched over to production of value-added technical textiles. As the use of technical 

textiles is dictated by need, its pricing normally offers good margins. The Technical Textile industry is 

estimated to account for over 50% of the total textile activity in certain industrialised countries. 

Global Technical Textile industry is estimated at US$ 127 billion 1 as of 2010. As evident from Exhibit 5, 

Mobiltech, Indutech and Sportech are the largest segments of global Industry, together accounting for 

55% of the world market. 

Exhibit 5: Value-wise share of each segment in global technical textile market (2010) 

Packtech, 

5.2% 

Buildtech, 

7.3% 

Sportech, 

15.0% 

Mobiltech, 

23.0% 

Clothtech, 

6.5% Hometech, 

6.9% 

Protech, 5.4% 

Indutech, 

16.9% 

Geotech, 

1.0% 

Oekotech, 

0.2% 

Agrotech, 

6.4% 

Meditech, 

6.5% 

Sources: Report of the Expert Committee on Technical Textiles (ECTT) Volume – I, ‘World Market Forecasts for 2010 of technical 

textiles and industrial nonwovens’ by David Rigby Associates 

The Industry has witnessed a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of over 3% from 2000 to 2010, 

with Buildtech, Geotech, Oekotech and Indutech being the fastest growing segments. Going forward, 

the major growth areas for technical textiles in the global context are projected to be medical and 

personal hygiene, sports and leisure, environmental protection, pollution control and filtration, garment 

and shoe industry. 

The US is the largest consumer of technical textiles, followed by Western Europe and Japan. However, 

Technical Textile industry in the developed world is maturing in a significant way resulting in moderate 

growth in these economies. In contrast, China, India and other countries in Asia, America and Eastern 

Europe are expected to experience healthy growth in the near future. Asia is emerging as a powerhouse 

of both production as well as consumption of technical textiles. China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and India 

have great potential to make an impact in this industry in the coming decade. 

1 Source: World Market Forecasts for 2010 of technical textiles and industrial nonwovens’ by David Rigby Associates 

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4. Indian Technical Textile industry 

India is emerging as a significant player in technical textiles. The fast-paced economic growth leading to 

infrastructure creation as well as higher disposable income has made India a key market for the 

technical textile products. Moreover, the country has developed a foothold in the production of 

technical textiles owing to its skilled and technical manpower as well as abundant availability of rawmaterial. 

More investments are underway in this sector; as per the Ministry of Textiles, as on September 

2010, 26,163 applications for technical textile projects with a project cost of US$ 14.5 billion 2 were 

disbursed under Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS). 

Indian Technical Textile industry is estimated at US$ 11 billion2 (2009-10), with domestic consumption 

of US$ 10.3 billion. The Industry has witnessed a significant growth of 16% from 2001-02 to 2009-10 

and, is expected to grow at a rate of 11% year-on-year and reach a market size of US$ 15.1 billion by the 

year 2012-13. Domestic consumption is expected to increase to US$ 14.1 billion by the year 2012-13. 

Exhibit 6: Market size and growth of Indian Technical Textile industry 

Indutech 

Oekotech 

Geotech 

Protech 

Hometech 

Clothtech 

Buildtech 

Sportech 

Packtech 

Mobiltech 

Meditech 

Agrotech 

11% 

10% 

12% 

8% 

8% 

11% 

13% 

10% 

8% 

8% 

Sources: Baseline survey of the Technical Textile industry in India, ECTT, IMaCS Analysis 

Packtech, Clothtech and Hometech are the largest segments of the Indian Industry, comprising around 

65% of the Indian technical textile market, as evident from Exhibit . Going forward, Sportech, Indutech, 

Geotech, Oekotech, Packtech and Hometech are expected to achieve high growth rates. 

Though the country consumes products belonging to all 12 categories of technical textiles, the share of 

indigenous production varies drastically across products. India is a key producer of technical textile 

products including flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs), tarpaulins, jute carpet backing, hessian, 

fishnets, surgical dressings, crop covers, etc., which are typically commoditised. The technology- 

2 The exchange rate used for all 2009-10 and 2012-13 figures is assumed to be the same at US$ 1 = ` 46.35 

11% 

Overall CAGR 11% 

19% 

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 

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intensive technical textile products such as incontinence diapers, high altitude clothing, etc., are majorly 

imported with its imports accounting for over 90% of the domestic consumption. 

Exhibit 7: Value-wise share of each segment in Indian technical textile market in US$ million (2009-10) 

Source: Baseline survey of the Technical Textile industry in India, IMaCS Analysis 

The Industry is characterised by the presence of multi-nationals like Ahlstrom, Johnson & Johnson, Du 

Pont, Procter & Gamble, 3M, SKAPs, Kimberly Clark, etc., who have set up their manufacturing plants in 

India, as well as large domestic players like SRF, Entremonde Polycoaters, Kusumgarh Corporates, 

Supreme Nonwovens, Garware Wall Ropes, Century Enka, Techfab India, Pacific Non Woven, Vardhman, 

Unimin, etc. The small scale segment also plays a key role, with production of certain goods like canvas 

tarpaulin, carpet backing, woven sacks, shoe laces, soft luggage, zip fasteners, stuffed toys, fabrication 

of awnings, canopies and blinds, etc., being concentrated in the small scale segment. 

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5. Meditech 

Products 

Meditech products include textile materials used in hygiene, health and personal care as well as surgical 

applications. The Meditech products are available in woven, knitted and non-woven forms based on the 

area of application. Increasingly, synthetic fibre is being used in the production of these products. It 

includes products like diapers, sanitary napkins, disposables, contact lens, artificial implants, etc. A basic 

product segmentation for the Medical textiles is given in Exhibit 8. 

Current status of the sector 

Exhibit 8: Product segmentation of medical textiles 

As per the estimates given by David Rigdby Associates (DRA) the global medical textiles market is 

expected to cross the US$ 8 billion mark by 2010. This segment is expected to have a higher growth rate 

compared to the overall technical textile growth. USA and Europe combined account for over 63% of the 

market but the growth is expected to lie in Asia. 

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Source: DRA 

Exhibit 9: Global medical textiles market 

Technical textiles market in India under Meditech is estimated at US$ 422.6 million in 2009-10. The 

domestic consumption of the same is estimted at US$ 383.6 million in 2009-10. Surgical dressing alone 

accounts for over 50% of the total technical textile consumption across Meditech segment. Surgical 

sutures account for around 21% of the total Meditech consumption followed by contact lenses and 

artificial implants as can be seen in Exhibit 10. 

Exhibit 10: Value-wise share of various products in Indian Meditech market (2009-10) 


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International trade 

Imports of technical textile component under Meditech constitute about 28% of domestic consumption 

under this segment, by value. Demand for products such as artificial implants, contact lens, technical 

textile component of baby diapers and incontinence diapers is met by imports; the non-woven material 

required for medical applications (e.g. diapers) is primarily imported. Majority of imports are from 

Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan and China. 

Exhibit 11: Volume-wise share of imports in the domestic consumption of Meditech products (2009- 

10) 3 


By value around 12% of the technical textiles produced under Meditech in India are exported. Surgical 

sutures and surgical dressings are the key export products, with their exports constituting over 86% of 

the total exports under this segment. The key export markets are Bangladesh, the UK, Sri Lanka and 

Netherlands. 

Future potential 

The demand for Meditech products is dependent on the health and hygiene sector. The spend on 

healthcare segment is steadily on the rise in India, predominantly by the private sector, which is 

expected to drive the demand for Meditech products. 

3 All the export import figures for 2009-10 have been derived from the 2007-08 data. 

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Exhibit 12: India’s Medical and Healthcare Expenditure as a %age of GDP 

6.00 

5.00 

4.00 

3.00 

2.00 

1.00 

0.00 

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 

Source: IMaCS Analysis 

Government Private 

Exhibit 13: PFCE – Medical and Healthcare Services in US$ million 

Source: IMaCS Analysis 

The healthcare expenditure in India is low compared to the developed countries, which means that this 

expenditure will increase with the overall growth of the country. India is emerging as a medical tourism 

hub, which will further increase the expenditure in this segment. There is estimated to be a gap of over 

1 million hospital beds in India currently. Besides these, government policies aimed at boosting the 

supply in health and hygiene sector are likely to positively impact the demand for Meditech products. 

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Exhibit 14: Healthcare expenditure as percentage of GDP 

Source: The World Pharmaceutical Markets Fact Book 2009 

Few of these policies include, National Health Policy 2002, which aims at the development of integrated 

network of evenly spread speciality and super-speciality services through private investments; Rural 

Health Policy, policies promoting manufacturing of medical devices and various other policies working 

towards removing hurdles for private and voluntary sector participation. 

In line with these developments, Indian Meditech industry is expected to achieve a growth of 8-9% year 

on year, over the next three years. The market size of Meditech segment in India is expected to reach 

US$ 537.2 million by 2012-13. The domestic consumption of technical textiles under Meditech is 

expected to increase to around US$ 488.2 million by 2012-13. Incontinence diapers and contact lens are 

expected to achieve significant growth, followed by artificial implants, as evident from Exhibit 15. 

Exhibit 15: Value-wise CAGR for Meditech products (from 2009-10 to 2012-13) 


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6. Geotech 

Products 

Geotech segment comprises of technical textile products used in geotechnical applications pertaining to 

soil, rock, earth, etc. Geotextiles refer to permeable fabric, woven or non-woven, used for 

confinement/separation, reinforcement, filtration and drainage applications. Geotech products find 

application in civil engineering (roads and pavements, slope stabilisation and embankment protection, 

tunnels, rail-track bed stabilisation, ground stabilisation and drainage, etc.), marine engineering (soil 

erosion control and embankment protection, breakwaters) and environmental engineering (landfills and 

waste management). Other specialised Geotech products comprise geogrids (synthetic filaments and 

tapes, etc., formed into a very open, grid like configuration having large apertures), geonets (extruded 

ribs set in net like fashion with small apertures), geomembranes (impermeable fabric as barrier) and 

geocomposites (products using two or more Geotextiles e.g. pre-fabricated drains). 

Current status of the sector 

Indian Geotech market is estimated at US$ 72 million (2009-10), with domestic consumption of US$ 50.1 

million. This includes the market for Oekotech products, which is estimated at US$ 20.7 million. 

Synthetic Geotech products (geosynthetics) account for around 90% of the total market, the balance 

comprising of agro-based Geotech products. Geotextiles comprise the largest share of Indian Geotech 

market, with a share of 63% in 2009-10 of which, woven geotextiles comprised 35%, as seen in Exhibit 

16. 

Exhibit 16: Product-wise market share of Geotech segment (2009-10) 


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International trade 

Around 40% of the domestic demand for Geotech products is met by imports. Geosynthetics, including 

geogrids, geotextiles, geocomposites are the import intensive products. Malaysia, China, Taiwan and 

Europe are the major suppliers of these products to India. 

Exhibit 17:Value-wise share of imports in the domestic consumption of Geotech products (2009-10) 


India is also an exporter of certain Geotech products, with exports accounting for around one-third of 

the market in 2009-10. Coir-based geotextiles produced in India are majorly exported to Middle-East 

countries, the UK, the US, Germany, Italy, and select European countries. 

Future potential 

The consumption of Geotech products is driven by investments in the Infrastructure sector. Continued 

thrust on infrastructure development in India augurs well for this segment. However, the Industry has 

not realised its full potential owing to lower than expected penetration of geotextiles in various 

infrastructure projects. A classic example of this is the road projects in India. 

Road sector is the largest consumer of Geotextiles in the Indian market, whereas, demand from other 

sectors (power, ports, airports, railways, etc.) is largely project specific. Government had planned an 

investment of around US$ 5.55 billion 4 in roads (excluding PMGSY) during 2006-07 to 2010-11. In case 

Geotech products were used in all these road projects, the consumption of Geotextiles in NHAI road 

projects alone could be to the extent of US$ 22.2 million4 per annum. 

However, the consumption of geotextiles in India is very low as compared to its potential. Conservative 

views of major institutional users have been a key impeding factor for the growth of this segment in the 

domestic market. Moreover, the segment has been suffering from issues related to lack of awareness 

about economic benefits of Geotech products amongst all institutional buyers, lack of adequate testing 

facilities and non-availability of trained technical personnel. 

4 Exchange rate used US$ 1 = ` 45 

Geomembrane, 

Geocomposites 

Geogrids 

Geotextiles 

60% 

62% 

66% 

56% 58% 60% 62% 64% 66% 68% 

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The Geotech segment in India is set to witness a change owing to certain recent developments in the 

road sector that are likely to provide the necessary boost to the consumption of Geotextiles in roads. 

Design, Build, Finance and Operate (DBFO) model has been introduced in road contracts wherein the 

private sector undertakes the responsibility for operation and maintenance of the project road as well 

as for building specified improvement schemes (where appropriate). Under this model contractors get 

liberty to design independently and, are responsible for the maintenance of project roads. Thus, in order 

to ensure longevity of construction at optimal cost they would prefer geotextiles. Moreover, successful 

control trials have been conducted by Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) for use of Jute geotextiles 

in roads, which is likely to boost their use under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). 

In addition, the Office of Textile Commissioner and industry experts are making targeted efforts to boost 

the consumption of Geotextiles. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has approved the standards on Coir 

Bhoovastra (Jute Geotextiles and Coir Geotextiles) and, have published two standards viz. IS 15868 (part 

1 to 6 – 2008) and IS 15869 -2008. BIS has also formulated the standard for geosynthetics made from 

polyolefin or polyester material for highways. Moreover, promotion of the use of geomembrane as 

lining for canals, ponds and reservoirs by NHM is likely to boost the consumption of geomembranes. 

In view of the above mentioned developments, an optimistic estimate of the potential market size for 

Geotech products that could be achieved in 2012-13 can be placed at around US$ 164 million. The 

achievement of this market size, however, is subject to a higher adoption rate for Geotech products by 

various stakeholders implementing road and other infrastructure projects in India. In case the challenges 

faced by this segment are not addressed to the fullest, a realistic estimate of market size that the 

Geotech segment could achieve in 2012-13 is about US$ 98 million. 

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7. Raw Materials 

The diapers are typically made of the absorbent material of cellulose with poly-beads to convert 

fluid into gel. The non-woven material is placed on top for dry feeling. The spunbond non-woven 

fabric used in diapers is 20-25 GSM and accounts for close to 12-15% by weight of the diaper. The 

key suppliers of non-woven for baby diapers in India are Unimin India Ltd. and Fiberweb Pvt. Ltd. 

and the rest all is imported. 

The non-woven fabric of 18-20 GSM, accounts for around 11-12% by weight of the sanitary napkin. 

The nonwoven fabric for this is primarily imported. 

The medical disposables like caps, masks and shoe covers are 100% technical textile products madeup 

from PP spunbond or SMS non-woven fabric. Spunlace material is also used in this manufacture 

of surgical disposables. The key raw material supplier for surgical disposables in India is Ahlstom 

Fibre Composites Pvt. Limited. Ahlstrom has one the largest investments for SMS Medical Fabrics in 

India. The sales of Ahlstom have grown by 100% y-o-y. DuPont is another multinational company 

which supplies raw material fabric to surgical disposable converters in India 

The raw material used for surgical suture includes bovine intestine tissues, PGA, monofilament 

nylon, monofilament polyethylene and silk. 

The raw materials for surgical dressings are cotton fibre, viscose and acrylic. Grasim Industries is the 

major manufacturer of regular viscose staple fibre whereas Century Rayon and Indian Rayon and 

Industries Ltd. are the major manufacturers of viscose filament yarn. Major suppliers of acrylic 

staple fibre are Indian Acrylics Ltd., Pasupati Acrylon Ltd., Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd., 

Vardhaman Acrylics Ltd., etc. 

Soft Contact Lenses are made from a water absorbing polymer called HEMA (Hydroxy Ethyl Metha 

Acrylate). These are not produced in India. 

The artificial cornea is made using following materials: 

1. Poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) 

2. Poly 2-hydroxythyl methacrylate hydrogels (PHEMA) 

3. Poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) 

The mechanical heart valve consists of Ultra high molecular weight-polyethylene (UHMW-PE) disc, 

Low density polyethylene plastic with knitted polyester sewing ring and a metallic housing. 

Most textile grafts for large and medium artery replacement and meshes, are made of either PET 

(polyethylene terephthalate, commercial name Dacron) or PTFE (polytetrafluoro ethylene, 

commercial name Teflon). 

The artificial kidney membrane or dialysers are 100% technical textile products made primarily of 

polysulphone and polyacetate. There are no manufacturers manufacturing the fabric for artificial 

kidneys in India. 

The technical textile component in joints is Ultra High Molecular Weight High Density Polyethylene 

(UHMWHDPE) material. Polyethylene Teraphthalate (PET) is primarily used for manufacturing 

artificial ligaments. 

Geotextiles are manufactured from polypropylene, polyester or polyethylene which can be either 

woven or non-woven. Manufacturing process for Woven products includes Weaving / Knitting and 

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Coating (PVC). Products can be - woven multi-filament, woven slit-film monofilament and woven 

slit-film multifilament. The non-woven Geotextiles can be made from heat bonding or needlepunching. 

Geogrids are knitted, while Geonets and Geomembranes are extruded from HDPE. The 

key suppliers of basic polymers in India Reliance Industries Ltd.(including IPCL), GAIL (India) Ltd., 

Haldia Petro and IOC. 

The key manufacturers of polypropylene staple fibre/filament are: 

Neomer Alembic 

Zenith Fibres Ltd. 

Arora Fibres Ltd 

Gujarat Filaments 

The key manufactureres of Polypropylene filament yarn in India are: 

Jindal Polyester Limited 

Parasrampuria Industries 

Shree Rajasthan Syntex Ltd. 

Filatex India Ltd. 

Rajasthan Petro Synthetics Ltd 

Sumeet Industries Ltd. 

Shree Shyam Filaments 

Garware Wall Ropes Ltd. 

Parasrampuria Synthetics 

Filaments India Ltd. 

Chetak Spintex Ltd. 

Sanghi Filaments Ltd. 

Alembic Chemical Works Ltd. 

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8. Technology 

The raw material for the medical disposables is PP spunbond non-woven fabric. These products are 

made on Taiwanese or Chinese fully automatic machines. The machines are made by companies in 

China and Taiwan under the tag of non-woven converting machine manufacturers. The leading nonwoven 

converting machine manufacturers are: 

NCM Non-woven Converting Machinery Co. Ltd. 

Chang Hong Machinery Co. Ltd. 

Dong Guan PNL Non-woven Converting Machinery Co. Ltd 

BroadFair Non-woven Converting Machinery Co. Ltd. 

Heart valves, vascular grafts and meshes are manufactured using warp-knitting process on Double 

Raschel Warp knitting machines. 

Most units in Geotech use Sulzer looms for manufacturing Woven Geotextiles. Knitting machines 

from Karl Mayer are also used. Nonwoven needle-punching lines from Hunter, Dilo Group and 

Trutzschler are used. In India, the leading machinery vendors are represented by ATE and Voltas. 

Exhibit 18: List of International suppliers for the technology used in Geotech and Meditech segment 

Spinning Technologies 

Technology Applications Manufacturers 

DREF Spinning Meditech Fehrer, Austria 

Weaving Technologies 


Projectile Weaving Geotech Juegens, Germany 

Sultex, Switzerland 

Texilmach, Russia 

Circular Weaving Meditech Frederick Enterprises Co. Ltd., 

Taiwan 

Karl Mayer, Germany 

Lohia, India 

Sima, Italy 

Starlinger, Austria 

Three Dimensional (3D) 

Weaving 

Meditech Multi-axail warp kit(MWK) by 

Liba 

ParaGlass structural core 

laminate by Parabeam 

Multiphase Weaving Geotech Sultext, Switzerland 

Techmashexport, Russia 

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Knitting Technologies 


Circular Knitting Meditech Artex Group, USA 

Berney Knitting Machinery Co. 

Inc., USA 

ITM Ltd. South, USA 

Monarch Knitting Machinery 

Corp., USA 

Textram Inc., USA 

Pai Lung Machinery Mills Co. 

Ltd., Taiwan 

Keum Young Machinery Mill Co. 

Ltd., Korea 

Texmac Inc, USA 


Flat Knitting Meditech Shima Seiki, Japan 

Stiger, Germany 

Kauo Heng, Taiwan 

Elex International, India 

SuoHwan Machinery Co., 

Taiwan 

Brother Industries Ltd., Japan 

Keum Young Machinery Mill Co. 

Ltd., Korea 

Stoll H GmbH & Co., Germany 

Protti SpA, Italy 

Universal Maschinenfabrik, 

Germany 

Warp Knitting 

a) Tricot Machines Geotech LIBA, Germany 

Cummins Machinery 

Corporation, USA 



Jakob Muller AG Frick, USA 

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) Raschel Machines Geotech, Meditech Cummins Machinery 




Cornez SpA, Italy 

Jakob Muller AG, USA 

Arlin Industries, USA 

LIBA, Germany 

c) Multiaxial Knitting Geotech, Meditech American LIBA Inc., USA 



Fillattice SpA, Italy 

Fletcher International Inc., UK 


Mayer Textile Corp., USA 

d) Spacer Fabrics Knitting Meditech LIBA, Germany 



Comez SpA, Italy 



Braiding Technologies 


Braiding Machinery Meditech Barney Knitting Machinery Co. 

Inc., USA 

Fletcher International Inc., 

Spain 

Lamb Knitting Machinery Corp., 

USA 

United Textile Machinery Corp., 

USA 


Exhibit 19: Details of machines used for the manufacturing of nonwovens 

S.No Machines 

Suppliers 

1 Erko- 

Trutzschler 

GmbH, 

Germany 

Process Capacities Applications 

Opening, blending & mixing 

machines, Airlay cards 

25T/day Wipes, Cotton pads, Surgical 

gowns, 

Geotextiles, 

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S.No Machines 

Suppliers 

2 Fleissner 

GmbH, 

Germany 

3 Fong’s, Hong 

Kong 

Process Capacities Applications 

Opening, blending & mixing 

machines, Needling 

Technology 

Fibre production plants, 

Spunlace lines, Driers 

100- 

1200gsm, 

6.5mts 

wide. 

Geotextiles 

25T/day Wipes, Cotton pads, Surgical 

gowns, Drapes 

Complete bleaching line 25T/day Cotton bleaching 

4 Gavazzi , Italy Cake opener to Bale press 25T/day Fibers into Bales 

5 Fleissner Belt 

Ovens, 

Germany 

6 Falu, 

Switzerland 

Thermobonding & Fusion 

lines, Hot ovens, Low speed 

winders 

Conversion machines 

Cotton pads 240 

cotton 

pads per 

3mts wide Nonwovens, Coating 

applications, Industrial wipes, 

min 

Cotton Swabs 2700 

cotton 

swabs 

De-makeup cotton pads 

Cotton swabs 

7 Bouda, Austria Conversion machines 

Zig-zag cotton Medical purpose 

Cotton rolls Medical purpose 

Cotton balls Medical poupose. 

8 Andritz Kusters Laminating & finishing 

technical textiles, nonwovens. 

9 Bastian, 

Germany 

10 Shaoyang 

Textile 

Machinery Co. 

Ltd., China 

11 Hanwei 

Machinery 

Manufacturing 

Co. Ltd., China 

calendars rollers 

High speed winders 3.2 Mts Nonwovens, Boppfilms, etc. 

High strength PET fibers 300T/ 

annum 

Spunbond line, 3.2mts 

wide, 3.2 

MS, 10- 

150gsm 

Diapers, Adult diapers, 

Sanitary Napkins, Pull up 

diapers. 

Diapers 400 

pcs/min 

Lady napkins 350 

pcs/min 

anti-cut gloves, rope, 

Geotextiles, Medical textiles, 

Hygiene, 

Baby diapers, adult diapers 

Sanitary napkins 

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