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Textile materials are used in building and construction to provide strength, resilience and flexibility, combined with low weight. In fixed structures, textiles are employed to replace and complement traditional materials. Here they perform a variety of functions such as reinforcement, sealing, insulation and fire protection. However, modern textiles have also found a market in new, cost-effective temporary and semi-permanent structures. Building and construction represent the fith largest market for technical textiles in volume terms. Furthermore, this market is expectet to grow faster than for technical textiles as a whole during the ten years to 2005. The construction industry is highly cyclical and is affected by economic fluctuations and bad weather. Nonetheless, overall demand will grow as the textile content in buildings increases and as new uses are found for textiles as complete structures. Global housing construction is growing in line with increases in the size of the world population and reductions in the average sizes of families in Western developed markets. In addition, the ageing of the population will result in an increase in the demand for hospitals and sheltered accommodation, while commercial construction will be boosted by retail development, and by growth in the world's service industry.
Textile materials are used in building and construction to provide strength, resilience and flexibility, combined with low weight. In fixed structures, textiles are employed to replace and complement traditional materials. Here they perform a variety of functions such as reinforcement, sealing, insulation and fire protection. However, modern textiles have also found a market in new, cost-effective temporary and semi-permanent structures. Building and construction represent the fith largest market for technical textiles in volume terms. Furthermore, this market is expectet to grow faster than for technical textiles as a whole during the ten years to 2005. The construction industry is highly cyclical and is affected by economic fluctuations and bad weather. Nonetheless, overall demand will grow as the textile content in buildings increases and as new uses are found for textiles as complete structures. Global housing construction is growing in line with increases in the size of the world population and reductions in the average sizes of families in Western developed markets. In addition, the ageing of the population will result in an increase in the demand for hospitals and sheltered accommodation, while commercial construction will be boosted by retail development, and by growth in the world's service industry.
Technical textiles for building and construction applications
Technische Textilien für Gebäude - ein Markt mit großem Wachstumspotenzial
Rigby, D. (author)
Technical Textile Markets ; 98-110
2000
13 Seiten, 4 Tabellen
Article (Journal)
English
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