Specialty Fabrics Fill Niches In Healthcare Market

摘要

In addition to rapid technological advances have been driving the global medical textile market, as Sanjay Gupta observes, other factors, including global population increase, rising awareness over hygiene, and protective measures to avoid contamination and infection in hospitals are inspiring the market.rnTechnical textiles and nonwovens are estimated to constitute half of all spending in Asia's textile segment. For two decades, Chinas technical textile consumption has grown by more than 10% annually, and is expected to total five million metric tons by 2010. Nonwoven consumption has grown by an astounding 30% per year and expected to reach approximately two million metric tons by 2010.rnDemand for technical textiles and nonwovens was earlier fuelled by the 2008 Beijing Olympics and now the World Expo to be held in Shanghai in 2010. Chinese government's plans for construction of new rural roads, in addition to agriculture, medical treatment and housing improvements is stimulating the growth even further.