WHAT ARE TEXTILES?

PREPARED BY: MOHD ROZI AHMAD MUHAMMAD ISMAIL BIN AB KADIR

 WHAT ARE TEXTILES?

IMAGINE THE WORLD WITHOUT TEXTILES

Some common answers..

KAIN BENANG PAKAIAN BATIK Etc.
ALL ANSWERS ARE CORRECT..BUT TEXTILES ARE MUCH MORE THAN THE ABOVE

Textiles are an integral part of our life

WHAT ARE TEXTILES?

Consider the following: When we wake up in the morning, we raised our heads from the pillows covered with fabric and filled with fibers. We climb out from the blanket that kept us warm and cozy during our sleep.

 We step into slippers and slip into robes. We wash our bodies with washcloths and dry them with towels. We brush our teeth with toothbrushes; the bristles are synthetic textile fibers. We drink coffee or tea, and the coffee grounds and tea leaves are filtered through nonwoven textiles.

 We dress in knits and woven apparel fabrics and put on the elastic socks that firmly fits our feet. When we get into a car, we sit comfortably on the seating fabric and the vehicle moves on with tyres reinforced with textile yarns. In emergency situations, we are protected by the seatbelts and airbags fitted in the vehicle.

 We stand on carpets, sit on upholstered furniture, and look out of curtain (draped) windows in our living and working spaces. Our offices are fully air-conditioned which are filtered with nonwoven textile fabrics.

It can be seen that textiles are not just obvious products used for clothing and apparel but also the not so obvious products that we used everyday

Obvious textiles pillow sheet blankets dress apparel fabrics socks robes towell curtain carpets

Not so obvious textiles bedroom slippers bristles tea bags coffee filters seating fabrics tyre reinforcement seat belts airbags air-con filters

DEFINITION OF TEXTILE
Textile comes from a Latin word texera which means to weave. But in the broad market sense, the word textile has come to include any fabric or product that has been made by weaving, knitting, tufting, needling, spraying, spunbonding, entangling, etc.

TEXTILE MATERIALS
Textile materials composed of 3 main elements: Textile fibers Textile yarns, and Textile fabrics

GLOBAL TEXTILE INDUSTRY

MARKET SHARE

APPAREL & CLOTHING HOME FURNISHINGS TECHNICAL TEXTILES

50% 20% 30%

APPAREL & CLOTHING

Shirtings Dressgoods Sportswear Foundation garments Suits, coats Baby diapers Wigs and hairnets Kain pelikat/sarong/batik

HOME FURNISHING ITEMS

Cushion covers (upholstery) Blankets, comforters, pillow cases Carpets and rugs Table cloth Lamp shades Curtains Wall paper

 Industrial textiles Technical apparel Textiles in construction/civil engineering geo-textiles building materials and textile architecture Agriculture textiles Automotive textiles Sports and leisure textiles Medical textiles

TECHNICAL TEXTILES

Industrial Textiles
Gas, liquid and air filtration Gasket Electrical insulation Cigarette filters Carpet backing Felt Sign cloth Marine ropes, cords and cables Nickel cadmium battery separators Paint rollers Automatic car wash chamois Luggage Awnings Conveyor belts etc

Technical Apparel
Bullet proof vests Suits for astronauts F1 and GP drivers suit Fire fighters suit Divers suit Climbers protective gears Protective sportswear Cut resistant gloves Protective garments for chemical, electronics, space research laboratories and medical applications etc

Technical Apparel

CUT RESISTANT GLOVES

BULLET PROOF VEST

GP DRIVERS SUIT

CLIMBERS PROTECTIVE GEARS

Separation fabrics
ASTRONAUT SUIT Geotextile DRAINAGE

TEXTILE ARCHITECTURE
Local examples: KLIA airport Bukit Jalil Sports Center/Stadium Most of the LRT stations in KL Sepang F1 Circuit, KLIA

Sun shade/protector especially at the Bukit Bintang & Bintang Walk areas Monterez Golf Club, Shah Alam

Agriculture textiles
Canvas Fishing nets Fruit, sugar and paddy sacks Protective covers for crops Sun protection for greenhouses

AUTOMOTIVE TEXTILES
ROOF LINING SEAT BELTS FRONT/SIDE PASSENGER AIRBAGS BELTS, HOSES, FILTERS

WHEEL HOUSE COVER

BOOT LINING SEATING FABRICS, PANELS TYRES, BRAKE PADS

MOULDED CARPET, CAR MATS

AUTOMOTIVE TEXTILES
CARPETS UPHOLSTERY PRE-ASSEMBLED INTERIOR COMPONENTS TYRES SAFETY BELTS AIRBAGS ENGINE COMPARTMENT ITEMS 33% 18% 14% 13% 9% 4% 9%

Medical textiles
Surgical gloves Surgical dressing Bandages and gauze Face masks Wipes Surgical gowns Operating theater covers Sutures Vascular grafts Prosthetic ligaments Artificial artery
SUTURES

THANK YOU Imagine the World without Textiles