Essential Source to Establish the True Status of Smart Textile Technologies

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/316386) has announced the
addition of "Smart and Interactive Textiles - a market survey" to
their offering.

A market survey to establish the true status of smart textile
technologies, describe the current and future markets for products
using these technologies, and determine what actions should be taken
to help exploit attractive opportunities.

- Who has developed smart textiles technology and why?

- Which segments face significant technology roadblocks and/or the
continuing problem of relating the incremental cost of the new
technologies to the value of the derived benefit to the end-user?

- Why have developments by small companies failed to flourish?

- Which smart textile products have been successfully introduced
and in which applications?

- Which segments have potential and where is this potential
beginning to be realised?

- Where do attractive opportunities exist for companies to exploit
this potential?

- Based on a report produced for NWTexnet, this new publication
gives a concise overview of the status of these exciting technologies.

A market survey to establish the true status of smart textile
technologies, describe the current and future markets for products
using these technologies, determine what actions should be taken to
help exploit attractive opportunities.

The developers of smart textiles technology have mostly been
either US academic institutions, who have largely focused on the
unique requirements of the US military, or electronics/chip companies.

Developments by small companies have failed to flourish through
lack of funding.

Some segments still face significant technology roadblocks and/or
the continuing problem of relating the incremental cost of the new
technologies to the value of the derived benefit to the end-user.

However, several, lower profile smart textile products have been
successfully introduced across a wide variety of applications in the
medical, automotive and protective clothing fields. Overall there are
many segments with considerable medium term volume potential and
several show signs that this potential is beginning to be realised

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