E-textiles 2020-2030: Technologies, Markets and Players – IDTechEx.com
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1. | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
1.1. | Executive introduction |
1.2. | Timeline: Historic context for e-textiles |
1.3. | Timeline: Commercial beginnings and early growth |
1.4. | Timeline: A boom in interest, funding and activity |
1.5. | Timeline: Challenges emerge from the optimism |
1.6. | Heated clothing is the dominant sector |
1.7. | Addressing industry challenges |
1.8. | Timeline: Present day and outlook |
1.9. | Commercial progress with e-textile projects |
1.10. | E-textile product types |
1.11. | 4 key product types, and their different target markets |
1.12. | Commercial progress: Heating |
1.13. | Commercial progress: Biometric monitoring |
1.14. | Commercial progress: Lighting |
1.15. | Commercial progress: Others |
1.16. | Types of revenue |
1.17. | Market data and forecast methodology |
1.18. | Revenue in e-textiles, by market sector |
1.19. | Summary: Revenue from e-textiles products, by type |
1.20. | Summary: Market data and forecasts (2) |
1.21. | Materials usage in e-textiles |
1.22. | Key report conclusions |
2. | INTRODUCTION |
2.1. | Definitions |
2.2. | E-Textiles: Where textiles meet electronics |
2.3. | The intersection of electronics and textiles industries |
2.4. | Examples of e-textile products |
2.5. | Context within the broader subject: Wearable Technology |
2.6. | Key trends in wearable technology |
2.7. | Modern developments in context: Woven Electronics® |
2.8. | Prominent related areas to e-textiles |
2.9. | Electromagnetic Shielding |
2.10. | Antistatic protective clothing |
2.11. | Antimicrobial textiles |
2.12. | Thermal regulation in textiles |
2.13. | Protective clothing for impact resistance |
2.14. | Colour changes in textiles |
2.15. | Strategies for creating textile-integrated electronics |
2.16. | Challenges when moving into the e-textiles space |
2.17. | Historic patentholders in e-textiles |
3. | MATERIALS & COMPONENTS |
3.1. | Chapter contents |
3.2. | E-textile material use over time |
3.3. | E-textile material use today |
3.4. | Example suppliers for each material type |
3.5. | Fibres & yarns |
3.6. | Hybrid yarns can be conductive, elastic and comfortable |
3.7. | Electronic components integrated into yarns |
3.8. | Example: Primo1D |
3.9. | Example: Nottingham Trent University |
3.10. | Commercial example: Siren |
3.11. | New conductive fibres from industry and academia |
3.12. | Drexel University: Conductive yarns from Natural Fibre Welding |
3.13. | UT, Dallas: SEBS / NTS stretchable wires |
3.14. | Sungkyunkwan University: PU & Ag nanoflowers |
3.15. | MIT: Stretch sensors using CNTs on polybutyrate |
3.16. | Cabling and wiring |
3.17. | Introduction: cabling and wiring |
3.18. | Traditional cabling in e-textile products |
3.19. | Textile Cabling |
3.20. | Metal wiring integrated into textiles |
3.21. | Textiles & Fabrics |
3.22. | Textiles and Fabrics |
3.23. | Woven e-textiles |
3.24. | Example: Project Jacquard |
3.25. | Knitted e-textiles |
3.26. | 3D knitting manufacturing techniques |
3.27. | Example: Knitted e-textile wound care |
3.28. | Example: Knitted conductors by Gunze, Japan |
3.29. | Embroidered e-textiles |
3.30. | Entirely metallic fabrics |
3.31. | Metal-plated fabrics |
3.32. | Selective etching of metal-plated textiles |
3.33. | Novel approaches to conductive textiles: CNT & graphene |
3.34. | Conductive inks |
3.35. | Inks and Encapsulation |
3.36. | An explosion in ink suppliers for e-textiles |
3.37. | E-textile products with conductive inks |
3.38. | DuPont |
3.39. | Toyobo |
3.40. | Examples and data from conductive ink suppliers |
3.41. | Challenges with conductive inks in e-textiles |
3.42. | Conductive polymers |
3.43. | Carbon rubbers as electrodes in compression garments |
3.44. | PEDOT as a conductive e-textile material |
3.45. | E-textile components |
3.46. | Components: Textile vs conventional |
3.47. | Working alongside conventional electronics |
3.48. | Connectors for e-textiles |
3.49. | Find the box! |
3.50. | Connectors for e-textiles |
3.51. | Connector options today |
3.52. | Snap fasteners |
3.53. | Thermoplastic adhesive bonding: Fraunhofer IZM |
3.54. | Soldering |
3.55. | Conductive adhesives |
3.56. | Metallic contacts: conventional and bespoke |
3.57. | Embroidery |
3.58. | Textile sensors |
3.59. | Textile electrodes |
3.60. | Examples of e-textiles electrodes |
3.61. | Force / pressure / deformation sensing |
3.62. | Example: Vista Medical |
3.63. | Example: Advanpro – Softceptor® |
3.64. | Example: Sensing Tex |
3.65. | Moisture sensors |
3.66. | Textile heaters |
3.67. | Textile heating |
3.68. | Resistive heating: Joule’s 1st law |
3.69. | Material choices for heating elements |
3.70. | Material choices for wearable heaters |
3.71. | Technology comparison |
3.72. | Manual assembly and integration of heating systems |
3.73. | Printing as an automated, high throughput alternative |
3.74. | Example: Flexwarm |
3.75. | Example: Exo2 – FabRoc™ |
3.76. | Example: Volt Resistance |
3.77. | Example: Clim8 |
3.78. | Example: Loomia |
3.79. | Battery integration examples: Blaze Wear |
3.80. | Battery integration examples: Mainstream apparel brands |
3.81. | Textile lighting |
3.82. | Textile lighting – LEDs |
3.83. | Textile lighting – Electroluminescence |
3.84. | Optical fibres as sensors in e-textile products |
4. | ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUTURE OF E-TEXTILES |
4.1. | Energy harvesting techniques in textiles |
4.2. | Piezoelectric fibres: Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
4.3. | Piezoelectric fibres: University of Bolton, UK |
4.4. | Piezoelectric Fabric |
4.5. | Piezoelectric Fabric: University of Bolton, UK |
4.6. | Concordia University XS Labs, Canada |
4.7. | Cornell University, USA |
4.8. | Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
4.9. | Southampton University, UK |
4.10. | University of California Berkeley, USA |
4.11. | Energy-Scavenging Nanofibers: UC Berkeley, USA |
4.12. | Photovoltaic Fibres |
4.13. | Illuminex, USA |
4.14. | Penn State University, USA |
4.15. | University of Southampton, UK |
4.16. | Multi-mode energy harvesting in textiles |
4.17. | Energy storage |
4.18. | Textile Supercapacitors |
4.19. | Drexel University, USA |
4.20. | Imperial College London, UK |
4.21. | Stanford University, USA |
4.22. | University of Delaware, USA |
4.23. | University of Wollongong, Australia |
4.24. | Flexible Woven Batteries |
4.25. | Polytechnic School of Montreal, Canada |
4.26. | Logic and Memory |
5. | E-TEXTILES AND SMART CLOTHING: PRODUCTS AND MARKETS |
5.1. | Chapter contents |
5.2. | Types of revenue |
5.3. | Forecast methodology within this report |
5.4. | E-textile product types |
5.5. | 4 key product types, and their different target markets |
5.6. | Summary: Revenue from e-textiles products, by type |
5.7. | Revenue in e-textiles, by market sector |
5.8. | Discussion by market sector |
5.9. | Heated clothing |
5.10. | Main product types |
5.11. | Heated blankets |
5.12. | Applications are defined by the power source |
5.13. | Motorcycle clothing |
5.14. | General cold weather gear |
5.15. | Specific sports equipment |
5.16. | Athletic warm up gear |
5.17. | Workwear |
5.18. | Health and wellness apparel and accessories |
5.19. | Company examples |
5.20. | Heated clothing companies |
5.21. | Heated clothing value chain |
5.22. | Case study: The US market for heated clothing |
5.23. | Milwaukee Tool |
5.24. | ORORO |
5.25. | Fieldsheer Apparel Technology |
5.26. | Action Heat |
5.27. | Gobi Heat |
5.28. | FNDN Heat |
5.29. | Venture Heat |
5.30. | Heated clothing: Global market size and forecast |
5.31. | Heated clothing: Players and revenue |
5.32. | Case study: Biometric monitoring in apparel |
5.33. | Related products: HRM Chest Straps |
5.34. | Integrating HRM into clothing |
5.35. | Sensors used in smart clothing for biometrics |
5.36. | Other common components found in similar products |
5.37. | Companies with biometric monitoring apparel products |
5.38. | Example: ChronoLife |
5.39. | Example: Hexoskin |
5.40. | Example: Myant |
5.41. | Example: Mitsufuji Corporation |
5.42. | Example: Mitsufuji |
5.43. | Example: QUS Sports |
5.44. | Example: Sensoria |
5.45. | Example: Sunstar Taiwan ENT, 2πr |
5.46. | Example: Xenoma |
5.47. | Example: @-Health |
5.48. | Companies no longer operating |
5.49. | Details of 58 companies with biometric apparel products |
5.50. | Medical and healthcare |
5.51. | Medical & Healthcare |
5.52. | Patient monitoring using e-textiles |
5.53. | Biometric monitoring in apparel |
5.54. | Example: Taiwan Textile Research Institute (TTRI) |
5.55. | Bedsore / pressure ulcer prevention |
5.56. | Example: Vista Medical |
5.57. | Example: Sensing Tex |
5.58. | Side-effect management for diabetes |
5.59. | Example: Sensoria & Optima Molliter |
5.60. | Example: Siren Care Denmark IVS |
5.61. | Urinary incontinence |
5.62. | Example: LifeSense Group |
5.63. | Measuring gait |
5.64. | Wound care and compression therapies |
5.65. | Sports and fitness |
5.66. | Sports & Fitness: Overview |
5.67. | Sports & Fitness: Key product characteristics |
5.68. | Sports & Fitness: The impact of VC funding |
5.69. | Efforts from the largest apparel brands |
5.70. | Efforts in biometric apparel from dedicated brands |
5.71. | Military and space |
5.72. | Introduction: Military and Space |
5.73. | Example: Intelligent Textiles Ltd. |
5.74. | Example: BAE Systems, Broadsword® Spine® |
5.75. | Example: Infoscitex, DCS, U.S. Army R&D groups |
5.76. | Example: Propel LLC, Nautilus Defense, for the U.S. Navy |
5.77. | Examples: Ohmatex & ESA, Hexoskin & CSA, etc. |
5.78. | Enterprise, PPE and other workwear |
5.79. | Introduction: E-textiles in PPE |
5.80. | Safety lighting using e-textiles |
5.81. | E-textiles in firefighting apparel |
5.82. | Example: Ohmatex and VIKING |
5.83. | Example: Propel LLC & Globe Manufacturing LLC |
5.84. | Example: UUP Safety |
5.85. | Example: ProeTEX project (EC) |
5.86. | Fashion |
5.87. | Bespoke e-textile projects in high fashion |
5.88. | Premium high street apparel with e-textiles |
5.89. | Mass market fashion with e-textiles: Lighting |
5.90. | Smart home products |
5.91. | Smart home products: Beds, blankets, etc. |
5.92. | Example: Eight Sleep |
5.93. | Examples: Texible and Aura |
5.94. | Example: Advanpro |
5.95. | Hospitality markets |
5.96. | Automotive interiors |
5.97. | Vehicular interiors |
5.98. | Example: Biosense |
5.99. | Example: Place-IT project |
5.100. | Example: Soongsil University |
5.101. | Wearable technology for animals |
5.102. | Example: Bioelectronics for animals using e-textiles |
5.103. | Example: Biometric monitoring for racehorses |
5.104. | Motion capture |
5.105. | Example: AiQ Synertial |
5.106. | Example: Xenoma |
5.107. | Haptic suits |
5.108. | Haptic suits using e-textiles |
5.109. | Example: Teslasuit |
5.110. | Assistive clothing – towards soft, powered exoskeletons |
5.111. | Assistive clothing |
5.112. | Examples of other assistive exoskeletons and clothing |
5.113. | Example: Seismic |
6. | MARKET FORECASTS |
6.1. | Market data and forecast methodology |
6.2. | E-textiles historic revenue data, 2020-2030 |
6.3. | E-textiles historic product volume data, 2010-2019 |
6.4. | E-textiles product volume forecast, 2020-2030 |
7. | PRIMARY RESEARCH AND INTERVIEWS FROM MAJOR EVENTS |
7.1. | List of event reports |
7.2. | IDTechEx Show, USA 2016 |
7.3. | The IDTechEx Show! – Santa Clara, CA (November 2016) |
7.4. | Bando Chemical |
7.5. | Fisk Alloy |
7.6. | Hitachi Chemical |
7.7. | Holst Centre |
7.8. | KIMS & KIMM: conductive textiles |
7.9. | MAS Holdings / Flex |
7.10. | Myant |
7.11. | Panasonic |
7.12. | Parker Hannifin |
7.13. | Polymatech |
7.14. | Sensing Tex |
7.15. | Stretchsense |
7.16. | Toyobo |
7.17. | Vista Medical |
7.18. | CES 2017 |
7.19. | CES 2017 – Las Vegas, NV (January 2017) |
7.20. | Clim8 |
7.21. | CloudTot |
7.22. | Evalu |
7.23. | King Abdullah University, Saudi Arabia |
7.24. | Under Armour |
7.25. | Vitali |
7.26. | Textile International Forum and Exhibition 2017 |
7.27. | Overview |
7.28. | Are Standards Fit for Purpose? |
7.29. | Medical-Grade Signals |
7.30. | Circular Economy |
7.31. | Taiwan Textile Research Institute Exhibition |
7.32. | Patient Monitoring |
7.33. | Patient Monitoring: live trial in a Taipei hospital |
7.34. | Lighting |
7.35. | Sports |
7.36. | Other Functional Fabrics |
7.37. | A report from “Preview in Seoul 2017” |
7.38. | Contents |
7.39. | Event summary: “Preview in Seoul 2017” |
7.40. | Incorporation of decorative LEDs |
7.41. | Decorative LEDs in apparel and accessories |
7.42. | Pairing decorative LEDs with additional sensors |
7.43. | E-textile sports apparel |
7.44. | Sports apparel: Muscle intensity |
7.45. | Outdoor apparel: solar cell jacket |
7.46. | Integrated PPE systems |
7.47. | Integrating sensors into gloves |
7.48. | Resistive heating in blankets |
7.49. | Smart insoles for gait analysis |
7.50. | E-textile keyboard |
7.51. | E-textiles for automotive interiors |
7.52. | E-textiles for automotive interiors (cont.) |
7.53. | KITECH |
7.54. | KTDI – Voice interfaces via a jacket |
7.55. | Industry 4.0 for the textile industry |
7.56. | Conclusions |
7.57. | E-textiles at CES 2018 |
7.58. | CES 2018: E-textiles remain strong as other wearable sectors decline |
7.59. | @-Health – CardioNexion® |
7.60. | Advanpro – Softceptor® |
7.61. | Advanpro – apparel products |
7.62. | Advanpro – home products |
7.63. | Biosense |
7.64. | Mitsufuji Corporation |
7.65. | Mitsufuji – hamon® |
7.66. | Mitsufuji |
7.67. | Mitsufuji & Kaji Group |
7.68. | Myant – new products, new partnerships |
7.69. | QUS – sanSiro, Fussenegger & Grabher, V-Trion, etc. |
7.70. | QUS – product |
7.71. | Texible and Aura (partner products) |
7.72. | QUS (handout) |
7.73. | Rest Devices |
7.74. | Sensoria |
7.75. | Sensoria – products update |
7.76. | Sensoria & Optima Molliter: diabetic footwear |
7.77. | Siren Care Denmark IVS |
7.78. | Thread In Motion |
7.79. | Thread In Motion (additional material) |
7.80. | Xenoma |
7.81. | E-textiles at CES 2019 |
7.82. | Comparing CES 2019 with previous years |
7.83. | Impressions by company |
7.84. | AiQ Synertial |
7.85. | AMSU (Shenzhen) New Technology Co. Ltd. |
7.86. | Bloomer Tech |
7.87. | ChronoLife |
7.88. | Codoon / Runtopia |
7.89. | Codoon / Runtopia: Additional photos |
7.90. | KAIST (ADVNANO) |
7.91. | Myant |
7.92. | Sinopulsar |
7.93. | Teslasuit |
7.94. | UUP Safety |
7.95. | Xenoma |
7.96. | Xenoma: Motion capture suit |
7.97. | Xenoma: Heated mats or bedding |
7.98. | E-textile products and companies at the IDTechEx Show, Berlin 2019 |
7.99. | Covestro |
7.100. | EPTATech |
7.101. | EPTATech: Infant monitoring with ComfTech |
7.102. | EPTATech: User interfaces |
7.103. | NTT (New Textile Technologies) |
7.104. | ZSK |
7.105. | ZSK: Reflecting on competitors (Forster Rohner) |
7.106. | Other e-textile examples at the IDTechEx show |
7.107. | E-textiles at CES 2020 |
7.108. | MAS Holdings |
7.109. | IcosaMed |
7.110. | Owlet |
7.111. | SWMedical |
7.112. | SWMedical – CardiNova |
7.113. | Smardii |
7.114. | Feel The Same – HiFlex |
7.115. | Organic Robotics Corporation |
7.116. | Teslasuit |
8. | DETAILS OF 222 E-TEXTILE COMPANIES |
9. | COMPANY PROFILES |
9.1. | 30 Full Profile Interviews |
9.2. | 21 Background Profiles |
9.3. | 21 Update Interviews |
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