E-textiles 2020-2030: Technologies, Markets and Players – IDTechEx.com
Source: https://www.idtechex.com/en/research-report/e-textiles-2020-2030-technologies-markets-and-players/735
| 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 |
