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E-textiles market to reach $1bn by 2024

26/03/2014
The global market for electronic textiles will be worth $1 billion by 2024, according to a report by IDTechEx Research.

Although textiles extend beyond apparel, the research firm said e-apparel is the main addressable market for e-textiles, notably for the medical, health and wellness sectors.

Fibre optic cables - used for sensing, optics and data transmission - are starting to be woven and the short length of carbon nanotubes and nanorods is being managed in some recent woven structures. “These two wild cards may hasten market growth,” said IDTechEx chairman Peter Harrop.

“Almost all electronic and electrical textiles today have iron-on or stitch-on functional patches or inlays but some have tiny conventional components like integrated circuits and LEDs trapped by the fibres,” he added.

The report, E-Textiles: Electronic Textiles 2014-2024, suggest progress will be modest for a few years and research needs to focus on a wider choice of functions and good interconnection technology that survives demanding wash cycles.

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