Electronic Textiles Market

Integration of textiles and electronic components has been possible mainly because electronic components can be miniaturized and embedded with conducting threads. As a result, electronic textiles are used in various areas such as health management, actuation, response, and communication. Wearable technology mainly consists of apparel. Such textiles help in controlling muscle vibrations, regulation of body temperatures, protection from environmental hazards such as radiation and automatically respond to the changes ranging from mechanical, thermal to even chemical changes.

Electronic Textiles Market size shall reach a value of $35,858.1 Million in 2031, growing with a CAGR of 33.6% during the forecast period of 2022 to 2031.

Due to the provision of increased functionality, data storage and safety from harmful chemicals, electronic textiles market is augmented by the military and defence sector with flourishing demand. Technological advances in medical technology and increased spending on healthcare also drives the demand from the healthcare sector. Funding for research and development in the smart textile especially using nanotech has opened avenues in automotive, sports and fitness segments worldwide. Other factors such as an increase in the standard of living, increasing incomes, greater need for safety, environmentalism and demand for higher quality fabrics are going to fuel the demand from individual consumers. Subsequently, this has to led to increasing demand from the fashion industry as well.

On the flip side, fake products under the identical brand name, unskilled post-sale service and unavailability of spare parts and high price pose as major threats to the growth of the demand of electronic textiles. The biggest threat faced by the product market is the high cost of production. Electronic textiles require high-end materials and are highly sophisticated leading to the expensive cost of electronic devices and components, which further increases the prices of the electronic textiles. Further, with the onset of COVID-19, disruption in the availability of raw materials used to manufacture devices, logistics and distribution are going to negatively impact the supply chain to a great extent.

Growth and Trends

The global electronic textiles market is anticipated to exhibit high growth potential due to technological advancement and innovations in wearable technology and intelligent clothing by expert wearable computing designers. The market predicts great opportunities in the domain of fashion and is also anticipated to gain relevance and experience equal opportunities across verticals like wellness, healthcare, and the medical fitness sector. Companies dealing in medical electronics and fashion houses are most likely to benefit the most from the e-textile electronics market, thus generating persistent demand. E-textile fabrics have the potential to emit light, sense heat, coolness, change shape, compute, communicate wirelessly, show changing images, diagnose problems, use ambient energy for creating electricity when required, and treat clinical conditions sometimes. Manufacturers are focussing on using stretchable fibres, photovoltaic cells, super-capacitors for garnering ambient energy to use it for generating power when required. The functionality of e-textile fabrics in being able to transform energy from sunlight, body temperature, and motion energy into electrical energy are major factors driving their market growth. There is significant investment in research and development activities for enhancing the performance of fabrics. A great deal of emphasis is being given to developing waterproof and breathable fabrics that ensure protection and personal comfort along with moisture management techniques. The global e-textiles market that can be segmented on the basis of the type of electronic devices comprises e-textiles with classical electronic devices and those with modern electronic devices, where the former contain batteries, wires, integrated circuits, and LED, and modern devices comprise conducting fibres, diodes, solar cells, and transistors, and both categories are in high demand.

Lack of capacity for manufacturing in bulk challenges the global market. With no certainty about the forthcoming volume orders, many uncertainties exist in the market that subsequently have hindered the growth of the e-textiles market.

Regional Analysis

With rising flexibility in electronics and proliferating incorporation of studies of textiles and smart clothing is expected to simmer growth in the global electronic textiles market. Europe is expected to dominate the electronic textiles market in the global statistics with emerging value chains accompanied by transitional developments in the region.

North America is expected to trail forward growing distinctly owing to unique trade programs in the region while lack of capacity and ability for bulk manufacturing is expected to hinder the market growth to some extent globally. Also, the Asia Pacific region accounts for registering high growth in the market with the availability of cost-efficient manufacturing and low-cost fibers.

Europe and the Middle Eastern regions too are expected to widen meanwhile with cost-efficient labor of manufacturing players and adoption of new technology in the coming years.

Electronic Textiles Market Competition
Key companies operating in this industry are Textronics, Milliken, Toray Industries, Peratech, DuPont, Clothing+, Outlast, D3o lab, Schoeller Textiles AG, Texas Instruments, Exo2, Vista Medical Ltd., Ohmatex ApS and Interactive Wear AG.

Coverage Highlights
• Electronic Textiles Market Revenue Estimation and Forecast (2022 – 2031)
• Production Estimation and Forecast (2022 – 2031)
• Sales/Consumption Volume Estimation and Forecast (2022 – 2031)
• Breakdown of Revenue by Segments (2022 – 2031)
• Breakdown of Production by Segments (2022 – 2031)
• Breakdown of Sales Volume by Segments (2022 – 2031)
• Gross Margin and Profitability Analysis of Companies
• Business Trend and Expansion Analysis
• Import and Export Analysis

Electronic Textiles Market Segmentation
Product Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2022 - 2031)
• Passive Electronic Textiles
• Active Electronic Textiles
• Ultra-Electronic Textiles
Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2022 - 2031)
• Military Uses
• Civil Uses
• Healthcare Uses
• Other
Country (Revenue, USD Million, 2022 - 2031)
North America

• United States
• Canada
• Mexico

Asia-Pacific

• China
• Japan
• South Korea
• India
• Philippines
• Malaysia
• Australia
• Rest of Asia Pacific

Europe

• Italy
• Spain
• France
• UK
• Germany
• Belgium
• Netherlands
• Switzerland
• Russia
• Rest of Europe

South America

• Brazil
• Peru
• Chile
• Rest of South America

Middle East and Africa
• Iran
• Israel
• Saudi Arabia
• Turkey
• Africa

Electronic Textiles Market Companies
• Textronics
• Milliken
• Toray Industries
• Peratech
• DuPont
• Clothing+
• Outlast
• D3o lab
• Schoeller Textiles AG
• Texas Instruments
• Exo2
• Vista Medical Ltd.
• Ohmatex ApS
• Interactive Wear AG