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Issue: November/ December 2004, page: 32
Weaving, knitting and making-up narrow fabrics for industry
While reviewing the activities of Jakob Müller, Roland Seidl, of the Jakob Müller Institute of Narrow Fabrics in Frick, reveals the extent to which narrow fabrics play an important role in a variety of technical market sectors.
To survive in an extremely competitive market, for some time now textile companies in the industrialized nations have been looking for niche products with high levels of added value. Numerous enterprises see technical textiles as being of strategic significance with regard to their existing and future markets. Moreover, technical textiles are becoming increasingly vital in a whole range of applications. These developments apply equally to the field of narrow fabrics. Apart from the classical ready-to-wear clothing and household textiles segments, the technical textiles area is gaining in strategic importance for many companies.
