Sector Emerges as a Legitimate Competitor to Smart Watches and Fitness Trackers

Dublin, March 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “The Global Market for Electronic Textiles (E-textiles) and Smart Clothing 2023-2033” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

Traditional textiles simply function as a covering material. Based on the rapidly changing global demands and due to advanced technological improvements, the development of integrated electronics and responsive functionality on textiles has led to the emergence of E-textiles and smart textiles accommodating the revolution we are witnessing in wearable electronics.

The development of high value-added products such as smart fabrics and clothing, wearable consumer and medical devices and protective textiles has increased rapidly in the last decade. Recent advances in stimuli-responsive surfaces and interfaces, sensors and actuators, flexible electronics, nanocoatings and conductive nanomaterials has led to the development of a new generation of smart and adaptive electronic fibers, yarns and fabrics for application in E-textiles.

Advances in the ability to free-form print circuit processes enables electronic systems to be assembled directly onto textile items. This type of technology, “E-textiles,” will compete with existing wearable devices that have dominated the market (smartwatches and fitness trackers), as a more discrete alternative to health and physiological monitoring. Electronic textiles incorporate interdisciplinary studies such as textiles, nano/micro technologies, computing systems, and communications and information technologies. These textiles contribute to help communication such as health surveillance, safety, comfort, and leisure.

E-textiles monitor heart health (heart rate, heart rate variability, electrocardiogram), activity recognition and measurement, sleep stage and sleep quality detection, drug adherence, stress level monitor and body temperature measurement, chemical sensing and can return heat and stimulus through the very fibers of textile products.

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Covered in The Global Market for Electronic Textiles (E-textiles) and Smart Clothing 2023-2033 are smart and wearable electronic textiles that encompass systems with various functionalities:

• sensors that detect pressure, temperature and humidity, strain,

• chemical and bio-sensors,

• data processing and networking,

• mechanical actuation based on shape memory materials or electro-active polymers,

• thermal and energy generation, as well as energy storage

• smart fashion.

Report contents include:

• Market drivers and trends in electronic textiles (E-textiles) and smart clothing.

• Investment and product developments 2020-2023.

• Materials and components analysis.

• Applications and markets including smart clothing products, heated clothing, sports and fitness, smart footwear, military, medical and healthcare, workplace monitoring & protection, motion capture, soft exoskeletons, wearable advertising and power sources for E-textiles.

• Global market revenues by sector, historical and forecast to 2033.

• 141 company profiles including AiQ Synertial, AI Silk Corporation, Fieldsheer Apparel Technologies, Hexoskin, Infi-Tex, Kymira, Loomia, Myant, Inc., Nanoleq AG, Nyokas Technologies, Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc., Sensing Tex, Sensoria Inc., TactoTek Oy and ZOZO Group.

Key Topics Covered:

1 MARKET DEFINITIONS

2 MARKET STANDARDIZATION

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

5 MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS
5.1 Integrating electronics for E-Textiles
5.1.1 Textile-adapted
5.1.2 Textile-integrated
5.1.3 Textile-based
5.1.4 Methods for integration
5.2 Manufacturing of E-textiles
5.3 Electrically conductive adhesives
5.4 Inkjet and 2D Screen-Printing
5.5 3D printing
5.6 Flexible and stretchable electronics
5.7 E-textiles materials and components
5.7.1 Conductive and stretchable fibers and yarns
5.7.2 Conductive polymers
5.7.2.1 PDMS
5.7.2.2 PEDOT: PSS
5.7.3 Conductive coatings
5.7.4 Conductive inks
5.7.4.1 Aqueous-Based Ink
5.7.4.2 Solvent-Based Ink
5.7.4.3 Oil-Based Ink
5.7.4.4 Hot-Melt Ink
5.7.4.5 UV-Curable Ink
5.7.5 Stretchable inks
5.7.5.1 Metal-based conductive inks
5.7.5.1.1 Nanoparticle ink
5.7.5.1.2 Silver inks
5.7.5.1.2.1 Silver flake
5.7.5.1.2.2 Silver nanoparticle ink
5.7.5.1.2.3 Formulation
5.7.5.1.2.4 Conductivity
5.7.5.1.2.5 Particle-Free silver conductive ink
5.7.5.1.3 Copper inks
5.7.5.1.3.1 Properties
5.7.5.1.3.2 Silver-coated copper
5.7.5.1.4 Gold (Au) ink
5.7.5.1.4.1 Properties
5.7.5.2 Carbon-based conductive inks
5.7.5.2.1 Carbon nanotubes
5.7.5.2.2 Single-walled carbon nanotubes
5.7.5.2.3 Graphene
5.7.5.3 Liquid metals
5.7.5.3.1 Properties
5.7.5.4 Application in E-textiles
5.7.5.5 Companies
5.7.5.6 Polymer conductive inks
5.7.5.6.1 Types
5.7.5.6.2 Polyaniline (PANI)
5.7.5.6.3 Polypyrrole (PPy)
5.7.5.6.4 PDMS
5.7.5.6.5 PEDOT: PSS
5.7.5.6.5.1 Transparency
5.7.6 Nanomaterials
5.7.6.1 Nanocoatings in smart textiles
5.7.6.2 Graphene
5.7.6.3 Nanofibers
5.7.6.4 Carbon nanotubes
5.7.7 Phase change materials
5.7.7.1 Temperature controlled fabrics
5.7.8 Shape memory materials
5.7.9 Piezoelectric materials
5.7.10 Mxene
5.7.11 Lead halide perovskites
5.7.12 Liquid metals
5.8 E-textiles components
5.8.1 Sensors
5.8.1.1 Biometrics
5.8.1.2 Pressure sensors
5.8.1.3 Strain sensors
5.8.1.4 Temperature sensors
5.8.1.5 Inertial measurement units (IMUs)
5.8.2 Wearable electrodes
5.8.3 Textile heaters
5.8.3.1 Textile lighting

6 APPLICATIONS, MARKETS AND PRODUCTS
6.1 Current E-textiles and smart clothing products
6.2 Temperature monitoring and regulation
6.3 Stretchable E-fabrics
6.4 Therapeutic products
6.5 Sport & fitness
6.6 Smart footwear
6.7 Wearable displays
6.8 Military
6.9 Medical and healthcare
6.9.1 Smart textiles for personalized healthcare
6.9.2 Wearable health monitoring
6.9.3 Temperature and respiratory rate monitoring
6.9.4 Pregnancy and newborn monitoring
6.9.5 Biometric monitoring
6.9.6 ECG sensors
6.9.7 Smart wound care
6.10 Industrial and workplace monitoring
6.11 Textile-based lighting
6.11.1 OLEDs
6.12 Antimicrobial textiles
6.12.1 Nanosilver
6.12.2 Zinc oxide
6.12.3 Chitosan
6.13 Smart diapers
6.14 Protective clothing
6.15 Automotive interiors
6.16 Exoskeletons
6.17 Powering E-textiles
6.17.1 Advantages and disadvantages of main battery types for E-textiles
6.17.2 Bio-batteries
6.17.3 Challenges for battery integration in smart textiles
6.17.4 Textile supercapacitors
6.17.5 Energy harvesting
6.17.5.1 Photovoltaic solar textiles
6.17.5.2 Energy harvesting nanogenerators
6.17.5.2.1 TENGs
6.17.5.2.2 PENGs
6.17.5.3 Radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting
6.18 Motion capture
6.19 Haptic suits
6.20 Wearables for animals/pets
6.21 Assistive clothing

7 GLOBAL MARKET REVENUES, BY SECTOR

8 MARKET AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES FOR E-TEXTILES AND SMART CLOTHING

9 ELECTRONIC TEXTILES (E-TEXTILES) COMPANY PROFILES (141 company profiles)

10 REFERENCES

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes

• ActionSense Ltd

• AI Silk Corporation

• AIQ Smart Clothing, Inc.

• Alphaclo

• Ambiotex GmbH

• AMSU (Shenzhen) New Technology CoLtd.

• Asahi Kasei

• Asiatic Fiber Corporation

• Asics

• Athos

• Bally Ribbon Mills

• Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.

• Bekaert

• BioSerenity SAS

• BloomerTech

• Brochier Technologies SAS

• C2 Sense, Inc.

• Chronolife SAS

• Cionic, Inc.

• Cipher Skin, Inc.

• City Bright Co., Ltd.

• Clim8

• Comftech srl

• Conductive Transfers

• CuteCircuit

• DaVinci Wearables

• Descente Ltd.

• Directa Plus

• dorsaVi Ltd.

• Dupont

• Durak

• Eeonyx Corporation

• Electroninks

• Eleksen

• Elidah

• Elitac B.V.

• Emglare, Inc.

• EPTATech S.R.L.

• ETextint Corp.

• EXO2

• Far Eastern New Century

• Feel The Same

• FeetMe

• Fieldsheer Apparel Technologies

• Flextrapower

• Footfalls & Heartbeats (UK) Limited

• Formosa Taffeta

• Forster Rohner AG

• Gaugewear, Inc.

• Grapheal

• Graphwear Technologies

• H.E.A.TInc

• Healthwatch Technologies

• HeiQ Materials AG

• Henkel

• Hexoskin

• Holst Centre

• IcosaMed Sarl

• IDUN Technologies AG

• Imagine Intelligent Materials Pty Ltd

• Infi-Tex

• Interactive Wear

• Inuheat Group AB

• Kenzen

• Komodo Technologies, Inc.

• KYMIRA

• LiBEST

• LifePlus Inc.

• Liquid Wire, Inc.

• Liquid X Printed Metals

• Loomia

• MesoMat

• miomove s.r.o.

• Mitsufuji Corporation

• Modjoul

• Myant, Inc.

• Nanoleq AG

• Nextiles, Inc.

• Noble Biomaterials, Inc.

• Novasentis

• NTT (New Textile Technologies) GmbH

• Nuada

• NUUBO Smart Solutions Technologies, SL

• Nyoka Technologies

• Ohmatex

• Organic Robotics Corporation

• ORORO Heated Apparel

• Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc.

• Outlast Technologies LLC

• Oy Morphona Ltd.

• Power Textiles Limited

• Prevayl Limited

• Primo1D

• Propel LLC

• Ruentex Industries Limited

• Sankiconsys Co., Ltd.

• sansirro GmbH

• Saralon

• Schoeller Textil AG

• Schoffel

• Seismic

• SensFit Technologies

• Sensing Tex

• Sensoria

• Sensoria, Inc.

• Shenzhen Grahope New Materials Technologies Inc.

• Singular Wings Medical Co., Ltd.

• Sinopulsar Technology, Inc.

• Siren

• Skyscrape Inc.

• Smardii, Inc.

• Softmatter

• Spiber Technologies AB

• Statex Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH

• StretchSense

• TactoTek Oy

• Taiyo Industrial Co., Ltd.

• Tec-Innovation GmbH

• Teijin Limited

• Teslasuit

• Teveri

• Tex-Ray Industrial Co., Ltd.

• Textile Two Dimensional

• Thread In Motion

• Toray Industries, Inc.

• Toyobo Co., Ltd.

• Versarien plc

• Verve Motion

• Vista Medical

• Volt Wearable Tech Corporation

• Voxel8

• VTT

• Walk With Path

• Wearable X

• WearOptimo

• Xenoma, Inc.

• Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

• Zhuhai AdvanPro Technology Co., Ltd.

• Zive

• ZOZO Group

• ZTE Corporation

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