The Indian Automobile industry is flourishing like never before in the recent years. The production sales of the automobiles are growing strongly at a CAGR of around 16% with 11 million units produced in 2006-07 reaching to 19 million units by 2010. Technical textiles are gaining fast recognition to be one of the most dynamic and promising areas for the future of the textile industry in India for hi-performance applications. Automotive textiles happens to be the rewarding sector finding extensive use of technical textiles in the product categories viz. interior trims, safety devices like seat belts and airbags, carpets, filters, battery separators, hood liners, hoses & belt reinforcement.

Textiles, which constitute approximately 20-25 Kgs in a car, are not only used for enhanced aesthetic of automotives but also for sensual comfort & safety. Additionally, few textile products found their applications as design solutions to engineering problems in the form of composites, tyre reinforcement, sound insulation & vibration control. Apart from woven & knitted constructions, Nonwovens also find applications in transport textiles due to certain advantages served by them. In order to ensure the correct development movement of the industry, the need of the hour is to disseminate the correct technical, product oriented and market know how about the Automotive Textile industry to the future investors that the industry would be welcoming.