What are industrial textiles – – and do they differ from technical textiles?
A good questions and one more difficult to answer than one might think. One casual definition says that “if we don t wear it as clothing, if we don t use it to decorate our homes, then it is industrial.” While that may be a bit imprecise, it is functional enough to show perspective. And it is not too far removed from the “actual” definition — as best we have been able to define IT. The venerable Textile Institute (Manchester, UK) probably does the best job.
