Conductive Fiber Manufacturers Council

REFERENCE INFORMATION for the Conductive Yarn, Fiber and Film Industry

· Conductive Textiles Industry: Innovation in the textile industry and Increase In Physical Fitness Activities to Improve Growth a report from Transparency Market research

· Here's a source for standards from one of our industry partners: http://www.r-stat.fr/uk/standards.php

· Just how big is the specialty wire industry?

According to The International Cablemakers Federation (ICF) http://www.icf.at/

U.S consumption of wire and cable products for 2012 amounted to $20.9 billion while
Global consumption amounted to $179.3 billion.

ICF membership represents approx. 70% of the global manufacturing capacity of the Wire & Cable Industry. The global cable market is expected to reach $205 billion in 2014 and $297.4 billion in 2019.
Bishop & Associates projects the worldwide market for transportation cable assemblies will grow 8.8% in 2014 to $8.6 billion. http://www.connectorsupplier.com/transportation-market-sees-boom-in-commercial-aircraft/
The aircraft cable assemblies market had been valued at $407.9 million in the year 2013, and is projected to reach $552.3 million, by the end of the year 2018.
Cable assemblies constitute 9.0% of the global electrical power system market. http://www.micromarketmonitor.com/market-report/cable-assemblies-reports-4934812250.html
In 2013, the worldwide market for interconnect products used in telecom (telecom/datacom) totaled $25.0 billion including connectors and cable assemblies. Individually, connectors accounted for $9.8 billion in sales and cable assemblies equaled $17.9 billion. http://www.connectorsupplier.com/facts-figures-worldwide-telecom-interconnect-market/
Bishop & Associates projects the worldwide market for military/aerospace cable assemblies to grow 2.5% in 2014 to $13.4 billion. http://www.connectorsupplier.com/military-market-continues-to-contract/
According to a new technical market research report, EMI/RFI MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES (PLS005K), from BCC Research (www.bccresearch.com), the global market for EMI/RFI shielding is expect to reach nearly $5.1 billion in 2012 and $5.2 billion in 2013. Total market valued is expected to reach nearly $6 billion in 2018 after increasing at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.9%. Conductive coatings methods is expected to have a value of $1.9 billion in 2013 and $2.1 billion in 2018 http://www.bccresearch.com/pressroom/pls/global-market-emi-rfi-shielding-reach-nearly-$6-billion-2018
Metal-clad fibers are just beginning to gain a market toe-hold. An interesting discussion of the state of the industry as seen by one company can be found at http://www.metalcladfibers.com/news/2011/3/20/techtextilenorth-america-symposium-presentation.html. Their comment about metal-clad fiber conductors being less conductive than copper conductors is particularly interesting. Metal coatings applied by electroless and electro deposition techniques typically demonstrate a significantly higher resistivity than the pure metal-a feature which severely limits the electro-coated fibers and is another factor in their slow acceptance in the marketplace.
Micro-Coax is a cable manufacturer for the aviation and aerospace industry. Here is their brochure http://araconfiber.com/wp-content/plugins/aracon-datasheet/downloadpdf.php?fid=aHR0cDovL2FyYWNvbmZpYmVyLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L2dhbGxlcnkvYnJvY2h1cmVzL2FyYWNvbi1tZXRhbC1jbGFkLWZpYmVyLWJyb2NodXJlLnBkZg==
A discussion of some of the issues related to aviation wire and cable can be found at http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/issue/feature/Wire-and-Cable_74766.html#.VBTJGtnD9yY Aerospace wire and cable manufacturers juggle the need for more bandwidth and greater capacity with demands for lower weight and smaller size - See more at: http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/wire-and-cable/Aircraft-Wire-and-Cable-Doing-More-With-Less_82840.html#.VBXlotnD9yY

· Analysis of failure mechanisms of machine embroidered electrical contacts and solutions for improved reliability, Dr. Torsten Linz, 2011

· Leading Heat-Resistant Polymers

· A Conductive Polymer Primer

· Nanomarkets

· Plastics and Nanoparticples

· Wiring Harness Guide

· The Textile Library

· The Next Generation- Smart and Technical Textiles

· Some useful technical articles:

T. Bashir, "Conjugated polymer-based conductive fibers for smart textile applications" Doctoral Thesis, Chalmers University of Technology, ISSN: 0346-718X; nr 3495, 2013.
T. Bashir, M. Skrifvars, N.-K. Persson, "Production of highly conductive textile viscose yarns by chemical vapour deposition technique: A route to continuous process", Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 22, 2214-2221, 2011.
T. Bashir, M. Skrifvars, N.-K. Persson,"Synthesis of high performance, conductive PEDOT-coated polyester yarns by OCVD technique", Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 23, 611-617, 2012.
T. Bashir, L. Fast, M. Skrifvars, N.-K. Persson," Electrical resistance measuring methods and electrical characterization of Poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) coated conductive fibers", Applied Journal of Polymer Science, 124, 2954-2961, 2012.
T. Bashir, M. Skrifvars, N.-K. Persson, "Surface modification of conductive PEDOT coated textile yarns with silicon resin", Materials Technology: Advanced Performance Materials, 26 (3), 135-139, 2011.
T. Bashir, M. Ali, S.-W. Cho, N.-K. Persson, M. Skrifvars, "OCVD polymerization of PEDOT: effects of pretreatment steps on PEDOT coated conductive fibers and a morphological study of PEDOT distribution on textile yarns", Polymers for Advanced Technologies, 24, 210-219, 2013.
T. Bashir, M. Ali, N.-K. Persson, S.K. Ramamoorthy, M. Skrifvars,"Stretch sensing properties of knitted structures made of PEDOT-coated conductive viscose and polyester yarns", Textile Research Journal, DOI: 10.1177/0040517513494253, 2013.
T. Bashir, F. Bakare, B. Baghaei, A.K. Mehrjerdi, M. Skrifvars "Influence of different organic solvents and oxidants on insulating and film forming properties of PEDOT polymer", Iranian Polymer Journal, 22 (8), 599-611, 2013.

· The Effectiveness ofConductive Fiber Structures in ElectromagneticAbsorption

· Fabrication of Conductive Carbon Black Nano-fibers

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