Indian economy has grown at the rate of over 9% in the last two years and it is expected to grow at a high rate in coming years. The robust economic growth, rising standard of living and a large population base of India provides a vast market for Technical Textiles, both for domestic and global players, in various sectors like defense, healthcare, agriculture, automobiles, railways, construction, packaging, fire retardants etc. In addition, given the huge infrastructure needs of India in the years to come, a large potential awaits the technical textiles industry in Indian market.

In view of the growing importance of technical textiles world over and to address the problems plaguing the technical textiles industry in India, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh, in September 2007 announced the launch of Technology Mission on Technical Textiles, which would be implemented in the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) of Government of India. The mission would provide support for the development of technical textiles industry with the following broad objectives :

• Capacity building of manufacturers
  
• Standardization, product development, common testing facilities
  
• Domestic and export market development
  
• Skill development
  
  

In this context, FICCI is organizing a one-day Global Conference on Technical Textiles that would highlight the importance of technical textiles in various application areas. FICCI's Conference on technical textiles would provide an excellent platform for the interaction between manufacturers/traders, research institutes, policy makers and users of technical textiles. The Conference would offer several sessions focusing both on policy issues and latest developments in various segments of technical textiles. The Conference aims to bring together all players in the value chain of technical textiles.