Interactive Workshop on Medical Textile
Introduction
Technical textiles is the emerging area for investment in India. The potential of technical textile in India is still untapped. Technical textiles represents a multi-disciplinary field with numerous end use applications. The production of different items of technical textile industry has been slowly but steadily increasing in the country. However there is lack of information regarding the status of the technical textile industry . The awareness on technical textiles among prospective entrepreneurs and consumers is very less. Hence entrepreneurs require details like market size , domestic and global scenario of technical textiles, details of govt schemes, list of existing technical textile manufacturers, importers and exporters, details of technical textile machinery manufacturers.
About Medical Textile
Meditech products include textile materials used in hygiene, health and personal care as well as surgical applications. The Meditech products are available in woven, knitted and non-woven forms based on the area of application. Their use is based on a number of typical basic textile properties like softness and lightness, flexibility, absorption, filtering etc. Increasingly, synthetic fibre is being used in the production of these products.
The technical textile products covered under Meditech are as given below:-
- Baby diapers
- Incontinence diapers
- Sanitary napkin
- Surgical sutures
- Disposables
- Surgical dressing
- Contact lens
- Artificial implants
Objectives:
- The One day workshop will focus on understanding the current scenario of medical textile market globally and domestically
- Studying strength, weakness , opportunity, Threats ( SWOT) analysis of medical textile
- Understanding medical textile product and its specification
- Analyzing the demand and supply
- How usage of meditech will benefitted medical industry
Target Audience: Hospitals, Hospital Accreditation Body , Govt. Body
Market Size:
Technical textiles consumption under Meditech is estimated at Rs 1,514 crore. Surgical dressing alone accounts for over 50% of the total technical textile consumption across Meditech segment. Surgical sutures account for around 21% of the total Meditech consumption followed by contact lenses and artificial implants with shares of around 12% and 8% respectively in the total consumption.
Utility: Meditech products will prevent hospital acquired infection, cross-infection, and provide savings in overall healthcare costs due to reduced cross-infections. Improved Meditech products will provide comfort and quicker healing.
Market Size for Meditech (Value in Rupees Cr)
India is dominated by Non disposable as compared to Western countries due to the various reasons as below:-
- Low hygiene awareness
- Abundance of raw material and low operational cost
- Budgetary Constraints
- High investment involved for disposables
- Problem of disposal
Further looking at the future for healthcare products, disposable healthcare products are making their way in the domestic market as they have certain advantages over reusable products:
Poses good hydrophobic ability
- Good air permeability linking
- More hygienic
- Infection free nature
- Cost effective
- No maintenance required
India has a very bright future for Healthcare & Hygiene products as it is:-
- World’s 2nd largest population
- High Average Per Capita Income: growth rate 3.8 % per annum
- Increasing aspiration for improved standard of living
- Increasing disposable income and consumerism
- Increasing literacy rate and hygiene awareness
- Better healthcare, improved medical services & technology
- Rapid urbanization
- Untapped rural potential
With this enormous Potential in terms of Population, Economy, Industrialisation & Trade liberalisation the Market for Health care & Hygiene products has Just Started to develop India’s hygiene & health care industry expected to grow around 13 % per annum.
Our aim at FICCI-WRC in organizing this workshop is to explore the enormous potential of medical textile. The workshop also aims to provide a unique platform to comprehensively address the concerns and bring together the Hospitals, Hospital accreditation body, Government regulatory bodies, hospital authorities and medical practitioners.
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For more information, contact
Sachin Gosavi / Ms. Theresa Pagre
Tel: 022-24968000
Email: sachin.gosavi[a]ficci.com / wrc[a]ficci.com
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Nature’s Wonder Fruit – Lemon
Functional Foods Knowledge Series: Nature’s Wonder Fruit – Lemon
Theme: Lemon’s Multifarious Dimensions
Venue: Mayfair Banquet, Worli
Date: August 5, 2010, Thursday
Time: 11.00 am – 4.00 pm
India ranks sixth in the production of citrus fruit in the world. It occupies third position after mango and banana in the production of fruits in India. Citrus fruits originated in the tropical and sub tropical regions of South East Asia, particularly India and China. North East India is the native place of many citrus species. It is of particular interest because of its high content of vitamin C and refreshing juice. Of the various types of citrus fruits grown in India, orange (mandarin or santra), sweet orange (mosambi, malta or satgudi) and lime/lemon (limbu or nimbu) are of commercial importance. The beneficial lemon (Citrus limon) originally native to Asia, is regularly used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world – primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind (zest) are also used, mainly in cooking and baking. This inexpensive and easily available citrus fruit popular for its culinary uses, also has properties that makes it effective in natural health and holistic healing methods. The three key benefits of Lemon are: Objectives of this knowledge series Who should attend? Representatives from:
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FICCI Western Regional Council (WRC)
Plot no 33-B, Krishnamai, Sir Pochkhanwala Road, Worli,
Mumbai - 400030 , India
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FICCI - Wellness 2010
Theme: Transforming Lifestyles
Date: August 25th, 2010
Venue: Taj President, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai
Wellness, the choice of a lifestyle that involves self-care decisions to improve the quality of life as a whole. Against the backdrop of increasing lifestyle diseases and emphasis on preventive care, there is a large gap in supply and demand for wellness services. According to the FICCI- E&Y study the wellness economy is growing at a CAGR of 30% – 35%, the services segment alone stand around 11,000 crore.
The FICCI – WELLNESS, 2010 conference aims to establish wellness service providers under the systems of organized healthcare and acknowledge their impact in alleviating disease burden resultant of lifestyle diseases.
Eminent authorities on the multiple verticals of the wellness sector will address the daylong conference. The overview of the 4 main sessions which concludes with networking amongst leading business organizations are:
- Session 1: Wellness Industry: An Overview
- Session 2: REJUVENTATION: Yoga, Fitness & Diet
- Session 3: Insurance & Quality in Wellness
- Session 4: Business of Wellness (Salons & Beauty Businesses)
Who should Attend:
- Health & Wellness Administrators
- Health and fitness professionals
- Spa & Gymnasium Companies
- Beauty and Wellness Professionals
- Salons and Slimming Centers
- Medical / Wellness equipment manufacturers
- Herbal manufacturers and retailers
- Cosmetic and Herbal Companies
- Nutritionists
- Researchers
- Skin & Hair care Services
- Stake holders in - Hospital, Hotels, Institutions, SME
- Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani, Yoga, Homeopathy and Naturopathy centers
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Partners:
For Registration and Inquiries:
Mr. Ashwin Khanna – ashwin[at]ficci.com ; Tel: 24968000
Ms. Bhagirathi Mohan – bhagirathi[at]ficci.com; Tel: 09773111458
FICCI – Frost & Sullivan Knowledge Paper on Wellness will be released by the Chief Guest during the Conference.
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