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IFAI SYMPOSIUM ON SELECTED TECHNICAL FABRICS MARKETS
Fabric Graphics, Geosynthetics, Smart Fabrics, Construction/Building
(Offered free of charge by the INDEX 11 organisers to all registered visitors and exhibitors of INDEX 11)
Surviving in today’s technical fabrics market environment requires companies to have a thorough understanding of the market conditions they operate in now and in the future.
Insights into market size, growth, and trends is critical in order to make informed decisions about your business—whether it’s trying to invest in product development, deciding what markets to participate in, or figuring out how to set a strategy that works well within the market conditions existing today and in the future.
This symposium from IFAI (Industrial Fabrics Association International) focuses on overviews of four U.S. market segments: Fabric Graphics, Geosynthetics, Smart Fabrics, and Construction/Building. Each overview provides a comprehensive review of the U.S. market situation (size, growth rates, trends, etc.) to help you better understand the current conditions within each market so your company can take appropriate action in the future.
| IFAI SYMPOSIUM ON SELECTED TECHNICAL FABRICS MARKETS Thursday, 14 April 2011 9 :15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Hall 4, Conference area INDEX 11 |
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| 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | |
| Fabric Graphics Market: Overview and Learnings from U.S. | |
| Market size, growth rates, market share based on application, trends, and more | |
| Opportunities and threats, outlook for U.S. Fabric Graphics Market | |
| Questions last 15 minutes | |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.: Break | |
| 10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | |
| Geosynthetics Market: Overview and Learnings from U.S. | |
| Market size, growth rates, market share based on application, trends, and more | |
| Opportunities and threats, outlook for U.S. Geosynthetics Market | |
| Questions last 15 minutes | |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.: Break | |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | |
| Smart Fabrics Market: Overview and Learnings from U.S. | |
| Market size, growth rates, trends, and more | |
| Insights into smart fabric applications for military and non-military markets | |
| Questions last 15 minutes | |
| 12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Break | |
| 12:15 p.m. - 13:00 p.m. | |
| Construction/Building Market: Overview and Learnings from U.S. | |
| Market size, growth rates, trends, and more | |
| Looks at U.S. end use technical fabrics markets: awnings, lightweight structures, and tarpaulins | |
| Questions last 15 minutes | |
Lecturer: Mr. Jeffrey Rasmussen
Mr. Rasmussen has over 18 years of Market Research experience for a wide array of organizations. His experience includes the areas of customer satisfaction studies, custom market research studies, as well as industry and competitor analysis.
Mr. Rasmussen’s work at IFAI includes researching and writing industry articles that are published in IFAI’s flagship journal Specialty Fabrics Review. He also develops and writes industry reports as well as presentations that are presented to selected technical fabrics audiences across the world. Each year he authors IFAI’s annual report on the state of the technical fabrics industry. Other reports by Mr. Rasmussen include in-depth overviews of individual U.S. technical fabrics market segments such as the fabric structures market, the marine fabric market, and the awning fabric market.
