Smart fabrics, popular as smart textiles or E-textiles, are the fabrics that have microelectronics and digital parts implanted in them. The improvements in the field of microfiber technology have allowed the manufacture of textiles with types like breathability, waterproofing. Smart Fabrics will be water resistant and can measure the chemical alignment of your body, monitor your heart rate, and also, keep track of your physical activities and local environment. Apart from tracking your health, it is also capable of varying temperatures as per your body necessities and your surrounding area.

Global Smart Fabric for Sports & Fitness Market Segments Size & Growth:

Global Smart Fabric for sports & fitness market is accounted for $XX Billion in 2017 and expected to grow at a CAGR of XX% to reach $XX Billion by 2024 during the forecast period 2018-2024. Major factors that are driving the market growth increase in wearable electronic industry fueling the smart fabric for sports & fitness market, rapid growth in low cost smart wireless sensors, increasing popularity on gadgets with advanced functions. However, high cost, and lack of regulations which are fettering the growth of the global smart fabric for sports & fitness market.

Global Smart Fabric for Sports & Fitness Market Segments Share:

Global smart fabric for sports & fitness market is categorised into by function which consists of sensing, thermoelectricity, energy harvesting, and luminescence & aesthetics. Sensing is the dominant market among another function segment in smart fabric for sports & fitness market because of the textile sensors as they have the capability of sensing and monitoring in various applications like personal protective equipment, medical, sports, and fitness. By products, it is classified by active smart, ultra-smart, and passive smart.  The active smart fabric is the fastest growing among other product in the global smart factory market because of the integration of sensors as well as actuators. They are available in the form of heat evolving fabrics and also in electrically heated suits along with the features such as shape memory, heat storage, monitors heart rate, and water resistance.

By Geography, North America is the leading market in the global smart fabric for sports & fitness market because of the increasing information technology and electronics sector in this region. Emerging automobiles in Europe the Smart Fabric for Sports & Fitness market has been increasing during the forecast period. The Asia Pacific is the fastest growing in the global textile market owing to boost healthcare as well as construction industry. Asian countries like China and India are driving the market in this region. South America and Middle East & Africa are emerging stage in smart fabric for sports & fitness market but are anticipated to have a steady CAGR during the forecast period.

Global Smart Fabric for Sports & Fitness Market Segments Trends:

• In December 2017, Outlast has launched Outlast Xelerate a heat spreader to build up the heat for climatic regulations by using PCM process.
• In March 2017, Google and Levis collaborated for “Project Jacquard” which is a smart jacket with a wearable technology which is interconnected with smartwatches as well as trackers.

Global Smart Fabric for Sports & Fitness Research Report:

An executive summary condensing the whole report such that essential authority can rapidly twist up doubtlessly acquainted with brief overview and conclusion.

To have complete market analysis, industry value chain analysis, Porter’s Five Force Analysis, PESTLE, SWOT analysis, and Y-o-Y analysis were carried to understand the market more comprehensively.

Regional and global diversity is analysed with the major countries and the unions. Scrutinizing the revenue generation on Year-On-Year

Identifying DROC in the current market and their impact in altering the market dynamics.

Competitive landscape analysis to identify the mergers and acquisitions which will have a comparative financial analysis with major competitors.

Expertise investment opportunities by an analyst to the individual and organisation to have a better foothold in the market.

The major key players are:

• AIQ Smart Clothing Inc.
• Gentherm Incorporated
• Eeonyx Corporation
• Google Inc.
• Outlast Technologies LLC
• I.Du Pont De Nemours and company
• Interactive Wear AG
• Schoeller Technologies AG

Along with these companies, there were many other companies considered/cited in the report while analysing the smart fabric for sports & fitness market. These companies hold substantial share-owning to the nature of the industry whereas rest of the market shares are marginal chunks to regional and local level manufacturers. Other players have considerable presence owing to its robust brand image, geographical reach and strong customer base.