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The importance of textiles are as follows:
- Various clothing are made from textiles such as jeans, blouses, jackets, dresses,, coats, trousers, shirts, T-shirts, sweaters, lingerie, pants, socks, hats, swim suits, etc.
- Household articles e.g. bed sheets, curtains, towels, cushion covers, cloths, table cloths, place mats and so on.
- Various house/soft furnishing e.g. carpets, upholstery, rugs, mats, nets, cushion.
- Medicare products such as bandages, plasters, artificial blood vessels, inner lining for artificial hearts, inflatable field hospital for soldiers having all supplies needed for operation stored in sterile containers, etc.
- Hospitals are reducing the chances of infections with disposable operating gowns and bed linens.
- Shelter: Both temporary and permanent shelters for many public gathering places such as outdoor restaurants canopies.
- Transport- such as huge conveyer belts made of woven cotton and nylon to carry people, from parking lots into the core cities, sails for boats.
- A Nylon “whale” to suck up oil spill from ocean.
- Police officers use protective vests to protect them from bullets. They are made from aramid fibers – seven layers, but light weight and tougher than steel.
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