Textile advances in the automotive industry

• Other Authors: Shishoo, Roshan (edited)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, England Woodhead/CRC 2008
• Series: Woodhead publishing in textiles volume 79
• Subjects: Industrial fabrics > Upholstery; Automobiles > Upholstery
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• Physical Description: xxix, 356 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781845693312; 1845693310; 9781420090000; 1420090003

Automotive textiles represent one of the most valuable international markets for technical textiles. Textile advances in the automotive industry provides an in-depth review of the design and development of automotive textiles and the recent advances made in technical textiles for a variety of automotive applications. Part one discusses issues such as automotive textile requirements from a car producer's perspective, mapping the automotive textile supply chain, advances in textile fabrics including nonwoven fabrics, and recycling issues. Part two focuses on automotive interiors with chap.