Breathable protective clothing is a kind of protective equipment used by military and civilians that can penetrate air and moisture, but can prevent toxic gases, droplets, bacteria and radioactive dust from causing harm to the human body. After nearly a century of development, countries have come out with relatively mature breathable anti-virus clothing, most of which are made of activated carbon adsorption materials. Although the protective performance of this activated carbon adsorption material is good, there are also problems such as non-selective adsorption, poor protection against large toxic agent droplets, and easy secondary pollution.
The current development status of the breathable anti-gas clothing industry
Development is uneven between countries – US manufacturers dominate, while China, despite its vast market, has relatively small local firms
From a global point of view, DuPont, Honeywell, 3M, Dräger, Kimberly-Clark and Delta all occupy a significant market position, from the perspective of manufacturers, American manufacturers such as DuPont, Honeywell, 3M, etc., have the advantages of strong financial strength, strong R&D team, rich industry experience, etc., so they occupy a leading position in global production. As far as the whole Chinese local market is concerned, the landscape Chinese market is relatively broad, but there is no player with an international reputation in China, most of the enterprises only produce in China and have less export business, most of the enterprises have low income, and their product brands are not competitive. On the whole, China's protective clothing market is huge, there are many production enterprises, but the typical industrial characteristics are more but not stronger, more but not large, the overall market is chaotic and disorderly, and most enterprises are in a state of low-quality competition.
Accelerated development of the industry - to develop in the direction of high concentration and extension of the industrial chain
Personal protective equipment (PPE) products have the typical characteristics of spending a little money to do big things, for many enterprises to procure, the expenditure of personal protective equipment products is not high, but it does help enterprises to reduce various safety accidents. Due to the low expenditure on human protective equipment products, most enterprise users or ** users have higher requirements for product quality and brand awareness, which makes it easier for large enterprises to obtain orders. On the other hand, international giants regard the personal protective equipment business as an important development direction, and gain market share through continuous acquisitions, so as to extend their protective clothing industry chain to more personal protective equipment products.
The classification is uneven - civilian (industrial protective clothing) dominates, the military market is smaller
Despite the high cost of military breathable gas suits, the production and consumption are still small compared with industrial gas suits, and the overall scale is still a significant leading position in industrial gas suits.
The development trend of breathable anti-virus clothing
Increased attention - market iteration accelerated
In general, due to the relatively large number of industrial production safety accidents in recent years, and the impact of the new crown epidemic and other respiratory infectious diseases, the requirements of various ** regulations for protective products are becoming more and more stringent; At the same time, China's external environment has deteriorated, and the global economy is in a state of slump; Cruel market competition requires enterprises to move towards scale and global market With the turn of China's manufacturing, the first policy and downstream enterprises are more willing to cooperate with high-tech companies, so the future market will force enterprises to innovate.
Horizontal expansion - the product is developing in the direction of generalization
In general, protective clothing, especially military protective clothing and equipment, is developing from a single product to system integration, and the protective clothing and equipment provided in the future will be a systematic solution, with both protective performance and information-based combat means, which can be deeply integrated with other modern equipment.
Accelerated competition for talents - accelerate the training of professional and technical personnel
The development of high-end industrial protective clothing requires professional and technical personnel, compared with foreign giants, China's protective clothing industry is still showing a trend of extensive development, and most enterprises at the current stage are still based on imitation and plagiarism. There is neither professional technical personnel nor professional design talents, and many enterprises do not pay attention to the company's long-term business strategy, nor do they pay attention to the training of design and R&D personnel, which makes the long-term development of enterprises seriously limited. On the one hand, the quality of domestic products is uneven, and the reputation is not high, which makes it difficult to expand the scale of the enterprise, and the company's meager profits make it difficult for the enterprise to expand the scale of production. On the other hand, few companies really regard this business as a core business to develop, which leads to the frequent turnover of technical personnel in the company, forming a sales and results-oriented model. In the future, an important direction for enterprises in the industrial protective clothing industry is to improve profitability to improve employee treatment and reduce personnel turnover, so as to enable enterprises to maintain healthy and long-term development, and then ensure the innovation of enterprises.
Technology upgrading - new materials and new processes continue to expand
For example, microcapsule self-healing technology is applied to electrospun nanofibers for biochemical protective clothing, small-aperture carbon nanotube films, metal-organic framework materials (MOFs), etc. In addition, additives such as adhesives are also gradually emerging, for example, at room temperature, the use of supramolecular complexes composed of cyclodextrin and cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as self-assembly agents can achieve a high loading of UIO-66-NH2 crystals on the fabric, and the degradation of dimethyl phosphate can be inactive within min after MOFS-treated fabrics, suggesting that this study may significantly improve the protective effect of protective clothing. Further ensure the safety of front-line soldiers and first responders in the face of chemical **.
Global analysis of the overall scale of breathable gas suits
In 2022, the global market size of breathable anti-virus clothing reached 586204 million dollars, which is expected to reach 8622 in 2029$41 million with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 597%。
At the regional level, North America is the world's largest market, with a market size of 2,231 in 202206 million dollars; This is followed by Europe, with a market size of 1519 in 202276 million dollars. The Chinese market has changed rapidly in the past few years, with a market size of 797 in 202224 million dollars, about 1360%%, mainly because there is still a certain gap between the use rate of anti-drug clothing and that of developed countries. With the gradual improvement of safety production awareness, technological progress and the mass production and use of new materials, it is expected to reach 1370 in 202910 million US dollars, which will reach 1589%。
From the perspective of product type and technology, HDPE fiber is the category with the largest market share in 2022, and the market size of HDPE fiber breathable anti-gas clothing in 2022 is 124451 million USD, followed closely by non-woven polypropylene type, with a market size of 121051 million dollars, respectively, accounted for 2123% and 2065% market share, and it is expected that the growth rate difference and share between the categories will not change much in the coming years.
From the perspective of product market application, oil and gas and chemical industry occupy the largest downstream application market, with a market size of 229440 million dollars with a market share of 3914%。The military breathable gas protective clothing (excluding fire rescue) market size is 37048 million dollars, accounted for 632% market share. Overall, breathable gas suits for the industrial sector dominate the market, with a market share of around 85%.
At present, the world's major manufacturers include Dupont, Honeywell, 3M, Kimberly-Clark, and Sioen Industries, etc., and the top five manufacturers account for more than 37 percent in 202299%, and the industry is expected to be more competitive in the coming years.
At present, more and more new materials are being or will be used in the production of protective equipment. China has made certain achievements in the research of morphological memory materials and arasulfone blended materials, while foreign countries are in a leading position in polymer membrane composites and nanomaterials. At present, many new materials have reached the scale that can be mass-produced. From a global perspective, the current breathable protective clothing is still dominated by new activated carbon materials, and other new materials are still in their infancy. It is foreseeable that over time, these materials will become more and more widely used in the future. This article **The latest version of the industry report of [Global and China Breathable Protective Clothing Market Status and Future Development Trend] published by QYResearch Research Institute in 2024
This report studies the production capacity, production, volume, value,** and future trends of Breathable Protective Clothing in global and Chinese market. It focuses on the analysis of product characteristics, product specifications, sales volume, sales revenue and market share of major manufacturers in the global and Chinese markets. Historical data from 2018 to 2022 and **data from 2023 to 2029.