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High-tenacity ripstop nylon/polyester face fabrics with durable water-repellent (DWR) finish for tents, packs and shells; DWR historically PFAS-based, now reformulating.
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Companies
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What depends on it
1 essential American goods rely on technical outdoor ripstop fabric + dwr somewhere upstream in their supply chain.
Where it comes from
Share of global supply, by country.
| Country | Share of supply |
|---|---|
| INIndia | 49% |
| CNChina | 9% |
| DEGermany (Federal Republic of Germany) | 8% |
| KRSouth Korea (Republic of Korea) | 6% |
| CACanada | 6% |
| MXMexico | 6% |
| TWTaiwan | 4% |
| VNVietnam | 2% |
| TRTurkey | 2% |
| JPJapan | 1% |
| MYMalaysia | 1% |
| ITItaly | 1% |
Who makes it
4 companies produce technical outdoor ripstop fabric + dwr.
Global textile dye and chemical supplier spun off from Clariant in 2013; major supplier of reactive, acid, and disperse dyes for cotton, wool, and polyester. Produces Earth Colors® range from agricultural waste. Operates in 35 countries; ~6,000 employees.
Daikin Industries Ltd. (Osaka Japan; Tokyo: 6367; ~¥4.4T revenue 2023) is the world's largest air conditioning manufacturer and a major manufacturer of refrigeration units for ocean shipping containers (reefer container units) through its Daikin Container division. Daikin's reefer container refrigeration units compete with Carrier Transicold container units in the ocean reefer shipping market. Daikin Container's manufacturing is concentrated in Japan and China. Daikin is also the world's largest producer of fluorocarbon refrigerants and fluoropolymers — the chemical feedstocks for HFC refrigerants including the R-452A and R-448A blends that are replacing R-404A in reefer equipment. This creates a unique dual position: Daikin manufactures the reefer equipment AND the refrigerants that run in it, AND the refrigerants' feedstock chemicals. Daikin's acquisition of Goodman (Australia/US HVAC) and McQuay International (US commercial HVAC) makes it the dominant global HVAC manufacturer alongside Carrier and Trane.
Maker of CORDURA brand high-tenacity nylon fabric and nylon 6,6 polymer/intermediates (adiponitrile); part of Koch Industries.
Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo; TSE: 3402; ~¥2.6T revenue) is Japan's largest synthetic fiber manufacturer and a major producer of SMS (spunbond-meltblown-spunbond) nonwoven fabrics for medical and hygiene applications. Toray's nonwovens business (Fibers & Textiles segment) produces meltblown and spunmelt fabrics at facilities in Japan, South Korea, China, and Southeast Asia. Toray's Eclat SMS fabric — a tri-layer structure with meltblown as the filtration core — is used in surgical gowns, drapes, and masks. Toray supplies SMS nonwoven to Kimberly-Clark, Mölnlycke Health Care, and major Asian mask manufacturers. Toray is also a major producer of polypropylene resin (feedstock for meltblown) through its petrochemicals affiliates, giving partial upstream integration.
