Industrial Advanced Textile Materials sector
Strategic acquirers, private equity (buyout funds and growth funds) firms, and valuation benchmarks for Industrial Advanced Textile Materials
1.1 - About Industrial Advanced Textile Materials sector
Companies in Industrial Advanced Textile Materials design, engineer, and manufacture high-performance fabrics, nonwovens, and composite reinforcements for demanding industrial and OEM applications. They deliver materials with superior strength-to-weight, thermal stability, flame resistance, conductivity, and durability, enabling better product performance, safety, and regulatory compliance across aerospace, defense, automotive, energy, filtration, construction, and medical sectors.
Typical offerings include fiber and yarn development—such as aramid, UHMWPE, and carbon—to meet strength-to-weight targets. Vendors perform technical weaving and knitting for ballistic and structural fabrics, run nonwoven lines for filtration and insulation media, and apply coatings or laminations to add barrier, antimicrobial, or hydrophobic performance. Many also deliver conductive and sensor-integrated textiles, thermal and flame-retardant treatments, plus composite prepregs and fabric reinforcements, backed by formulation, prototyping, roll‑to‑roll processing, and certified testing.
They primarily serve aerospace and defense OEMs, industrial filtration and energy equipment makers, and automotive and transportation suppliers. Outcomes include reduced weight and improved strength for structural components, higher filtration efficiency and service life, enhanced protection and safety compliance for PPE and interiors, and more reliable supply chains through specification control, traceability, and certifications such as ISO, AS9100, NFPA, and MIL-SPEC.
2. Buyers in the Industrial Advanced Textile Materials sector
2.1 Top strategic acquirers of Industrial Advanced Textile Materials companies
MycoWorks
- Description: Provider of Reishi™, a leather-like biomaterial created through MycoWorks’ patented Fine Mycelium fermentation process that grows mycelium (mushroom root) into durable sheets, offering luxury retailers a scalable, sustainable alternative to animal leather.
- Key Products:
- Reishi™ biomaterial: Leather-like sheet grown via patented mycelium fermentation, delivering a durable, sustainable alternative to animal leather for high-end fashion applications
- Fine Mycelium™ technology: Proprietary fermentation platform that harnesses mushroom root to generate consistent, high-quality material and supports commercial-scale production of 5,000 sheets per day at the Union
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2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Industrial Advanced Textile Materials sector
M&A buyer group 1: Composites
Saint-Gobain
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- Description: Provider of advanced silicon carbide ceramics and refractory solutions, offering sintered, siliconized and recrystallized SiC grades plus engineered filtration, burner and wear technologies for demanding high-temperature, microfiltration and industrial applications.
- Key Products:
- Hexoloy® Sintered SiC: Proprietary fully-densified silicon carbide produced near 2,000 °C in inert atmospheres, providing exceptional chemical resistance and strength for extreme service parts
- Silit® SK Reaction-Bonded SiC: Siliconized ceramic formed from porous carbon and molten silicon, delivering high mechanical properties for applications above 1,400 °C
- Crystar® Filtration Technology: Microfiltration system using SiC media to achieve consistent retention, low energy consumption and high-quality filtrate for liquid purification
- Total Burner Solution: Integrated refractory burner assemblies engineered to boost industrial heating efficiency and enable carbon reduction in energy-intensive processes.
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3.1 - Buyout funds in the Industrial Advanced Textile Materials sector
2.2 - Strategic buyer groups for Industrial Advanced Textile Materials sector
4 - Top valuation comps for Industrial Advanced Textile Materials companies
4.2 - Public trading comparable groups for Industrial Advanced Textile Materials sector
Valuation benchmark group 1: Textile Fabric and Garment Manufacturers
Shenzhou International
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- Description: Provider of vertically integrated knitwear manufacturing services, specializing in the production, dyeing, finishing, printing, and sales of knitwear products including sportswear, casual wear, and lingerie, offering customized fabric solutions.
- Key Products:
- Sportswear: High-quality sportswear manufacturing and sales
- Casual Wear: Comfortable casual wear production and distribution
- Lingerie: Stylish lingerie design and manufacturing
- Fabric Dyeing: Customized fabric dyeing services
- Knitwear Printing: Advanced knitwear printing and finishing services