The document discusses technical textiles, providing definitions and discussing various types. It summarizes that technical textiles are manufactured primarily for performance or function rather than aesthetics. The document then discusses 12 end use areas of technical textiles: agrotech, buildtech, clothtech, hometech, geotech, indutech, medtech, mobiltech, oekotech, protech, packtech, and sporttech. For each area it provides 1-2 examples of products used. The document emphasizes that technical textiles have a variety of applications across many industries due to their functional properties.