About soft luggage:

• The luggage industry is classified into hard and soft luggage.
• Hard luggages are mainly the large travel bags made from moudled plastic.
• Soft luggage is made out of woven fabrics like nylon and polyester.
• It comprises of uprights, totes, duffle and sky bags which can be with or without wheels and handles.
• The soft luggage today is becoming very popular due to the ease of carry as it is light and flexible.
• It includes handbags, military backpacks, athletic backpacks, wallets, briefcases and other soft sided luggage items.

Product Characteristics:

• Outer dimensions of a soft luggage bag vary from 460mmX340mmX160mm to 790mmX620mmX280mm.
• The size of a small soft suitcase can vary from 20 to 31.
• A standard 64 fabric used for soft luggage weighs around 350 grams.

Raw Material:

• Man-made fabrics made out of nylon (70, 42, 840, 1680 D) / polyester (600, 1200, 1800D) filament yarns are the main raw material for this industry.
• There are various variants of fabric which are used like ballistic proof, abrasion resistant or fire retardant material, these special kinds of fabrics usually cost higher and thus the end products are expensive.
• Nylon though more expensive than polyester it has proved to be more durable and hence is more popular.
• Other fabrics like canvas and coated fabrics (artificial leather) are also used.