Contents

6 Editorial

industry update
8 Negative to stable outlook for Indian textiles – Fitch
26 China’s textile industry set for further growth
54 Italian textile machinery sector cautiously optimistic
66 Demand growth in emerging markets is driving
investment in nonwovens
100 Environmental impact, a major issue facing
textile manufacturers

10 18
cover story Shanghai Chunrui
open-end rotors for
Indorama Indian market
launches
Inviya
India’s first
spandex filament
yarn facility to be
commissioned

Corporate news
32 Technical textiles, the new growth engine for Arvind
34 Rieter retains marketshare despite global uncertainties
38 Trident’s yarn expansion plant in Punjab commissioned
46 Raymond increasing focus on semi-urban markets
50 Oerlikon Neumag sells staple fiber plant for geotextile 20
production to India Banswara Syntex
70 Vardhman expects industry to stabilise from now on targets Rs. 1,000-crore
80 TeFoc partners global giants to support Indian customers turnover for 2011-12

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Negative to stable outlook for

Indian textiles – Fitch
Fitch Ratings has stated that the outlook for Indian Refinancing risks would increase for distressed textile
cotton textiles is negative to stable in 2012, while the companies in 2012 as the Reserve Bank of India and the
outlook for Indian synthetic textiles is stable. Finance Ministry have rejected the proposal for restruc-
Margin pressure persists for both cotton and synthetic turing of textile loans.
textiles driven by rising wage costs and power costs (in- FY12 financial leverage will deteriorate for most tex-
cluding shortage of power), and higher interest rates. tile companies due to their higher working-capital debt
Cotton textiles are also facing challenges of a slower and lower EBITDA compared with previous year’s, and
demand pick-up and a loss of margins. However, recov- deleveraging will remain a challenge for the sector in
ery is expected from the falling cotton prices, subject 2012.
to any further volatility in input costs or forex move- Given the challenging operating environment led by
ments. Synthetic textiles benefit from higher demand for the uncertainty over demand growth, volatility in raw
blended textiles, although material prices and persist-
margins can turn volatile ent increases in other op-
in sync with crude oil price erating costs, coupled with
volatility. the stress on liquidity, it is
Weak demand for cotton unlikely that the sector’s
and cotton products in YTD outlook will turn positive.
FY12 was mainly a result of However, if falling cotton
existing inventories causing prices translate into a reviv-
mills to postpone any fur- al of demand and capacity
ther buying in the backdrop utilisation, the outlook on
of uncertainty in overseas cotton textiles could turn
demand for textiles. Weak stable in the last two quar-
demand, labour and power ters of 2012.
shortage in textile centres The outlook on synthetic
such as Bhiwandi and Tiru- textiles may be revised to
pur have led to about 50 per cent of under-used capaci- negative if raw material prices increase substantially,
ties. Instead of adding capacity in India, garment manu- making synthetic textiles less competitive than cotton.
facturers are looking at options of setting up capacity or Downside risks to the outlook also include the adverse
outsourcing job work to Bangladesh to benefit from the impact of policy changes and a prolonged demand slow-
lower cost of production. down.
Cash losses for cotton yarn manufacturers and lower- Fitch-rated Indian textile companies include Rupa
end fabric companies in H112 impaired their debt re- & Company Ltd. (‘Fitch A-(ind)’/Stable), Balkrishna
payment capacity leading to several instances of over- Synthetics Ltd. (‘Fitch BBB-(ind)’/Negative), Ginni
utilisation of working capital limits. Some Fitch-rated Filaments Ltd. (‘Fitch B+(ind)’/Stable) and Eastman
textile companies defaulted in YTD FY12 due to an in- Exports Global Clothing Private Ltd. (‘Fitch A-(ind)’/
ability to obtain a timely increase of working capital fa- Stable).
cilities, as banks tightened lending criteria for the sector. w

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cover story

Indorama launches Inviya

India’s first spandex filament yarn
facility to be commissioned
By K. Gopalakrishnan

Indorama Industries Ltd.

(IIL), part of Indorama
Corporation, Singapore,
has launched the new
revolutionary branded
spandex product “Inviya”,
setting new standard for
innovation. It is now the
Mr. Sri Prakash Lohia, Chairman, Indorama Corporation
only company in India to
manufacture spandex Inviya was launched at the All In- tion. With the launch of the spandex
dia Textile Conference held recently filament, the company will bring
filament. Inviya, the new
in New Delhi by Indorama Indus- forth the advantages of this innova-
freedom fibre, is a hi-tech tries. Indorama is synonymous with tive technology for the first time in
spandex filament that will pioneering advancements in manu- the country.
revolutionise the fashion facturing of polymers for applica- The revolutionary product is to
industry in India. tions in textile and apparel produc- be produced at the plant in Baddi,

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Himachal Pradesh, a state-of-the-art
production facility equipped with
latest technology for the clothing
and textiles, lifestyle and medical
and surgical industries.
Indorama Corporation plans to
invest up to Rs. 1,000 crores within
three years in India to produce the
spandex fibre which has various
applications like stretch denims
and sportswear. The company
has lined up a three-phase in-
vestment plan, of which the first
phase is already completed at an
investment of Rs. 400 crores at
Baddi. The new plant will start
commercial production by March.
Mr. Sri Prakash Lohia, Chairman
of Indorama Corporation, says: “As
a frontrunner in introducing new
technology in the market, Indo-
rama is dedicated to expanding its
product portfolio of high value and
performance textiles by providing
consumers with the world-class
spandex filament closer to home.
We, at Indorama, are dedicated to
establishing Inviya as the best solu-
tion for industries in the textile and
apparel sector in the coming years.”
Inviya is specifically conceived
for applications expanding across
stretch denim, sportswear, active
wear, bottom wear, intimate gar-
ments, innerwear, socks, and surgi-
cal & medical applications.
According to recent studies, the
spandex usage in India is grow-
ing at 15-20 per cent per year as
compared to world’s expected
growth of 7-8 per cent per year.
Direct consumption of bare span-
Mr. Amit Lohia,
M.D., Indorama Corporation
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dex in the country currently stands
around 6,000-7000 tons per annum,
all of which is imported. In the light
of the rapid growth in the organised
retail segment and branded clothing
market, it is a natural step for IIL to
invest in Inviya.
Indorama Corporation is a global
manufacturer of textile raw materi-
als (premium spun yarns, polyester
fibre / filament yarns, and woven
fabrics), petrochemicals and medi-
cal / surgical gloves. Indorama’s
current revenue is over $8 billion
with its products being shipped to
more than 90 countries across the
world. It has more than 19,000 em-
ployees worldwide. The company is
the largest polyester producer in the
world and the second largest pro-
ducer of polyolefins in Africa.
Mr. S.P. Lohia is the Chairman of
the Board and Mr. Amit Lohia the
Managing Director in the Indorama
Corporation. Established as a spun-
yarn manufacturing plant in 1976 in
Indonesia, Indorama Corporation to-
day is a leading Asian organization
with 38 manufacturing facilities in
more than 19 countries. It has won
the Primaniyarta Award for Best
Export Performance five times from
the Government of Indonesia in the
category of foreign investment.
Inviya will be commercially pro-
duced using the dry spun continu-
ous polymerization technology and
equipment from Italy, PRC and
Japan. It is a zero waste discharge
plant and will have a capacity of
15,000 tons per year in a phased
manner, with current capacity being
5,000 tons per year.
Inviya stands for freedom of ex-
pression, freedom to be original,
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Big spurt in demand for
elastane fibres seen
Demand for elastane fibres, known as
spandex in the US and parts of Asia,
is set to grow considerably according
to a new report, “Stretch fibres and
fabrics: reaching new levels of comfort”,
from the business information company
Textiles Intelligence.
In the 10 years to 2010 demand for elastane fi-
bres more than doubled, from around 160,000 tons
to over 350,000 tons, and, despite the availability of
cheaper substitute stretch materials, it will continue
to increase at a rapid pace in the foreseeable future.
Elastane is used in fabrics to impart stretch prop-
erties. Such fabrics represent one of the fastest
growing categories of the apparel market, thanks to
their ability to provide comfort and enhance the ap-
pearance of garments. Stretch fabrics will continue
to maintain an especially high profile in markets
such as workwear and sportswear where freedom of
movement is essential.
Growth in demand for the fibre has been attribut-
ed to a number of factors, including the rise in sales
of garments containing elastane in China, Brazil
and India, and an increase in the number of apparel
applications for stretch fibres and fabrics. Casual
lifestyles supplemented by exercise have spurred
demand for garments such as running tights, biking
shorts, leotards and swimsuits, for which elastane
fabrics are highly suitable.
Demand in the Chinese market is especially high,
and it is estimated to have reached 270,000 tons in
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2010. In a bid to strengthen its foothold in the Chi-
nese market and increase capacity, the US fibre and
textile producer Invista announced in May 2011
that it planned to invest more than $227 million in
the expansion of its Lycra elastane plant in Foshan,
China.
However, as a result of increases in production
capacities by several suppliers, the prices of some
types of elastane have come under downward pres-
sure.
In China there were significant falls in elastane
prices in the year to June 2011, and such falls are
seen as a pointer to the elastane industry as a whole.
In the future, numerous opportunities will be cre-
ated for fabric manufacturers who are able to ad-
dress a growing requirement for performance char-
acteristics such as comfort and easy care.
However, established producers of elastane fi-
bres such as Invista, Hyosung, Asahi Kasei and
RadiciSpandex will continue to face stiff competi-
tion, particularly from low-cost producers in Chi-
na. They will also meet growing competition from
manufacturers of other stretch fibres.
Stretch fibres, and elastane in particular, have
become indispensable in view of today’s casual
lifestyles and growing interest in fitness. But as the
market continues to grow, so will the level of com-
petition, and prices will come under greater pres-
sure. The way forward for companies supplying the
market for stretch fibres and fabrics will be to focus
on product innovation, improved product quality,
enhanced performance and intensive marketing.
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Mr. R.D. Gupta, Business Head, Indorama Industries Ltd.
freedom of thoughts, and freedom
from rigidity of conventional dress-
ing. Its applications include, but are
not limited to modern-day products
such as stretch denim, sportswear,
active wear, bottom wear, intimate
garments, innerwear, socks and sur-
gical & medical applications.
With Inviya, IIL will raise its
stature to establishing itself as the
global super-market of textile raw
materials for the entire apparel and
clothing requirements of premium
brands worldwide.
In addition to other applications,
Inviya will be a trusted brand in
modern and contemporary cloth-
ing, as it will enhance products with
the benefits of durability, stretch
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hand-tag support to retailers.
The domestic customers of Inviya
shall reap natural advantages of re-
lief from currency fluctuations, as
it is an import substitute product. It
would provide effective longer shelf
life to customers, due to domestic
production, and ensure the in-time
door delivery with an effective dis-
tribution network all the country.
According to recent research, Asia
accounts for nearly 80 per cent of
spandex output in which China ac-
counts for nearly 70 per cent of the
global spandex production. With
the production of Inviya in India, its
consumption in the country is bound
to go up substantially, resulting in
great value addition to the entire val-
ue supply chain in the textile indus-
try thus enabling Indian companies
to pitch for high value and higher
margin orders from apparel retailers
all over the globe.
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and recovery, natural look,
breathability, functionality,
wrinkle-free, shape, comfort
and style. Designed for all
men and women of all age
groups, it comes in practical
variants to provide an easy
care for garments or person-
al products.
IIL has its strong empha-
sis on new product develop-
ment and technical services
to satisfy the working and
functional requirements of
various end users. It would
provide marketing support
to create global demand for
fabrics produced using In-
viya and also provide the
2/22/2012 4:28:37 PM
product news
Shanghai Chunrui open-end
rotors for Indian market
Shanghai Chunrui
Machinery & Technology
Co. Ltd. is a leading
manufacturer of open-end
rotor spinning machines
in China highly valuing
the concept of quality
and reliability established
by Elitex, the inventor of
rotor spinning machines.
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Mr. Milos Kubicek, Overseas Sales Manager, Shanghai Chunrui
In 2005, in technical co-opera-
tion with Elitex International s.r.o..
Shanghai Technology developed
and successfully introduced its first
semi-automated rotor spinning mod-
el ET 280 with the characteristic of
high performance / price / economy
ratio. In 2008 the economic model
ET 260 and the high-end model ET
320 were introduced. In 2009 the
newest modification of ET 380 was
launched into production.
ElitexChunrui rotor spinning ma-
chines can now be found nearly eve-
rywhere in the textile field satisfying
various demands of customers.
Mr. Milos Kubicek says: “It is in-
novation that drives Chunrui Tech-
nology’s success to serve our cus-
tomers. With high-level technology
and development, Chunrui people
have been making unremitting ef-
fort and contribution to the progress
of the Chinese textile industry. Af-
ter establishing ET 380 firmly in
mainland China (more than 500
such machines sold), we decided to
spread our wings to other territories,
including Latin America (Mexico,
Ecuador), Uzbekistan, Iran, Bangla-
desh, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand
and, of course, India”.

“Unlike in Mainland China, ex-
pectation of the discerning spinners
in these countries is different in
adaptation of the technology for a
more versatile requirements. Coarse
counts, denim counts and now finer
counts NE 24, 30, 40 for hosiery as
well as weaving, all having different
quality parameters, necessitate the
Open End Machine to be truly per-
formance oriented. We are proud to
say that we are offering to the indus-
try ET 380 with superior technol-
ogy, excellent price / performance /
economy ratio, which meets fully all
these expectations”.
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product news
Mr. Kubicek adds: “We take our
commitment seriously and hence
have just completed establishing a
very strong marketing network, fully
capable of giving expert after-sales
service. In Bangladesh our partner
is Imminent Technology Ltd. (ILT),
Dhaka, headed by Mr. M.R. Karim,
Managing Director. In India the job
has been entrusted to Orbit Integrat-
ed Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad,
headed by Mr. Satish Mangaonkar,
and Krishna Vardhan Texnology In-
dia Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore, headed by
Mr. Krishnasubramanian. Both of
them are veterans of our 40 years of
exposure to marketing of textile ma-
chinery and have handled prestig-
ious European, Indian and Chinese
machinery. We hope to complete in
the next 3 to 4 months the formali-
ties, both technical and commercial,
with the prospective clients and will
be able to have a few installations in
India by the end 2012”. w
corporate news

Banswara Syntex targets

Rs. 1,000-crore turnover for 2011-12
By K. Gopalakrishnan

Banswara Syntex Ltd.

(BSL), established in 1976
as a joint venture with the
Government of Rajasthan,
is one of the largest
producers of Lycra blended
woven fabrics and also
technical and jacquard Mr. R.L. Toshniwal, Chairman & M.D., Banswara Syntex Ltd
fabrics. The company
BSL is a vertically integrated tex- expanding capacity, diversifying
clocked a turnover of Rs. tile player engaged in manufactur- into newer segments and modern-
800 crores in 2010-11 ing man-made synthetic blended izing its plants. Over the last three
and has set a target of Rs. yarn, wool and wool mixed yarn, decades, it has increased the spin-
1,000 crores for 2011- all types of suiting and jacquard ning capacity to 1,43,240 spindles.
12. The company exports furnishing and technical fabrics, be- The company commenced produc-
about 65 per cent of its sides production of trousers, jackets tion of fabric from 1993, readymade
and made-ups. garments from 2004 and made-ups
production to developed
Initially BSL started as a spinning and worsted spinning from 2008. It
countries like the US, the
mill with 12,500 spindles. Since then has also entered into a 50:50 joint
UK and Europe. the company has been continuously venture with Carreman Michel Thi-

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erry Group (CMTG) of France.

BSL is one of India’s biggest in-
tegrated textile manufacturers pro-
ducing all types of fabric, i.e., poly
viscose, poly viscose lycra, 100 per
cent cotton and its mix, all wool and
wool blends, linen, etc. It is the larg-
est producer of PV Lycra fabric in
the country (annual production is
almost three times that of the rest
of producers in India). It also offers
complete package solution from fi-
bre to garments in all product range,
including technical textiles and
shirting fabric.
BSL has been continuously in-
Finished fabric inspection
vesting on expansion, moderniza-
tion and diversification. In 2009-10 BSL specializes in producing 32,220 tonnes of yarn per annum.
it invested Rs. 149.91 crores and in blends of viscose staple fibre, poly- This includes 30,600 tonnes of poly-
2010-11 another Rs. 45.85 crores. ester staple fibre, acrylic staple fi- ester blended dyed yarns and 1,620
For 2011-12 it has an investment bre, Lycra, cotton, linen and wool. tonnes of wool mix. The company
outlay of Rs. 80 crores. It has a total production capacity of also specializes in producing vari-

Lifetime Achievement Award Mumbai

The Textile Association of India (TAI)
Chapter honored Mr. R.L. Tosh-

for R.L. Toshniwal niwal with Lifetime Achievement Award

for the outstanding service rendered by
him.
Mr. R.L. Toshniwal, founder of the com-
pany, is currently the Chairman & Man-
aging Director of Banswara Syntex Ltd.
He is also Chairman of Carreman Fab-
rics India Ltd.
Mr. Toshniwal graduated in 1954
from VJTI, Mumbai, in Textile Technol-
ogy. He did his MSc. from Leeds Univer-
sity, UK, in 1958. He started his career
as a Sales Manager in Taxmaco Ltd. and
later on worked for 18 years with various
spinning and weaving mills in different ca-
pacities. Under his leadership, the com-
Mr. A.B. Joshi, Textile Commissioner, handing over the
pany has bagged various export awards
Award to Mr. R.L. Toshniwal
from prestigious institutions.

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dedicated technical team where we

produce textile fabrics from fibre
stage to yarn, weaving, finishing
and garmenting.
The company’s specialty textiles
include stretch fabrics which are
Lycra assured and accredited, spe-
cialty finishings like stain, wrin-
kle, moisture management, two
zone fabric, fire-retardant fabric,
fabric design and development in-
novations and laminated technical
fabric.
BSL has 250 shuttleless looms,
24 jacquard looms and five mil-
lion metres per month of fabric
Spinning unit
processing capacity.
ous types of fancy spun yarns. The Fabric - Weaving & Readymade garments
present installed capacities are as Processing BSL’s garmenting units are lo-
ring spindles -1,28,248, worsted BSL produces hi-quality, hi-per- cated in Daman and Surat. At both
yarn spindles -14,400 and air jet formance textile wear, technical & these locations, it specializes in
spindles -592. jacquard finished fabrics for both production of trousers and jack-
domestic and overseas markets. It ets, thereby making BSL a com-
has a highly qualified, skilled and plete vertically integrated textile
Mr. Toshniwal has headed various
organizations like the Rajasthan Textile
Mills Association, Indian Spinners’ As-
sociation and CITI. He is also a member
on the committee of the National Fibre
Policy.
He has received various prestigious
national awards in the field of textiles.
He is also associated with various ed-
ucational and charitable institutions
which work for the betterment of soci-
ety.
BSL is a Government recognized
Trading House and has won the High-
est Export Performance Award from
SRTEPC for the last eight years in a
row. It has also won State awards for
“Export Excellence” in the last three
years from 2005-06 to 2007-08.
Surat SEZ unit

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corporate news

player (i.e., right from conceiv-

ing an idea for fabric to the final
product ready to wear in the least
DuPont’s closer ties
possible lead-time).
Both these units are equipped with BSL
with a full complement of high-
Mr. Gowri Nagarajan,
end machines to manufacture
Business Development
trousers and jackets of the fin-
Manager, E I DuPont In-
est quality, namely, marking
dia Pvt. Ltd, says: “What
and grading on a CAD system
amazes me when I think
from Rich Peace, Sewing line
about Banswara Syntex as a
consists of Juki machines, au-
fabric and apparel producer
tomatic welting machines from
is the fact that the energy
Eagle, curtain felling machines
for new product develop-
from Union Special, Eyelet But-
ment and perfection in what
tonhole machines from Reece
they set out to do percolates
and blind loop machines from
right from the Senior Man-
Mair and the complete pressing
agement in Mumbai to the
process from Rotondi, including
Shop Floor in Banswara,
leggers, toppers and side seam
Rajasthan.
presses.
The passion with which
BSL has a monthly capacity to
the entire Toshniwal fam- Mr. Gowri Nagarajan,
manufacture 2,70,000 pieces of
ily and senior management Business Development Manager,
readymade trousers and 25,000
like Mr. Hemal Malaviya, E I DuPont India Pvt. Ltd,
pieces of readymade jackets. It is
Head of Marketing, and Mr.
increasing its weaving capacity
Sajal, Head of Operations, work in What is popularly called in Du-
and almost doubling its garment-
delivering value to the customers is Pont as the “market-back” ap-
ing capacity over the next three
quite infectious and rubs through proach where one thinks of new
years, besides growing yarn dye-
the entire value chain. The entire developments with the end cus-
ing, cotton and wool dying.
team loves the challenge of de- tomer in mind, this is indeed put
BSL is amongst the few com-
veloping new products, and it is a to excellent practice at Banswara
panies which survived the textile
pleasure working with such a team where their constant dialogue with
downturn with its integrated ca-
in the industry. customers both locally and globally
pacity, new product development
I have personally enjoyed every keep feeding them with new ideas
and strong relationship with its
single interaction with Mr. Ravi to take their developments forward.
key customers. The company
Toshniwal and have always left Being a vertically integrated player
has consistently generated prof-
with some interesting Brand/Re- right from fibers to garments, they
its and has never restructured its
tailer insight and some new ways look for ways to incorporate inno-
debts unlike many others in the
to tackle the ever-changing require- vation into the fabrics in every step
textile sector.
ments of the downstream custom- of the value chain”.
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industry update
China’s textile industry set for further
growth: Competitors lag far behind
D
espite growing challenges,
China’s textile and clothing
industry is set for further
growth while its competitors suffer
declines as a result of cutbacks by
retail buyers, according to Textile
Outlook International from the glo-
bal business information company
Textiles Intelligence.
Although the Chinese textile in-
dustry faces rising costs, an ageing
population and, in some regions,
labour shortages, it looks to have
done reasonably well in 2011. Dur-
ing January-November, its business
revenues and profits each rose by 27
per cent while its industrial output
was up by 11 per cent, year-on-year.
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These figures were met with some
disappointment, however, on the
grounds that the profit growth rate
during this period was 14.7 percent-
age points lower than in the first half
of the year.
Several other industries in Asia
also did less well in the second half
of the year as Western retailers cut
orders for the spring/summer 2012
season over fears of a slump in de-
mand after the Christmas and holi-
day season.
Indian apparel exporters missed
out on the chance to turn a fall in the
value of the rupee into big orders.
Described as “the worst performing
currency in Asia”, the rupee fell in
value by over 15 per cent against
the US dollar between July and De-
cember 2011, which provided the
industry with an improvement in its
competitiveness. However, the im-
provement failed to manifest itself
in increased sales.
Even the industry in Bangladesh –
which has enjoyed dramatic growth
in investment and exports in recent
years – reported a downturn in its
exports to the US during the first
four months of the country’s 2011-
12 financial year.
In Pakistan apparel exports are ex-
pected to fall by 30 per cent in the
whole of the 2011-12 financial year,
with buying reported to be down by

half in some cases.
Nervousness in the West has led
buyers to make purchases close to
the season, and this is benefiting
suppliers in close proximity to the
world’s two major markets – the EU
and the US. Furthermore, Nike and
Adidas have recently announced
plans to increase production in
South America. However, it is not
their intention to replace China, and
Asia in general, as a source but rath-
er to complement it.
If there has been a shift closer to
home, the evidence is far from dra-
matic. In the 12 months to October
31, 2011, US apparel imports from
member-countries of the US-Central
industry update
America-Dominican Republic Free
Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR)
were up by only 2.6 per cent. Admit-
tedly, imports from China over the
same period were down by three per
cent, but this is hardly a sea-change.
And looking at investment figures,
it is difficult to foresee a massive
switch in production any time soon.
Indeed, shipments of many types of
fabric machinery to Chinese mills
surged to record levels in 2010,
and the Chinese textile industry re-
mained by far the largest investor.
In particular, the Chinese industry
accounted for 84 per cent of global
shuttleless loom shipments in 2010
and Asia as a whole for an over-
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whelming 97 per cent. In the case of
circular knitting machinery, China
accounted for 77 per cent of global
shipments and Asia for 92 per cent.
And in electronic flatbed knitting
machinery China accounted for 74
per cent of global shipments and
Asia for 94 per cent.
Furthermore, despite mounting
pressures from rising costs, waning
demand, restrained capital supplies
and a shortage of funds for techno-
logical improvements, China’s tex-
tile industry is expected to grow at
the same rate as, or even faster than,
the growth in international trade
during 2012.
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By Ganesh Kalidasan

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ITEMA has a tradition of
more than 150 years with an
installed base of over three
lakh weaving machines..
With global presence in
more than 100 countries
ensuring a fast and reliable
service, ITEMA is legendary
for being the sole provider
of three shuttleless weft
insertion systems.
Besides the Rapier and Air jet,
it has the proven Projectile tech-
nology. The three brands – Sultex,
Somet and Vamatex – guarantee the
right weaving machine for any type
cover story
of woven fabric. From
commodity to high-
fashion or industrial
fabrics, ITEMA has
the right weaving ma-
chine for it.
I Whether your re-
quirements call for the
most flexible rapier
technology, a projec-
tile weaving machine
for demanding tech-
nical fabrics or high
performance air-jets
with the lowest air
consumption, ITEMA
Weaving is the ideal
partner.
The ever-increasing
quality criteria for
high-end machinery
are satisfied by the
top-class weaving ma-
Mr. Gerald Hunziker, Director-Sales, ITEMA
chines with the three
different technologies (rapier, the Customized Weaving Technol-
air-jet and projectile) that only ogy (CWT) Group. CWT applica-
ITEMA Weaving can offer. tions are the first choice for heavy
The Vamatex Silver 501 industrial textiles with a fabric width
confirms its position as up to 655 cm and beat-up force up to
the benchmark in 15’000 N/m.
cotton weav- Indian operations
ing, particu- ITEMA Weaving (India) Private
larly for high- Ltd. was formed on January 1, 2008,
class shirting by merging Sultex (India) Private
fabrics. The Ltd. with Promatech Division of
terry version ITEMA India to look after sales,
Vamatex Silver service and spare parts business of
Dynaterry will Promatech (Somet and Vamatex
d e m o n s t r a t e products), Sultex (Products) and
its excellence the ITEMA Shanghai-assembled
in combining high productivity and weaving machines. The merger has
top quality weaving of terry towel or given synergy in sales and service
bathmat fabric. activities of the company which will
Special machines are designed by benefit all the customers of Sultex,
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and simplified design, the
air-jet weaving machine
sets new standards for pro-
ductivity and operational
simplicity. No compro-
mises were made during its
designing. It ensures excel-
lent fabric quality with low
air consumption.
Unique in concept, the
machine is equipped with
a special shed geometry
designed to promote a long
dwell while drastically re-
ducing air consumption.
The long weft insertion
time and the high efficient
nozzles insure the opti-
mum acceleration curve for
any type of yarn. The full
color touch screen display
offers new functionalities
Mr. Tapas Nandi and opens the door to an
President & Country Head, ITEMA India
efficient dialogue with the
Vamatex and Somet. ITEMA Service Network.
Since inception of Indian opera- The Sultex A9500 air jet weaving
tions, ITEMA Weaving has sold on machine is best suited for medium
an average 300-350 machines every to heavy denim, colored weaving
year. and sheeting applications. Apart
The Alpha PGA is the most flex- from installations in Italy, Germany
ible machine with regard to insert- and China, the machine has already
ing different weft materials and yarn been supplied to two weaving mills
counts into the same fabric (e.g., in India.
upholstery). This provides more LoomBrowser
flexibility, higher efficiency of pro- The LoomBrowser is a software
duction and convenience for style package that brings all production
changes. It also weaves an unlimited data and setting data present in the
range of fabrics and materials at a weaving machine to the compu-
high production level. ter. Its installation on the PC of the
Sultex A9500 customer’s choice helps to monitor
Sultex A9500 is the latest in air- the efficiency, change and down-
jet technology which was unveiled load machine settings and create or
at ITMA Barcelona in September. It download new weft and dobby pat-
was a major attraction for custom- terns. Simple clicking on the ma-
ers there. With its high performance chine of their choice, within the ma-
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chine layout, will give them access
to all machine information.
The software package monitors
efficiency, stop levels and technical
status, facilitate change & download
machine settings, create or down-
load new weft and dobby patterns,
and up & download shift schedules.
ITEMA is only company that can
offer a solution for any need, no
matter how difficult it is. It is the
company with the right products for
high-fashion and specialized indus-
trial fabrics.
The Customer Day function re-
cently conducted by ITEMA at
Erode and Madurai was well attend-
ed by the technicians and millown-
ers in that region.
Mr. Gerard Hunziker, Sales Direc-
tor for India, explained in details of
the machines’ special features and
how it benefits customer in terms
of productivity, quality and cost of
operation.
Mr. Tapas Nandi, President &
Country Head, welcoming the gath-
ering, spoke on infrastructure of
ITEMA Weaving India. Apart from
its strong Sales and Service set-
up, the Electronic Repair Centre in
Coimbatore has special instruments
to repair all electronics cards of
ITEMA machines economically and
within the shortest possible time.
The function was an amazing plat-
form for a casual interaction among
customers and manufacturers which
gave the organizers a chance to in-
teract with the customers in South
India. Mill owners and technicians
got understanding of the products
and services that ITEMA had to of-
fer their customers.
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From right, Mr. Tapas Nandi, President & Country Head, ITEMA India, Mr. Ramesh, Manager, Mr. Subramaniam, Chairman, Mr.
Jayaraman, M.D., Mr. Senthil, Manager Balavigna Weaving, Dindigul, Mr. Gerald Hunziker, Director-Sales, ITEMA, Mr. Varghese
Xavier, Sr. Manager Sales, Mr. Palanisame, Manager Service & ERC, Mr. Saravanan, Sr. Engr - Service, Mr. Rajini Mgr Spare Parts
& Service, ITEMA India

Mr. Jayaraman, lighting the From right Mr. GK. Venu, Sr. Manager, ITEMA, Mr. Arulsamy, Mr. R. Sethuraman, Adviser,
traditional lamp Chief General Mgr, NTC, and Mr. Varghese Xavier CHRISTY Terry Towel

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Team ITEMA Weaving

corporate news

Technical textiles, the new growth

engine for Arvind
Arvind Ltd., one of the enue during the current finan-
largest integrated textile, ap- cial year. While cotton prices
parel and branded apparel have softened, the selling
players, is now relying on prices have adjusted down-
advanced materials and the wards ahead of full benefit
technical textile segment as of lower cotton prices which
a new growth engine. may marginally impact the
Mr. Jayesh Shah, Director operating margin in the fourth
& Chief Financial Officer, quarter. While its established
said: “We have made in- business continues to do well,
vestments in manufacturing the company is focusing on
technical fabrics in a small advance materials and the
way and experimenting with technical textile segment as
some of the industrial and the new growth engine.”
functional fabrics which Textile revenue grew by 21
go into the manufacturing Mr. Jayesh Shah, Director & CFO per cent led by 27 per cent
of fire-retardant and bullet- per cent to Rs. 1,190 crores while growth in denim and 17 per
proof fabrics”. EBIDTA improved 40 per cent to cent growth in shirting/khaki fab-
Arvind has recently signed a Rs. 180 crores. The growth in profits rics. The company sold 23.6 million
joint venture agreement with PD came even after writing off Rs. 38 metres of denim and 17.6 million
Fibre Glass Group of Germany for crores foreign exchange losses dur- metres of shirting/kakis in the third
manufacture of glass fabrics in In- ing the quarter. quarter of 2010-11.
dia. Fabrics made out of glass fiber Net profit after extraordinary in- The company’s denim capacity
are primarily used for making wind come stands at Rs. 243 crores as the continues to be about 108 million
blades, and commercial production company earned extraordinary in- metres, and the shirting capacity
is expected to commence in April. come of Rs. 191 crores (net of tax) would be now 84 million metres. For
“We are also currently studying a from sale of its stake in the JV com- the current year, Arvind Mills has
project of non-woven fabrics used pany VF Arvind Brands Pvt. Ltd. made total capex of Rs. 350 crores,
for making tissues and other things. Commenting on the results as which included Rs. 200 crores for
We are looking at this as a next area well as outlook of the company, Mr. capacity expansion in shirting busi-
of growth for us. Our plan is that this Jayesh Shah observed: “The reve- ness.
business would grow upto Rs. 500 nue growth of 32 per cent in branded Arvind’s key brands are Ar-
crores in three years time”, said Mr. apparel and retail business segments row, US Polo and Flying Machine.
Jayesh Shah. and 21 per cent revenue growth in Across the board there has been a
Arvind has registered an 8 per textile business were the key drivers growth of 25-40 per cent, the high-
cent growth in consolidated net for improved financial performance est growth of course is in US Polo
profit from ordinary activities of Rs. at the consolidated level. We hope where the growth is 44 per cent, ac-
52 crores. Its revenue increased 19 to achieve 18 per cent growth in rev- cording to Mr. Jayesh Shah. w

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corporate news
Rieter retains marketshare
despite global uncertainties
Mr. Peter Gnaegi, Executive Vice President, Rieter
Rieter recorded appreciable
growth in the 2011 financial year.
Sales rose by 22 per cent to 1,060.8
million CHF. Orders received were
34 per cent lower than the excep-
tionally strong outcome in the previ-
ous year, but remained at a healthy
level of 958.3 million CHF.
Rieter still has a good backlog
of orders in hand. The figures as of
December 31, 2011, are the first re-
ported by it for a full financial year
in the new structure which came into
effect on May 13, 2011, following
the separation of the Rieter Group.
Since then Rieter has been an in-
dustrially focused supplier of ma-
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chinery and components for staple
fiber spinning mills. It will publish
final figures and its annual report on
March 21, 2012.
The boom in demand on the
world market for textile machin-
ery and components experienced
in 2010 continued in the first quar-
ter of 2011. The investment climate
started to cool off as of the second
quarter. The high cost of cotton and
declining yarn prices intensified
pressure on spinning mills’ mar-
gins and liquidity. The second half
of the year was also dominated by
uncertainty due to the trend in raw
material prices and prospects for the
global economy.
As of the second quarter the
market retreated to a lower level
compared with the previous year.
Demand for yarns also declined in
2011. However, spinning mills were
able to reduce yarn inventories to
some extent again in the second half
of the year.
Order intake affected
Orders totalling 958.3 million
CHF received by Rieter in 2011
were 34 per cent lower than the very
high figure recorded in the previ-
ous year (-31 per cent in local cur-
rencies). The decline occurred in
particular as of the second quarter
and affected both business groups.
While orders received by Spun Yarn
Systems were 36 per cent lower at
775 million CHF, at Premium Tex-
tile Components they declined by 22
per cent to 183.3 million CHF (-34
per cent and -17 per cent respec-
tively in local currencies). Generally
speaking, the components business
is less subject to market cycles than
the machinery business.
Some customers postponed or
cancelled orders as a consequence
of the disruption on the raw mate-
rial and yarn markets. Most cancel-
lations affected orders placed in the
peak year of 2010. Rieter, therefore,
adjusted its order book by a total of
112.6 million CHF in the second
half of 2011. Excluding cancella-
tions, orders received in the second
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half of the year amounted to 399.6
million CHF. Orders in hand at
year-end were slightly over 600 mil-
lion CHF.
China, Turkey and India were the
sources of the largest volume of or-
ders. Other important markets were
South Korea, Indonesia, the US,
Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
All in all, Rieter further expanded
its market position worldwide in the
year under review and gained mar-
ket share with attractive products. In
China and India Rieter strengthened
its market position with a specific
offering for the local markets. This
shows that Rieter positioned itself
well and made the right investment
decisions in earlier years.
Due to the high level of orders in
hand and increased output at Spun
Yarn Systems, Rieter’s sales rose
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overall by 22 per cent compared
with the previous year, to 1,060.8
million CHF (+27 per cent in local
currencies). The Spun Yarn Systems
Business Group posted a 28 per cent
increase in sales to 861.7 million
CHF. Sales at the Premium Textile
Components Business Group in-
creased by 4 per cent to 199.1 mil-
lion CHF. In local currencies Spun
Yarn Systems grew by 32 per cent
and Premium Textile Components
by 11 per cent.
Profit outlook
Rieter achieved disproportionate
growth in profitability in the 2011
financial year as a whole. The com-
pany expects to post an operating
margin (EBIT) in the double-digit
range for 2011. The final figures for
2011 and the annual report will be
published on March 21.
Rieter is a leading supplier on the
world market for textile machinery
and components used in short staple
fiber spinning. Based in Winterthur
(Switzerland), the company devel-
ops and manufactures systems, ma-
chinery and technology components
used to convert natural and man-
made fibers and their blends into
yarns.
Rieter is the only supplier world-
wide to cover spinning preparation
processes as well as all four final
spinning processes currently es-
tablished on the market. With 18
manufacturing locations in nine
countries, the company employs a
global workforce of some 4,700, 28
per cent of whom are based in Swit-
zerland.
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corporate news

Trident’s yarn expansion plant

in Punjab commissioned
pacity of the company has increased to
2,89,728 spindles. The new plant, equipped
with the latest state-of-the-art technology,
manufactures combed yarn in the count
range of 20s and 40s. It uses the latest link
system, automatic roving transport and
Auto Wast collection systems ensuring
higher productivity, process consistency
and security and reduced human touch.
With the addition of the new manufac-
turing facilities, the primary focus of the
company would be more on value-added
products for the niche segment of high-end
international and domestic markets.
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Mr. Rajinder Gupta , Managing Director

Trident Ltd. of the Rs. 3,600-crore Trident

Group has announced the commissioning of
its new yarn spinning unit - TYS-5 with an
installed capacity of 65,280 spindles at its
Sanghera facility in Barnala in Punjab.
The expansion project of the yarn spinning facilities,
being implemented in a phased manner, envisages setting
up of 275,904 spindles and 2,040 rotors, including the
other balancing equipment, at a total cost of Rs. 1,117
crores. The project will be completed by the third quarter
of 2013.
With this commissioning, the total yarn spinning ca-

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 product news

Nike acquires DyeCoo’s unique

waterless dyeing technology
Nike, Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with DyeCoo Textile
Systems B.V., a Netherlands-based company that has developed and built
the first commercially available waterless textile dyeing machines. By using
recycled carbon dioxide, the DyeCoo technology eliminates use of water in
the textile dyeing process.

The partnership is illustrative of Nike’s long-term commit-

ment to designing and developing the most superior perform-
ance products for athletes and its overall sustainable business
and innovation strategy.
“Waterless dyeing is a significant step in our journey to serve
both the athlete and the planet, and this partnership reinforces
Nike’s long-term strategy and deep commitment to innovation
and sustainability,” says Eric Sprunk, Nike’s Vice President of
Merchandising and Product. “We believe this technology has
the potential to revolutionize textile manufacturing, and we
want to collaborate with progressive dye houses, textile manu-
facturers and consumer apparel brands to scale this technology
and push it throughout the industry.”
Nike has been exploring this technology for the past
eight years and expects to showcase cutting-edge ap-
parel using textiles dyed without water at events
later this year, with an eye on scaling the tech-
nology for larger production volumes.
“We’re very excited to be partnering with
Nike to help drive this together and believe
the benefits and impacts of this technology are
significant,” says Reinier Mommaal, CEO of
DyeCoo. “There is no water consumption, a
reduction in energy use, no auxiliary chemi-
cals required, no need for drying, and the
process is twice as fast. The technology
can also improve the quality of the dyed
Mr. Eric Sprunk, fabric, allows for greater control over the
Vice President - Merchandising and Product, Nike dyeing process, enables new dye capa-

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product news
bilities and transforms fabric dyeing
so that it can take place just about
anywhere. We hope more industry
leaders will join us in leveraging
this innovative technology in the
near future.”
Conventional textile dyeing re-
quires substantial amounts of water.
On average, an estimated 100-150
liters of water is needed to process
one kg of textile materials today.
Industry analysts estimate that more
than 39 million tonnes of polyester
will be dyed annually by 2015. Nike
says it expects DyeCoo’s supercriti-
cal fluid carbon dioxide, or “SCF”
CO2 dyeing technology, to have a
particularly positive impact in Asia,
where much of the world’s textile
dyeing occurs.
As this technology is brought to
scale, large amounts of water used
in conventional textile dyeing will
no longer be needed, nor will the
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commensurate use of fossil fuel-
generated energy be required to heat
such large quantity of water. The re-
moval of water from the textile dye-
ing process also eliminates the risk
of effluent discharge, a known en-
vironmental hazard. The CO2 used
in DyeCoo’s dyeing process is also
reclaimed and reused.
DyeCoo is believed
to be the first company
to successfully apply
the SCF CO2 process
to the commercial dye-
ing of polyester fabric,
and research is already
underway to apply the
technology to other natu-
ral and synthetic fabrics.
The technology is safely
utilized at scale in other
industries such as the de-
caffeination of coffee and
the extraction of natural
flavors and fragrances.
DyeCoo Textile Sys-
tems B.V., founded
in March 2008, is the
world’s first supplier of industrial
CO2 dyeing equipment and is a
leading innovator in CO2 dyeing
technology and processes. DyeCoo
is a spin-off of the Dutch Feyecon
Group, an innovator in the field of
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 product news
SETEX’ computer-based controllers,
energy management solutions
By K. Gopalakrishnan
Mr. Jürgen Jerzembeck, Head of Marketing, SETEX
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SETEX Schermuly
specialises in computer-
based control systems and
software solutions for the
textile industry. Hard and
software are developed
at its Mengerskirchen
headquarters, and sales
and support worldwide is
handled via subsidiaries and
partner companies. Voltas
Ltd. is the Setex agent in
India.
Setex’ product range includes in-
dustrial PCs for the fully automatic
control of continuous and discon-
tinuous textile machinery, PPS sys-
tems and control stations for higher
ranking systems for the control of
the complete finishing, PLC con-
trols, sensors for dye machines, dry-
ers for textile finishing and the CCD
camera system for automatic control
of the fabric density and shrinkage
(overfeed) control.
By using the latest technologies
and by running a large number of
service and sales stations world-
wide, SETEX has emerged a world-
wide specialist for automation sys-
tems in dye houses and finishing
plants. It develops and supplies for
a vast number of world brand textile
machinery manufacturers its premi-
um solutions.
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water, dump decision making process. The ap-

pipe capacities plication and customer specific
and other re- algorithms can easily be accessed
quirements. and altered by the SETEX formula
The software editor. Thanks to this deep integra-
background tion, the formulas have access to
knowledge can all necessary data in the OrgaTEX
trigger active network.
process adjust- The solution helps to adapt the
ments such as workflow and infrastructure for
balancing ener- greater flexibility and better pro-
gy loads or real- ductivity. With this system, runt-
time production ime and water consumption savings
process modifi- of more than 15 per cent have been
cation. The SE- achieved in production. Avoiding
TEX.OrgaTEX power peak loads by balancing en-
Plant Naviga- ergy loads saves cost for the mill
tor provides the and has a positive ecological influ-
graphical visu- ence on peak load power stations.
alization of the Due to the nature of textile finish-
actual status per ing, the achieved benefits depend
machine or an on the installed machines, finishing
Software plays a crucial role overview of all machines. The SE- process, articles and performance
in process optimisation, because TEX.OrgaTEX Energy Efficiency level of a company.
without appropriate tools no opti- Module holds the equations of the w
misation can be realised. Process
optimisation is exactly on the top
of the agenda since costs of energy
and raw materials are increasing
and textile producers have to com-
ply with very specific customer
requirements and laws in this con-
text. To be more precise, suppliers
of software are expected to provide
appropriate tools for process opti-
mization in order to save chemi-
cals, water and energy.
SETEX has enhanced its Orga-
TEX machine management soft-
ware. Energy efficiency modules
are controlling up-to-the-minute
process data of each machine and
put them into relation with com-
pany-specific acceptable levels of
gas, electricity, steam, water, hot

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corporate news
Raymond increasing focus on
semi-urban markets
Mr. Gautam Hari Singhania, CMD
Raymond Ltd.’s textile
segment (standalone)
sales for the quarter
ended December 31,
2011, registered an
increase of 16 per cent
to Rs. 514 crores on
the back of both higher
realizations and volume
growth. The segment
reported earnings before
interest and tax (EBIT) of
Rs. 104 crores.
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crores, while its EBITDA
stood at Rs. 18 crores.
Announcing the results,
Mr. Gautam Hari Singhania,
Chairman & Managing Di-
rector, Raymond Ltd., said:
“After a robust performance
in the first half of the current
financial year, the third quar-
ter has been more challeng-
ing. Consumer sentiment
has been impacted mainly
due to high inflation. How-
ever, we have a strong port-
folio of power brands which
have shown resilience during
these times. Moreover, times
like these help us become
more efficient and competi-
tive. We also believe that this
is a short-term phenomenon
and the long-term domestic
The branded apparel business consumption story in India is well
witnessed a 7 per cent increase in intact. Accordingly, we will continue
the quarterly sales to Rs. 198 crores to focus on our core strategies and
and reported an EBITDA of Rs. 29 strengths and will continue to roll out
crores. The branded apparel business our retail expansion plan in smaller
has shown strong resilience in a chal- towns and cities as envisaged”.
lenging business environment. To encash fully on the strong brand
Raymond’s retail network has value the firm has forayed aggres-
crossed the 800-store mark. The sively into retail business. It has set
store count as on December 31, 2011, up 200 stores in the past three years
stood at 807, including 40 stores in and has plans to set up 100 stores
the Middle East and SAARC region this year. The firm is largely target-
covering over 1.6 million square feet ing Tier III, IV and V cities for fur-
of retail space. ther expansion. It enjoys one of the
The Indian operations of denim largest retail networks with 762 ex-
business witnessed a 11 per cent sales clusive stores with over 1.53 million
growth during the quarter to Rs. 171 square feet. Majority of these stores
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are franchisee operated. The com-
pany products are present in nearly
18,000 touch points.
Raymond commands over 60
per cent of the market share in the
worsted segment and is the largest
integrated textile company.
The Indian apparel market is grow-
ing at 11 per cent CAGR. The share
of the organized segment is expected
to increase much faster. Companies
with strong brands like Raymond do
benefit most.
Restructuring
As its restructuring initiative, Ray-
mond is shifting its 7 mmpa worsted
fabric manufacturing facility from
the high-cost region Thane to low-
cost locations of Jalgaon (weaving
capacities) and Vapi (finishing ca-
pacities). Post restructuring the total
capacity of the firm will increase
to 38 mmpa, including 14 mmpa at
Chindwara and 14 mmpa at Vapi.
The facility is totally integrated, in-
cluding combing, spinning, weaving
and finishing. Major products include
poly viscose, poly wool, all wool and
recently started cotton fabric.
The company is likely to spend
around Rs. 100 crores for modern-
izing and re-location of plant. This
would enable it to add up additional
capacities in a short period of time
with minimum capex considering
that it would be relocating its exist-
ing plant and machinery.
The restructuring is likely to im-
prove volume for the firm from 31
mmpa to 38 mmpa. A large part of
this business is through B2C model.
Cost savings on account of employee
expenses and modernization would
further improve the margin for the
business by 200-300 basis points.
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Raymond has entered into a 50 per
cent JV with Zambaiti for its shirting
fabric manufacturing. Total capac-
ity of the unit has increased from
11.5 mmpa to 21.6 mmpa in FY11.
This expansion will yield results in
the current year itself. Volume from
this business is expected to double by
FY13E.
Closure of loss-making
denim units
Restructuring initiatives include
closing down the denim manufac-
turing facility in Belgium and the
US with total capacity of around 40
mmpa. Raymond has a 50 per cent
JV with UCO NV Ltd. for its denim
facility. Post exiting its loss-making
Belgium and US facility, Raymond
will have total denim capacity of 47
mmpa, including 40 mmpa at Yavat-
mal and 7 mmpa at Romania where
the company has a 25 per cent stake.
The decision would certainly benefit
the firm in the long term.
The firm already has exited its
loss-making brands like Zapp and
Be Home. Zapp mainly targeted the
kidswear segment and Be Home was
mainly a home textiles brand. The
move would benefit it by synchroniz-
ing its brand portfolio.
Raymond branded apparel busi-
ness contributes around 21 per
cent to consolidated topline of the
company and 15 per cent to the bot-
tomline. With increasing presence
the business is expected to grow at
a CAGR of 15 per cent. The firm
has witnessed 10 per cent like-to-
like sales growth in FY11. How-
ever, growth has slowed down to 5
per cent in H1FY12 due to macro
concerns of inflation and interest
rates. No near term revival is like-
ly. However, demand may stabilize
from the current level.
The segment has witnessed chal-
lenges in terms of volatile raw ma-
terial prices and levy of excise duty
on readymade garments. However
the firm has successfully passed
on the cost increases due to the
strong brand presence. This has led
to increase in the margin from 10
per cent in FY11 to 16 per cent in
H1FY12. Margins are expected to
be maintained in the range of 12-14
per cent.
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Oerlikon Neumag sells staple fiber plant

for geotextile production to India
from Oerlikon
Neumag with a
centre in Baroda
are very ben-
eficial for staple
fibers producers
to get the maxi-
mum uptime
from the equip-
ment.
“Geotextile
is a very prom-
ising market
for our short
spinning Inline
plants which
perfectly suits
the needs of
nonwoven pro-
ducers who in-
tend to make
their own spe-
Oerlikon Neumag has cialized staple
signed a contract for fibers”, says
Mr. Clement Woon, CEO, Oerlikon Textile
Clement Woon,
an Inline plant with 12
With its Inline plants producing up CEO of Oerlikon Textile.
spinning positions for to 80 tons per day, Oerlikon Neum- “For Oerlikon Neumag, this
production of staple fibers ag provides compact lines which are project is a great opportunity in an
for geotextiles. The order specialised for the needs of nonwo- interesting market with an excellent
ven producers. Less operational per- growth potential. We look forward
comprises the complete
sonnel are needed because spinning to realize this project”, says Rainer
machine equipment and drawing are in a single continu- Straub, Head of Sales Oerlikon Neu-
from spinning to baling, ous process. With this plant nonwo- mag.
including engineering and ven producers are able to complete Oerlikon is a leading high-tech
services of supervision the value chain from production of industrial group specializing in ma-
staple fibers to needle-punched non- chine and plant engineering. The
for erection and
woven products. company is a provider of innovative
commissioning. Start-up Besides the engineering know- industrial solutions and cutting-edge
will be at the end of 2012. how the worldwide service network technologies for textile manufactur-

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ing, drive, vacuum, thin film,

coating and advanced nanotech-
nology.
A Swiss company with a tradi-
tion going back over 100 years,
Oerlikon is a global player with
more than 16,500 employees at
over 150 locations in 38 coun-
tries and sales of CHF 3.6 billion
in 2010. The company invested
in 2010 CHF 239 million in
R&D, with over 1,200 special-
ists working on future products
and services. In most areas, the
operative businesses rank either
first or second in their respective
global markets.

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industry update
Italian textile machinery sector
cautiously optimistic
Mr. Sandro Salmoiraghi, President, ACIMIT
In spite of an increase in
production in 2011 by
Italian textile machinery
manufacturers, forecasts
remain cautious for the
current year.
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Provisional figures for 2011 for
Italy’s textile machinery sector
showed a further increase in manu-
facturing production and exports
following a good recovery in 2010.
This after the widespread recession
in 2009 hit machinery manufactur-
ers hard.
The value of Italian textile ma-
chinery production for 2011 regis-
tered a 9 per cent increase compared
to 2010, from 2.4 to 2.6 billion eu-
ros. A similar increase was recorded
for exports (+10 per cent), valued at
just over 2.1 billion euros.
Exports remain the driving force
behind the sector’s growth in Italy.
The dynamism of major textile mar-
kets, combined with the ability of
Italian machinery manufacturers to
assert themselves on a global scale,
contributed to sustained growth in
exports. Almost 25 per cent of the
sector’s sales abroad are directed to
China, with Asian markets generally
accounting for 50 per cent of all for-
eign sales.
The latest National Institute of
Statistics data on Italian exports for
the first 10 months of 2011 show
significant growth in all markets –
European (France +44%, Germa-
ny +56%); non-European (Russia
+88%, Turkey +83%); American
(United States +81%, Brazil +15%,
Peru +15%); and Asian (Bangladesh
+49%, China +11%, South Korea
+53%, Japan +30%, India +22%, In-

Italian textile machinery exports to India (million Euro)
Italian textile machinery exports to India by categories
(Jan-oct-2011)
donesia +58%). These are all coun-
tries towards which Italian exports
had already experienced strong
growth in 2010 as well.
On the other hand, demand has re-
mained especially weak from the do-
mestic market. In Italy, as through-
out the European Union in general,
current economic uncertainty is hin-
dering a recovery in investments,
even in the textile industry.
In spite of the growth experienced
in 2011, Italian machinery manufac-
turers remain extremely cautious for
the current year. “Global demand
for textile machinery began slowing
industry update
last summer. The latter months of
2011 and the beginning of this year
have confirmed a setback in new or-
ders for many producers. This is a
consequence of the current difficult
economic condition,” says Sandro
Salmoiraghi, ACIMIT President.
“The positive outcome of ITMA
Barcelona, the industry’s primary
trade fair held last September, pro-
vided us with some reasons to be
optimistic. However, many deals
which had been initiated at the trade
fair have not yet been finalized,
given the state of uncertainty hov-
ering over the future outlook of the
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markets. Let’s just say 2012 hasn’t
started off with the best of pros-
pects. The evolution of the economy
over the course of the next quarter
will provide a more accurate indica-
tion of what the future holds for us,
whether to expect a recovery or re-
newed stagnation”, he adds.
According to Salmoiraghi, the
economic slowdown has also affect-
ed and currently affects developing
countries as well, including their
textile sector. The drop in consumer
spending in developed markets has
penalized major garment exporting
countries, above all China. In 2012
it will be difficult to find markets
capable of significantly increasing
their installed production capacity.
In hard times such as these, in-
stitutions must be as supportive as
ever. “Roughly 80% of production
in our sector is directed at foreign
markets,” attests Salmoiraghi. “This
high propensity towards exports,
combined with the comparatively
small size of our manufacturers,
means that they absolutely must be
supported in order to face up to in-
ternational competition.”
Salmoiraghi’s appraisal for the re-
construction of the ICE, the Italian
institute for foreign trade, is accom-
panied by the hope that the agency
will rapidly return to full-scale op-
erations.
He concludes: “The ICE is an es-
sential element in a mosaic that must
be completed with a greater level of
support from the banking system,
which many Italian SMEs have
called upon to ease access to credit
during these difficult times.”
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Sportking, an emerging leader

in yarn, fabrics & apparels

Mr. Shiv Kumar Sharma, President of Sportking (center) in conversation with

Rieter technologist Mr. Jens Weidemann

With sales of Rs. 3,500
million, Sportking is well
on its way to becoming
one of the biggest brands
at all stages of the textile
process, from yarn and
fabric manufacture to
apparel production and
retailing, not only on
the Indian market but
worldwide.
Sportking is a corporate group
based in Ludhiana. The group’s
portfolio covers the entire textile
value chain, from yarns, fabrics and
apparel to retailing, and also features
a training facility for textile technol-
ogists. Based on the powerful vision
of its founder Raj Kumar Awasthi,
CEO and Chairman, the group re-
gards its mission as investment in
socio-economic growth: on the one
hand through outstanding perform-
ance, on the other by adapting to
modern technologies in business
and training. This is what brings
Sportking and Rieter together.
Group CEO Munish Awasthi is
not only continuing to pursue the
existing business in the spirit of his
father, but has also implemented a
series of expansion plans in a wide
range of sectors along the value
chain.
Yarn manufacture is the Sportk-

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ing Group’s most important business segment. A wide
range of yarns are produced, from cotton, manmade fib-
ers, raw white and dyed blends to various fancy yarns
such as crochet and chenille yarns. Its first spinning mill
was built in 1989 under the name of “Sportking India
Ltd.”.
The group now operates five spinning installations
with 1,50,000 spindles in and around Ludhiana, manu-
facturing manmade fiber yarns and blends. Five more
spinning mills with a total of 1,20,000 spindles for man-
ufacturing cotton, polyester/cotton and blended yarns
are being installed in Bathinda.
The group has a daily knitting capacity of 2,000 kg of
fabric in various knitting constructions. It is vertically
integrated and owns two dyeing plants for fiber and yarn
with a capacity of 10 tonnes/day each. The making-up
facilities in Ludhiana produce a wide range of apparel
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for men, women and children. The product range in-
cludes thermal underwear, T-shirts, pants, tracksuits,
sweaters, shorts, leisurewear, jackets and other gar-
ments. The company has its own design team and devel-
opment center for creating new designs and products. It
has branches throughout India and its full range of ap-
parel is on offer in 60 outlets. The group has developed
its vision further, and through the Sportking Textile En-
gineering Institute it provides a forum for exchange of
technical know-how in the fields of textiles and fashion.
Investment in technology and growth
Development of the Indian spinning industry, which
currently meets 25 per cent of the global demand for
yarn, and the growing domestic demand for yarn were
the basis for the group’s decision to expand its spinning
capacity by a further 120,000 spindles. Two facilities
with 28,800 spindles each have already been installed,
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and a further three are currently being set up. Rieter is
proud to have the opportunity to install a complete spin-
ning mill with Rieter machines for the third time.
The second installation with 28,800 spindles is
equipped with Rieter’s latest VARIOline blowroom-
line. The C 70 high-performance cards deliver carded
slivers in the optimal, required quality with an output
of up to 95 kg/h. Two Rieter combing lines with the
new SB-D 11 single-head draw frames, the OMEG-
Alap combing preparation machine and the highly pro-
ductive E 66 combers complete the process.
Each machine supplies top-quality combed slivers
with noil extraction rates of up to 17% at an output of up
to 1,700 kg/h. Four RSB-D 22 double-head autoleveler
draw frames featuring Rieter’s mill proven autolevelling
system produce drafter slivers with very low CV values.
The ring spinning mill is equipped with 22 G 32 ring
spinning machines, each of which produces 206 g of Ne
30 cotton yarn per spindle and shift on 1,440 spindles.
As well as state-of-the-art machinery, the Sportking
Group has a productive workforce and management
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with a very high standard of technical know-how and
leadership ability, who are able to structure processes
and workflows in such a way that the maximum yield
can be obtained from the available raw material with the
Rieter machines.
A partnership – Sportking and Rieter
“The world has suddenly become smaller, so any
company wishing to grow has to think globally, since
the competition is no longer limited to the domestic
market,” says Raj Kumar Awasthi.
The group’s vision of boosting socio-economic
growth through quality and adaptation to the current
state-of-the-art offers Rieter the opportunity to co-oper-
ate closely with the Sportking Group in order to achieve
high quality in yarn manufacture. Sportking is one of
those highly regarded customers in India which offers
Rieter a platform for the use of its latest products and
innovations.
(This article has been reproduced from the recent
edition of Rieter’s customer magazine, LINK)
product news

Grundfos offers effective pump

solutions for textile processing

Mr. Shankar Rajaram, Head - SBU (Textile), and Mr. Manu.S, Manager - Export Sales, (extreme
right and left respectively), with colleagues at the company stall at Dhaka Textile show

The Grundfos R&D team
collaborates with industry
experts to identify, design,
develop and test pumps
that cater to growing
industrial demand.
The textile manufacturing process
is highly water intensive. Grundfos
provides end-to-end pump solutions
based on more than 60 years of ex-
perience and designed with special
attention to ensure seamless opera-
tions in the most critical processes.
Across the world, the company
pumps are being used for different
industrial applications providing
lower life cycle costs, high reliabil-
ity and savings that benefit both us-
ers and the environment.
Pump solutions that combine low
life cycle costs with reliability and
efficiency are user & eco-friendly,
and save energy. As the textile in-
dustry expands, there is growing
concern over the common global
problem – water scarcity. There is
ever-increasing demand for fresh
water, but improper disposal of
wastewater or poor wastewater
management threatens the existing
water sources. To address this haz-
ardous situation, the Government
and the State Pollution Board have
enforced stringent rules and regula-

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tions on the industry to ensure effec-
tive wastewater management.
Efforts would go into setting up
expensive common effluent treat-
ment plants (CETPs) and other
measures to ensure that business
functionality is not affected by the
need to be environmentally sensi-
tive. Grundfos produces pumps,
mixers, flow makers and diffusers
that are eco-sensitive and reliable,
considerably helping customers
save water.
Tirupur is one of the largest tex-
tile manufacturing hubs in India.
With rising business demand, there
is growing concern over discharge
of effluent that pollutes the water-
bed, leading to the Pollution Con-
trol Board setting stringent norms
to check the menace. As a solutions
provider, Grundfos supplies pumps,
mixers, flow makers, diffusers and
dosing systems for different indus-
tries in Tirupur to help them in their
endeavour to reduce environmental
degradation.
The numerous processes in the
textile industry invariably leave the
effluent at the end of the cycle that
needs to be handled efficiently. As
the effluents are corrosive, acidic
and are chemically different due
to the varying processes involved,
Grundfos has developed and exe-
cuted various projects with a proven
submersible range of pumps. These
pumps also come with unique fea-
tures like energy retrieval consid-
ering the efficiency loss due to in-
creased clearances.
Dyeing and finishing
Dyeing and finishing is an impor-
tant process that consumes the high-
est amount of water. Grundfos has
specially designed pumps that cater
to the large water demands while re-
maining conscious of the need to en-
sure that every drop of water is put
to its best use.
At one of the customer installa-
tions in Tirupur, Grundfos has set
up the Hydro 1000 system to take
care of the fluctuating demand. This
customer has 15 soft flow dyeing
machines. Each machine has a tank
to be filled for 20 cycles. In each
cycle the tank has to be filled up
thrice within the shortest possible
time. The earlier system had a single
pump with the throttle mechanism.
The new Grundfos pumps ensure
ease and trouble-free operation and,
most importantly, availability of
spares and service on time. At an-
other customer location in Banga-
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lore, the company has installed the
Hydro-2000 4 X CR 64-3 MF sys-
tem in the main distribution line.
This customer with two soft dyeing
machines plans to add a few more.
In a dyeing unit, the soft flow dye-
ing machine requires smooth flow
of water during fluctuating demand.
Water needs to be filled in the dye-
ing vessel in the shortest possible
time. Grundfos installed a ‘fit & for-
get’ technology to one of the criti-
cal processes in the textile industry
which is highly reliable and energy
saving system to the customer.
At another customer installation
in Tirupur, the company has pro-
vided its digital dosing pump as
replacement to the existing conven-
tional dosing pump. Normally fab-
ric processing includes bleaching
/ dyeing depending on the colour
of the fabric. The customer earlier
had imported bleaching machines
with dosing pumps of solenoid type
which called for mechanical adjust-
ment of stroke length and frequency.
This caused a lot of imprecision.
The Grundfos system installed now
is compact and is focused on preci-
sion and trouble-free operation.
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Lectra announces fresh
investments in India
New offices opened in Delhi and Tirupur
Lectra, the world leader
in integrated technology
solutions dedicated to
industries using soft
materials – textiles,
leather, industrial fabrics
and composite materials
– has announced
significant investments
in India with the opening
of its two new offices
in Delhi and Tirupur, an
international call center in
Bangalore and its move to
strengthen the sales and
distribution network in
the country.
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Mr. Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO
In India since 1998, Lectra opened
its own subsidiary based in Banga-
lore in 2008. “India is a fast-devel-
oping key market for Lectra, partic-
ularly for apparel, automotive, wind
energy and aerospace markets. Indi-
an manufacturers have now reached
a critical size and require local ex-
pert support to optimize the benefits
derived by using Lectra solutions”,
said Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO.
“Considering all these require-
ments in India, Lectra has decided to
considerably reinforce its presence
and make significant new invest-
ments by doubling its Indian team
from 12 to 24 people, opening two
more offices and an International
Call Center in Bangalore, besides
strengthening its sales and distribu-
tion network and relationship with
local partners. The expanding In-
dian domestic market is contribut-
ing to growth in the manufacturing
segment, especially in the fashion
and automotive industries where
Lectra has developed unrivalled,
worldwide, innovative and exten-
sive knowledge and best practices
with leading global brands and sup-
pliers”, he added.
Said Laxmanasandra Jayaram
(L.J.) Prashanth, Managing Direc-
tor, Lectra India: The Indian manu-

facturing sector’s strength, especial-
ly across fashion, automotive and
wind energy industries, is the avail-
ability of raw materials and skilled
labor, growing domestic demand
and the ability to manufacture a va-
riety of products meeting both the
domestic and export requirements.
In recent years, due to the global
economic situation, the manufactur-
ers have been focusing on reducing
the cost of production and improv-
ing productivity to be competitive in
the market.
Its customers who have deployed
the company solutions benefit by
increasing productivity, optimiz-
ing their existing infrastructure, and
reducing costs to maintain profit-
ability and expand business even in
difficult market situations, he added.
New offices opened
The newly-opened Delhi office
will cover the North Indian States
where many fashion companies and
automotive units are located. The
Tirupur office will cover the south-
ern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Tirupur, with its garment cluster and
a significant presence at the lower
end of the international hosiery and
knitwear market, accounts for more
than 50 per cent of cotton knitwear
exports from India.
Lectra has appointed in these new
offices a team of solution experts
and field service engineers with rich
industry experience to fully meet the
needs of its customers. All other In-
dian States will continue to be cov-
ered by the existing office in Ban-
galore.
The newly-opened international
call center in Bangalore is dedicated
to all the Indian customers. Staffed
corporate news
with Lectra ex-
perts, this center
includes a dedi-
cated team of six
solution special-
ists and a team
of field service
engineers. The
center is con-
nected with the
five existing
Lectra interna-
tional call cent-
ers in France
(Bordeaux-
Mr. L.J. Prashanth, Managing Director, Lectra India
Cestas), North
America (Atlanta), Spain (Madrid), manufacturing processes for indus-
Italy (Milan), and Asia-Pacific tries using soft materials. Lectra
(Shanghai). develops the most advanced special-
Lectra has also strengthened its ized software and cutting systems
sales and distribution network in In- and provides associated services to
dia and has reinforced its strategic a broad array of markets, including
partnerships with local partners by fashion (apparel, accessories, foot-
collaborating with three Indian sales wear), automotive (car seats and
partners, all having a very strong interiors, airbags), and furniture, as
local presence in specific Indian re- well as a wide variety of other mar-
gions: Magnum Technology Solu- ket sectors, such as the aeronautical
tions, its historical partner, already and marine industries, wind power,
working with Lectra for the States and personal protective equipment.
in North India; Imperial Group of Magnum has over 15 years of
Companies, appointed sales part- experience in India covering an
ner for Maharashtra and Gujarat; integrated range of CAD & CAM
and Alpine Knits, appointed sales solutions from the world’s leading
partner for Tamil Nadu and Kerala. suppliers and a strong track record
Their role will be to help identify in both deploying and supporting
business opportunities within Lec- them efficiently.
tra’s realm that will handle imple- Alpine Knits India Pvt. Ltd., based
mentation, training activities, sup- in Tirupur, is one of the leading so-
port to guarantee optimum quality lution providers for garment mak-
under long-term relationship with ing industries in south India, while
the clients. Imperial Group is a market leader
Lectra is the world leader in in- in providing “one-stop” solution in
tegrated technology solutions that every aspect of apparel and textile
automate, streamline and accelerate manufacturing, from fiber to fash-
product design, development and ion. w
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industry update
Demand growth in emerging markets
is driving investment in nonwovens
Rapid growth in demand
in emerging markets is
driving investment in
nonwovens, according
to a report in the latest
issue of Technical Textile
Markets from the business
information company
Textiles Intelligence.
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Several nonwovens roll goods
producers are building, or have re-
cently built, new facilities and new
lines with the aim of targeting grow-
ing demand in markets in Asia,
Australasia, the Middle East, North
Africa, South America and Southern
Africa.
In the Asia-Pacific region alone,
demand for nonwoven fabrics is
forecast to grow by 9.6 per cent per
annum between 2010 and 2015, ac-
cording to Freedonia Group. Fur-
thermore, China will account for al-
most half of the additional demand
worldwide.
Avgol, an Israel-based spunbond
nonwovens producer which has
facilities in Israel, China, North
America and Russia, has added a
second line at its facility in China
and a third line is under construc-
tion. When the line has been com-
pleted, it will bring Avgol’s total
production capacity in the country
to 40,000 tons per annum.
First Quality Nonwovens, a pro-
ducer of spunmelt nonwovens with
two plants in Pennsylvania, USA, is
building a new manufacturing facil-
ity at Wuxi in China. Initially the
plant will have two machines, the
first of which is scheduled to start
production this year.
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Mitsui Chemicals, a Japan-based

nonwovens producer with facili-
ties in Japan and Thailand, plans to
establish a new facility in Tianjin,
China, for making spunbond non-
wovens for the disposable diaper
market. The facility is expected to
begin operations in September 2013.
Andrew Industries, a UK-based
specialist in baghouse filters, has
purchased a production plant in
Wuxi from the Finnish company
Ahlstrom, thereby adding to its dust
filtration material assets in China.
In addition, the company plans to
add a needlepunch line at the plant
to make PTFE felts. The new ca-
pacity will, in part, support the bag
fabricating and distribution facility
which was opened in Chennai, In- ber-countries of the Association of in geotextiles and products for the
dia, in late 2011. However, Andrew Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as South African automotive industry.
Industries hopes to add nonwovens a result of strong economic growth From a long-term strategic per-
production to the Chennai site with- in this region. spective, the project is expected to
in the next two years. Asahi Kasei, a Japan-based pro- serve as a gateway to southern Afri-
Hollingsworth & Vose, a US- ducer of nonwovens aimed prima- ca and to countries and regions else-
based supplier of engineered papers rily at the diaper market, has begun where in the southern hemisphere,
and nonwovens, has formed a joint construction of a new line in Thai- such as Australasia, India, the Mid-
venture with the Nath Group to build land in partnership with the Saha dle East and South America.
a new mill in Maharashtra, India. Group. The line represents the com- Pegas, a spunmelt nonwovens
Meanwhile, the South Korea- pany’s first investment outside Ja- producer which operates nine lines
based Toray Advanced Materials, a pan, and the decision to build it was in the Czech Republic, has an-
wholly owned subsidiary of Toray made in an attempt to reduce costs nounced its first foreign investment
Industries, added a second line at its and improve profitability. by revealing plans to build a manu-
Chinese operation in March 2011, Fibertex, a Denmark-based pro- facturing site in Egypt in response
and plans to bring a third line on ducer of nonwovens for a wide to rising demand in North Africa
stream at this operation in July next. range of end uses, has recently fin- and the Middle East. The company
However, the company’s most re- ished construction of a third spun- plans to build two nonwovens lines
cently announced investment is a melt line at its facility in Malaysia. in Egypt. The first will go on stream
20,000-ton line which is planned for Production on the line, which will in late 2013 and the second is due
Tangerang in Indonesia. The new target personal care markets, has to go on stream some time during
line is set to start up in June 2013. been building up. The company 2015-16. Each line will be able to
Toray’s investments in China and has also expanded in the southern annually make about 20,000 tons of
Indonesia are being driven by pre- hemisphere with a new operation material.
dictions of rapid growth in demand in South Africa to manufacture
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corporate news
Vardhman expects industry
to stabilise from now on
Mr. Sachit Jain, Executive Director, Vardhman Textiles
V
ardhman Textiles has
reported consolidated
revenues of Rs. 3,598
crores for April-December 2011-
12 against Rs. 3,300 crores for the
previous year, an increase of 9 per
cent, and the net turnover up to
Rs. 2,979 crores from Rs. 2,711
crores in same period last year.
For the first nine months, there is
an improvement in overall yarn
sales of about 20 per cent. Yarn
sale has gone up to Rs. 2,570
crores (Rs. 2,149 crores). Fabric
business has expanded another 19
per cent to Rs. 916 crores from Rs.
768 crores.
The total PBDIT of the company
standalone is Rs. 180 crores for
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the December quarter as against
Rs. 276 crores for the same quarter
last year.
For the first nine months of the
current year, yarn production has
increased to 1,00,298 MT from
97,068 MT. Yarn sales have grown
to 1,12,589 MT for the YTD De-
cember 2011 as against 1,08,891
for December 2010, an increase of
3.4 per cent in the total sales for the
YTD figure.
Grey fabric production was 804
lakh metres for YTD December ‘11
against 860 lakh metres for YTD
December ‘10. Sales are 817 lakh
metres (857 lakh metres).
Process fabric, the YTD figures
the production for YTD December
’11 was 563 lakh metres against
565 lakh metres for the same period
last year. Sales were 564 lakh me-
tres (536 lakh metres).
Mr. Sachit Jain, Executive Di-
rector of Vardhman Textiles, says:
“We have gone through a lot of
pain in the first quarter of this year
and we had to take huge losses on
cotton which led to a loss in the first
quarter. Second quarter, we had
recovered but not fully, and third
quarter we have done better. Our
belief is that the worst is behind us.
Overall, in the global situation, still
uncertainty remains because of Eu-
rope as well as U.S. Till that gets
sorted out we cannot say we are in
a bullish phase, but really the tough
phase is over. Our belief is the cur-
rent situation is likely to remain for
the next few quarters, and a lot de-
pends on the global economic situ-
ation”.
On expansion of capacity, Vardh-
man had put two projects on hold:
200 looms in weaving as well as
one spinning plant of 56,000 spin-
dles. Excluding these two projects
the company’s capex plan in 2011-
12 is approximately Rs. 400 crores
and for the next year Rs. 350 crores.
Mr. Sachit Jain expects the fourth
quarter to be slightly better than the
third and business to be more stable
from now on.
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product news
Grafica unveils direct-to-garment
screen printing machine
Grafica Flextronica, a
leading manufacturer and
exporter of screen printing
machines and allied
equipment, has unveiled
its Nano-PrinTex, direct-to-
garment automatic textile
screen printing machine at
its factory in Vasai, about
50 km from Mumbai.
With this Grafica joins
the league of prominent
direct-to-garment textile
screen printing machine
manufacturers in the
world.
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Mr. Bhargav Mistry, Managing Director, Grafica
The formal launch, followed by
live demo which involved 6-colour
T-shirt printing, was witnessed by
about 140 invitees, mainly from the
textile industry comprising print-
ers, suppliers and media persons,
besides a few other eminent per-
sonalities from the printing indus-
try. The machine will be offered in
6, 8, 10 and 12 colors along with
necessary Nano-irTex (IR dryer)
and Nano-flashTex (a flash cur-
ing system). Nano-PrinTex, irTex,
Nano-flashTex and Nano-Screen
Maker 5-in-1 will also be offered as
Nano-Premier League Tex (NPL-
Tex) as complete garment screen
printing solution.
Making a brief product presenta-
tion, Grafica’s Managing Director,
Mr. Bhargav Mistry, said that “it
is one more revolutionary product
of Grafica, an ideal substitute for
garment printers who are having
manual set-up with limited space.”
Grafica’s Nano-PrinTex has sali-
ent features – no pneumatics, no hy-
draulics (power saver/maintenance
free), micro processor with touch
screen control, aluminum pressure

die cast tables, easy-to-fix screen
registration system and mechanical
indexing (hardened cams and guar-
anteed repetition accuracy).
Grafica’s Nano-PrinTex will be
showcased for the first time at Gar-
ment Technology Expo to be held
in New Delhi during February 17-
20.
“Grafica is set to change the rule
of the garment printing industry,”
said Mr. Bhargav. To corrobo-
rate his views, he made a pictorial
presentation on Grafica’s imme-
diate past accomplishments and
highlighted some of the landmark
achievements targeted at the over-
all development/progress of the
screen printing industry.
He said that with Grafica’s in-
house training centre DMI Institute,
garment printers can rest assured of
receiving regular technical support.
He also announced that DMI
will conduct regular workshops
on creative T-shirt screen printing
in collaboration with international
experts.
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“In the Indian garment printing
sector, there was big missing link.
So far the garment printing indus-
try has been depending on costly
imported machines, thus automa-
tion was a mere dream for many
printers. With the introduction of
low-cost high quality, easy-to-print
technology from Grafica, garment
printers can ‘afford’ to invest in
automation and grow in business,”
concluded Mr. Bhargav.
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product news

Rieter
offer of spinning trials
to customers
Rieter offers its customers the option to establish the best possible yarn
quality for their individual raw material. In the SpinCenter in Winterthur,
the complete Rieter spinning process line is available, including the four
current spinning technologies – the G 35 ring spinning machine, K 45 com-
pact spinning machine, R 60 rotor spinning machine and the new J 20 air-
jet spinning machine.

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If interested in Rieter spinning
machines, the customer has the
option to carry out trials from the
fiber to the yarn and even further to
the end product with their own in-
dividual raw material, and this es-
pecially where rare areas of appli-
cation or new spinning processes
are concerned. In the SpinCenter
in Winterthur, Switzerland, the
complete spinning line for such tri-
als is available. This also includes
the current end-spinning machines
such as the G 35 ring spinning ma-
chine, the K 45 compact spinning
machine and now also the R 60 rotor
spinning machine as well as the J 20
air-jet spinning machine.
The amount of raw material to
be used and the turn in which it is
supplied are decided in consultation
with the customer. Careful test plan-
ning and execution, proper evalua-
tion and detailed discussion of the
results lead to a fairly good final re-
port. This also contains the optimal
setting conditions for the best attain-
able yarn quality.
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Such complex trials are very dif-
ficult in a production plant. Trials in
the RieterSpinCenter ensure in eve-
ry case the application of the latest
technologies in conjunction with the
extensive know-how of the Rieter
technologists. Customer spinning
trials offer the option to test new
processes and consequently to cre-
ate the basis for deciding purchase
of the machines under considera-
tion.
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product news
USTER’s special testing tools
for filament yarn producers
Global demand for synthetic fib-
ers is at an all-time high, with more
than 80 per cent capacity utilization
and a production total of almost 50
million tonnes expected for 2011,
following a strong recovery in 2010.
Mass variation as well as strength
and elongation are the essential
quality characteristics for this big
business. The USTER TESTER
5-C800 and TENSORAPID 4-C are
the indispensable and specialized
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testing instruments for filament yarn
producers.
Reflecting the filament industry’s
needs leads to the conclusion that
two USTER testing instruments
offer what is necessary to ensure
requested quality standards: The
USTER TESTER 5-C800 – part of
the renowned USTER tester family
– is tailor-made for this industry and
has become a synonym for uneven-
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ness measurements. The USTER

TENSORAPID 4-C measures the
key quality parameters of force,
elongation and tenacity, using soft-
ware specially designed for filament
yarns. Both systems can test a wide
range of counts across all the main
filament yarn types, including poly-
ester, polyamide, polypropylene,
viscose and aramid.
Gabriela Peters, Product Manager,
Yarn within Uster Technologies,
says: “Our long expertise in this
area means we understand that the
testing of monofilament or multifila-
ment is not as simple as it looks.” In
fact, it can be a complex process, re-
quiring the specialized know-how,
hardware and software that is inte-
grated into the USTER instruments.
“We work with filament produc-
ers to keep pace with fast-moving
changes in manufacturing technol-
ogy and new demands on yarn char-
acteristics as competition intensifies
through the textile sector, including
high-volume applications such as
polyester for apparel, sport textiles
and home textiles,” explains Peters.
The perfect couple
The USTER TESTER 5-C800, as
the name suggests, operates at the
unrivalled testing speed of 800 m/
min, while a vital technical benefit
is its unique method of applying me-
chanical twist, which guarantees ul-
timate accuracy and reliability. The
system provides a precise analysis
of mass variations in the yarn, which
can arise from polymer inconsisten-
cies, irregularities in the spinning
process and subsequent yarn cool-
ing and winding and drawing opera-
tions, or from machine defects.
Because of the high speeds in fila-

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ment yarn production, undetected
mass variations can damage thou-
sands of metres of valuable materi-
al. These faults can then cause more
problems in subsequent processes
such as draw-twisting, texturing and
dyeing. That is why comprehensive
evenness testing is essential to avoid
the danger of below-par yarn quality
being delivered to the customer.
The perfect partner for the
USTER TESTER 5-C800, is the
USTER TENSORAPID tensile test-
ing system, with the latest USTER
TENSORAPID 4-C model offering
a range of important features for
filament yarns. Producers need to
cope with continuous developments
in the synthetic fiber sector, includ-
ing new yarn types and different ap-
plication. Recognizing these special
requirements, USTER has devised a
purpose-designed software package
for the USTER TENSORAPID 4-C.
As well as handling the basic meas-
urements of force, elongation and
tenacity, the software now provides
a number of important additional
options.
For example, users can select data
on the force value at which the first
filament breaks, or obtain reference
values for strength and elongation.
Various modulus values, yield points
and natural draw ratio for stress
and strain are among other useful
data offered. Together, the USTER
TESTER 5-C800 and USTER TEN-
SORAPID 4-C provide the perfect
partnership for progress in the glo-
bal filament yarn industry.
Importance of synthetic
fibers
Soaring domestic demand in
emerging countries, coupled with
continuing high cotton prices, has
fueled the synthetics boom, and es-
timates put annual growth in capac-
ity at 4.5 per cent, reaching a glo-
bal manufacturing capability of 64
million tonnes by 2014. Polyester is
projected to retain its dominant po-
sition, with filament yarn capacity
set to increase from its 2009 level of
26 million tonnes to a new high of
34 million by 2014.
Experts predict Asian markets
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will be even more significant over
this period, as greater affluence and
the rise of the middle classes create
new demand for all types of synthet-
ic textiles, with a particularly strong
focus on growth in sophisticated ap-
plications and non-apparel end-uses.
The situation presents great poten-
tial for synthetics producers who can
meet the new requirements for high-
er quality standards in an increas-
ingly competitive market. The need
to optimize raw material values and
achieve right-first-time quality is the
key to ensuring profitability.
The Uster Group is the lead-
ing high-technology instrument
manufacturer of products for qual-
ity measurement and certification
for the textile industry. It provides
testing and monitoring instruments,
systems and services that allow opti-
mization of quality through each in-
dividual stage of textile production.
This includes raw textile fibers, such
as cotton or wool, all staple fiber
and filament yarns, as well as down-
stream services to the final finished
fabric.
The Uster Group provides bench-
marks that are a basis for the trading
of textile products at assured levels
of quality across global markets.
Its aim is to forward know-how on
quality, productivity and cost to the
textile industry.
Headquartered in Uster, Switzer-
land, the group operates through
a worldwide market organization
complemented by technology cent-
ers. It has sales and service subsidi-
aries in the major textile markets
and technology centers in Uster,
Knoxville (USA) and Suzhou (Chi-
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corporate news
TeFoc partners global giants to
support Indian customers
By K. Gopalakrishnan
Meet Mr. P. Samuel Ravichan-
dran, a first generation entrepreneur
with years of experience working
in the Indian textile industry. He
decided to break the monotony of
working with machines and manu-
facturing lines and to start his own
venture TeFoc.
The Tefoc Group comprising Te-
Foc Machineries, TeFoc Accesso-
ries and TeFoc industrial products
was founded by Mr. Ravichandran
in partnership with Mr. K. Muthu
Vijayan at the end of 2008. Both of
them are textile technocrats, each
with more than two decades of tech-
Mr. P. Samuel
nical and marketing in the field.
The group had its focus on textile spinning and identi-
fied some of the critical accessories that can be exten-
sively used in spinning mills, and made them easily
available in the local market for the first time.
TeFoc initially started with Saxonia top combs and
Reseda wax rolls, both German brands, and subsequent-
ly started working with many other global brands for
accessories and spares. Apart from Saxonia and Reseda,
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TeFoc works with Kanai of Japan
for rings, travellers & card cloth-
ings, INA Bearings, part of the
Schaeffler Group of Germany, for
all ranges of needles & roller bear-
ings, Yamauchi of Japan for cots
& aprons, Optibelt of Germany for
variator, timing & V Belts, Phoenix
Engineering of India for cutters for
autowinders and weaving looms,
INVESTA–UNI of the Czech Re-
public for Y-Tester, a quick quality
management tool to find out a de-
fective spinning unit, and with ZKL
Bearings of the Czech Republic for
heavy duty bearings.
Ravichandran
TeFoc Machineries also entered
into an agreement with China Texmatech Trading Co.
Ltd. for promoting Jingwei’s range of spinning pre-
paratory machines, spinning machineries and automatic
winders.
In order to have a more focused marketing of bearings
and belts required by textile factories and also by ce-
ment, power, wind farm, steel and paper industries, Te-
Foc has started a new division, TeFoc Industrial Prod-
ucts Pvt. Ltd.
Today, TeFoc has its good infrastructure for
marketing the various products and is also continu-
ously building up a strong base for expanding the
market and services. Headquartered in Coimbat-
ore, it has operations all across South India.
Mr. Samuel Ravichandran says: “Our mission is
to supply quality textile accessories in a smooth,
easy and quickest possible manner to spinning mill
customers. We want to identify new technologies
and introduce them into the Indian textile market
at an affordable cost with a strong service and ap-
plication support to customers”. w
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Groz-Beckert systems to enhance

circular knitting, weaving efficiency

From left, Mr. Sanjay Chawla, Manager - Sales, Weaving Machine Parts, Mr. Sanjeev
Sharma, Manager - Sales, Knitting Machine Parts, and Mr. Rifat Raihan Asim, Division
Knitting Machine Parts Assistant Manager (Sales), Groz-Beckert
Customers are offered a collec- components guarantees the unique-
tion of 60,000 knitting cylinders and ness of an ultrafine knitted fabric in
around 50,000 different needles and gauge E90.
system parts for the manufacture of Cylinder Master
textile surfaces. The standard cyl- Groz-Beckert Cylinder Master
inder diameter ranges from 7 to 60 (patent pending) helps to make sim-
inches. ple, reliable, fast and safe cylinder
High-grade Groz-Beckert
At ITMA Munich in 2007, Groz- changes on large circular knitting
circular knitting cylinders Beckert presented solutions for pro- machines for single jersey. Thanks
provide the ideal complement duction of fabrics with gauge E66. to this innovative design, which
to the premium range of At ITMA Barcelona in September is also unique, cylinders with a di-
needles and system parts to last, a world record was created with ameter of more than 26 inches can
even more extreme ultrafine gauges, be fitted and removed in a safe and
create the perfect knitting
i.e., E90. A new knitting technol- controlled manner. Installation and
system from a single, ogy with the world’s finest knitting handling of Cylinder Master is also
reliable supplier. cylinder and the finest of precision user-friendly.

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The drawing-in machine, the Warp Master, features

a new computer with a larger touch screen for sim-
p l e r and faster operation. It also has a remote
support system. Tele maintenance can
thus be carried out via the modem, for
c u s - tomer service in real time.
Further, the diverse Groz-
Beckert heald frame assort-
ment has been enhanced by
the ALtop heald frame with a
140 mm aluminium profile. Its
sturdy, high-performance cor-
ner connection using steel sup-
ports requires no plastic compo-
nents and thus reduces wear.
The patented technology of
the ALtop 140 is also offered
with a newly-designed intermediate
strut. This is clamped from steel to steel and no long-
er to the aluminium profile. The result is far longer
service life for the heald frame. w

From tying machines to high-performance

heald frames, Groz-Beckert offers web technolo-
gy for the entire weaving industry. In the weaving
preparation sector, the company produces tying
machines and also a fully-automatic drawing-in
machine.
With the aid of a fast and universal Knot Mas-
ter tying machine, model AS/3 ultra-fine yarns
can be tyed together efficiently. With its standard
units for short knot-ends and for thread breakage
control the machine also fulfils all requirements
where other applications are concerned. The mod-
el XS/3 quattro, perfect for fashion weavers, uses
the advanced computer control KC/3 that not only
facilitates easy operation but reduces the risk of
errors.
The Warp Master from the company offers
more comfort during fully-automatic drawing-in.

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product news
Lloyd Electric’s big foray
into dry air cooling systems
By Ganesh Kalidasan
Lloyd Electric &
Engineering Ltd., known
for its value-added
engineering, leading-
edge technology, flexible
production capacity
and individual customer
satisfaction, is the
preferred supplier of high
quality coils and heat
transfer products. Since
1989, the company has
grown into a world class
manufacturer by providing
unmatched product
support to the industry.
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Mr. Brij Raj Punj, Chairman & Managing Director, Lloyd Electric
Since inception in Bhiwadi, Rajas-
than, Lloyd Electric has now come
to be regarded a dependable sup-
plier of high quality coils to original
equipment manufacturers of heat-
ing, ventilation, air-conditioning
and refrigeration equipment.
Over the years it has increased
the production capacity by 10-fold
and has now become the No.1 coil
manufacturer of India in 1995. Set-
ting up new manufacturing facilities
and acquiring international brands
are some of the major milestones
achieved by the company.
As part of its global aspiration
and encouraged by the preference
it enjoys amongst its international
clientele, Lloyd Electric acquired
Lloyd Coils Europe s.r.o.. (for-
merly known as Luvatat Czech, in
the Czech Republic in May, 2008.
With this strategic acquisition the
company has entered the European
market, thus becoming a truly glo-
bal power.
Achieving the highest quality
standards and sustaining them over
an extended period of time has been
the cornerstone of Lloyd Electric
and Engineering’s success over the
past two decades. With an in-depth
understanding of efficient manufac-
turing processes and its customer
requirements the company contin-
ues to deliver a wide range of cost-
effective heat transfer solutions.
With an eye for detail and a col-
laborative approach with its clients,
Lloyd has continuously raised the
standards for both product delivery
and service support. This manage-

ment philosophy has enabled it to it
become not just a dependable part-
ner to some of the leading global
HVAC&R companies but also the
preferred choice for their heat ex-
changer needs.
With its extended capabil-
ity to design, develop,
manufacture and main-
tain highly engineered
HVAC systems for the
railway industry, Lloyd
is uniquely positioned in
the mobile HVAC sys-
tems space as well as in
the heat transfer industry.
The strong track record
in investing in the latest
technology, state-of-the-
art equipments and train-
ing its workforce on reg-
ular basis has enabled the
company to attain a lead-
ership position in each of
the markets it operates in.
Dry Cooler
Lloyd Electric & Engg. Ltd. start-
ed a new product line called “Dry
Cooler”. Fully committed to sav-
ing environment, the company has
launched this product which can
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help save 100 per cent water by us-
ing fresh ambient air, which is avail-
able free of cost. In addition, the dry
coolers offered with guarantee for
design, manufacturing, installation
and maintenance.
The product is based on the lat-
est heat transfer technology and
designed with the backing of rich
experience and adherence to high
quality standards recognised by the
industry. The materials used for its
manufacture conform to the highest
quality norms.
Lloyd systems can cool process
water more effectively with its cut-
ting edge Eco-Tech systems. This
advanced system requires a negli-
gible quantity of water even during
the peak summer. In many instances
Lloyd has proved beyond doubt that
its air cooling system saves power
and water due to the unique technol-
ogy. Today, the company guarantees
precise water flow, temperature con-
trol and reduced power requirement.
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Dilo’s manufacturing solutions

for non-woven segment
Dilo is the premier builder and
supplier of complete nonwoven
lines for staple fibre nonwoven
products. At the Techtextil show
in North America, Dilo Inc. will
provide extensive information
about recent machine concepts
from the Dilo Group companies
DiloTemafa, DiloSpinnbau and
DiloMachines. A major focus of
the new equipment is to improve
operational efficiency, web quality
and uniformity with positive
effects on all bonding processes. In
particular the following equipment
will be presented:
The DON dosing opener of DiloTemafa
is designed as a link between the opening/
blending operation and the card feeder. It
ensures that fibre flow to the feeder is both
continuous and consistent.
The MultiFeed card feeder from DiloS-
pinnbau, which is available in working
widths which can exceed 5 m, is equipped
with a twin fibre delivery system in the
upper chamber that provides a more regu-
lar material flow. A two-roll opening stage
allows fibre into the lower chamber with
further compaction by mechanical means
and air movement derived from the per-
meable delivery apron.
Such a unit can deliver over 400 kg/m/
hr of 1.7 dtex fibre with a cross-direction
evenness CV of 2-3% immediately prior
to the card. Changeover times with the
Multifeed system are fast, thus reducing
downtime and web reprocessing require-

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the possible activation of condenser rolls for heav-

ier webs. Such a card will handle the full range of
fibre fineness and length with a web speed poten-
tial of up to 200 m/min and offers an economic
solution for cross-laid nonwoven production.
The MultiCard enjoys a high production avail-
ability due to its easy and fast accessibility for
cleaning and maintenance work.
Vertical (HL series) and horizontal (DL series)
crosslappers from DiloMachines provide infeed
speeds of up to 200 m/min (HL series), eliminat-
ing bottlenecks in the production line. The Dilo
DL lappers operate in an infeed speed range of 80-
160 m/min depending on application and specific
model used. In addition to high infeed speeds, new
apron arrangements have been designed to give
high layering precision based on excellent web
control.
These machines have been supplied up to 14 m
in width for paper machine clothing applications.
The redesigned Web guide from DiloMachines
which improves felt homogeneity and results
therefore in significant fibre savings.
ments. Machine direction evenness is controlled by a
Of course, the further development of needle looms
weighbelt scale linked to the card infeed.
continues. Elliptical and circular needle beam move-
Multifeed can be used with all DiloSpinnbau card
ments are used to control drafts in the needling zone and
types in crosslapping applications or with high-speed
also to provide high-speed felt production in the 30-80
cards in series for web formation prior to hydro entan-
gsm weight range. w
glement and thermal bonding.
The Mul-
tiCard, also
designed by
DiloSpinnbau,
has roller in-
feed, a breast
cylinder with
three worker/
stripper pairs
and a 1500 mm
main cylinder
with a fur-
ther five roller
pairs. This is a
double-doffer
system with

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Corino debut into digital printing

The quick development of
digital printing machines
and the advantages thereof
have enabled this technol-
ogy to prove a big success
in textile printing. This
positive growth trend will
continue influencing textile
printing in future. However,
digital printing would offer
the best if the machines are
well equipped with the right
entries and exits that give
that sensitivity and preci-
sion so vital for printing.
It is in keeping with the current
market requirement that Corino
Macchine has designed a special
entry for digital printing machines,
which, besides meeting the special
needs, is known for its versatility.
This advanced system for tension
control of the fabric for printing
comes with a pneumatic adjuster
and a couple of loading cells to keep
the tensioning set value constant by
displaying the relevant data. It also
has a sewing sensor made with a
special “laser” sensor, combined
with an electronic counter, for stop-
ping the printing machine precisely
at the stitching stage.
This advanced machine from
Corino Macchine has already been
installed by leading manufacturers
for their digital printing systems.

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Heimtextil 2012 closed its doors on the final day after achieving an excellent set of
results. With 2,634 exhibitors from 61 countries, the number of manufacturers of home
and contract textiles taking part was up 2.4 per cent as compared to the year before
and the atmosphere at the fair correspondingly good. “The exhibitors were delighted with
the number of decision makers, the quality of the contacts, the orders placed and the
number of new business contacts at Heimtextil 2012”, said Detlef Braun, Member of the
Executive Board of Messe Frankfurt, summarising the opinion of exhibitors.

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German exhibitors were par-
ticularly pleased with their results.
No less than 84 per cent said their
participation had been successful
to very successful, a significant in-
crease of 77 per cent over last year.
Even higher was the level of satis-
faction on the visitor side where 92
per cent said they were satisfied to
very satisfied with the range of prod-
ucts on show and the course of busi-
ness at the fair.
Against this background of orders,
product launches and new contacts,
the sector nevertheless noted that
many delegations from the distribu-
tive trades, the handicrafts trade,
design and industry were no longer
as big as in the past. This reduced
the number of visitors by a good five
per cent to around 70,000 (2011:
73,071). “The decline is primarily
due to a fall in numbers from those
European nations that have been
particularly hard hit by the debt cri-
sis, especially Italy, Spain, Greece,
France and the Netherlands”, ex-
plained Detlef Braun.
On the contrary, there was an in-
crease in the number of visitors from
the Russian Federation, the Middle
East, Turkey and the Far East. The
biggest visitor countries after Ger-
many were Italy, Turkey, China,
Great Britain, the US, France, Spain,
the Russian Federation, the Nether-
lands and Poland. Altogether, the
proportion of visitors from outside
Germany amounted to 64.2 per cent
(2011: 65.4 per cent).
Despite the prevailing economic
uncertainties, positive signals came
from Germany. Both visitors and
exhibitors are beginning the new
business year with a positive out-
look. The good prognoses are based
on a sales increase of 4.6 per cent at
the end of 2011, the result of growth
in domestic demand. And, say the
experts, demand will remain at a
high level this year.
Home and household textiles,
e.g., bed, bathroom and table linen,
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textile floor coverings, curtains,
decorative fabrics and wallpaper are
particularly popular among German
consumers with demand having ris-
en steadily since the 2009 financial
crisis to a level that is higher than
that for entertainment electronics.
Thus, in 2010, German households
purchased home textiles worth an
average of Euro 224. Now, for 2012,
the IFH Retail Consultants market-
research company in Cologne is
forecasting an average household
expenditure of Euro 242 for such
products – i.e., Euro 20 or eight per
cent more. By comparison, house-
hold expenditures on entertainment
electronics were only Euro 212 in
2010 with no further growth expect-
ed in 2012.
On behalf of the German indus-
try, Martin Auerbach, Director
of the Association of the German
Home Textile Industry (Verband
der Deutschen Heimtextilien-In-
dustrie), Wuppertal, summed up the
situation as follows: “For our mem-
bers and the entire sector, Heimtex-
til 2012 has been a highly satisfac-
tory event. As the opening trade fair
of the year, it generated even more
new contacts, innovations and or-
ders than the year before, and this
will motivate us greatly over the
coming year. Additionally, He-
imtextil has continued to improve
in qualitative terms. Specific ar-
eas such as the contract sector, the
coupon business and sustainability
have been tailored perfectly to the
needs of buyers from the distribu-
tive trades, the handicrafts trade and
the contract business. Thus, Messe
Frankfurt has further increased its
expertise in the field of trade fairs
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for the textile sector.”
Particularly pleasing in this con-
nection is the correlation of the
good results of the fair reported by
German exhibitors and visitors with
the positive assessments of the eco-
nomic outlook. In both cases, sig-
nificantly more German exhibitors
and visitors expressed themselves
in positive terms. Thus, there was a
leap in the number of good to very
good ratings for visitor target groups
reached (up 12 per cent points to 79
per cent) and visitor quality (from 69
per cent to 86 per cent). The estima-
tion of the economic outlook made
by exhibitors from outside Germany
is not so optimistic – 27 per cent of
foreign exhibitors are pessimistic
against only eight per cent of their
German colleagues.
In view of this, a successful fair is
all the more encouraging. Thus, a re-
markable 81 per cent of non-German
exhibitors said they are satisfied to
very satisfied in terms of achieving
their goals for the fair.
Beddinghouse – Jan Harmsen,
Sales Manager Europe, from the
Netherlands, said: “That was the
best fair ever. Yes, we held very
good discussions. Visitor quality
was very high, not only with regard
to European visitors but also to
those from other parts of the world.
Heimtextil is the only fair that has a
genuine worldwide impact. I never
thought we would take so many or-
ders, especially from whole­salers.”
The large number of established
and new exhibitors also benefited
British exhibitors. Thus, Matthew
Crew, Brand Designer and Mar-
keting Manager of Pavilion Tex-
tiles Ltd., said: “Our company was
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founded 22 years ago,
and we are now Great
Britain’s leading sheer
curtain and fabric sup-
plier. We used Heim-
textil for the world-
wide launch of our new
Vanilla brand and are
very, very pleased with
the results. Now, we
can really begin sell-
ing on a worldwide ba-
sis. At Heimtextil, we
reached new markets
in 45 countries alone
during the first two
days!”
Wallpaper was the
subject of particular
attention at Heimtextil
2012. Many renowned
companies presented
their new collections
in Hall 3.1. The Wall
Gallery special show
displayed the most in-
novative products in
the right light, and a
marketing campaign
launched at the Heim-
textil is set to make the
new furnishing worlds
the talk of many towns.
Thus, Karsten Brandt, Director to indicate a decline in demand in
of the German Wallpaper Institute 2012. This is more noticeable among
in Düsseldorf, was delighted with foreign buyers. Nevertheless, the
the new trend towards wallpaper: number of visitors and orders from
“Our member-companies repre- purchasing associations and whole-
sented here are very pleased with salers from Russia and China was
the course of business at the fair, es- very good. Here, in Frankfurt, we
pecially with the quality of the con- launched our 2012 Road Show on
tacts made. The echo, particularly its tour of seven German cities. This
from German buyers, was excellent was a very successful start to ‘Wall-
– a good atmosphere with no trace paper on Tour’!”
of caution or recession and nothing More than 400 manufacturers
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drew attention to the latest innovations for textile fur-

nishings in the contract sector and architecture, as well as
sustainable home textiles, via special offers and a series
of expect lectures and awards ceremonies in the special
‘Let’s talk about…’ area. And met with an extremely
positive echo from architects and interior architects from
the whole of Germany and neighbouring countries.
On behalf of Architects Titus Bernhard, CEO Titus Al-
exander Bernhard, said: “Heimtextil is the best fair for
seeing the latest developments and trends for interior tex-
tiles – fabrics, curtains, sun-protection systems, carpets,
etc. Everything that gives a home personality. That’s why
we attend Heimtextil! Architects, and interior architects
visit the fair because it is an outstanding platform for the
contract business.”
Aimed at interior decorators and furnishing experts,
the Heimtextil Coupon Business Finder lists companies
that supply fabrics in very small to small quantities – a
vital service for this important group of visitors from the
handicrafts sector.
Frank Meiners, proprietor of Raumaustattung Meiners
in Fürth, observed: “This is the third time we have par-
ticipated in the Heimtextil Insider programme for inte-
rior decorators – because it caters exactly for our needs.
For me, it has always been important to keep track of the
latest trends. We have gathered an incredible amount of
information about innovations, atmospheres, energy and
ideas. Next year, we want to integrate home textiles from
foreign manufacturers into our range. Then, we will spend
three days here. For us, Heimtextil is the most important
trade fair, thanks to the individual facilities and services
for interior decorators.”
With over 25 interior decorators, museums and bed
dealers, the ‘Heimtextil goes City’ consumer campaign,
which was held throughout Frankfurt for the eighth year
running, attracted well over 2,000 customers and con-
sumers interested in the fair and in home textiles.
‘Heimtextil goes City’ is Germany’s only consumer
campaign for home textiles to be conducted in associa-
tion with a leading international trade fair and an unri-
valled platform for the interior decoration business”, says
Michael Schwarz, Press Officer of the Guild of Interior
Decorators, Frankfurt am Main.
The next Heimtextil will be held in Frankfurt from Jan-
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TAI meet on value addition in
T
he Textile Associa-
tion of India, Mum-
bai Chapter, recently
held an international con-
ference on “Value Addition
in Home Textiles and Ap-
parels”, presided over by
the Textile Commissioner,
Mr. A.B. Joshi, who was the
chief guest on the occasion.
As part of the conference, the
Association conferred Lifetime
Achievement awards on Mr.
Virendra Kumar Arora, Chair-
man, D’Decor Home Fabrics Pri-
vate Ltd., Mr. R.L. Toshniwal,
Lifetime
Achievement
Award for
Suresh Vaidya
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Chairman and Managing Direc-
tor, Banswara Syntex Ltd., and
Mr. Suresh G. Vaidya, Managing
Director, Vaidya and Associates.
The conference witnessed two
technical sessions, one on Home
Textiles and the other on Yarn
Dyeing and Apparel.
Dr. Sussane Jary, Global Head
of Home Textiles, Lenzing AG,
made a presentation on Value
Added Marketing in Home Tex-
tiles, and Mr. Gunendra Sangaj,
Manager, Techincal Marketing,
from BASF, spoke on Speciality
Finishes for Home Textiles.
In the technical session on Yarn
Mr. A.B. Joshi, Textile Commissioner, handing over the
Award to Mr. Suresh Vaidya
Dyeing and Apparel, Mr. Harald
Dietmann, Marketing Coloration
- Global Business Development
Vat Dyes from Dystar Color Dis-
tribution, Germany, spoke on re-
source management in yarn dye-
ing and processing.
Mr. S. Sengupta, Sr. Vice Presi-
dent at Mafatlal Industries Ltd.,
made a presentation on value ad-
dition in yarn dyed apparel, and
Mr. Peter Yeung, Area Sales
Manager, Fong’s National Engi-
neering Co. Ltd., spoke on Value
addition through innovation in
yarn dyeing.
Apart from the technical ses-
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home textiles well attended

sions, two very important panel
discussions were held in which
industry experts discussed and
deliberated on key issues.
The current size of the Indian
textile and apparel industry, in-
cluding domestic and exports,
is Rs. 3,29,020 crores. Of this,
the apparel industry is worth Rs.
1,54,000 crores and home textiles
Rs. 15,570 crores. These sectors
are estimated to grow at 11 per
cent and 9 per cent respectively.
The world trade in home textiles
is valued at $74.75 billion, of
which cotton fibre accounts for 49
per cent, followed by man-made
fibres 36 per cent.
Country-wise, China holds 31
per cent market share in home
textiles, followed by India with
4.4 per cent. India also ranks sec-
ond with a market share of 7.25
per cent after China with 28.6 per
cent in the supply of cotton made-
ups. These figures show that in
both the categories there is signif-
icant scope for India to increase
its market share.
The domestic brands in apparels
are also growing and so also the
demand. From the fabrics per-
spective, it is the yarn-dyed which
is moving much faster. More than
85 per cent products are yarn
dyed.
In the home textiles category,
there are many varieties like
kitchenware, gardenware, etc.
There is substantial demand for
such varieties that do not require
heavy investment.
The Indian textile industry, both
in home textiles and apparels, of-
fers high-priced products. Further
value addition can ensure much
higher benefits to the industry.
Value addition is both an impor-
tant opportunity and also a chal-
lenge for the industry.

Mr. Suresh G. Vaidya, a doyen of the Indian textile
industry, was conferred the Lifetime Achievement
Award by the Textile Association of India (TAI),
Mumbai Chapter. The Award was presented by Mr.
A.B. Joshi, Textile Commissioner, at a recently held
function in Mumbai.
Mr. Vaidya, a highly qualified professional having
51 years of experience in textile industry, has to his
credit qualifications, viz., L.T.M., B.Text., C.M.C.,
F.Inst.D. He has worked in different textile mills in
India and overseas for nearly 20 years. In 1979, he
founded the consulting company Vaidya and Associ-
ates offering its expertise in textile and management
consultancy. The company has rendered consultancy
for the last 32 years to the Commonwealth Secretar-
iat, UK, financial institutes and banks in India, Mau-
ritius and South Africa, as well as to entrepreneurs in
India, Bangladesh, Estonia, Indonesia, Mauritius,
Nigeria, Singapore, Togo, Turkey, Uganda and
Zaire.
Mr. Vaidya has been a Director / Member of
the Managing Committee / Governing Council of
nearly 30 reputed public limited companies and
Chairman of Maharashtra State Textile Corpora-
tion Ltd. He has also been a member on the Board
of Studies with various prestigious educational
institutions like VJTI, Shivaji University, Central
University of Rajasthan, School of Fashion Tech-
nology, BTRA, DKTES and University of Mum-
bai.
He was the past President of TAI, Mumbai Unit,
Textile Accessories & Machinery Manufacturers’
Association and a member of the Managing Com-
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Lifetime Achievement Award
for Virendra Arora
Mr. A.B. Joshi, Textile Commissioner, handing over the Award to
Mr. Virendra Kumar Arora
TAI, Mumbai Chapter, has hon-
ored Mr. Virendra Kumar Aro-
ra, Chairman of D’Decor Home
Fabrics Pvt. Ltd., with a Life-
time Achievement Award for his
achievements in the field of tex-
tiles. The Award was presented by
Mr. A.B. Joshi, Textile Commis-
sioner.
Mr. Arora started this young
company as a separate group in
1999 with an annual turnover of
$4 million. Under his leadership, it
has achieved an annual turnover of
Rs. 800 crores in 2011-12. He has
plans to take the company to the
top-most level by 2014-15.
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Mr. A.B. Joshi,
Textile Commissioner
D’Decor Home Fabrics is one
of the largest vertically integrated
companies specialising in home
furnishings, curtain fabrics, dress
materials and bedding. The group
has professional designers who,
in collaboration with an Italian
design house, delivers the latest
trend with excellent quality, vari-
ety and service.
D’Décor exports to more than
50 countries, including the US,
Europe, the Middle-East, Rus-
sia, Australia, New Zealand and
South Africa.
Mr. Peter Yeung,
Area Sales Manager, Fong’s
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Mr. R.L. Toshniwal, Mr. Suresh Vaidya, Mr. Aniruddha Deskmukh, Mr. Ajay Arora,
Banswara Syntex M.D. Vaidya & Associates President, Raymond Ltd. M.D., D’Decor

Mr. Harald Dietmann, Dr. Susanne Jary, Mr. Gunendra Sangaj, Mr. Dipen Jain,
DyStar Lenzing AG Manager, BASF Director, LSD Lifestyle

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industry update

Environmental impact, a major

issue facing textile manufacturers
Business success not only comes
from pushing more sales. We live in
a world where the growing popula-
tion and the opening up of markets
across the developing world have
created new opportunities for busi-
ness, while simultaneously increas-
ing the already intense pressure on
the planet’s resources. Sustainabil-
ity is now a mainstream issue for ap-
parel and footwear industries also.
Brands and fashions are used to
make a statement by the consumer
about who they are and what they
stand for. The textiles and foot-
wear industries are therefore be-
ing given impetus for change from
two sources – consumers who want
more eco-friendly, recyclable prod-
ucts from sustainable sources, and
the pressure on resources. Creative
and thoughtful solutions developed
by these industries in response to
consumer concerns have stepped up

Ms. Karen E. Kyllo,

Deputy Vice President,
Global Softlines

The apparel and footwear

industries will be facing
a lot of challenges with
consumers calling big
brands to account for
the environmental impact
of their products and
manufacturers turning to
sustainability to both save
resources and drive down
costs.

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to the plate, highlighting a credible
connection between consumption
of their products and innovative ap-
proaches to the replenishment of re-
sources, making the world a better
place to live in.
Pressure on resources
As Steven A. Jesseph, CEO for
Worldwide Responsible Accredited
Production (WRAP), points out, by
2050 there will be 10 billion people
on the planet competing for lim-
ited water and both renewable and
non-renewable natural resources.
None of these people will be walk-
ing around naked. So the textile in-
dustry has to adapt. For centuries,
processing fabrics and materials
has been both labor intensive and
industry update
resource-heavy.
The apparel and footwear indus-
tries consume high quantities of
water, cotton, chemicals for dyeing
and finishing materials, tanning for
leather, and so on. In response to
increased consumer consciousness
and pressure on resources, includ-
ing the rise in the price of raw ma-
terials, brands within the industry
are responding with the launch of a
significant number of sustainability
initiatives.
Textile and footwear manufactur-
ers are facing the twin conundrum
of how to keep the consumer happy
with product quality while protect-
ing the environment. It is no mean
feat to not only not abandon hope
but to also flourish in the face
of adversity, and this is what the
textiles industry has done, as it
has explored sustainability al-
ternatives with gusto, looking at
green chemical management, in-
cluding toxic chemical replace-
ment, increased recycling of raw
materials and waste and greater
biodegradability of products and
chemicals used in the manufac-
turing process.
For example, sulfurs used with
the factory have been replaced
by sugar molecules by some
manufacturers, and heavy met-
als containing dyes have been
replaced by metal-free chromo-
phors.
The increased use of biode-
gradable enzymes has also fur-
thered green chemistry, with the
accompanying benefits of the use
of renewable resources, process-
ing at lower temperatures, nor-
mal atmospheric pressures, more
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favorable and neutral pH and with
a greatly diminished input of water
and energy.
Branding industry
achievements
Research and development, how-
ever, is only one part of the sus-
tainability package. Branding is
also indispensable when it comes
to conveying the message about a
product’s sustainability. A product
must speak for itself regarding its
connection to the planet. The mate-
rials used and the resources spent on
creating the product should commu-
nicate a deeper resonance and mean-
ing when it comes to the quality of
the product and its relationship with
the environment.
Big names in the industry are
beginning to get the message, and
the measures taken are impressive.
A number of brands collect used
shoes and other waste products to
recycle. Timberland’s Earthkeeper
program disassembles used shoes
and recycles the materials based
on the concept that 50-70 per cent
of the material in the shoes can be
recycled. Nike recycles used shoes,
transforming them into a material
that’s used for sports surfaces, play-
grounds, and other new products.
Patagonia provides carbon footprint
information for all of its products
and recycles materials from used
garments.
Not to be outdone, Levi Strauss
& Co. provides the consumers of its
jeans with planet care washing guid-
ance, not least because the produc-
tion and the care that a consumer
takes of a pair of good jeans con-
sumes as much energy as powering
a personal computer for 556 hours.
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Consumer use of a pair

of jeans accounts for 45
per cent of the water and
58 per cent of the ener-
gy used throughout the
whole lifecycle of the
garment. Levi Strauss
has recommended that
consumers wash their
jeans less often and line
dry them whenever pos-
sible.
Looking good,
feeling good
There is an ongoing
change in the relation-
ship between the retail-
ers and manufacturers
of the footwear and
apparel industries and
their consumers, par-
ticularly in the West. Consumers wants to waste precious eco creden- only want to look good, they want to
are questioning the product more tials on tumble drying – more and feel good too.
relentlessly and more thoroughly more apparel needs to be line dry- SGS, the global leader in third-par-
than ever before, mainly because able. ty testing, provides a wide range of
what the consumer wears conveys The traditional questions asked services to the textiles and clothing
to friends and contemporaries who of a footwear or apparel prod- industry. Acting on behalf of buyers
the consumer actually is. Because uct haven’t just gone away, how- worldwide, SGS helps reduce sourc-
clothes and footwear say so much ever. Consumers still want value ing risks by verifying the capability
about how we want to be perceived, for money, and they still want to of manufacturers to meet contract
manufacturers and retailers now sport a credible brand. It’s just that requirements for quality, quantity
have to listen carefully to the ques- now consumers want their favorite and delivery terms. Furthermore, its
tions that are being asked. brands to be trustworthy, to be so- regulatory advisory service provides
Consumers now wish to be secure cially and environmentally respon- information on legal requirements,
in the knowledge that what they are sible, and still make them look as standards and quality specifications
wearing is durable and produces as good as before, if not more so now for defined clothing products and
little waste as possible in its crea- that the product can be worn with a markets.
tion. Big brands are being asked if clean conscience. The world’s leading inspection,
recycled materials have been used In conclusion, before consumers verification, testing and certification
in their products and if the product ask, be prepared to speak up about company. SGS is recognized as the
is still recyclable at the end of its the manufacture and production of global benchmark for quality and
lifecycle. Consumers don’t want to your product. Consumers have made integrity. With more than 70,000
spend their lives ironing, so there is the link between product produc- employees, it operates a network of
still room for new fabrics, new ma- tion, product care and the planet. In over 1,350 offices and laboratories
terials. But at the same time, no one today’s eco-friendly world, they not around the world. w

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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Institute,

an emerging Centre of Excellence
By Ganesh Kalidasan
Recognizing the greater role it has
to play for the benefit of the textile
sector, the institute was upgraded as
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Interna-
tional School of Textiles and Man-
agement (SVPISTM) by the then
Minister for Textiles, Mr. Dayanidhi
Maran, on July 7, 2010.
As a centre for focused manage-
ment education, the institute aims to
groom aspiring youngsters into new
age professional managers capable
of leading the Indian industry to the
pinnacle of world textile galaxy.
The institute, which commenced the
synergy of technology and manage-
ment with management education
programmes, has extended its foray
into the areas of research, consul-
tancy, executive development and Dr. S.R. Pujar, SVPISTM Director
knowledge management. By carry-
ing out a number of industry-specif- sional managers who will become the forefront”, says Dr. S.R. Pujar,
ic activities, it has by now emerged inspiring performers and decision SVPISTM Director.
a premier centre of textile manage- makers capable of attaining high The location of the institute in the
ment excellence. standards and competitive edge to Manchester of South India provides
“Management Education is cre- bring the Indian textile industry to the best possible learning environ-
ating a strong cadre of profes- ment for textile/apparel/retail educa-
tion. With more than 25,000 small,
medium and large industrial units,
Coimbatore’s primary industries are
engineering and textiles.
The city also has central textile re-
search institutes like the Central In-
stitute for Cotton Research (CICR)
and the South Indian Textiles Re-
search Association (SITRA). There-
fore, the proximity to the textile
industry offers tremendous oppor-
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practical exposure through regular
industrial visits and high interaction
with textile industry corporates.
SVPISTM offers separate two-
year Post Graduate Diploma in
Management in Textiles, Apparels
and Retail. With the SVPITSM-
IGNOU program on MBA (Textiles
Management), its research activi-
ties are affiliated to Bharathiar Uni-
versity, offering M.Phil in Textiles
Management and Ph.D in Textiles
Management.
Situated in a six-acre campus with
well-maintained lawns and gardens,
SVPITSM has two blocks cover-
ing around 60,000 sq.ft., where all
the classrooms are equipped with
LCD projectors. The two seminar
halls and one conference hall are
equipped with updated high-tech
audio visual aids and video confer-
encing facility.
A newly-constructed centralized
A/C auditorium spanning 75,000
sq.ft. is a landmark in the city. The
library provides the perfect environ-
ment and the required facilities and
services to nurture quality knowl-
edge development.
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NCUTE’s expanding activities
The Nodal Centre for Upgrada-
tion of Textile Education (NCUTE),
set up by the Ministry of Textiles,
is working under Sardar Vallabh-
bhai Patel International School of
Textile Management (SVPISTM).
The centre has its focus on crea-
tion of quality and competent man-
power needed for the textile indus-
try. It works closely with various
textile institutes across the coun-
try to incorporate common cur-
riculum for PG and UG courses.
It also works on upgradation of
text-books and publication of new
books needed for the industry and
institutes. Further it strengthens the
industry-institute relations by ar-
ranging various events, seminars
and workshops.
Mr. A.J. Muralidharan, a textile
graduate, post-graduate in indus-
trial engineering and an MBA, has
joined NCUTE as Coordinator with
a view to imparting quality knowl-
edge to the textile fraternity. He
has rich experience in serving the
industry for more than 32 years and
Mr. A.J. Muralidharan
has gained exposure by travelling
extensively across the globe.
Recently, SVPISTM and NCUTE
jointly conducted a program on the
latest trends in textile testing equip-
ments and quality management as
part of NCUTE activities to have
better interaction among industries
and institutes.
Dr. K. Selvaraju, SIMA Secre-
tary General, who was the chief
guest for the function, emphasized
the need for quality textile educa-
tion and skilled tal-
ented youngsters for
the textile industry.
Mr. R. Elango, Di-
rector (Marketing),
Sangeeth Group of
Textiles, and Mr. R.
Nallaiappan, Head
- Product Support,
Uster Technologies,
were among the in-
dustry leaders invited
for the function.
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appointments
Heinz Michel is the new CEO of Santex
The Board of Directors of
Santex Holding AG, based
in Tobel, Switzerland, has
appointed Heinz Michel as
the new Group CEO and
Member of the Board with
effect from January 1,
2012.
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Heinz Michel was active during
the last three years as CEO of the
Benninger Group in Uzwil, Swit-
zerland. As CEO of Benninger he
managed one of the worst periods
in the company’s history, which was
caused by the global financial crises.
Before that he headed the textile ma-
chine component manufacturer Oer-
likon Heberlein Temco in Wattwil,
Switzerland, for 13 years as CEO.
Stefano Gallucci, President of
the Santex Group, said: “Santex is
moving and planning further growth
for the coming years. We have re-
cently acquired new companies and
gathered great people who foster
new synergies in research, produc-
tion and marketing. For over 40
years clients from all over
the world chose our ma-
chines and our service
team because we helped
to improve their business.
Mr. Michel’s managerial
experience, energy and en-
thusiasm fully represent
our mission and principles.
We believe he is the leader
our people need to face the
new challenges and goals
of the coming years.”
Heinz Michel, CEO, ob-
served: “I am impressed
about the wide knowledge
of the Santex Group em-
ployees; with this know-
how I am convinced the
Santex Group is able to
offer unique new techno-
logical solutions with a
substantial customer benefit and first
class service.”
The Santex Group is a globally
active enterprise with its own pro-
duction and service locations in Eu-
rope, China and India. The group
develops and produces systems and
machines for the finishing of quality
knitted as well as wool fabrics, fur-
thermore state-of-the-art technology
for coating and laminating of mul-
tiple technical textile substrates and
Prepreg for the production of high
quality composite materials (car-
bon- and glass fabrics, etc.).
The group works with the well-
known brands Santex, Cavitec, Iso-
tex, SperottoRimar and Santex Non-
woven. w
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