CITI Urges Government To Rescue Textile Industry

Faced with declining demand in India and abroad, the highly export weighted and labour intensive textile and clothing industry has urged Government for proper policy support. In a statement here, Mr. R.K. Dalmia, Chairman, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) stated that the textile and clothing industry which is the largest employer in India’s manufacturing sector and one of India’s largest exporting industries is currently going through a very tough time and unless remedial measures have taken by the Government immediately, a large number of units will have to close, throwing lakhs of workers out of jobs.

Mr. R.K. Dalmia explained that the international credit crisis which has also spread to the Indian economy has resulted in a negative growth both in the case of production and exports by the textile and clothing industry. There are reports of spinning mills and garment units getting closed in different parts of the country and the fabric industry which is highly decentralized is also facing serious problems.

While the international credit crisis is beyond the reach of Indian the Government, the present crisis of the textile industry could have been prevented with proper policy support from the Government. One of the major problems that the industry faced today is liquidity crunch since the banks are not in a position to extend loans and where they provides loans, the interest rates are too high. Over Rs.2000 crore is pending with Government by way of Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) assistance which has not yet been released for the period beyond September 2007.

Mr. Dalmia urged the Government to make an additional provision of Rs.2000 crore immediately for TUFS for the current year so that the backlog of last year and the current year can be met. If it is impossible to provide such funds immediately, some relief measures will be required to improve the cash flow of the industry. Mr. Dalmia suggested in this regard that soft loans at concessional rates may be extended to textile and clothing industry against pending Government dues including TUFS assistance pending for a long period.


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Curtain Raiser For India ITME 2008

The countdown for a highly awaited show for entire textile fraternity, India ITME, has begun. This show is an 8th India International Textile Machinery Exhibition by the organizers i.e. India ITME society, which is going to be held at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), India. This show is projected to play a major role in bringing together technology providers and end users which is quite critical in current scenario and thus will provide impetus to a stagnant textile industry. Organizers of the show aim to promote the latest technology and improvements in production for a brighter tomorrow through India ITME, 2008.

The Show:

ITME is organized at regular period of time i.e. 4 years and 7 such fairs have been held till date by this society starting from 1980. Last India ITME was organized at Mumbai with 748 exhibitors. This time Bangalore has replaced Mumbai and is all prepared to host the show, with its high-tech Bangalore International Exhibition Complex. Organizers believe that this shift in venue will provide more convenience to the exhibitors.

The show occupies a vast area of 42,500 sq. mtrs, where exhibitors will display their products inside 3 air conditioned hall. Almost 700 participants, from across 30 countries are estimated to attend the show out of which 450 are Indians and 250 are foreign participants. Approximately 1, 00,000 to 1, 20,000 visitors are expected to attend this show.

Participants:

Stage for the show is set and almost all participants /exhibiters are done with their preparation for the show and are ready to unveil their innovations in front of the world. Visitors are likely to see products covering from pre-spinning, spinning, weaving, knitting, processing, testing and textile finishing lines besides non-woven textile machinery, the textile industry will see higher technology, speed and better quality in its production operations in the years ahead.

From India some leading participants of the show include companies like Alidhra, ATE, Batliboi, Bekaert Carding Solutions, Dalal Engineering, Dhall Enterprises & Engineers, Himson, ITEMA weaving (India) Pvt. Ltd., Kirloskar Toyoda, Laxmi Shuttleless Looms Pvt. Ltd, LMW, Oerlikon Textile India Pvt. Ltd., Peass, Prashant Gamatex , Premier, Rieter India, Trumac, Veejay Lakshmi, Uster Technologies (India), Voltas etc.

While India ITME, 2008 has also attracted some renowned foreign participants like Amsler Tex , Bruckner, Comez , CTMTC, Dilo, Groz - Beckert, Jakob Muller, Karl Mayer, Laroche S.A, Lindauer DORNIER, Memminger, NSC Nonwoven, Oerlikon, Picanol, Rieter, Santoni, Savio, Spindelfabrik Suessen, SSM Scharer Schweiter Mettler, Terrot, Tsudakoma etc. from different countries like Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, China , France etc.

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Advanced Technology Machines From RITM At India-ITME

INDIA-ITME will be the major textile event in 2008 in India and RITM is of course going to participate to this show. On its booth at Hall 4/Stand G106, RITM will present one of the most complete ranges for textile machinery.

Today’s production of textile and industrial yarns is a challenge requiring flexibility, creativity and market knowledge. With 100 years experience in yarn machinery, RITM (previously known under the brands Verdol, ICBT and Rieter FYT) is a major player in the field of textile machinery.

RITM staff will be present to welcome you on our booth during the INDIA-ITME show, being held November 15-22 2008, in the Bangalore International Expo Centre.

Fine count processing Texturing, Twisting, Covering, rewinding, Assembling… RITM has got always the perfect solution! RITM offers today the most complete range of twisting and covering machinery on the market for all continuous made-man yarns.

Industrial Yarn: RITM reinforces its leading position since the launching of the UT 50 machine, well appreciated for its flexibility and for the quality of yarn and package produced, RITM sets a reference for two-for-one twisting machines for industrial yarns. Listening to the market demands, the machine range is continuously extended to offer the best product answering to all customers’ needs.

For Techtextil North America 2008, RITM showed a combined process to produce cords and ropes up to 4mm in a one step process. The UT 50 machine was connected to a Twister Winder GS 2000 from the well-known rope machine manufacturer SIMA, from Italy.

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Protecting The Environment Through Waste Water Recycling

"Protecting the Environment through Waste Water Recycling and Heat Recovery in Textile Finishing"

It is difficult for textile finishing to escape the image of being an industry which causes emissions. However, there are ways to drastically reduce the difficulties associated with wet chemical processes. The report describes the increasing global problems in the area of water and energy policies, and presents a case study which demonstrates how it can be possible to run waste water free textile finishing operations.

Within the textile industry, textile finishing is one of the main sources of emissions. As a supplier of modern high-performance textile finishing machines which are both energy and water efficient, Benninger has now gone one step further and now also offers a new range of machines which are specifically designed to save even more water and energy. The key to this range are the diaphragm filtration systems which allow water, valuable materials and waste energy to be recovered (Figure 1: Zero Discharge).

Global water and energy shortages

In future, water is set to become an increasingly scarce and therefore extremely valuable resource. Demand for water is growing at more than twice the rate at which the world's population is growing. During the last 100 years, the world's population has increased threefold, while water consumption has risen by a factor of seven in the same period. Since 1970, the available amount of water per capita has been reduced by 40% as a result.

It takes around 2,500 - 3,000 litres of water to manufacture a single cotton shirt. The bulk of this is required to grow the cotton, but this is followed in second place by the wet finishing process.

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High-Speed Electronic Zigzag Seam Sewing Machine

TJ-2290A - Direct Drive High-Speed Electronic Zigzag Seam Sewing Machine By Platina

The Major Features :

• The machine is suitable for attaching laces, making aiguillette, and general zig-zag works
• Attaching elastic trim or laces to ladies' undergarment and to the leg or waist section of ladies' underwear
• Attaching elastic trim or laces to corsets, brassieres etc. Also can work decorative sewing.
• Felling and joining collar various kinds of men's clothes
• The sewing stitch can be changed by using different cams
• Suitable various kinds of sewing with 8 kinds of sewing stitch that with 14 kinds of changing pattern. (For example: straight sewing, zigzag sewing, double needles zigzag sewing, three needles zigzag sewing.)
• Can design all kinds of patterns stitch and the designated threads by customers which can be stored by the operation ban.

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‘Be Prepared For An Upturn Not Before 2010’- Mr. Chakrabarty, TMMA

2008 has been a tumultuous year for the textile and garment sector. On one hand prices of vital raw materials like crude oil and cotton shot up in the first half of the year and on the other hand the second half witnessed an economic turmoil and bloodbath as never seen before. Most of the major textile and garment producing countries are observing a slowdown in exports leading to a drop in production.

The worst to be affected are China and India. Both countries had reported very high growth rates in the last few years and riding on the boom a lot of new investments were also on the anvil. But now that recessionary trends are amply visible, will these investments ensue is the million dollar question?

The burgeoning global textile machinery manufacturing industry is expected to feel the full brunt of the recession. New planned investments may be put on hold since no one would like to invest in an atmosphere of uncertainty as no one seems to have an idea as to when the crisis will end.

The Indian textile machinery manufacturing sector is also anticipated to be hit hard by the turmoil. To have a better understanding of current and future prospects of this vital sector fibre2fashion spoke to Mr Chakrabarty, Secretary of Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association of India, which represents all textile equipment manufacturers in the country.

Fibre2fashion started off by asking first about the current scenario and how much the current recessionary trend has affected the sector, to which Mr Chakrabarty replied by saying “The situation with respect to the global textile industry continues to deteriorate. Combinations of macro and micro economic factors have resulted in one of the worst crises for the industry in recent times.

On the global front, collapse of financial institutions along with high inflationary forces have affected customers confidence and thereby the demand for textile products. With respect to the textile industry in India, cost structures are under attack from every possible front like raw-material prices, quantity and quality of power and zooming labour costs. The situation with respect to the fall in demand for textile products globally may get worse over the next few months. Currently textile machinery industry is facing severe demand recession.”

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San Da Knitting Machine Co To Present At INDIA ITME

San Da Machinery co., Ltd. is going to present in ITME 2008. The 8 th India International Textile Machinery Exhibition (INDIA ITME 2008) is to be held from 15 to 22 November 2008 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), India

San Da will present its catalog and fabrics display at the event at Hall No. 3 –UL Stall No. A – 126.

Company’s Overseas Sales Representative Katie Peng is first time attending the trade show.

INDIA ITME 2008 will give an opportunity to the participants and business visitors to access the new technology and developments in textile production and operations.

SANDA MACHINERY CO LTD established since 1976, with a well developed strong base in Taiwan for 20 years. With its monthly production capacity approaching 60 knitting machines this year, the company is supplying Indonesia, Thailand, India, Hong Kong and PRC, besides Taiwan domestic market. Moreover, the company is actively, in this decade, launching its products in those developing international markets of knitting industry.

It produces various kinds of circular knitting machines Single Jersey, Terry, Velour, Fleece, Interlock, Rib, Pile Loop, Electronic Jacquard & Rib-Mesh machines.

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