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Thanks for your encouraging response for the August edi- l LMW l Precitex l USTER l Oerlikon Textile tion of The Textile Magazine. We have tried to present an- l Peass-Oerlikon Schlafhorst l Prashant other equally interesting edi- tion this month with exclusive l Picanol l Lakshmi Card Clothing l SIMTA stories on Arvind Mills, Aditya l Habasit l ICC l SKAAT l TexTech Birla Group and Birla Century and a preview to ITMA 2011. l Sumanlal J. Shah l Bakubhai Ambalal We have started a few new columns like the Voice of the l l l l Biancalani Schmale Bruckner MSB Industry, Statistics and Job Op- portunities, aimed at making 112 corporate news the edition more informative. l Monforts l Dynagro Overseas l Ergo G2 Do drop us a mail at [email protected] new products to share your views and feed- back. We will be glad to hear 124 Rieter’s J 20 air-jet spinning machine from you. events – Editorial Team 126 FONG’S Indian Customer Day largely attended global scenario Our next issue 130 UNIDO-Gherzi study on cotton yarn spinning 132 Vital Statistics ITMA 2011 136 human resource management coverage history 140 Arvind Mills’ origin, growth and development For advertising, mail us at: over the years [email protected]
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Barcelona beckons
All eyes are on Barcelona, the venue for the nine-day mega textile machin- ery show opening on September 22. Held for the first time in Spain, ITMA is distinctly different from the earlier editions for many reasons. Besides being the largest in terms of the number of exhibitors as well as the projected trade visitor turnout, there are several new-comers ready to compete with the cur- rent textile machinery majors with their equally innovative and sophisticated technology for the world’s leading textile and garment manufacturers. There are over 1,300 exhibitors from 45 countries. Around 70 per cent of the ex- hibitors are from Europe, with Italy fielding the largest contingent, followed by Germany and Switzerland. Among non-European participants, India has this time overtaken Japan and China with over 120 exhibitors. Thus India is next R. Natarajan, Managing Editor & Publisher only to Italy and Germany, with 320 and 210 exhibitors respectively. For its debut in Spain, ITMA features a new yarn and fibre chapter with a greater focus on garment making technology. As usual, speakers at the ITMA Forum would illustrate how innovative business practices, technology and operational processes can be applied to give textile companies the leading edge in today’s highly competitive markets. CAMATEX has partnered with top industry organisations to introduce a series of complementary events designed to help the textile and garment industries share knowledge and learn about the latest trends with key players in the respective sectors. The most prominent among them are the Textile Summit, Sustainable Textile Leaders Roundtable and the Textile Dyestuff and Chemical Leaders Forum. Some 150 organisations from 62 countries in different sectors of the textile and garment value chain as well as several related industry groups have pledged their support to the show. As from other world textile centres, a large number of Indian visitors sponsored by CITI and other associations are expected at Barcelona. Besides, special delegation visits have been arranged by industry associations in different countries. The Barcelona show comes at a time when the global textile and machinery industries are at a cross- roads. For, a period of welcome recovery after the world economy was virtually paralysed by the worst- ever global recession in 2008 is now followed by a spell of renewed economic uncertainty resulting from government debt crises in the US and Europe. However, the general mood among exhibitors is upbeat, reflecting a strong trading sentiment in the first half of 2011. The Indian exhibitors too are ex- tremely optimistic of the show prospects despite the recessionary phase through which the world textile and machinery industries are passing through. The crisis-ridden Indian textile sector hopes to limp to back to normalcy with the assured Government package of reliefs for its immediate recovery. Of special significance is the Government decision to withdraw the suspension of TUFS and extend it during the 12th Plan period. This would boost the textile machinery industry morale as it ensures faster technology upgradation.
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textile scene Special policy thrust on Technical Textiles to the existing four, to give a boost to production of technical textiles. One of them relating to sports tex- tiles will be based in Mumbai”. These centres would be equipped with international- ly accredited testing labs, training facilities for trainers and technicians from the industry, IT-enabled informa- tion centre and other requisite support to the techni- cal textile entrepreneurs. In order to promote techni- cal textiles in the country and to address the growth bottlenecks, the Ministry of Textiles has launched the Technology Mission on Technical Textiles (TMTT). Mr. Anand Sharma further said two new missions aimed at standardization of testing laboratories and boosting marketing strength would be announced shortly. The Ministry of Textiles expects the technical textiles sector in the country to grow by 11 per cent year on year to attain a market size of $14.8 billion by 2012-13 against the current size of $9.9 billion. With the growth projection remaining optimistic, the indus- try should invest in research, innovation and market- ing efforts to put India on the world technical textiles map, he added. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, in his address, called upon the Centre to set up public sector venture capital fund to encour- Mr. Anand Sharma age entrepreneurs to explore new areas of technical Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Textiles textiles. Maharashtra would soon launch a new textile The Technology Upgradation Funds Scheme (TUFS) policy aimed at boosting valued-added production in that provides Plan support for textiles through interest the State. Currently only 25 per cent of cotton grown reimbursement and capital subsidy will be extended in Maharashtra is processed within the State while the during the 12th Plan period as well. rest goes to other States having vibrant textile industry. Inaugurating the first International Exhibition & Con- The first-ever international conference-cum-exhibi- ference on Technical Textiles in Mumbai, the Minister tion named Technotex 2011 has been jointly organ- for Commerce & Industry and Textiles, Mr. Anand ized by the Ministry of Textiles, Department of Chemi- Sharma, said the textile sector remains core to the In- cals and Petrochemicals and the Federation of Indian dian economy and the Government is committed to its Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). The In- all-round development. dian Technical Textiles Association (ITTA) and various He said the emerging technical textiles sector has other industry associations are supporting the event. been identified as one of the thrust areas. Technical Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka are the partner textiles include textiles for automotive applications, States. medical textiles, geo-textiles, agro-textiles used for Key stakeholders from all the sub-sections of the crop protection and protective clothing for fire fight- technical textile industry are participating in Technotex ers, bullet-proof jackets, space suits, etc. 2011 to identify new business opportunities and work The Minister observed: “Four more Centres of Excel- out a roadmap for conducive growth of the sector. lence for non-woven textiles will be set up, in addition w
8 | The Textile Magazine SEPTEMBER 2011 corporate news Aditya Birla Group stepping up viscose staple fibre capacity
By K. Gopalakrishnan
Starting as a textiles man- chain also partly resulted ufacturer in 1948, Grasim in a higher demand in the Industries Ltd. of the Aditya current year. Birla Group is today the Continued support with world’s largest producer of various stimulus packages viscose staple fibre (VSF), across the globe and a sig- a biodegradable fibre with nificant drop in production characteristics akin to cot- of cotton in China (6.5 mil- ton. An extremely versatile lion tons in 2010 against 7 and easily blendable fibre, million tons in 2009) and VSF is widely used in ap- Pakistan (1.9 million tons parels, home textiles, dress in 2010 against 2.1 mil- material, knitted wear and lion tons in 2009) due to non-woven applications. vagaries of nature resulted Mr. Kumar Mangalam in a significant increase in Birla, Chairman, Adi- the prices of cotton and tya Birla Group, states: consequently of VSF and “Our growth plans in the PSF. The high cost of pulp VSF sector continue to be and increase in crude pric- aggressive. We are the es also contributed to the world’s No.1 in this sec- price rise. tor with our group’s cur- Grasim’s efforts are rent capacity in excess of aimed at creating differ- 744,000 tons. Our intent is entiation in quality as well to ramp up to one million as range of fibres vis-à-vis tons in the near future.” its competitors next year. Grasim Industries’ con- The business will also con- solidated revenues for tinue to invest in building a 2010-11 stood at $4.7 strong R&D base for both billion (Rs. 21,585 crores) fibre and pulp. VSF busi- vis-à-vis $4.3 billion (Rs. Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla ness is poised for acceler- 20,195 crores) in the previ- Chairman, Aditya Birla Group ated growth with sizable ous year. Net profit at $501 million (Rs. 2,279 crores) expansion projects under implementation and rising is lower by 17 per cent compared to $581 million (Rs. demand. 2,759 crores). Global VSF demand is expected to grow at 5-6 per FY10-11 has been a buoyant year in the history of cent in both textiles and non-woven segments over the the fibre industry with the prices of all fibres reach- long term. The entire fibre market pie is expanding ing their all-time high. This was mainly driven by im- on account of the population growth and prosperity in proved demand for textiles compared to 2009 despite key emerging markets. Increasing consumer aware- concerns over consumption in the US and European ness about the benefits of cellulose fibres has attracted Union markets. Lower purchases in 2009 in the value greater focus on offering innovative VSF variants, in
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indeed been a high point. This is a world-class company with cutting-edge technology. Its pro- duction process, coupled with its state-of-the-art biorefinery, adds enormous value. Its high qual- ity pulp will enable us enhance the supply of top quality premium VSF to our customers. The acquisition is in line with the company strategy of having a significant part of its speciality pulp for consumption through a captive source. With Domsjö it is closer to this goal. With its greater focus now on speciality prod- ucts, Grasim has begun manufacturing “micro modal”, a finer denier modal widely used in knit- wear and women’s wear. The company has also tied up with leading textile manufacturers for the use of its speciality fibres in denims for suitings and school uniforms. In the VSF sector, Grasim’s capex stands at $540 million (Rs. 2,400 crores). This is towards terms of colour, texture and other value-added prop- the Greenfield and Brownfield projects at Vilayat (Gu- erties. The trends promise huge innovations in spe- jarat) and Harihar (Karnataka). cialty fibres and their applications. Profitability in the short term will be governed by the w prices of competing fibres, inputs and energy costs. Cotton production in the forthcoming season will also be the key influencing factor. Leadership through consolidation Mr. Birla observes: “Our growth plans in the VSF sector continue to be aggressive. We are the world’s No.1 in this sector with our group’s cur- rent capacity in excess of 744,000 tons. In China, we have nearly doubled our production capacity from 36,000 tons to 70,000 tons. At Harihar (Karnataka) a 36,500 tpa Brownfield expansion will go on stream in the near future. Ad- ditionally, a 120,000 tpa VSF plant at Vilayat will be up and running by 2013. The Vilayat plant will cater to the specialty fibre segment and take us higher in the value added product range. Our intent is to ramp up to 1 million tons”. In the pulp and fibre business, the acquisition of Domsjö Fabriker has
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exclusive Major challenges facing Indian textile machinery manufacturers By K. Gopalakrishnan into the country, which are more than 10 years old, particularly in the weaving segment. When the tech- nology is already available in India, we don’t see a need for import of second-hand machineries with much lower technology. As the global textile industry is moving out of the Western world, mills are looking to dump machinery into markets like India. We are urg- ing the Government to restrict import of second-hand textile machineries. Study on textile industry: At TMMA, under the leadership of Mr. Atul Bhagwati, we have initiated a comprehensive study on the Indian textile industry, jointly with the Ministry of Heavy Industries, both on the machinery and user industry. We have engaged Gherzi, a global consultancy company, for doing this study. Currently there is no authentic data available on the Indian textile industry in terms of capacities in textile manufacturing, imports/exports, gaps in tech- nology and recommendations to the Government. This study will help provide a complete overview of the industry and will help the Government and stake-holders to understand the industry, its challenges and require- ments better. Based on our presentation, the Ministry of Heavy Industries has agreed to partly fund this study. We will be coming out with the initial report very soon and the final report will be submitted by the end of this year. On the entry of global textile manufacturers: Mr. S. Hari Shankar, TMMA Chairman Global textile markets are clearly shifting towards In- Mr. Hari Shankar, Whole-Time Director of Lakshmi dia and China. Hence most of the global machinery Card Clothing and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., has just manufacturers are either already present or setting up taken over as Chairman of Textile Machinary Manu- manufacturing base in India. This could result in in- factures’ Association (TMMA). In his first interaction creased competition for Indian manufacturers, but we with The Textile Magazine after taking over as Chair- have to get ourselves to the next level of technology. man, he spoke on the issues and challenges facing the Indian manufacturers have products and technolo- Indian textile machinery manufacturers and the study gies which are on par and in some case setting global that TMMA is conducting jointly with the Ministry of standards. We have established strong customer rela- Heavy Industries to prepare a comprehensive report tionships over the many decades. on the Indian textile industry. As in the previous year, we are looking for active Excerpts from the interview: participation of our members in the seminars, presen- Import of second-hand machinery: Import of tations and workshops to be organised to have more second-hand textile machineries is not doing any involvements from them. We have done this all under good to the Indian textile industry as it is hitting the lo- the previous leadership and will continue to take it for- cal industry. A lot of old machines are being imported ward. w
14 | The Textile Magazine SEPTEMBER 2011 industry news SIMA seeks immediate relief package for industry survival
The Indian textiles and clothing industry which accounts for 4 per cent of GDP, 14 per cent of in- dustrial production and around 12 per cent of the country’s total ex- ports, and provides di- rect employment to 35 million people and in- direct employment to 47 million people is current- ly caught in an unprece- dented recession caused partly by external factors and partly by Govern- ment policy changes. Mr. S. Dinakaran, SIMA Chairman Addressing the media immedi- tor which is the worst affected in regain the industry’s export com- ately after his election as Chair- the high volatile cotton and yarn petitiveness, as also removal of 10 man of the Southern India Mills’ markets and lost over Rs. 15,000 per cent Central excise duty levied Association (SIMA) at the Associa- crores in just five months. on branded readymade garments tion’s AGM, Mr. S. Dinakaran, who The Association has already / made-ups to boost domestic de- is the Joint Managing Managing taken up the issue with the Prime mand. Director, Sambandam Spinning Minister, RBI and all the Ministries He said SIMA has urged the Mills Ltd., said the textile industry concerned with an appeal for a Government to expedite an- has been facing problems of yarn, two-year moratorium on repay- nouncement of stimulus packages power and labour shortage, hard- ment of all loans and interest, in- to protect over Rs. 2 lakh crores of ening of bank interest rates, fre- cluding for mills which have gone investments in the textile industry quent Government policy chang- for restructuring. It has also sought made under the TUF Scheme and es, irksome hank yarn obligation, restoration of DEPB / duty draw- also the livelihood of over 92 mil- etc. The topmost priority is to get a back benefits with effect from April lion people depending on the in- bail-out package and avoid NPAs, 2010 and 4.5 per cent interest sub- dustry. particularly in the spinning sec- vention for export packing credit to Mr. Dinakaran stressed the
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need for implemention of the 2% to have a level playing National Fibre Policy without field till GST is implemented any further delay to ensure and to immediately address raw material security. Also the southern load despatch essential are removal of five centre corridor problem per cent import duty, four on a war footing to enable per cent special additional power-intensive industries, duty and cut in Central ex- particularly the textile sec- cise duty from 10 per cent tor, to take full advantage to four per cent to clothe the of the open access system. people below poverty line at This would also help re- an affordable cost and en- duce the burden of States able the domestic synthetic like Tamil Nadu where over mills to have a level play- 40 per cent power shortage ing field with countries like is applicable for the textile China. It is also time for the industry for more than two Duty Drawback Commit- years. tee to recommend a modu- Finally, he appealed to lar structure duty drawback the State Governments to Mr. J. Thulasidharan scheme to encourage value outgoing SIMA Chairman be proactive and industry- creation, avoid any compet- friendly on power supply ing country gaining advantage the Chief Ministers of Southern and avoid litigations before the of sourcing any raw material or States to reduce VAT on cone to Electricity Regulatory Commis- intermediary textile product sions, APTEL, courts, etc. He at lower price, affecting the also gave the assurance that domestic industry. his Association would help He further applealed to the the mills to ensure social Ministry of Textiles to scrap compliance, reduce train- the hank yarn obligation ing duration on a scientific forthwith as recommended method, control absentee- by all the expert committees ism, cut employee attrition set up for the purpose ear- rate, etc. lier. There is also the need to The other office-bearers develop reeling parks in all of the Association elected the major handloom centres for 2011-12 are Mr. T. Ra- to facilitate conversion of jkumar, Managing Director, cone yarn into hank yarn. An Sri Mahasakthi Mills Ltd., as investment of Rs. 150 crores Deputy Chairman, and Mr. would permanently solve the M. Senthilkumar, Managing problem, apart from creat- Director, BKS Textiles Pvt. ing job opportunities for ru- Ltd., as Vice-Chairman. ral women. Mr. M.Senthilkumar, w The SIMA chief urged SIMA Vice Chairman
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Voice of the industry At the recently held CEO Conclave organised by SIMA, several industry leaders spoke on strategies to combat recession in the textile industry. The following is a summary of the speeches delivered by them: Pictures & compilation by Ganesh Kalidas
Generation next should get stronger and have lot of interaction between one another, we are really not com- petitors. We have to join together and make ourselves heard. Ravi Sam, Managing Director, Adwaith Textiles
We are a yarn surplus country. If not for exports, there is enough yarn avail- able within the nation, hence please put a moratorium on expansion in the spinning sector for a few years with the exception of modernization of mills. B.K.Patodia, Chairman & MD, GTN Textiles Ltd
Wages have doubled in the last 3-4 years, rising faster than our inflation rate – our minimum wages are dou- ble that of Bangladesh. Apparel Clus- ters and large processing zones with Government assistance should come up very quickly in places within India where wages are low and availability high. Sanjay K Jain, Managing Director, T T Ltd
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Voice of the industry
Cotton should never get any kind of export benefits. On the other hand we need to levy a 2 cents per pound freight equalisation tax to ensure that our cotton is available to our mills at the same price or slightly cheaper.
ManiCkam Ramaswami, Chairman, Loyal Textile Mills Ltd
Developing and helping people by understanding their needs has been our company’s success man- tra in retaining the workforce. Sachit Jain, ED, Vardhaman Textiles Ltd
Skill development is very impor- tant and is going to be the most cru- cial factor within our industry for a better tomorrow. Thyagu Valliappa, ED, Sona Valliappa Textiles
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Voice of the industry
Generation next should earn getting into this business and give importance to family values and be more respect- ful of the industry. Mridula Ramesh, ED, Sundaram Textiles Ltd
Monitoring your financials by cut- ting down the cost and improving the performance is a key aspect as the risks involved in the turbulent times of today are higher than ever before. Malathi. K, ED, Sri Karunambikai Mills Ltd
Innovative technology combined with alternative yarns could result in better profits due to the lower cost of these raw materials. Rajeev Karthikeyan, Jt. MD, Sri Karthikeya Spg & Wvg Mills Ltd
Blindly trying to invest, be it in buying machinery or cotton, or selling yarn just be- cause everyone is trying to do and paying the price at the end of the day is not some- thing that we could blame on the others. Look inward, see where we can improve within ourselves and then to leap forward. – By a delegate at the CEO Conclave
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cover story Arvind On way to becoming a $2 billion conglomerate
By K. Gopalakrishnan ere’s another reason for you to go on a shopping spree. HGlobal denim leader Arvind Ltd. is on the half-way mark to be- coming a $2-billion conglomerate in the next three years. Now, you can look forward to more stores where you can shop for your denims, in- formal clothing and formal dressing options, all under the Arvind um- brella. Arvind has always been a pioneer in apparel brands & retail space. It launched India’s first branded denim Flying Machine in 1980 and in 1993 it brought in Arrow & Lee, the first set of inter- national brands to be launched in India. Arvind’s launch of Ruf-n-Tuf used to be a part of marketing folklore in the mid-1990s. “Arvind is now reaching out directly to the con- sumers unlike in the past when it mainly supplied fabrics to 6,000-7,000 retail traders,” says Mr. Ku- lin, who is an electrical engineer from the Stanford University and at present pursuing his MBA from Harvard. “Our retail and brand initiatives are get- ting bigger and bigger while the B2B module is shrinking.” To ensure a direct link with its consumers, Arvind plans to set up 500 of its own retail stores across Mr. Sanjay Lalbhai, Chairman and MD the country by 2014, adding 120 stores a year.
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are looking at 100 per cent growth from the present Rs. 5,300-crore turnover to over Rs. 9,000 crores by 2014-2015”. Sanjay Lalbhai’s sons – Punit and Kulin – also reflect their father’s upbeat mood about the group’s growth prospects. “We are no more just a textile mill. We now grow organic cotton, use environment-friendly dyes, produce fire-retardant fabrics, bullet-proof jackets & composite glass and multi-axial fabrics. These can be widely used in industries such as aerospace, automo- biles and windmills,” points out Mr. Punit, Executive Di- rector, New Initiatives, also an MBA and post-graduate in environment science. The secret of Arvind Ltd.’s success formula lies in the proactive business strategy which gets a regular overhaul. Their decision to manufacture denim fabric to survive the textile crisis in the 1980s when over 100 textile mills in Ahmedabad closed one after the other reflects their prowess as visionaries. From being just a manufacturer of fabrics as a com- modity, over the years Arvind has evolved into a com- plete attire solution provider. Its focus is fast shifting from B2B to B2C, with a goal to enter the wardrobe of the upwardly mobile middle class as well as that of the haute couture. “Today, Arvind produces 120 million metres of den- Mr. J. Suresh, im and commands 7% of the global market share,” MD & CEO, Arvind Brands & Retail says Mr. Aamir Akhtar, CEO, Denim Fabrics, Arvind What started with just 15 stores six months ago has Ltd. “With state-of-the-art technology, design, inno- now grown to 80 stores which sell all Arvind brand vation and marketing initiatives, we have created a products under one roof. These stores offer a range strong entry barrier for our competitors.” of suiting, shirting, knitted wear and denims, besides Last year, the denim division netted a revenue of Rs. casual and formal garments of some well-known in- 1,360 crores to Arvind’s portfolio, of which exports ternational brands that share a marketing tie-up with accounted for Rs. 729 crores. With assured quality, Arvind. Arvind’s buyers list can boast of world leaders such Not just ramps and fashion weeks, you can also look as GAP, Levis and VF Corp., besides other top Euro- forward to the Arvind brand being flashed in realty pean garment companies. “We work closely with these and industrial circles too. While textiles remains its global market leaders in denim jeans. Our designers core business, Arvind has diversified into real estate, based in New York, Hong Kong and Dhaka keep us technical textiles like composite material used by au- posted on the changing style & fashion and suggest tomobiles and aerospace industries, brands & retail, the right mix of fabrics for these valuable customers,” shirtings and woven fabrics. This diversification strat- explains Mr. Akhtar. egy has firmly placed Arvind in an arena where up- Not just South Asian countries, Arvind has set its heavals in cotton prices no more affect its bottomline. sights further – beyond the proverbial seven seas. As “By 2014, we will become a Rs. 9,000-crore group,” the fashion trends in the US and Europe shift focus says Arvind’s Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. from man-made to natural fabric and dyes, Arvind Sanjay Lalbhai, beaming with confidence. “Our focus has kept pace with them by making denim fabric from is on growth, profit and value for shareholders. We organic cotton and natural indigo. “We also produce
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Standing (from left) Mr. Aamir Akhtar, CEO, Denims Division, Mr. Susheel Kaul, CEO, Lifestyle Fabrics – Shirting, Khaki & Knitwear, Mr. Milind Hardikar, Group President, Strategic Initiatives, Mr. Punit S Lalbhai, Executive Director – New Initiatives. Seated (from left) Mr. P.D. Chavda, President, Arvind Products Ltd., Mr. Sanjay Lalbhai, Chairman & MD, Mr. J. Suresh, MD & CEO, Arvind Brands & Retail, Mr. Kamal Singal, CEO, Real Estate Division hand-spun, hand-woven denim which can rightly be ficer and Director. called Khadi Denim,” says Mr. Rajesh Gupta, Head Just as the textile business is back on the growth path - Designs, Denim Division. “With fibre from the Bir- and with Arvind’s core business of denim on the up- la Group, which has qualities similar to cotton, we swing, Mr. Sanjay Lalbhai is betting big on the Brand have developed an ultra fine, stretchable and smooth & Retail business. He says: “We have been investing denim fabric which is best suited for making jeans for Rs. 100 crores each year over the last five years in the women,” says Mr. Akhtar. brands & retail business. This is growing at a CAGR of It’s not just the end product, but Arvind has upped 33% and is expected to be a Rs. 2500-crore business its ante on the manufacturing front too. To streamline by 2014-15.” the manufacturing process, Arvind hired profession- Mr. Sanjay Lalbhai restructured the Brands & Retail als from the automobile industry, which is known for business into three business units in 2005. He formed lean manufacturing practices. “This has helped us a joint venture with VF Corporation, a $12-billion cut cost and wastage. We have also introduced ERP US-based company with portfolio of brands like Lee, in our plants to achieve efficiency,” adds Mr. Akhtar, Wrangler, Nautica and Jansport, and another joint who joined Arvind nine years ago to head its denim venture with the Murjani Group and Arvind Murja- division. ni Brands Pvt. Ltd. to market the marquee designer Though Arvind became the world’s largest manufac- brand Tommy Hilfiger. turer of denim, the company’s bottomline often took Even as the joint ventures were going great guns, a beating because of the fluctuating cotton prices. To the rest of the business consisting of brands like Ar- combat this situation, “the company began de-risking row, Flying Machine and Excalibur and the company’s its business by focusing on its brand and retail divi- retail chain Megamart became Brands & Retail Divi- sions”, observes Mr. Jayesh Shah, Chief Financial Of- sion of Arvind. Over the last four years, Brands & Re-
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tail business of Arvind has grown four fold, from Rs. 200+ exclusive brands stores covering a retail area of 200 crores to Rs. 820 crores with a handsome profit two lakh sq.ft. improvement. In 2009, Arvind demerged the division Mr. Suresh adds: “As we were revamping and into two companies – Arvind Lifestyle Brands Ltd. and strengthening our brand portfolio, we completely rein- Arvind Retail Ltd. with the long-term objective of listing vented our value retail chain Megamart”. the companies in the stock exchange. Megamart which was started in 1995 as a factory Recounting the success story, Mr. J. Suresh, Manag- outlet to liquidate surplus stock metamorphed into a ing Director & CEO of Arvind Brands & Retail sub- value retail chain with unique proposition of selling sidiaries, says: “In 2005, we had in our portfolio one world class brands at value prices and offering excel- strong brand Arrow and the successful retail opera- lent customer experience. tion of Megamart centered around Bangalore. Our The Megamart brand portfolio was strengthened long-term mission was to be one of the largest Brands with the addition of value brands like Excalibur, Rug- & Retail companies in the apparel space. To achieve gers, Newport, Colt and Cherokee. In addition, wo- this, we needed a portfolio of strong brands and much menswear / kidswear and lifestyle accessories were larger retail operations with an all-India footprint”. added to the Megamart Portfolio. New large format Driven by this mission, Mr. Suresh and his team stores called ‘Big Megamart’ with retail space of started working on building a portfolio of brands and 40,000 sq.ft. to 50,000 sq.ft. selling more than 250 revamping and relaunching brands in the portfolio, brands at value prices under one roof were opened. Arrow & Flying Machine. Both the brands relaunched Megamart small format stores have also expanded with new positioning and new retail identity have at a scorching pace. Megamart has a footprint of 210 grown five times in the last four years and are poised stores, with retail space of six lakh sq.ft. in 75 towns. It to become Rs. 500-crore and Rs. 100-crore brands plans to be a 500-store chain with a Rs. 1,200-crore respectively by next year. turnover by 2014-15. Meanwhile, Arvind had during the last four years Mr. Suresh is very upbeat about the future of Brands launched five international brands – US Polo Asso- & Retail subsidiaries: “We have a unique strategy of ciation, Izod, Gant, Energie and Cherokee. USPA is serving consumers across the income pyramid; Mass already a Rs. 100-crore brand and Cherokee a Rs. to Affluent. We sell shirts at Rs. 400 and we also sell 75-crore brand. During this period Arvind also opened Rs. 5,000 shirts. Having strengthened our Menswear
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2009-10 2010-11 in mn in mn in mn in mn Meters Meters Meters Meters Installed Production Installed Production Products Capacity Capacity Denim 96 88 108 96 Shirting 34 39 50 44 Knits 20 10 20 17 Garments (PCS) 19 19 10 13 Khakis 22 13 22 21 Voiles 38 31 38 34 Total 190 181 238 212
Fabric Category Capacity Denim Woven Voiles Mn. Mtrs / p.a. Current 96 66 36 Expansion in FY 11 12 6 12 Expansion in FY 12 9.6 12 0 Proposed by FY 12 117.6 84 48 % growth 23% 27% 33% portfolio, we are launching into Kidswear with USPA Besides expanding the scope of Brands & Retail, junior and Womenswear with French designer brand Arvind also emerged as the country’s leading maker ‘Elle’. So we have strong growth engines to sustain of fire-retardant fabrics. “We have entered into tech- high growth, and more important, we have clearly es- nology collaboration with UK’s Novacare and Dupont tablished a business model which can be expanded to make fire-retardant fabric which is worn by workers profitably”. Mr. Suresh joined Arvind six years back in a fire-prone work environment. We supply these to after an 18-year stint with Hindustan Unilever Ltd. 17 countries, including Bangladesh and Sri Lanka,”
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says Mr. Milind Hardikar, Group President, Strategic plans to set up a high-end housing colony over 25 Initiatives, Arvind Ltd. acres of land at Shanavad on the outskirts of Ahmeda- All these efforts have translated into profits for bad. Arvind. The technical textiles division has grossed a Summing up the growth story of denim in the last turnover of Rs. 100 crores in 2010-11 and is target- one decade, Arvind’s CFO and Director Jayesh Shah ing a six-fold jump by generating revenue of Rs. 600 says: “The group has become ‘strong and sustainable’ crores by 2014. “India is yet to come up with legisla- mainly on account of ‘de-risking’ its business. In early tion for making various types of technical textiles com- 2000, Arvind was essentially a denim company, with pulsory for hazardous work places. Once that is done, 70% of its revenue coming from denim. Today, denim the demand for such textiles is bound to increase man- accounts for 35% of the revenue.” ifold,” he says. “In 2001, as high as 65 per cent of the revenue from As Arvind believes in diversification, it has entered denim came from exports. Today, denim exports ac- into real estate which has seen a recent boom in Gu- count for 40 per cent. This underlines the shift in the jarat. Capitalizing on its land bank of 6.5 million sq. company’s focus from the export market to the do- metres in and around the twin cities of Ahmedabad and mestic one. On the other hand, the brands division of Gandhinagar, the company has launched its ambitious Arvind, which accounted for just five per cent in 2001 township projects. Now, Arvind is eyeing similar projects today nets 35 per cent of its business. around Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara and Jamnagar, each “All segments of our business are registering growth having 10,000 to 15,000 residential units. in the domestic market,” says Jayesh. “This is because According to Mr. Kamal Singal, CEO, Arvind Real we are moving fast from being a B2B to B2C company. Estate Business, as Arvind believes in dealing with the Earlier, the fluctuations in cotton prices and the world best, it has recently tied up with Tata Housing. This is economy used to reflect on our bottomline, causing another significant milestone for a township project. apprehensions among shareholders. But not anymore, The total built-up area for the project will be approxi- as the company is now focusing more on the domestic mately 9 million sq. ft. In the 50:50 joint venture, market which is growing steadily,” he adds. w Arvind Smart Value Homes will come up on a land valued at Rs. 250 crores. Arvind hopes to net a rev- enue of Rs. 1,800-2,000 crores by 2014. Dont’s miss the exclusive However, this will not be a first attempt for Arvind story on Arvind’s origin and that has already executed another housing project in the eastern suburb of Ahmedabad through a joint ven- growth. ture with a leading city builder B Safal on 30 acres of land which belonged to the Lalbhai Group. Now, it Turn to page 140
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Birla Century’s choice of Monforts dyeing for Bharuch plant most appropriate
In making its decision to “The concept, the brainchild of produced must also rank with the move from Mumbai to its R.K. Dalmia, Senior President of best. We also wanted to incor- new production facility at Century Textiles and Industries Ltd., porate the latest technology and Bharuch in Gujarat, Bir- was that the vertical textile facility techniques offering maximum au- would be world class, throughout tomation. We never wavered from la Century, India’s verti- construction and in the selection of these three principles throughout cal textile producer, had equipment,” said Mr. U.C. Garg, the planning and implementation no hesitation in ordering Executive President (Purchasing stage and had no hesitation in Monforts continuous dye- and Projects) responsible for man- ordering the Monforts equipment ing ranges and Montex aging the project, from concept to for the new process and finishing stenters for its process completion. department.” and finishing department. He said: “Further, the textiles The group’s first experience with
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discontinuous mode. The fabric is then washed, and if ‘wrinkle-free’ treatment is speci- fied, the fabric is fed into the 3-chamber Thermex featuring the Monforts MxL process. The Monforts moist cross linking (MxL) process is eminently suited for shirt and bed sheet fabrics of- fering non-iron, wrinkle-free prop- erties. It is ideal for continuous use on a hotflue. A 10-chamber Montex stenter is used for finishing the narrow widths and an 8-chamber Montex for the wide widths. Both stenters feature a padder for softeners or other finishing treatments as spec- ified. The finished fabric is then passed through the sanforiser for shrinkage treatment if required. A fully vertical operation, includ- ing spinning, weaving, dyeing and Mr. U.C. Garg, Executive President (Purchasing and Projects) finishing, Birla Century produces a Monforts was in 1996, with Cen- required, before passing through wide range of 100% cottons and tury Denim taking delivery of a the respective Montex stenter line linens plus blends with natural fi- denim finishing range. Following for finishing as white cotton at bres and cellular fibres, such as the experience with smooth work- speeds of 40-100 m/min. Tensil plus cotton/linen blends. ing and quality finishing, the com- Otherwise fabric is passed onto The company has also just started pany opted for Monforts for the the 4-chamber Thermex continu- producing lycra products. new Bharuch facility. ous dyeing range, incorporating Operating 24/7, the company The Monforts installation in- twin padders, one wide width and is producing 65,000 – 70,000 cludes two Thermex continuous the other narrow width. m/day for both the domestic and dyeing ranges, one each for nar- Two elevated VTG infrared dry- export markets; including fabrics row and wide width fabrics, two ers reduce the initial moisture con- for their own garment making op- Montex stenters and a Monfortex tent before entering the Thermex eration. It is also able to meet the sanforiser. All of them were or- Hotflue. Depending on the oper- ISO, ASTM or AATCC international dered through local representative ating speed, two further VTG gas- standards as specified. ATE Enterprises. heated dyers further reduce the Century Textiles and Industries Installed as two lines to process moisture content. Ltd., a BK Birla Group company, and finish up to 300 cm width fab- Monforts continuous dyeing was first incorporated in 1897 as ric for bed sheets and 91-150 cm ranges offer a quick dyeing and a textile mill. It later diversified into narrow width for shirts and trou- heat setting time in continuous various activities related to rayon, sers. mode of just three minutes, com- cement, paper and pulp. Greige fabrics are initially pared with up to 16 hours with singed, scoured and bleached, if conventional cold batch dyeing in w
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LMW launching new products at ITMA
It has always been LMW’s endeavour to introduce new products to ca- ter to the needs of the textile industry. Its long-standing commitment to the customer regarding innovation and value creation is evident in the launch of the latest range of machinery in each of its sub-systems.
LMW will unveil the following machinery at ITMA The salient features of the machine include maxi- 2011 at Barcelona: mum production capacity of upto 1000 kg/hr., work- The Swift Floc LA21 is built and incorporated with ing width of 1600 mm, traverse speed of 12 MPM, features that provide the spinning industry an auto- dual assortments, simple guide angle arrangement for matic bale opening solution at economic value. With movement of plucking head, and user-friendly con- its simple and user-friendly construction, it brings struction. down the production cost to a great extent. LMW’s Comber LK69 sets the pace in the combing
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technology. The PACT system en- logical features and outstanding providing precise control of tension sures high productivity of upto 2.1 yarn quality, to produce perfectly draft adjustable from the display, tons/day (@ 600 npm) with high compacted yarn. Its salient features duo compact nozzle each for two quality deliverables. The innova- include maximum spindleage of spindles, reduced twist level for in- tive design and optimal movement upto 1632, 4QM drive for drafting creased productivity and auto dof- of parts ensure efficient removal of system with T Flex drive, independ- fer and provision to link with wind- short fibres. ent Servo drive for compact system ers. Production of upto 2.1 tons/ day, PACT System for versatile op- eration, inclined 3/3 pneumatically loaded drafting arrangement over coiler, positive drive to coiler cal- ender roller, can changer with two reserve cans, and modular con- struction with two modules to en- sure shortest installation time are among the main features of the machine. LMW will also launch the new compact spinning frame model LRJ 9 Series that sets new standards with regard to distinctive techno-
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ITMA 2011 [preview] Precitex’ long association with ITMA
By K. Gopalakrishnan
articipation in an overseas exhibition Ptoday is like a child’s play. With the convenience of technology, communi- cation, growth in export markets and acceptance of brand India all over the world, joining an overseas show is not tough anymore. But just imagine how it was in the 1970s to participate in an exhibition in Europe when there were no Inter- net or telephone facilities, no direct flights to ship your cargo and very low accept- ance of brand India. It takes a lot of guts to join an overseas show, and Mr. G.T. Dem- bla, Chairman of Precision Rubber Industries (Precitex), did just that. He braved all odds and partici- pated in ITMA held in 1975. From 1975 till today, he has been regu- larly participating in all the ITMA shows. At 77, Mr. Dembla prom- ises to be there at ITMA Barcelona. Mr. Dembla started Precitex in 1971 and participated in his first ITMA show in 1975. There were no enquiries for the company products then. Today 25 per cent of Preci- tex’ business comes from overseas markets. The company exports to Mr. G.T. Dembla, Chairman
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ity at its Gujarat plant. The company has been register- ing good growth year-on-year. In 2010-11, it registered a growth of 20 per cent over the previous year. Slowdown in the domestic market is but temporary, and Mr. Dembla is confident that the industry will re- vive soon. Precitex has also been effectively collaborating with colleges and educational institutions across the country by offering courses in tex- tile engineering. It has instituted an award to be presented for the best student in over 50 such institutions. Today it is considered a prestigious award among the textile fraternity. At 40, Precitex has come a long way. It is gearing up to retain its Mr. Diven Dembla, Director market leadership. “With competi- over 40 destinations worldwide. mestic market for cots and aprons. tion intensifying locally and other Mr. Dembla observes: “Precitex The company has two manufactur- neighbouring markets, we have has grown to become the leader in ing facilities, one in Gujarat and to be one step ahead in terms of the aprons and cots market, thanks the other in Madhya Pradesh, and quality and also offer products at a to our commitment to quality. We an R&D facility in Thane. With a competitive price”, says Mr. Dem- have state-of-the-art manufactur- combined manufacturing capacity bla. ing units, a highly qualified and of 70 million cots and aprons, the trained workforce and motivated company is busy expanding capac- w and experienced tech- nicians and sales force who are behind this suc- cess story”. Precitex is today sup- plying cots and aprons as OE supplies to Rieter, KTTM and Electrojet in India. “We have agents in 40 countries, but ma- jor spinning industry op- erations are in Asia and the Middle East. Every spinner knows us well”, says Mr. Dembla with a sense of pride. Precitex commands well over 50 per cent share of the Indian do-
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USTER – The smart way to use yarn quality data
Making the most of complex data from yarn clearers is a tough task made simple by the latest Uster Quantum Expert 3, with its smart system for quick and easy uptake by mill personnel.
The Uster Group is the lead- are a basis for the trading of textile With more than two million Uster ing high-technology instrument products at assured levels of qual- Quantum yarn clearers installed manufacturer of products for qual- ity across global markets. Its aim worldwide, hundreds of spinning ity measurement and certification is to forward know-how on quality, mills are benefiting from this pow- for the textile industry. The group productivity and cost to the textile erful quality control system. Now, provides testing and monitoring industry. Uster offers spinners a unique, fast instruments, systems and services Headquartered in Uster, Swit- and simple way to make the most that allow optimization of qual- zerland, and operating through of the complex data from all the ity through each individual stage a worldwide market organization Quantum clearers in a mill – pin- of textile production. This includes complemented by technology cent- pointing precisely the vital details raw textile fibers, such as cotton or ers, the group has sales and serv- needed to optimize quality and wool, all staple fiber and filament ice subsidiaries in the major textile production across the entire spin- yarns, as well as downstream serv- markets and technology centers in ning process. ices to the final finished fabric. The Uster, Knoxville (USA) and Suzhou How can spinners achieve this? group provides benchmarks that (China). By applying the Uster Quantum
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Expert 3, a highly-effective meas- articles which can then be applied utes and new users can become urement and analysis procedure, at any CCU. Reaction times are proficient on the system within just based on essential data provided lightning fast, while waste is also one hour. by the Uster Quantum clearers. reduced significantly. Remote access is built in with the The system is specifically designed Making perfect sense of data flow Quantum Expert 3, so that reports to help different managers in spin- The Uster Quantum Expert 3 can be examined and any problem ning mills make the right choices is even smarter when it comes to diagnosed, 24/7 from anywhere for best performance and profit- data analysis. The successful Uster in the world, with links to Uster re- ability. It does this by measuring Quantum 2 and Uster Quantum 3 sources for software updates, trou- and analyzing every piece of data yarn clearers produce a tremen- bleshooting, consulting and appli- collected from the clearers. dous amount of data – very useful, cation reporting. The Uster Quantum Expert 3 then but making meaningful analysis “That makes the Uster Quantum zooms in on the most important es- a challenging process. It makes Expert 3 a real management tool, sential details, automatically han- perfect sense of it all with its smart especially since spinning mill man- dling the complex task of interpret- function of filtering exceptions, agers were involved in its develop- ing the information and presenting a pre-installed set of reports to ment, bringing in their needs and it quickly and clearly. suit every requirement and an in- expectations,” says Thomas Na- Uster Quantum Expert 3 is cer- tuitive interface for the user. Smart siou, Head of Textile Technology at tainly a smart tool, in line with configuration is also there: Uster Uster Technologies. Uster’s philosophy of simple set- Quantum Expert 3 can be set up up, fast operation and clear, easy- and running in less than 30 min- w to-understand analysis. It can con- trol yarn clearing parameters and monitor for irregularities, supervise the handling of individual articles, and synchronize quality parame- ters in real time at each control unit (CCU) in the mill. There’s no doubt that the chal- lenges facing modern spinning mills are becoming tougher: they have to produce a widening vari- ety of articles, for customers who are ever-more demanding when it comes to quality, delivery and cost. The Uster Quantum Expert 3 is smart enough to make that com- plex job much simpler for the mill manager. For example, data about an article created or modified at one CCU or at the Expert System itself can be automatically synchro- nized with all the other CCUs in the network – all in real time and with critical information displayed at the CCUs. Not only does this guaran- tee uniformity throughout the mill, it also creates a useful database of
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Oerlikon Textile to demonstrate mastery over innovation
Oerlikon Textile’s new corporate motto – “Innovation has a name – Oer- likon” will be leaving its mark on ITMA 2011. The Oerlikon section will be representing this claim atop 1,400 sq. mtrs. at the exhibition, with out- standing technological solutions under the umbrella of five brands. Some highlights: the new eAFK automatic texturing machine, the generation S+ unit for BCF carpet yarns, the Allma TC2 and Volkmann CT twisting machines, new staple fibre yarn spinning and winding solutions and new service offers. “We want to prove our market and technology leadership again – featuring energy-efficient designs under our e-save quality label in particular, as well as with service innovations. And we respond to the ITMA slogan ‘Master the art of in- novation’ with our new corporate motto “Innovation has a name – Oerlikon”, Thomas Babacan, Oerlikon Textile CEO, outlined the trade fair presence. He will be speaking in the run-up to the fair at the technical “World Textile Summit” on September 21 on the subject of innovation. Oerlikon is a leading high-tech industrial group specializing in machine and plant engineering. The company is a top provider of innovative industrial solutions and cutting-edge technologies for tex- tile manufacturing, drive, vacuum, thin film, coating, and advanced nanotechnology. A Swiss company with a tradition going back over 100 years, Oer- likon is a global player with more Mr. Thomas Babacan than 16,500 employees at over Segment CEO, Oerlikon Textile and COO, Oerlikon Group 150 locations in 36 countries and
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sales of CHF 3.6 billion in 2010. The company invested in 2010 CHF 239 million in R&D, with over 1,200 specialists working on future products and services. In most ar- eas, the operative businesses rank either first or second in their re- spective global markets. Oerlikon Barmag: The market crease, the reduced labour require- leader for filament machines and ment cuts costs. equipment with its headquarters Another thematic focus point is duced considerably. In addition, at Remscheid is focusing on the high-performance fibres for spe- ImpactFX compact technology en- ultimate in texturing, exhibiting cial applications. The new multi- sures raw materials efficiency and the new eAFK automatic texturing threaded automatic winding head maximum process reliability. machine. This highlight of the fair for high-strength special yarns With rotor spinning Oerlikon combines proven reliable features means considerably less energy Schlafhorst wants to shift the focus of the eFK, AFK and MPS series consumption and space utilisation, to raw materials and blends that with the flexibility of a new modular as well as investment and mainte- were inconceivable yesterday – in- machine structure. The automatic nance costs. deed, with technical solutions that machine fulfils the higher stand- Oerlikon Schlafhorst: The market overstep the previous bounds with ard quality requirements of the and innovation leader in ring and respect to productivity and flexibil- market: Manual contact with the rotor spinning, as well as winding, ity. Here, innovations are guaran- packages can be ruled out entirely promises surprises and targets the teed. (no-touch principle). Packages with themes dominating the market: In winding, Autoconer provides the same running length make for raw materials, staff, energy and ef- various automated steps and ma- a considerably more economical ficiency. With ring spinning on the chine types that can reduce the further processing of the yarns, as Zinser, for example, the automatic labour requirement further. Total well as for higher prices for the tex- doffing process makes handling concepts, single-motor drives for tured yarn. With automatic doffing, simple; the manual effort and with intelligent piecing cycles and sen- productivity and product yield in- it the labour requirement are re- sor-monitored processes and con-
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trol systems are writ large across gramme include all the key proc- hibited: With the eco-drive concept every technology too. esses in the manufacture of non- and an eco-spindle, up to 40 per Oerlikon Neumag: With greater wovens. Here, the focus is on uses cent in energy costs can be saved. performance, capacity and customer like filtration, geotextiles and other The Epoca 6 pro stands for per- benefit, this supplier of sophisticat- technical applications. fection in embroidery, as well as ed BCF carpet yarns is exhibiting Oerlikon Saurer: This global highest productivity, and actually its technological capacity with its market leader in embroidery and demonstrates this in industrial ap- generation S+ unit. This BCF ma- twisting responds with the new plications – among others with chine combines all the advantages Allma TC2, a two-for-one twisting an innovative drive system and a of earlier technologies like Sytec machine, featuring unparalleled higher production speed by up to One or S5 and also delivers signifi- flexibility and productivity. All mate- 30 per cent. cantly higher process velocity and rials in the titre spectrum from 235 Oerlikon Textile Components: a productive capacity of up to 99 to 60,000 dtex can be processed The market leader in premium per cent. with production speeds of up to components for filament and staple In the manufacture of synthetic 450 m/min; the expanded numeri- fibre spinning is promising innova- staple fibres, Oerlikon Neumag cal range opens up new markets tive solutions at the ITMA exhibition, supplies the system with the largest for customers with creative prod- featuring the highest precision and capacity of a single line anywhere ucts too. quality, as well as an optimal price- in the world: The system for manu- Another theme is the award-win- performance ratio: The consolidat- facturing polyester staple fibres, ning Allma CC4 cabling machine ed Accotex and Texparts product having a capacity of 300 tons per which, depending on the titre and lines provide high-tech components day, substantially reduces operat- spindle type, makes energy sav- catering for all aspects of staple fi- ing and production costs per ton ings of up to 50 per cent possible. bre spinning: textile bearings, cots and is already positioned on the Similar benchmarks in staple fibre and aprons, drafting systems, rings market. twisting are being set by the new and ring travellers and spindles. Other items on the trade fair pro- Volkmann CT which will also be ex- The Daytex, Heberlein and Temco product lines cover air nozzles, suction, cutting and splicing units, bearings and rollers, friction units and discs, textur- ing cots/aprons and spindles for filament spinning. In addition, Oer- likon Textile Compo- nents is improving its service with an on- line monitoring solu- tion for every textile filament process and with the opening of a new store in Alex- andria, Egypt, over the course of ITMA.
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ITMA 2011 [preview] Peass-Oerlikon Schlafhorst partnership extremely successful
By K. Gopalakrishnan
Mr. Bhargav A. Patel, Executive Director, Peass Industrial Engineers Private Ltd Peass Industrial Engineers, spe- cialising in winding and yarn pre- paratory machines, will be show- casing its technological leadership at ITMA Barcelona. Peass has a successful joint venture with Oerlikon Schlafhorst, which has complemented the business of both the part- ners. Peass and Oerlikon Schlafhorst are working together in developing machines for the Indian do- mestic as well as global markets. Mr. Bhargav A. Patel, Executive Director of Peass Industrial Engi- neers Private Ltd., says: “ITMA is an important platform for us as we look to enlarge our presence in overseas markets, and this is one
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to all major textile markets world- wide, including Bangladesh, In- donesia, China, Thailand, Turkey and Africa. Through the Oerlikon Schlafhorst network, they are try- event where we meet and interact Schlafhorst complement each oth- ing to open up new markets like with all our customers”. er. in South America and other global Peass will showcase the lat- Says Mr. Patel: “Its been a win- markets. est version of winding machines. win partnership. We’ve mutu- “In the coming year we will be Some of the machines on display ally understood our strengths and much more integrated and will will include the latest version of agreed on a common platform fully complement each other’s high-speed winding machines, for clients. Working with Oerlikon capabilities, product range and namely, Uflex V2 soft package Schlafhorst has provided us expo- services. We are also working on winder, PPWS V2 precision propel- sure to European quality systems taking India as a base for export ler soft package winder, PPWA V2 and standards. We today offer to nearby markets”, Mr. Patel adds. precision propeller assembly wind- machines which match European Peass has its manufacturing fa- er and Ufil V2 flexible winder for technology at Indian prices”. cility at Navsari in Gujarat with filament yarns. These products are In fact, in the current financial sales and service network across designed to offer higher speeds, year, Peass has done very well in the country. The company has ca- significant power and space sav- the export markets accounting pacity to manufacture 2,500 to ing, flexibility, ease of operations, for 50 per cent of total business. 3,000 spindles per month. multi-lingual display screens and “We see good growth in the export Mr. Patel feels that for business online data monitoring. market for our type of products as to grow, there is need to be more Peass entered into a joint ven- our machines are made as per Eu- customer-centric by adopting a ture agreement with Schlafhorst ropean standards. We are trying professional approach. “We are in 2007. Schlafhorst was subse- to provide good value for our cus- tracking every customer complaint quently acquired by Oerlikon glo- tomers the offering best product at and our response time. We want to bally. The JV was primarily to of- the optimal price. Ultimately they ensure that we reach a customer fer the complete range of winding have to make money from our ma- within 24 hours, irrespective of machines, and the product range chines”. whichever part of the country he is offered by Peass and Oerlikon Peass is exporting its products from”. w
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Prashant forging new alliances with textile majors
By Ganesh Kalidas
The Prashant Group of companies is constituted of a highly motivated team of professionals striving for cut- ting edge solutions in the field of tex- tiles with their focus on weaving pre- paratory machinery. Catering to the textile industry since 1975, the group is a trend-setter in weaving prepara- tory machines. Ever since inception, the group has been making steady growth, equipped as it is with ultra- modern infrastructural facilities cov- ering over 70,000 sq. metres. The group is also conscious about its responsibility towards clean envi- ronment and always adopts a highly eco-friendly approach while working out expansion projects. Mr. Prakash Shah, Chairman, Prashant Group
Prashant Gamatex is a group company manufactur- ing weaving preparatory machinery. It has been consistently serving the global textile in- dustry since 1987. The company, with the biggest market share in this segment, was the first to introduce the fixed cone type high- tech sectional warping ma- chine in technical collaboration with Gamatex of Italy. The esteemed customers of Prashant Gamatex include Alok, Siyaram, Jayashree, Grasim, Raymond, Arvind, Sintex, Vardhman, Nahar, SEL, Trident, Welspun, NSL and Mandhana.
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Prashant Gamatex recently rolled out its 1000th sec- tional warper at its ultramodern plant in Ahmedabad, and the warper was delivered to BRFL, one of India’s largest vertically integrated textile groups. Prashant Gamatex has established a JV with the world re- nowned Bromas of Italy to provide the fully automatic new generation sectional warper Robowarp MB-3 which is the ultimate solution for medium & short warp requirement. Another group company Prashant West Point manu- factures the world class range of sizing machines and warpers, indigo dyeing & sizing, rope dyeing & denim preparation equipment at its joint venture with West Point Industries of the US, the original inventor and manufacturer of sizing machines since last 75 years. Prashant West Point has a strong foothold in the Indian market with its wide customer base in terry, sheeting and yarn dyed shirting. The company has set up another JV with Ferber of Italy to produce completely motorised and man- ual warp beam handling system. The computerized vertical beam storage system, the simplest of the systems for increasing efficiency and reducing la- bour costs, has generated tremendous response in the industry. This joint venture is also focusing on providing high-end products, innovative solutions and efficient service support for material handling equipments. According to Ms. Amoli Shah, Director of the group, the company vision is to serve the global textile indus- Ms. Amoli Shah, Director, Prashant Group try by providing world class technology at competitive prices. Currently, the company is the largest manufacturer of sectional warping machines and is clearly the mar- ket leader in this segment. The Prashant Group which exports to more than 25 countries across the globe will be showcasing its futuristic technology at ITMA 2011. The group hopes to attract a lot of visitors from Turkey, South America, Africa and South Asian countries, besides India itself. As is well-known the Prashant Group has built its reputation on customer satisfaction at all costs. w
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Picanol to celebrate 75th anniversary at ITMA
On September 22, the very first small player to the technological of the market. So investing in re- day of the ITMA Barcelona exhi- leader among the modern weav- search & development as well as bition, it will exactly be 75 years ing machine manufacturers in the state-of-the-art production facilities since Picanol was founded in Ypres world. has always been part of the Picanol (Belgium). The company name re- In these 75 years of history, Pi- nature. The service network has fol- fers to the Spanish engineer Jaimé canol always followed its policy lowed the growing customer base Picañol. His ideas shaped products of innovation and constant focus and is able to bring support to Pi- that brought with them important on product quality, processes and canol customers around the world. technological advantages. Since people. Also, the organisation and The company wants to make its foundation in 1936, the Pica- products were continuously adapt- sure its customers can stay ahead, nol Group has evolved from a very ed to the changing requirements thanks to innovative technology and optimum service. Picanol cus- tomers should be “winners”. Underlining its technological leadership, Picanol will reveal to the textile world at ITMA two main new developments – the OMNIplus Summum in airjet technology and the positive gripper on OptiMax in rapier technology. The OMNIplus Summum will gradually replace the OMP800 over the course of next year and will be the new platform for further developments in the airjet seg- ment. The main highlights of this machine are the new insertion sys- tem and the Picanol Blue Box sys- tem, the new electronic platform for Picanol machines. On OptiMax, Picanol will intro- duce a guided positive gripper ex- ecution. Although available in all widths (up to 540 cm), it especially opens new perspectives in techni- cal segments such as coating fab- rics, primary & secondary carpet backing, geogrids, etc. w
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Lakshmi Card Clothing to showcase industry leading solutions
Lakshmi Card Clothing (LCC), part of the Lakshmi Group of Companies, will be displaying its textile ac- cessories at ITMA 2011. Card clothing has been nur- tured by LCC for five decades. A dedicated R&D cell designed for bringing out advanced products works in tandem with leading original equipment manufac- turers. LCC interacts with global leaders with the sole idea of emerging a leader in card room technology. LCC will showcase a variety of its multi-purpose products. Qubex Spark is an upgraded version of Qubex cylinder and doffer clothing, showing advance- ment of a smooth surface finish, a special-profile tip with progressive angle in each tooth and a resisting metallurgical composition. This is an advancement of the R&D which ensures long lasting wire with greater performance. Qubex Spark comes for both cylinder and doffer clothing. The flat top is the backbone of any carding proc- ess. LCC would unveil Vertibra Flat Top, a new product with high-tensile alloy steel wire with increased rub- ber topping thickness, reduction in wire height, spe- cial Bi-convex wire, higher density of wire points and improved surface finish to match the needs of super cially designed stripping wedge for old top removal. hi-speed cards on cotton application. The LAFID-100 Lakshmi automatic flat inspection Edge stationary flats tops is another innovated prod- device, on display, will feature digital dial gauges, in- uct with special alloyed steel wire, change in the wire teractive software and graphical analysis through the geometry, special no space for trash (NST) profile and computer. superior locking and crimping arrangement. LCC will also display other products like cylinder Also on display will be the LFCM-100 Lakshmi flat wire, doffer wire, flat tops, lickerin wire, stationary tops clipping machine utilized for clipping the flattops onto & stripping fillets, etc. the flat bars. It has also advanced its features to fully The company is known for its product and service automatic, programmable logic controller with high quality gained over years of experience. ITMA 2011 is safety functions, electronic pressure indicators, con- expected to help bring out the best and the latest from current operations of pressing and clipping, and spe- the company.
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By Ganesh Kalidas heavy domestic competition, but Serving the modern spinning in- that didn’t stop it from turning out dustry for more than a decade, Think of Indian textile machinery products of excellent quality, on par this product made a revolutionary and component manufacturers, with European standards. breakthrough in clearer roller tech- and the one name that stands tall The year 1995 was a break- nology. These rollers ensure opti- is Simta. The Simta Group, incor- through. It saw the company’s first mal cleaning in the drafting and porated in 1990 with the creativ- export order from Bangladesh. hence improve the quality of the ity and spirit of four technocrafts, From then on there was no look- yarn to match global standards. is today well known globally as a ing back. After participating in Currently Simta is the only com- manufacturer of overhead clean- ITMA 1999 held in Paris, Simta got pany in India producing these roll- ers, spindle tapes and clearer roll- tremendous response from the Eu- ers and supplying to all the OEMs ers. ropean countries, and this was the and after-market, having 100 per Manufacturing started with pro- first step in its becoming a global cent marketshare in the domestic duction of synthetic spindle tapes manufacturer. market. in a small way with an investment The year 2001 saw the company In 2002, Simta entered the mar- of just Rs. 1 million. The company come out with a new and very in- ket for overhead cleaners, for faced tough times initially due to novative product – clearer roller. which it signed a JV agreement in
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Mr. A. Ranganathan, Mr. S. Senthil Kumar, Mr. D. Sampath Kumar and Mr. M.P. Murugesan, Directors of SIMTA Group. consists of latest imported rapier Simta will have a mighty presence machines from Smith of Italy, a at this year’s show, sharing a stall sectional warping machine and a with its German JV company, Jaco- twisting machine. bi. Focusing primarily on bobbin Simta has a distinct role in the transport systems, the company’s textile industry because of its inno- stall will also be showcasing its reg- vative outlook, valuable knowledge ular products like OHTCs, clearer and untiring efforts. Exporting to rollers, synthetic spindle tapes, etc. more than 50 countries across the In view of the general shortage globe and with an annual turnover of labour in India, Simta will be of Rs. 45 crores in 2010-11, this is encouraging the use of bobbin just the beginning for the company transport systems to ensure lesser and its young team. The group has manpower and higher product ef- set an ambitious target of Rs. 100 ficiency. The systems are available crores in turnover by 2015. in three variants – manual, semi 2003 with German major Jacobi, What better way to acquire maxi- and fully automatic – tailored to a pioneer in the field. With its cut- mum exposure than at ITMA 2011. the needs of the customer. w ting-edge technology in OHTCs, Simta Machinery Pvt. Ltd. offers both chain and belt-driven models. Its plant currently produces around 120 OHTCs per month and sup- plies them to leading textile mills like the Ramco Group, Vardhman, etc., commanding a domestic mar- ketshare of over 40 per cent. As the cost of raw materials kept moving up, the company took a bold decision to start its own weaving unit in 2006 at Palladam HiTech Park, producing the spindle tape fabric from this unit. The unit
The Textile Magazine SEPTEMBER 2011 | 73 ITMA 2011 [preview] Habasit’s energy-saving tapes & belts By K. Gopalakrishnan or Habasit Iakoka in India, 2011 is a land- Fmark year. The Indian company has completed 25 years since its inception in 1986. Mr. N. Subramaniam, Managing Director of Haba- sit Iakoka, has been the face of Habasit in India. People close to him would agree that he is always active, en- ergetic and enterprising. But ask Mr. Subramaniam, and he says, “the focus at ITMA 2011 is on energy saving, conservation of energy, and at the same time contribu- tion for the improvement in quality of yarn”. Habasit is undoubtedly the world’s leading manufacturer of power transmission and conveyor belts and is the market leader in the textile industry. In India, Habasit Iakoka manu- factures synthetic sandwich spindle tapes for textile machinery appli- cations, both for the domestic and global markets. The company is also supplying power transmission, conveyor and modular belts to In- dian and Bangladesh markets. “Energy saving” has become the watchword for the textile industry in India. Mr. Subramaniam observes: “Thanks to our decades of experi- ence, we are expert in anticipating the requirements of the future and are already a step ahead in terms of delivering greater efficiency and Mr. N. Subramaniam, Managing Director, Habasit Iakoka
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which saves up to 8 per cent of ring frame motor energy consumption. This is expected to result in savings of an estimated 15 kWh a year per spindle. Conversion campaigns at over 2,000 sites have demonstrat- ed that conversion from V-belts to Habasit’s polyester-based TC-flat belts results in energy consumption reductions of 4-6 per cent. Mr. Subramaniam says: “Our technologies are very relevant to the Indian market as the focus is more on energy saving and effi- ciency. All our products are devel- oped keeping in mind the end-user, particularly in markets like India”. Habasit is also catering to the re- quirements of non-textile industries. The company is one of the largest suppliers of printing blankets for the printing industry. Almost 80-90 per cent of the TPU printing blanket market is covered by Habasit. India has its important role in Habasit’s global business, contrib- uting to nearly 10 per cent of the
significant energy savings for cus- tomers”. Habasit offers end-to-end solu- tions, with a range of specialized belts and tapes for textile plants. Habasit tangential belts are de- signed to cut power consumption to the minimum. Its polyester power transmission belts, such as the TC- 20/25EF and the new TC Quantum leap types (TCxxQ), deliver high performance yarn processing while consuming 4-6 per cent less power compared with the conventional polyamide products. Habasit’s W-8 polyester spindle tape has a lower bending resistance
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global turnover of over 650 mil- lion Swiss francs. The company has adopted a strategy to manufacture specific products in specific markets instead of manufacturing the entire range. But the complete range is offered to customers by importing and supplying items based on their requirements. Habasit is also plan- ning to make significant invest- ments in India in the coming years. Habasit Iakoka clocked a turno- ver of Rs. 63 crores in 2010-11 and the target is Rs. 70 crores for the current year, which Mr. Subra- maniam feels will be an uphill task considering the tough conditions in the textile industry. Currently, the textile industry contributes to 70 per cent of the Indian turnover and the balance 30 per cent comes from non-textile verticals. strong presence in the replacement pects in the Indian textile industry Habasit Iakoka is an OE supplier market with over 24 distributors when he observes that Habasit to all major machinery manufac- across India and Bangladesh. Iakoka will play a key role in this turers like LMW, Truetzchler, KTTM Mr. Subramaniam is very confi- growth story. and Savio. The company has a very dent about the future growth pros- w
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ITMA 2011 [preview] ICC to showcase next generation carding solutions By K. Gopalakrishnan Indian Card Clothing Co. Ltd. (ICC) has the distinction of being an independent manufacturer of clothing for cards. “Being a neutral player enables us to work closely with all our customers”, says Mr. H. Chandrasekhar, General Manager (Sales and Marketing), ICC, which caters to the reclothing market both in the domestic and export markets. ICC has been associated with the domestic Indian spinning in- dustry for over 55 years by offer- ing a complete range of products for high-speed carding machines that process natural or man-made fibre. Efforts are being made to strengthen the brand in the wake of mounting competition. Says Mr. Chandrasekhar: “At Mr. H. Chandrasekhar, ITMA 2011 the focus of ICC will be General Manager (Sales and Marketing) on the new products introduced for ing industry for short staple fibre. English Card Clothing, a division the latest generation cards. We will Trutzschler Card Clothing GmbH, of Carclo Group plc, Sobelcard NV showcase the newly introduced flat a subsidiary of Trutzschler GmbH, and Damgaard GmbH. Bekaert tops, NEXTRA, and the modified was created by acquiring the Euro- Carding Solutions, together with design of Triumph Tops. We will pean and later the American busi- Lakshmi Card Clothing Ltd. (LCC) also be displaying totally cleaned ness assets of J.D. Hollingsworth on and Indian Card Clothing Co. Ltd. doffer wires for high-speed cards”. Wheels Inc. Graf + Cie AG, now (ICC) are the other three global Currently about 20 per cent of owned by Rieter Textile Systems players in the short-staple carding the company’s sales are for the Division of Rieter Holdings Ltd., segment. export market, mainly Bangladesh, has grown organically. Trutzsch- The long-staple carding segment Egypt, Indonesia, Turkey and Thai- ler offers card clothing as original is divided into either manufacturers land. “With our new plant in Nala- equipment supplier to cards manu- of flexible card clothing or metallic garh now operational, we would factured by its parent company, card clothing. ICC, Biotti Fabbrica like to expand our business in the while Graf supplies card clothing di Scardassi Srl and Arimos.a.s are existing markets first. We also have to Rieter cards. three of the major manufactur- presence in other markets and Bekaert Carding Solutions (BCS), ers of flexible card clothing, while ITMA will give us an opportunity to based in Belgium with a predomi- Trutzschler, Graf, BCS and Gar- display our latest products”, adds nantly Chinese manufacturing nett Wire Ltd., a subsidiary of ICC, Mr. Chandrasekhar. base, grew by acquiring several manufacture metallic card clothing Currently, five major manufac- small and large card clothing for long staple fibre. turers dominate the card cloth- manufacturers in Europe, including In 2010-11, ICC clocked a turn-
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over of close to Rs. 600 million. Asked about the slowdown in the market during the current year, Mr. Chandrasekar said there has been a slight slowdown in the order in- flow for the last two months, but the spinning sector is expected to recover soon with the new cotton season round the corner. ICC makes the entire range of card clothing for cards processing The company is equipped with the manufacturing and testing of me- short staple and long staple fibres. complete range of machinery for tallic and flexible card clothing, tops, stationary flats and card room ma- chines for maintenance of card clothing. “We are investing regularly in technology to up- grade our processes to provide the custom- ers products of high quality at reasonable cost”, says Mr. Chan- drasekhar. Currently ICC has capacity to manufac- ture 8,000 sets of me- tallic and flexible card clothing. The company has established a new state-of-the-art facil- ity at Nalagarh. Now more products are be- ing added to the man- ufacturing range. “At ICC we are plan- ning to enhance the product range to in- clude other categories of metallic card cloth- ing. With increase in capacity and the lat- est technology, we are ready for the future”, he adds.
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ITMA 2011 [preview] SKAAT solutions for fancy yarns By K. Gopalakrishnan
SKAAT is a specialized manu- facturer of fancy yarn machineries with advanced digital technology. Its fancy yarn device is an integrat- ed solution for fancy yarn require- ments which operates with any drafting systems, which has been optimised for the acceleration and deceleration requirements for spin- ning fancy yarn. It has an option and can be retrofitted in any make of new or old ring frames. Change between fancy yarn and regular yarn is made quickly and easily via the SKAAT operator panel. According to Mr. Radhakrishnan, SKAAT fancy yarn systems are de- signed to produce any kind of slubs, multi-count and multi-twist yarns. The advanced Vista vision SKAAT, India’s leading manufacturer of spe- system helps the customer to see cialized machines for fancy yarns, will display its their effects directly while in pro- machines for the first time at ITMA. The company duction. In 2010, SKAAT appointed ATE Ltd. as its agent for India and will be launching a new product which can pro- Bangladesh. duce multi effects of different counts, twists and Within a short span, SKAAT has slub formations. The advantage that these new emerged a leading manufacturer of machineries for fancy yarn, generation machines offer is that it can be ac- thanks to the strong R&D team cessed from a remote location, says Mr. G. Rad- which works very closely with fab- hakrishnan, Managing Director, SKAAT Machine ric designers and garment manu- Works India Private Ltd. “The machine opera- facturers to indentify the emerging trends and design the machines ac- tions can be viewed and operated from a remote cordingly, says Mr. Radhakrishnan. location”, he adds. The focus at ITMA is to target
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niche markets like South America which are fast growing markets for fancy yarn. Currently 12 per cent of the company’s business comes from exports. SKAAT has sold over 120 machines worldwide and over 380 machines in the domestic market. The company has estab- lished a very strong sales and serv- ice network. He says: “Our machines are more of concept selling. The first pressure on the margins, SKAAT’s interface and components of a very target is the garment manufactur- products help textile mills manu- high standard, ensuring trouble- ers and design houses. We work facture a range of fancy yarns free working. Online assistance closely with them to identify trends that would help spinning units not and strong service support further emerging in fabrics. Once we sell just to differentiate, but also earn adds value to the product”, says the concept then we start work- a premium for their yarns. Fancy Mr. Laxmikant Rathi, Vice President ing backwards from the garment yarns are increasingly in demand - Textile Engineering (Spinning Ac- manufacturer to the yarn manufac- for use in fabrics such as denim, cessories and Exports), A.T.E. En- turer”. shirting, knit and home textiles. terprises, the agent for SKAAT ma- With increasing competition and “SKAAT provides a user-friendly chines in India. w
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Tex-Tech develops critical spares for combers
The textile industry which was hit by recession due to volatility in cot- ton prices has slowly started show- ing signs of getting back on track. In this present scenario, the success of a company catering to replacement textile spare parts purely depends on production of quality products at competitive prices. This can only be done by a paradigm shift in the pro- duction techniques which is possible only by adopting radical changes in the production of spare parts to at- tain superior quality with competitive prices. Tex-Tech which has been serving the textile industry for the past three Mr. S. Malligarjunan, Managing Director decades is one of the few companies to have success- critical spare parts and accessories for all models of fully adopted new technologies in production of spare combers as from Rieter, LMW, Cherry Hara and Vouk. parts. It is the only company to produce all types of With global demand for superior yarn quality, combing has become an integral process in the manufacture of yarns. This has led to a sudden spurt in production of comb- ers, thereby creating de- mand for quality spares and accessories. Tex-Tech produces quality spare parts and accessories for combers and lap formers in bulk quantities using the latest state-of-art CNC machines and SPMs. In addition to the regu- lar spares for Rieter E7/4, E7/5, E7/5A, E60, E62
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and E65 and Lakshmi LK 250, LK 54 and LK 64 comber spares Tex-Tech has developed criti- cal spare parts like lap tension plate (plastic), LP bridge, brake off cylinders, pressure aggre- gates, top comb carriers, top comb brackets, ratchet wheels, ratchet pawls, top comb hold- ers, supporting bearings, front supports, nipper cranks, bot- tom detaching roller strippers, etc., for Rieter E-65 and E66 combers. It has also recently imported SPMs for the manu- facture of spiral clearer rollers for detaching top rollers to meet growing customer from Germany. This has helped optimise production demand. along with consistency in quality. It has recently im- Tex-Tech has gone in for full automation in the proc- ported a fully automatic plant for production of self- ess of manufacturing Unicombs by importing SPMs cleaning top comb needles. The plant is under erec- tion and will be commissioned within 2-3 months. Tex-Tech’s flagship product, hi-production retrofit kit E60 type for the 2nd generation combers of LR E7/4 and LK 250 has crossed the 1300-mark. The hi-pro- duction retrofit kit E62 type for E7/5, E7/5a and E7/6 combers has also been an overwhelming success with the installation of 40 combers in a single mill, Giza Spg & Wvg Co. of Egypt. Tex-Tech has recently introduced a hi-production ret- rofit kit for upgrading the LK 54 combers to Rieter E62 type. This has ensured a 20 per cent increase in pro- duction rates along with one per cent saving in noils. It has also launched the retrofit kit for 2nd generation sliver lap & ribbon lap machines, and now 50 retrofit kits are running successfully to the satisfaction of cus- tomers. Through its continuous R&D, the company is well poised to introduce some innovative products which will shortly hit the market. With its world renowned products it has now spread its wings to cover other overseas markets like Egypt, Turkey, Indonesia, Bra- zil, Argentina, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam and is exploring the possibilities of penetrating oth- er markets like Iran, Syria and some of the African countries. w
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ITMA 2011 [preview] Sumanlal J. Shah increasing overseas demand for spares By Ganesh Kalidas name for itself in the highly competitive textile replace- ment market. “The key to our success is quality and timely delivery to our customers”, says Mr. Prashanth. The company has agents at various locations to cater to customer needs and specifications. Super Spinning, Precot Mills, Alok Industries, Premier Mills, Vardhaman, Nahar, Oswal, etc., are among the com- pany’s prestigious domestic clients. Sumanlal J. Shah & Co. was started to initially ca- ter to the needs of the domestic market, but has now branched off globally after its participation in ITMA Asia 2002 and ITMA Munich 2005. Currently it ex- ports to more than 15 countries, from North America to Asia. Exports contribute to over 25 per cent of the company’s turnover. This figure is expected to exceed 50 per cent by 2015. The company considers ITMA Barcelona as the per- fect platform to break the ice and gain some momen- tum in the market which has been sluggish for the past five-six months. At ITMA the company will showcase a lot of its new innovative replacement spares mainly focused on international machineries, targeting the European, Asian and South American countries. Side by side, the company stall will also offer replacement spares for Indian and international machineries as well. Mr. Rahul A. Shah and Mr. Prashanth Y. Shah Asked about the current recession in the textile in- Sumanlal J. Shah & Co., founded in 1998, is an off- dustry, Mr. Prashanth said: “This market slide was pre- spring of the parent company started in 1945. It is a dicted last year when cotton prices skyrocketed. Since key player in textile machinery spares and accessories people in the industry have been quite familiar with the business in India. changing trends, the market will bounce back soon”. w Started with a minimal investment and workforce the company has since grown from strength to strength, thanks to the dedication and sustained effort put in by Mr. Rahul A. Shah and Mr. Prashanth Y. Shah. Sumanlal J. Shah & Co.’s primary focus is on the replacement spares market in the spinning industry, covering the entire range from the blow room to auto-coners. Today the company has established a
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Bakubhai Ambalal’s strong association with Indian textile industry By K. Gopalakrishnan Bakubhai Ambalal is one of In- dia’s leading companies offering domestic and international brands of machineries for many industry verticals. Its sustained growth in the Indian market is well reflected in the fact that though started in 1945 as a small firm, it is today widely recognized as the primary agency representing reputed international machinery manufacturers in India. The Textile Division of Bakub- hai Ambalal is one of the oldest and well established divisions in the company catering to the di- verse needs of the textile industry. The company represents some of the most reputed brands of textile machinery manufacturers, includ- ing Biancalani, SMIT Textile, Carl Schmale, Meersschaert and many other leading global brands. A seven-member strong team Mr. Rais Inamdar, General Manager from Bakubhai Ambalal will be present at Barcelona to welcome System of Italy with chenile & fancy old company having rich experi- Indian visitors to ITMA 2011, says yarn making machines, SML Lenz- ence in marketing of different types Mr. Rais Inamdar, General Manag- ing of Austria with PP multifilament of textile machinery. The company er of the company Textile Engineer- spinning line, Satex-OMM of Italy has branch offices all over India ing Division. “We are looking for with semi-automatic high precision with experienced sales and serv- a good number of Indian visitors spooler machines, and Ratti-OMM ice team. “We offer full-pledged to study the new innovation being with TFO & winding and rubber services to all our clients, including exhibited by our European princi- thread covering machines. local stock of spare parts as well pals”. Asked if Bakubhai Ambalal is as repair of electronic PC boards, Some of the major principals interested in forging new partner- which is very important for the cli- whose products will be on display ships at the ITMA show, Mr. Inam- ents”, adds Mr. Inamdar. at ITMA include SMIT Textile of Italy dar said, “we are looking for a new Apart from India, Bakubhai Am- with its rapier looms, MEI Inter- partnership in digital printing, yarn balal represents some of its princi- national of Italy with its labelling dyeing, fabric dyeing, knitting and pals in neighbouring markets like weaving machines, Meersschaert garment machineries”. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. GRJ of Belgium with velvet weaving Bakubhai Ambalal has been tra- Bakubhai Ambalal’s associate machines, Carl Schmale of Germa- ditionally a strong player in weav- company, Oriental Manufacturers ny with its cutting & hemming ma- ing, processing & finishing and Private Ltd., is an engineering firm chines for terry towel & bed sheets, made-ups. The company is also manufacturing centrifuges, pres- Biancalani of Italy with airo finish- planning to focus on knitting and sure vessels and heat exchangers. ing machines, Gali International of garmenting machines. The company is actively looking for Spain with printing machines, Pafa Bakubhai Ambalal is a 66-year- partnerships in allied sectors. w
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Biancalani to showcase Airo 24
Airo 24 is a continuous open width tumbler new, efficient and sustainable solutions to deliver add- to soften, dry and ennoble fabrics made of ed value to textile products. With machines capable natural fibres, artificials, synthetics and any of producing high-performance guaranteed results, Biancalani is providing original and efficient solutions of their blend. Grown to be a benchmark for for the perfect finishing and ennoblement of any kind the finishing of any kind of fabric, Airo 24 is of fabric, in a wide range of compositions and con- installed in many textile industries either in structions, for any application. Italy or abroad, thanks to its excellent per- In addition to the quality of the final product, the Airo formance in terms of shrinkage, appearance, 24 end-users may benefit from the technological serv- volume and guaranteed productivity. The ice of Biancalani. After the mechanical installation and machine is used in all application fields, from commissioning of the machine, a chief technologist, skilled in finishing treatments and fully experienced in apparel fabrics to upholstery items, from Biancalani, can be dislocated by the customer for an technical fabrics to terry towel, and from syn- applicative stage of Airo 24 technology to his fabrics. thetic leather to knits. Biancalani has also announced that it will present Coming from a successful history of design and at ITMA 2011 its new machine Brio, an original active manufacture of machines for non-conventional finish- stabilizing dryer for knits working in semi-open form ing since 1957, Biancalani has always led this mar- with incredible results. ket area by looking into the future, constantly seeking w
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Schmale celebrating 75th Anniversary
chmale celebrates its 75th anniversary this SCHMALEDURATE systems are year. This makes ITMA 2011 very special for applied wherever fabric webs need to be transformed into marketable Sthe company. Established in 1936, Schmale end products such as, for exam- has today emerged a specialist in automating in- ple, towels, bed or table linen, dustrial home textile manufacturing. At ITMA, it will dishtowels, etc. This is particularly the case if top quality is as much of showcase its range of new products and solutions for a concern as productivity is. the home textile industry. The first automatic longitudinal
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hemming machine had already been developed by Schmale in the home textile manufacturers work- 1950s. At that time it was a revo- ing for domestic markets have to The general approach of all lutionary idea, but today it is glo- deal with hundreds of different ar- SCHMALEDURATE folding instal- bally one of the most established ticles and very frequent changeo- lations is to meet the special fold- machine types in the industry. The vers in the making-up process. ing requirements of home textile latest development – SCHMALE- The new single web SCHMALE- manufacturers. The readymade DURATE 510 – which will be dis- DURATE 630 meets these de- goods need to be specially folded played at ITMA, is the result of mands with highest flexibility and for a great variety of sales pack- more than five decades of con- best efficiency even with small ages. Therefore most different tinuous further development since batch sizes. Furthermore, it is a kinds of folding patterns need to the first production model. The good choice for manufacturers be realized. new version has various improve- working for the institutional mar- The new version, SCHMALEDU- ments in detail. ket and its demand for lock stitch RATE 144, provides this keeping SCHMALEDURATE will display sewing. The efficient capacity and its known accuracy, but now with the new single-web version of the production reliability of this new up to 20 per cent improved per- fully-automatic cross cutting and model brings fully-automatic sew- formance. hemming installation. Today many ing in lock stitch to the next level. w
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WireSpeed to increase loom speed
Group Meersschaert will be manufacture wire looms to pro- that dust can’t disturb the cool- presenting its new WireSpeed at duce pile fabrics or velvets. It also ing of motors. Also the drivers ITMA 2011. “WireSpeed 14” with manufactures wire looms which are cooled outside the electrical separate insertion and extraction have the flexibility to create cut cabinet, improving the life time. cycle reduces friction, which is the pile fabrics, loop pile fabrics or a Further, a friendly interface touch greatest challenge facing wire combination of cut and loop pile. screen to easily operate the loom loom manufacturers today. Fric- On top of this, it is very easy to is indeed a new energy saving tion on wires means energy being operate the loom. concept. switched into heating up of wires. All servo motors are fanless, so This, in turn, means limitation of w the loomspeed. This problem is been eas- ily solved by using a s e p a r a t e insert and extraction m o t i o n . The speed of the extrac- tion of wires is halved, resulting in a lower heating up of wires so that the loom speed can be increased. With “WireSpeed”, produc- tion can be i n c r e a s e d by 40 per cent or more as com- pared to WireFlex in some fab- rics. G r o u p M e e r s s - chaert was founded in 1945 by George Meersschaert. The core busi- ness of the family company is to
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Sustainable, efficient and energetically unbeatable: this is how BRÜCKNER will present itself at the world trade fair for textile machines in Barcelona. Several completely new drying lines for textiles, nonwovens and coated woven and knit- ted fabric are the result of intense research and development at BRÜCKNER.
The changes that occurred dur- The worldwide demand for tex- Power-Frame Eco is a quantum ing the last few years and the big tiles is continuously increasing, the jump regarding energy efficiency. price pressure in the textile industry energy costs are exploding and the This innovative stenter could be de- forced many European machin- legal requirements have been con- scribed also as a synthesis of per- ery manufacturers to restructure siderably tightened. The environ- formance and energy effectiveness. their companies. The results were mental awareness is increasing in The company engineers developed in most cases a relocation of pro- many countries, too. Demand for a completely new, environment- duction to low-wage countries and products which are more energy- friendly dryer generation, which quality deterioration. BRÜCKNER’s efficient, more “green” gets louder requires with increased production reply to these changes was differ- and louder. BRÜCKNER has made output considerably less heating ent: to manufacture even better in this field massive investments, energy. The dryer is provided with products with new ideas with the and is looking forward to present a central heating system, a com- target to ensure advantages in its latest innovations at the ITMA pletely new air control system and competition for its customers. booth. a sophisticated temperature con-
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Supra-Flow BH is the first belt easily accessible for cleaning and dryer for spunlace nonwovens. maintenance. To convince custom- In the manufacturing of spunlace ers of the benefits of this system the nonwovens drum-type dryers are company will have within a short in most cases used after water jet time a pilot plant available for fab- bonding. BRÜCKNER’s new flow- ric tests. through belt-dryer Supra-Flow BH Techno-Line Coating represents sets new standards in the field of innovative line systems for func- spunlace nonwovens. tionalizing and coating of textiles. This belt dryer is characterized BRÜCKNER lines allow, among oth- by an unmatched temperature ac- er things, direct coating on textile curacy across the fabric width. The webs and foils, reverse coating on drying can be made very gentle transfer paper, impregnation and and with low temperatures since submerged coating as well as dry the zone temperatures and the air and wet lamination of membranes circulation intensity can be varied and textile webs. A particular high- every 1,5 m. In addition, the non- light is a new application unit for wovens are dried on a transport the direct coating of bi-elastic knit- belt without any tensions or distor- ted fabric which is integrated in the tions. This leads to a very smooth stenter entry. In addition, a new ap- hand and improved quality fea- plication unit for coating of the low- tures. er side of the textile web has been The new belt dryer can be used developed. Both units in combina- without problems for large fabric tion allow a simultaneous coating widths, high production speeds of the upper and lower side of the and lightest fabric qualities. A par- textile web in one dryer passage. ticular feature is the unbeatable Solvent coating units are required energy efficiency of this new tech- for the production of a great variety nology which was introduced by of technical materials. Glass mesh BRÜCKNER in 2010. fabric is, for example, coated with Supra-Flow BX, the new dryer, resins to produce grinding discs. is used for the bonding of high- Seat covers are often laminated loft nonwovens. Nonwovens with with coated membranes or foils to a weight of up to 6000 g/m² and ensure the breathability. And also trol system. Compared to a normal an initial thickness of 300 mm can for the production of sailing cloth stenter with heat-recovery system be finished. Flow in the dryer can or artificial leather made of PU a this dryer saves an additional 30 take place from the bottom up or solvent coating application is used. per cent of energy. from the top down, depending on BRÜCKNER lines provide for an The proven split-flow air circu- the process and the fabric type. intelligent exhaust air system which lation system and BRÜCKNER’s Also in this case the advantages charges the exhaust air with sol- typical countered design has been of the countered design are ap- vents up to the maximum accept- maintained in this concept. This en- parent. The homogeneous air and able limits. Thus, enormous energy sures an absolutely homogeneous temperature distribution across the savings can be achieved by reduc- air admittance to the fabric across complete fabric length and width ing the exhaust air quantity. A sys- the complete length and width of the machine. Since this line can be ensure a high-quality end prod- tem for the monitoring and control provided with a support belt it is uct. An optimum air control system of the exhaust air burden provides perfectly suited for delicate knitted requires less electrical energy and for failure-free operation and the fabric, too. thus saves costs. The system is very meeting of legal regulations. w
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MSB – The Japanese connection Increased focus on cots & aprons
By K. Gopalakrishnan Japanese companies have been tion ranging from Vee belts, timing ny sells Mitsuboshi and Nitta prod- the epitome of quality and systems. belts, flat belts and conveyor belts. ucts in India and Bangladesh. To work closely with not just one but It has also partnered with Nitta, To enhance its presence in the many Japanese companies means another leading Japanese com- textile industry and nurture its am- you share the same philosophy. pany in the belts business, for flat bition of becoming a full-fledged Mangal Singh Brothers (MSB) is belts. Nitta is an OEM to Schlaf- manufacturer, MSB joined hands one such company which has had horst of Germany. with another Japanese compa- the fortune of working closely with “MSB is today an OEM to all ma- ny called Kureha Elastomer for many Japanese manufacturers jor machinery manufacturers. We producing cots and aprons. The dealing in their products in India. have a major share of business company has established an inde- The first Japanese connection with most of the machinery manu- pendent manufacturing facility for happened in 1980 with a compa- facturers. We also work very close- producing cots and aprons of Jap- ny called Mitsuboshi for selling its ly with all the textile companies anese quality and standard for the power transmission belts in India. across India”, says Mr. Rivkaran Indian as well as global markets. For the last 30 years, MSB has been Singh Chadha, Director of MSB. Kureha is a 50-year-old com- the sole distributor of Mitsuboshi MSB imports these belts in jumbo pany manufacturing a variety of products in the Indian market. The rolls and converts them in different rubber products, including cots company deals in power transmis- sizes based on the customer and and aprons. It is a regular supplier sion, timing or conveying applica- market requirements. The compa- of cots and aprons to Toyoda and
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other Japanese textile machinery will be able to compete in the in- undergoing tests with OEMs wait- manufacturers. Kureha commands ternational markets with its high ing for final approval. The cots a major marketshare in the Japa- quality products, according to Mr. and aprons business is a highly nese textile industry for cots and Rivkaran. competitive segment with many aprons. MSB has invested substantially established manufacturers. The Cots and aprons are manufac- the new manufacturing facility for total marketsize is roughly Rs. 120 tured and marketed under the cots and aprons and has been crores. brand MSB-Kureha, both within supplying the products to various MSB has established its facil- India and overseas. The company mills. The cots and aprons are ity with a capacity to manufacture 120 million units of cots and aprons. The com- pany is already working at 50 per cent capacity, and with OEM approval this capacity will soon be revised upward. MSB will be participat- ing in ITMA 2011 show- casing the MSB-Kureha brand at the stall. “This is the first time we are participating in ITMA. We want to use the platform to get more exposure for our cots and aprons business globally. We are keen to tap global markets, including Asia and the Middle-East”, says Mr. Rivkaran. “We have been asso- ciated with the textile in- dustry in India for long, and most of our princi- pals also work closely with the textile industry in other global mar- kets. Our philosophy is to offer Japanese qual- ity products at Indian prices”, he adds. w
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First Monforts Montex 6500 installed in India
he Indian commis- Selvam Process, located in the quests from its exporters for open- heart of the country’s knitwear width dyeing, entailing outsourcing sion dyer, Selvam production centre of Tirupur, was the knitwear greige material for TProcess, has in- founded in 1990 by R. Subrama- heat setting treatment. stalled the country’s first niam as a commission dyer for the “I therefore had to find a ‘total knitwear sector, initially using the solution’ so that we could handle Monforts JV Montex 6500 ‘winch’ technology. both tubular and open-width knit- made in the Monforts By the late 1990s he had been wear in-house.” joined by his son S. Raju. With a The solution proved to be India’s joint venture company brief to modernise and expand the first Montex 6,500 stenters from in China to meet the de- company’s production capacity, Monforts, built in the JV company mand for open-width Mr. Raju had by 2000 introduced in China, supplied through Mon- a range of Fong’s dyeing systems. forts’ local representative, ATE En- knitwear, with heat set- He took control of the company in terprises. ting and finishing, by its 2009. Installed in December 2010, the During this period, the company stenter today handles all heat set- export customers. had been receiving increasing re- ting treatment for the open-widths
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Mr. S. Raju, Selvam Process and finishing. Open-width greige tubular knits, Selvam had been much as 3 per cent can be made knitwear is now ‘slit’ and washed dyeing up to 7,000 kg/day made with open-width production com- in a Bigwash filter tank prior to heat up by 4 t open-width and con- pared with tubular finishing. Fur- treatment through the Monforts tracted out for heat setting, plus 3 ther, with conventional dyeing tech- stenter featuring twin padders. t tubular knit. “The new 8-cham- niques, the unit can only be used as Selvam provides a wide range of ber Montex stenter will process up a dryer. The Monforts stenter is a dyed knitwear, including, for exam- to 15 t/day,” said Mr. Raju. “This multi-purpose unit offering drying, ple, 100 per cent cotton, interlock, additional capacity will not only in- heat setting, curing, coating and single jersey, rib, honeycomb and clude our own in-house open-width finishing.” fleece. production but also knitwear from Additionally, the stenter can effi- The company has also recently other local dyers for heat set treat- ciently apply heat setting and fin- introduced a number of blends in- ment.” ishing to both sides of the fabric. corporating polycotton, polyester Producing dyed knitwear for both During the finishing process, sof- or viscose. It is also starting to pro- ladies and gents fashion-wear, end teners, for example, can be ap- vide dyed lycra blends, which de- customers include GAP, M&S, AG, plied. mand heat set treatment that can Mack and Ferro. “By offering heat treatment in- now be carried out in-house. Open-width demand house we can guarantee ‘real’ Fabric weights handled through He said: “We started to notice ex- quality with stenter quality control the stenter range from 110 gsm for porters were beginning to express procedures, with no variation in the single jersey to 300 gsm for fleece. an open-width preference in 2009, superior quality finish,” Mr. Raju Using its conventional dryer for offering less wastage. Savings of as added. w
114 | The Textile Magazine SEPTEMBER 2011 corporate news Dynagro Overseas making big strides
Dynagro Overseas was set up in 2007 as a proprietorship company with the objective of pursuing the business interests of its parent com- pany, Dynagro Srilanka, in India. Dynagro Srilanka was then actively involved in the setting up of world class garment factories on turnkey basis all over India. In order to harness the extensive knowledge that the parent com- pany had, Dynagro Overseas and Dynagro Srilanka have been close- ly working together. They share a common goal of providing the In- dian textile/garment industry with the most efficient and cost-effective solutions. The products in the portfolio in- clude coolbreeze industrial humidi- fication and evaporative cooling systems from Airgroup Australia, Prismatic Skylights from the US, storage racking systems from Pre- star Malaysia, industrial furniture from SMPC Dexon Malaysia, ove- head material handling systems, etc. Dynagro Overseas which started with just eight employees and a turnover of $450,000 in the first Mr. Sandeep Nagarajan, Managing Director year now employs more than 80 people full time. It closed the finan- revolutionised the textile industry rative cooling has been around for cial year 2010-11 with a turnover by becoming an efficient, cost- more than five decades, the idea of of $3.8 million. effective, trouble-free replacement using this technology and the cool- The major contributor for this for the traditional system of humid- breeze product itself for textile hu- growth has been the coolbreeze ification that was and is still being midification was the brain-child of evaporative cooling systems from used in majority of textile factories. one of south India’s most famous Airgroup Australia. This product Though the technology of evapo- textile mills, LS Mills Ltd. at Theni.
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As part of its relentless pursuit of success and reduced power new concepts, LS Mills offered the consumption by more than opportunity of using coolbreeze 70 per cent. evaporative coolers for humidify- The initial years were hard ing the state-of-the-art weaving fa- as convincing the textile in- cility located at Theni. The design- dustry to go in for a new ing and execution was done by the concept which at that time team from Dynagro Srilanka, and was considered out of place the project was commissioned in was very difficult. But help 2007-08. The system was a huge came in the way of reputed
textile companies like Premier Mills, KKP Tex- tiles, Century Apparels (Tirupur), KG Group and Balavigna Weav- ing Mills that provided Dynagro Overseas the opportunity to establish itself and the concept throughout India. The downtrend the in- dustry is facing today is considered a temporary phase, and events like ITMA are key to enhanc- ing the knowledge pool which no doubt would help the industry bounce back quicker. The textile and gar- ment industry is well poised for growth and expansion through skills development. ITMA of course provides the best possible platform for display and develop- ment of technologies from its participants. It is also the right place to showcase their products and processes, final- ise business deals and learn from the compe- tition from the rivals in the field. w
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Ergo G2 Engineers appointed Streat Instruments’ new Indian agent
Mr. R. Naresh of Ergo G2 in discussion with representatives from Andar & Streat Instruments treat Instruments has product quality. the new Drycom 8+ moisture announced the ap- “Ergo G2 Engineers is well es- measurement system in Barce- tablished and respected in the In- lona. The latest generation of the pointment of Ergo G2 S dian textile industry and is active well-established range of moisture Engineers as its exclusive in the sectors relevant to our prod- systems has been further refined agent in India for the range ucts”, says Jim Herbison, Manag- by virtue of its flexible operator of moisture measurement ing Director of Streat Instruments. and plant interface in response to “Ergo G2 also represents our customers’ exacting requirements, & control products for the sister company Garnett Controls especially in processing of shorter textile industry. and Andar Holdings from New production runs. Streat moisture systems can Zealand who we work with very The Drycom 8+ series provides be applied to all stages of tex- closely, so there are good syner- advanced functionality and ease tile processing, from raw fibre to gies for our new partnership which of use to assist processors to op- finished fabric. The systems offer will result in optimum support for timise production processes and many benefits, especially relat- all company customers.” maximise productivity, product ed to increased productivity and Streat Instruments will launch quality, operating efficiencies and
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profitability. The new system also incorporates advanced data management ca- pabilities allowing cus- tomers to integrate directly into in-house quality management systems in compliance with the latest interna- tional standards such as GAMP. A range of “black- box” variants is now available for seamless integration into OEM control systems or exist- ing plant SCADA sys- tems. The system can be put to a wide range of applica- shooting. ties with web access available to tions, from loose fibre processing, The new Factory Wizard system, a plant manager in order to pro- through to healthcare and sanitary which provides low-cost moni- vide real-time information on pro- textiles and nonwovens. Many of toring of production data from a duction performance of the plant the new features have been ex- wide range of machines, sensors from any location with an internet tended to the portable Labcom 8+ and productivity indicators within connection. The system is modular system aimed at laboratory and a plant, has also benefited from allowing basic installations to be in-plant rapid testing and trouble- new data management capabili- expanded progressively. In addition to gen- eral modules, custom solutions have been developed for popular specific applications, such as ScourWizard, which encompasses all the necessary require- ments for processing fibres in liquid, e.g., wool scouring, cotton bleaching, fire retard- ant application, etc. Similar customised sys- tems are available for such applications as carding, spinning and nonwoven plants. w
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With the further development of the air-jet spinning technology, Rieter now offers up to 120 highly productive spinning units in one machine. The J 20 air-jet spinning machine can be equipped with independently operating sides, i.e., on one machine two different yarn qualities can be spun at the same time. Together with the new- ly-developed spinning unit, the J 20 provides maximum yarn quality, productivity and flexibility.
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Due to the increased spinning ning positions, as also the waste stability with fewer quality cuts, it from the robots. was possible to lengthen the J 20 The bobbin delivery on the drive by one section to a total of 120 frame has been lowered to a highly productive spinning po- height of 1.45 metres. This ena- sitions. The J 20 is therefore the bles the bobbin conveyor belt to be longest air-spinning machine optimally controlled by the opera- worldwide. Four robots, two on tor and the bobbins conveniently each side, ensure maximum pro- removed and placed on pallets. duction efficiency. The option of The end section only consists of separate sides makes the machine the service area for the robot at the even more flexible, allowing two rear and the free-standing tube different yarn qualities to be pro- feeder with an extended capacity duced simultaneously. of 350 empty tubes. The two sepa- A further improvement realized rate tube chains, which allow dif- with the J 20 is the optimized ma- ferent color tubes to be fed to the chine construction. The centrally- left and right machine sides, are driven ventilators, the entire elec- a new feature of the tube feeder. tric and electronic systems as well This prevents tubes being mixed as the supply and disposal con- up when two yarn qualities are be- nections are integrated in the drive ing simultaneously produced. frame. Separate filter chambers process the waste from the spin- w
The new spinning unit of the J 20 ensures higher yarn strength and fewer imperfections. The im- proved yarn quality also results in a lower number of quality cuts and natural ends down. Together with the reliable robots of the J 20, far greater production ef- ficiency is achieved, resulting in high yarn production.
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The Indian delegation at the Fong’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China FONG’S Indian Customer Day largely attended
ong’s Indian Cus- tomer Day & FWorkshop was held during August 2-4 at Shenzhen, Chi- na. Around 80 guests came from the Coim- batore, Kolkata, Mum- bai, Chandigarh and Ahmedabad regions of India. The workshop included seminars, machine trial-runs and factory visits by dele- Mr. Walter Leung, gates. Sales Director, FONG’S National Engineering Co. Ltd.
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The workshop began with a full-day seminar in Fong’s Shen- zhen headquarters – Buji factory. Mr. Walter Leung, Sales Direc- tor of Fong’s National En- gineering Co. Ltd., made a detailed pres- entation on corporate up- dates at the seminar. Next, the special guest speaker, Mr. Jochen Stillger, Sales Director of A. Monforts, made his presentation on A. Monforts, stenter frame and dry fin- ishing ranges. Various prod- uct presentations of Fong’s Nation- al, THEN and Goller brands were presented after- wards. “We have trial-runs on our to achieve the up-to-date indus- Monfort Fong’s and THEN brands THEN-Airflow aerodynamic dye- try quality standard via our latest were shown. ing machine with Modal fabric technology,” said Mr. Walter Le- “This year we have our new and Fong’s Allwin high tempera- ung. unique motto ‘One stop – GREEN ture dyeing machine with viscose Fong’s factory tour was ar- Innovation’ with only ‘one sup- rayon. Both materials are very ranged as part of the program in plier, one agent and one contact’. common in the industry. However, a 110k sq. metre land site allo- Today, we hope our customers can it is not easy to obtain good results cated by various brands produc- gain wide knowledge and vast in- in terms of short process time, low tion plants of Fong’s National, formation of the entire production liquor ratio and quality control. Monfort Fong’s, Tycon Alloy and chain in the field of both dry and Moreover, most of our customers Goller. After the seminar, two wet processing”, he added. are processing the cotton fabric or China customer production plants package, under those sample tri- were opened for India customers. w als the customer can realize how A full range of Fong’s National,
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UNIDO-Gherzi study on cotton yarn spinning in African countries
On the occasion of the Pan-Af- ton yarn is estimated at $8 billion; ting up a cotton yarn spinning mill rican Cotton Meeting (PACM) or- as such the market represents an based on the factor costs prevail- ganized by UNCTAD in Cotonou, attractive option for cotton-pro- ing in 11 sub-Saharan African UNIDO and Gherzi Textil Organi- ducing African countries. From a countries. A comparative analysis sation AG have officially released development perspective, promot- of economic returns has revealed the study entitled “Feasibility study ing the spinning industry helps in- that because energy is scarce and for a cotton yarn spinning mill in tegrate the African cotton economy expensive, only a few African coun- 11 sub-Saharan African countries”. into global value chains. tries meet the investment criteria. Cotton plays a significant role in UNIDO has embarked on vari- A strategic research finding is that the economy of sub-Saharan Af- ous initiatives to support the African Government support in the form of rica. However, hardly 15 per cent cotton industry. Amongst them, this policies and incentives is essential of the cotton grown in the region study carried out with Gherzi Textil for attracting foreign direct invest- is processed locally. The bulk of it Organisation AG, a leading con- ment to the capital intensive spin- is exported as a basic commodity. sultancy specialized in the textile ning industry, especially in Africa. It Spinning of cotton yarn repre- industry based in Zürich, with the is, as a matter of fact, Government sents the first stage in the indus- aim of building productive capaci- support that drove the expansion of trial transformation of raw cotton ties in the cotton/textile/garment cotton value chains in Asia. into an intermediate textile prod- value chain. The study is to serve as a template uct (yarn) and results in significant The study includes a techno- based on a set of given premises value addition. World trade in cot- economic feasibility study for set- and parameters. However, any decisions taken by a par- ticular investor should be sensitive to, and take into account several factors, among them: cotton and yarn prices, exchange rates, interest rates, type of technology and equip- ment, product mix, loca- tion, market access and Government support measures. In addition, the study provides an opportunity for policy makers in Af- rican countries to learn from the experiences gained by cotton and textile-producing Asian countries in strengthening the value chain. w
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Vital statistics
textile machinery, parts and accessories Category-wise actual production of textile machinery Value In Rs. Millons SECTION OF TEXTILE MACHINERY 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 (P) SPINNING & ALLIED MACHINES 34231 36622 24174 21050 35000 SYNTHETIC FILAMENT YARN MACHINES 5845 6253 4128 8300 9000 WEAVING & ALLIED MACHINES 5810 6216 4104 4950 6000 PROCESSING MACHINES 5939 6352 4193 4600 7000 MISC.(SPINNING,WEAVING & PROCESSING) MACHINES 1730 1853 1220 1200 1500 TEXTILE TESTING & MEASURING INSTRUMENTS 1140 1219 804 300 500 HOSIERY MACHINES (INCLUSIVE OF HOSIERY MACHINERY & NEEDLES) 470 505 333 350 500 SPARES & ACCESSORIES 2370 2531 1674 1700 2000 Grand Total 57535 61551 40630 42450 61500 P = Provisional Source : Figures are taken and Estimated as per recent survey of Textile Committee
Actual data relating to export of textile machinery, parts and accessories Value In Rs. Millons Description Heading No. 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11(E) Machines for preparing Textile Fibres, Spinning, Twisting, etc. Machinery for producing Textile Yarns, Machines for preparing Textile Yarns for use on Machines of 8446/8447. 84.45 812 1246 109 746 1000 Weaving Machines (Looms) 84.46 247 215 4466 174 250 Auxiliary Machinery used with Machines of Heading 8444, 8445, 8446/8447, Parts & Accessories used with this Heading/of Heading 8444, 8445, 8446/8447. 84.48 2776 4334 780 3770 4000 Other Parts of Household Laundry type Machines etc.and machines for applying paste to base fabric, etc. Machines for Reeling, Unreeling, Folding/Cutting Textile Fabric 84.51 420 601 719 1130 1250 Total 4255 6396 6074 5820 6500 Source : Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Government of India
Import of textile machinery, parts and accessories Value In Rs. Millons Description Heading No. 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Machines for preparing Textile Fibres, Spinning, Twisting, etc. Machinery for producing Textile Yarns, Machines for preparing Textile Yarns for use on Machines of 8446/8447. 84.45 38090 26290 18571 12726.00 20000.00 Weaving Machines (Looms) 84.46 12596 11058 8035 10685.00 10000.00 Auxiliary Machinery used with Machines of Heading 8444, 8445, 8446/8447, Parts & Accessories used with this Heading/of Heading 8444, 8445, 8446/8447. 84.48 11150 9200 10950 12750.00 13000.00 Other Parts of Household Laundry type Machines etc.and machines for applying paste to base fabric, etc. Machines for Reeling, Unreeling, Folding/Cutting Textile Fabric 84.51 7000 6000 6550 7410.00 7000.00 Total 68836 52548 44106 43571 50000 Source : Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Government of India
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Vital statistics
Production of Textiles items Items Unit 2009-10 2010-11 (April- June) (Prov) (Prov.) 2011-12 2010-11 Raw Cotton (cotton year) Mn. Kg. 5015 5525* -- -- Man madefibre Mn. Kg. 1268 1281 308 309 Spurn yarn Mn. Kg. 4193 4649 1066 1129 Man made filament yarn Mn. Kg. 1522 1550 346 385 Fabrics (including Khadi, wool & silk) Mn. Sq. mtr 60333 61811 13540 14943
Exports of major textiles items (Value in Rs. Mn.) (Qty. in Mn. Kg.) April – Oct. ITEMS 2008-2009 2009-2010 2009-2010 2010-2011 Qty. Value Qty. Value Qty. Value Qty. Value FIBRE 836 44176 1868 117664 571 29091 570 33042 YARN 1031 114378 1105 128069 547 62417 843 110802 FABRICS NA 154964 NA 176020 NA 104212 NA 102411 RMG NA 503897 NA 508321 NA 283959 NA 267372 MADEUPS NA 108223 NA 116628 NA 64441 NA 78475 OTHER TEXTILE NA 60884 NA 63875 NA 33356 NA 42803 Grand Total 1867 986522 2974 1110577 1119 577477 1413 634906 Source: Monthly Statistics of the Foreign Trade of India. DGCIS, Kolkata.
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human resource management
Our people are our future. With them and the wind in our sails, we feel buoyant about achieving our stretch goal of be- “coming a $65 billion group by 2015.
– Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, Aditya Birla Group Today, we are a multi-ethnic, multi-di- ” mensional group with a bench strength of 133,000 passionate and committed peo- ple belonging to 42 nationalities across six continents. For 2010-11, our consolidated revenues stand at $35 billion, compared to $29 billion in the preceding year, re- cording a 22 per cent growth. Our leader- ship, regardless of levels, has a penchant for collaborative and innovative solutions, for new ways of working that keep our companies and our products on our clients and customers radar all the time. This is what drives our performance. I believe that purposive actions in the people area can be huge differentiators to our growth plans. For us, it is very important to know what our people think of us. So we recourse to a biannual Organizational Health Survey (OHS) conducted by Gallup as the barometer of the engagement at work index in our group. Over 28,000 executives spanning 31 countries participated in OHS 7 (2010). The participation level at 97 per cent, in Gallup’s opinion, sets a new bench- mark. Given its objectivity and rigor of its process, there is immense value in its findings. It is a matter of great satisfaction for me that the key strength of the Birla Group, as identified in the OHS, continues to be the great sense of pride that our employees experience and express in working for the Aditya Birla Group. More importantly, this pride stems Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla Chairman, Aditya Birla Group from our employees’ belief and conviction that we are a good corporate citizen. Given the decline in ethics sition – a World of Opportunities. We have launched we see in business today, that is a huge validation of the ‘Career Management Services’, a pioneering ef- our insistence on value-based leadership. Pride, in fort which is an integrated end-to-end career service turn is a great driver of positive energy and perform- aimed at all employees. This is already a foot in the ance. cement business. Over the coming years it will be ex- To capitalize on this positivity and to grow and hone tended across other businesses in the group. the talent resident in the group, we have launched sev- On the issue of grooming talent, collectively our eral initiatives that further our employee value propo- Business Directors and Business Heads, along with
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me, have invested over 500 man-hours in discuss- with professors from the IIMs and ISB (Hyderabad). ing, reviewing and working through the development Our senior managers also derived immense value plans of each of our talent pool members at the group from training and learning sessions conducted by level. Their development plans include engagement leading consultancies such as the Centre for Creativ- with special projects, coaching and mentoring by the ity Leadership (CCL), the Hay Group and the Works top leadership team, besides attending cutting-edge Partnership (TWP), among others. functional and behavioural programmes globally that Finally, I am delighted to share with you that our open the frontiers of their mind and goad them to defy employees have given a thumping vote of confidence limitations. That 60% of the total leadership positions to our group as the ‘Best Employers’ in India and in were filled in from our existing talent in 2010-11 vali- Asia Pacific. The Aditya Birla Group, of which your dates the talent honing processes which have laid a company is an integral member, has been declared robust leadership pipeline within our group. as one of the ‘Best Employers’ in India in the Aon Our commitment to employee learning and devel- Hewitt Survey conducted recently. We ranked second opment at all levels is unrelenting. In 2010-11, there from among 200 other Indian organizations who par- were 30,000 touch points with our learners through ticipated in the survey. In Asia Pacific, we have been multiple formats of learning. More than 25,000 em- ranked among the top companies as well. Soon we ployees have been enlisted in e-learning programmes hope to attain this stature in the rest of the world too – at Gyanodaya, our Institute of Management Learning. wherever we operate. This year, at Gyanodaya, 200 colleagues at very sen- Our people are our future. With them and the wind ior levels attended specially designed programmes. in our sails, we feel buoyant about achieving our They had the opportunity to interact with professors stretch goal of becoming a $65 billion group by 2015. from leading universities and B-Schools. They were a Your company will play an important role in reaching great faculty, drawn from universities such as Stanford, this destination. RICE, Michigan and Duke at the global level along w
– As published in the annual report of Grasim Industries for the year 2010-11
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As they believed that ‘well begun is half done’, they looked around for state-of-the-art machinery that could produce such high quality fabric. Their search ended in Eng- land. With the aim of manufac- turing high-end superfine fabrics, Arvind invested in very sophisti- cated technology of that time. It acquired it at the most attractive price. And soon, a company called Arvind Ltd. was born. Arvind Ltd. was started with a share capital of Rs. 2,525,000 ($55,000) in 1931. With 52,560 ring spindles, 2,552 doubling spindles and 1,122 looms, it was one of the few companies in those days to start along with spinning and weaving facilities, in addition to full-fledged facilities for dyeing, bleaching, finishing and merceriz- ing. The sales in 1934, three years after establishment, were Rs. 45.76 lakhs and profits were Rs. 2.82 la- khs. Steadily producing high qual- Kasturbhai Lalbhai ity fabrics, year after year, Arvind carved a niche for itself among the In 1930, the Swadeshi Movement championed by Mahatma Gandhi was at foremost textile units in the country. its peak. Fabric was the point of discussion everywhere. While fine and super- It seemed to be a smooth sail till fine fabrics imported from England were being boycotted everywhere, khadi the textile industry faced another was being woven like never before. But the fact remained that the comfort major crisis in the mid-1980s. This and ease of superfine fabrics were still in great demand. That’s when the La- was the age of powerlooms that lbhais reasoned that any Indian company that met this demand would surely churned out vast quantities of in- prosper. The three brothers, Kasturbhai, Narottambhai and Chimanbhai, de- expensive fabric. This resulted in cided to set up a mill to produce superfine fabric. many large composite mills losing
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their markets and standing on the looking towards the international 88, Arvind entered the export mar- verge of closure. Yet that period horizon, and Arvind’s markets ket for two sections – denim for saw Arvind at its highest level of shifted from domestic to global, a leisure & fashion wear and high profitability. But the management market that expected and accept- quality fabric for cotton shirting did not let their guard down and ed only quality goods. An in-depth and trousers. By 1991, Arvind was concluded that there could be no analysis of the world textile mar- churning out 1,600 million metres better time for a rethink on strategy. ket revealed that people the world of denim per year, and it was the The Arvind management coined over were shifting from synthetic third largest producer of denim in a new word for its new strategy – to natural fabrics. Cottons were the world. Reno Vision. It simply meant a new the largest growing segment, but In 1997, Arvind set up a state- way of looking at issues, of seeing where conventional wisdom point- of-the-art shirting, gabardine and more than the obvious, and that ed to popular priced segments. knits facility, the largest of its kind became the corporate philosophy. Reno Vision pointed to high quality in India, at Santej. With the com- The national focus paved way for premium niches. Thus, in 1987- pany concern for environment, an
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advanced effluent treatment facility service with garment packages His influence at the Moghul court with zero effluent discharge capa- to its international and domestic resulted in Shah Jehan confirming bility was also established. customers. With Lee, Wrangler, the Jains’ rights over the ancient The year 2005 was a watershed Arrow and Tommy Hilfiger and shrines of Shetrunjaya. His grand- year for textiles. With the Multi- its own domestic brands of Flying son, Khushalchand (1680-1748) Fibre Agreement (MFA) being Machine, Newport, Excalibur and too occupied a place of promi- phased out and the disbanding of Ruf&Tuf, Arvind has set its vision nence in the business and social quotas, international textile trade of becoming the largest apparel life of the city. He saved the city of was poised for a quantum leap. brands company in India. Ahmedabad from the marauding In the domestic market too, the The Lalbhais Maratha army in 1725 by paying rationalizing of the cenvat chain The Lalbhais can trace their de- a ransom of Rs. 5 lakhs on behalf and growth of the organized retail scent from Seth Shantidas (c.1590- of the whole city. For this act, the industry was likely to make tex- 1659), who was a dominant figure grateful “mahajans” promised in tiles and apparel see an explosive in the business and civic life of the perpetuity a small amount collect- growth. city. He enjoyed the patronage of ed as town duties on goods enter- Arvind has carved out an ag- the Moghul emperors as their trust- ing the city. The title of Nagarsheth gressive strategy to verticalize its ed jeweller. Shantidas was among was bestowed upon him as a ges- current operations by setting up the prominent financers of his time ture of thanksgiving. world-scale garmenting facili- as well. He played an influential The current surname, Lalbhai, is ties and offering a one-stop shop role among the Jain community. derived from Lalbhai Dalpatbhai,
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the great greatgreat grandson of khs at a time when the largest mills occupied the position of the biggest Khushalchand. Lalbhai was born in the region were built with not textile magnate in the country. Few around the time when the first more than Rs. 5 lakhs. groups could claim to have made textile factory in the city went into The year 1930-31 saw the sec- such great strides during one of production. The first manufactur- ond resurgence of the Swadeshi the worst periods in India’s indus- ing company of the Lalbhai fam- Movement coinciding with the trial history. After a continuously ily, Saraspur Manufacturing Com- great depression. While other en- successful period of four decades pany, was established in 1897. It trepreneurs reacted to the situa- in the pre-Independence era, the started with producing cotton yarn. tion differently, Kasturbhai saw this group entered other fields such as When the Swadeshi Movement as the decade of prosperity and dyes, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, intensified, the second company, growth and established the flag- etc. The first diversification started Raipur Mills, was established in ship Arvind Ltd. in 1931 with an in 1939 with Anil Starch Ltd. Atul 1905. Due to the untimely death of authorized capital of Rs. 25.25 la- Products Ltd. was established in Lalbhai Dalpatbhai, the reins of his khs. Kasturbhai also floated mills 1952 for manufacturing textile- businesses were handed over to for families of his three sisters related chemicals and dyestuff. his young sons, including 17-year- under the name of Aruna Mills in Atul formed joint ventures with old Kasturbhai Lalbhai. Kasturbhai 1928, Nutan Mills in 1931, and Ciba-Geigy called Cibatul, with started the first large-scale textile Ahmedabad New Cotton Mills in American Cynamid called Cyna- mill under the name of Asoka Mills 1938. mid of India and with ICI of the UK in 1920 with a capital of Rs. 12 la- With this expansion, Kasturbhai called Atic Industries. As time pro-
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gressed, the JV partners separated amicably and these companies exist in India today as full-fledged representatives of these global gi- ants. With the retirement of Kasturbhai and his younger brother Narot- tambhai from active business, the role of the patriarch fell on the shoulders of Arvindbhai. He, along with his brother Niranjanbhai, and his cousins Ashokbhai, Ajaybhai, Chinubhai and Vijaysinhbhai han- dled the management of the textile mills, Siddharthbhai headed Atul Products, and Shrenikbhai man- aged Anil Starch. The group took over a sick com- pany called Ahmedabad Laxmi Cotton Mills Co. Ltd. and merged it with Arvind Ltd., and the unit was renamed as Ankur Textiles. The unit currently under Arvind Prod- ucts Ltd. is the country’s largest or- ganized player in the voiles market today. The group also invested in Anup Engineering Ltd. engaged in fab- rication and set up Amol Dicalite in collaboration with General Re- fractories Ltd. of the US for man- ufacturing filter aids and perlite products. With the third generation of Lalbhais retiring from business Sanjay, Sunil and Samveg Lalbhai, the fourth generation of Lalbhais, formation of Ahmedabad Educa- closely associated with the Jain now oversee all the businesses. tion Society (1936), which governs trust called Anandji Kalyanji Trust, Though Corporate Social Re- 11 leading colleges, six schools which is involved in propagating sponsibility (CSR) is a new term, and four other educational pro- and maintaining Jain temples in for generations, the Lalbhais have grammes. Kasturbhai Lalbhai western India. Shri Kasturbhai Lal- contributed to education, social played a key role in establishing bhai headed the trust for 50 years, and religious causes. Their contri- the Physical Research Labora- followed by Shrenik Lalbhai for 30 bution to education started from tory (1948), ATIRA (1947) and the years, and now Samveg Lalbhai Gujarat Vernacular Society in the famed IIM-Ahmedabad (1961). heads the trust. w late 1800s and now led to the The Lalbhai family has been
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LNJ Denim - RSWM Ltd. Draft Air Export Mangers - Denim Fabric Marketing Executives Job Description : Independently Selling & Market- Require young & energetic technically qualified youth ing of high class Denim fabric in International with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in Humidi- market and in any Continent. fication, Ventilation & Waste Collection System for Eligibility : Minimum 7 Years experience in export Textile Industry willing to travel widely with good command over local & English language at our fol- of any textile product & should have wide expo- lowing offices: sure in international travel. Delhi, Ahmedabad, Coimbatore & Guntur He should be able to Generate sales volume of more than 3 to 5 lacs Mtrs per month & should Sales & Service Engineer have strong communication skill , enthusiastic , Require young & energetic technically qualified youth with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in Humidi- aggressive , systematic and also possess Business fication, Ventilation & Waste Collection System for acumen . Textile Industry willing to travel widely with good He must have very good contacts with big brands command over local & English language at our Gun- & big buyers, who can buy high value products . tur office. Location : Mumbai / Noida ( Delhi ) Eligible candidates are requested to email their C.V’s CEO, LNJ Denim Business - RSWM Limited at [email protected] or contact at 079-25842499, 25840615 email address : [email protected] Mayura Agencies SALES EXECUTIVES Should be Diploma holder in Textiles or Graduate with 2/3 years experience in sales, and willing to travel widely. Erection Engineers Persons completed ITI (Fitter) or with 4/5 years of spinning machinery erection experience. Interested candidates send their resume to: Mayura Agencies 98, VCS Nagar, 1st Street, G N Mills PO, Coim- batore-641029 Email: [email protected] Cell: 9003922190
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