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THE TEXTILE MAGAZINE Contents Publishers Gopali & Co., 6 Editorial Quanta Zen Building, No.38, Thomas Road, 2nd Street, Off. South Boag Road, T.Nagar, Chennai-600017. Ph.: 24330979, 42024951. TEXTILE SCENE Fax: 044-24332413 8 Special policy thrust on technical textiles Email: [email protected] [email protected] 10 Aditya Birla Group stepping up viscose staple Website: www.indiantextilemagazine.com fibre capacity Founder M. Rajagopalan Mentor Rajagopalan Kalidasan Managing Editor & Publisher R. Natarajan (Mobile: 9381062161 (R) 24343475) Assistant Editor 26 K.N. Ananthanarayanan (Mobile: 9003053132) Executive Editor & General Manager K. Gopalakrishnan (Mobile: 9840897542) Arvind on way Manager (Advt.) B. Vijaya to becoming a Designer E. Marimuthu $2 billion Mumbai conglomerate R. Balasubramanian G 102, Shrinagar Co.Op. Housing Society, P.L. Lokande Marg, Chembur (West), Mumbai - 400 089. Ph.: 022-25252377. Cell: 9323711291. Email: [email protected] EXCLUSIVE Coimbatore Ganesh Kalidasan 14 Major issues and challenges facing Indian textile Flat No.A1-42, TVH Ekanta machinery manufacturers No.5/179, Masakalipalayam Road Uppilipalayam, Coimbatore 641 015. INDUSTRY NEWS Cell: 97909 26388 16 SIMA seeks immediate relief package for Bangalore J. Saravanasundhar industry survival BS 23, 2nd Floor, Block ‘B’ Ittina Neela, Nr. Gold Coins Club, Andapura, Electronics SUCCESS STORY City P.O., Bangalore - 560 100. Cell: 9880974765 38 Birla Century’s choice of Monforts dyeing for Email: [email protected] Bharuch plant most appropriate Member INS / AINEC / IFSMAN Edited & Published by R. Natarajan on behalf of Gopali & Co., Quanta Zen Building, No.38, Thomas Road, 2nd Street, T.Nagar, 20 Chennai-17, and Printed by B. Ashok Kumar at Rathna Offset Printers, 40, Peters Road, Royapettah, Chennai-14 The views presented herein are those of the authors. They VOICE are not necessarily the views of the editor. All rights reserved. Neither this publication nor any part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means, nor OF THE may it be printed, photocopied or stored on microfilm with- out the written permission of the publisher. INDUSTRY 2 | THE TEXTILE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2011 Contents ITMA 2011 [PREVIEW] 42 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] 4 | THE TEXTILE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2011 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. 6 | THE TEXTILE MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2011 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.