Fiber - Textile Magazine

Contents 

6 Editorial 

Fiber 

8 CCI intervention to ensure cotton price stability 

36 Lenzing repeats record performance 

despite weakening fiber market 

44 INVISTA’s COOLMAX fabric brand launched 

in India 

18 

cover story 

Trident Group 

Rs. 3,600 crore 

massive expansion 

underway 

10 

SEL Textile’s 

mega denim project 

coming up in Punjab 

Aiming at global 

leadership in 

home textiles 

Corporate news 

16 Mott MacDonald appointed design engineer 

for Nakoda polyester facility expansion 

56 Page Industries’ ambitious expansion plans 

in progress 

74 SDL Atlas’ advanced drying rate tester launched 

spinning 

66 Spun Yarn Systems accounts for 81% of 

Rieter’s sales in 2011 

68 Oerlikon Textile focus on ecology and 

energy efficiency 

84 

Cummins completes 

50 years of consistent 

growth in India 

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Contents 

48 

12 

A.T.E. unveils Teraspin 

brand for spinning machinery 

components 

KM Knitwear emerging fastest growing 

garment manufacturer 

Garments 

34 China, India to emerge fastest growing markets for apparels 

78 Technopak Apparel Forum focus on lean manufacturing, 

best practices 

Dyeing & Finishing 

53 Guangzhou Donghaipang relies on Fong’s dyeing, 

finishing systems 

54 Fong’s products and systems pose no operational 

problems’ 

70 DyStar offers complete color management solutions 

72 Lectra cut order planning solves Arvind’s technical problems 

knitting 

58 Terrot’s 150 years of excellence in circular knitting technology 

64 Elbit Vision starts selling systems to German warp 

knitting specialist 

46 Fashion trends, technical textiles are key industry 

growth drivers 

76 Jeanologia saves 15,000,000 litres of water every day 

77 Tripartite drive against use of toxic materials in textiles 

90 DMI workshop on direct-to-garment screen printing 

well attended 

80 Texprocil Export Awards cover more product 

categories this year 

87 Events 

98 Men at the helm 

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Garment exporters aggrieved 

R. Natarajan, 

Managing Editor & Publisher 

Though the Central Budget for 2012-13 has 

raised excise duty on branded garments from 

10 to 12 per cent, the apparel industry seems to 

have hailed the Finance Minister’s proposal to 

lower the incidence of duty as a percentage of 

the retail price from 4.5 per cent to 3.6 per cent 

with an increase effected in the abatement to 70 

per cent from the existing 55 per cent. However, 

what has really unnerved the industry is that the 

textile package offered by the Budget has addressed 

only the handloom and powerloom sectors 

and is absolutely silent on issues like credit 

availability at concessional rates and its failure 

to meet the major demands of garment exporters. 

There is growing concern over deceleration in growth in overall exports, 

including textiles. After registering a high growth of 61 per cent in July 2011, 

exports started slowing down and the growth was almost negative in December. 

Of course, the overall export performance of different sectors was most 

encouraging during April-December, with the growth in cotton fabrics and 

readymade garments at 13 per cent and 23 per cent respectively. 

However, with persistent global economic uncertainties, it is well-nigh impossible 

to predict the fortunes of textile exporters. Tougher competition from 

Asian rivals like China, Pakistan and Bangladesh would prevent India from 

attaining the textile export target of $33 billion for 2012-13 against $28 billion 

for 2011-12. Further, the EU and the US, which together meet almost 60 per 

cent of their textile import needs from India, have started preferring products 

from suppliers from the neighbouring countries. The possible loss of Western 

markets would render it absolutely essential for Indian textile exporters to tap 

the hitherto unexplored markets in Asia and Africa more vigorously. 

Another setback to textile exporters is the latest WTO projection of a further 

slowdown in world trade in 2012 to 3.7 per cent from the actual expansion of 

five per cent registered in 2011. More than three years have passed since the 

global trade collapse of 2008-09. Still the world economy and trade remain 

fragile, and the sluggish phase of recovery has raised concerns that restrictive 

trade measures by individual countries would gradually undermine the 

benefits of trade openness. Hence the need for all WTO members to revitalise 

the trade system in order to strengthen the world economy. Indian exporters, 

particularly of textiles, have to necessarily refashion their trade strategy in the 

emerging competitive environment so as to remain afloat. 


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CCI intervention to ensure 

cotton price stability 

The Ministry of Textiles is monitoring, on a daily basis, 

the arrivals of cotton and the price situation across 

major mandis. Currently cotton prices are stable, averaging 

around Rs. 4,000 per quintal, way above the MSP 

prices fixed at 3,100 per quintal, eliminating the 

need for MSP operations. However, in order to 

secure the raw material supply lines for the domestic 

requirements of the textile sector, commercial 

operations by the Cotton Corporation of India 

(CCI) have become imperative. 

CCI has been directed to intervene in the 

market for commercial operations to build up 

reserves of 25 lakh bales till the cotton arrivals in 

the new cotton season of 2012-13. This has been 

necessitated by the fact that the textile industry, 

impacted by a slowdown, is unable to carry stocks beyond 

15 days, whereas the mandatory carryover stock 

requirement is 60 lakh bales at 85 per cent efficiency. 

CCI is expected to purchase at the prevailing market 

price approximately 10 lakh bales each in the next two 

months. 

This considered decision has been taken to ensure 

price stability in the market as also availability of cotton 

for the domestic user industry, keeping in mind the 

varied interests of stakeholders across the entire cotton 

value chain, ranging from farmers, ginners, millers and 

traders. 

On a particular day recently, CCI purchased approximately 

11,000 bales at Rs. 4,400 per quintal from major 

mandis across Gujarat. 

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India, China policies hit global cotton trade 

Policies adopted by India and China, the world’s two biggest cotton producers, have affected global cotton 

trade and prices this year, according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC). 

“This season, global cotton trade and prices are affected to a large extent by government policies in China and 

to a lesser extent by policies in India,” the US-based ICAC said in a statement. 

China imported in a big way to build reserve, while India has stopped further cotton exports. 

“China accumulated over three million tonnes of domestic cotton and at least one million tonnes of foreign cotton 

in its national reserve during the first eight months of 2011-12,” the statement added. 

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corporate news 

SEL Textile’s mega denim 

project coming up in Punjab 

Speaking after signing the 

MoU, Mr. Anil Joshi, Punjab 

Minister for Industry and 

Commerce, said the setting 

up of this unit will provide 

direct and indirect employment 

to 10,000 and 50,000 

persons respectively, an official 

release said. 

On the occasion, letter of 

intents to already approved 

projects of six companies 

were also handed over by the 

Minister. These were Nectar 

Life Science, Mohali district, 

project with an estimated cost 

of Rs. 200 crores; Vardhman 

Special Steel, Ludhiana 

(estimated cost Rs. 134.97 

Mr. Neeraj Saluja, Managing Director 

crores); Sportking, Bathinda 

district (estimated cost Rs. 

303 crores); Supreme Tex Mart, Ludhiana (estimated 

cost Rs. 103.25 crores); Satluj Spintex, Mansa district 

(estimated cost Rs. 121 crores); and Sharmanji 

Textile, Ludhiana, at an estimated cost of Rs. 144.82 

crores. 

Mr. Joshi also said that industrialists in the State 

would now face no difficulty in getting clearances as 

the Government will soon be establishing the single 

window system wherein all the formalities for setting 

up a new industrial unit would be given in one go. 

The Punjab Government has signed 

a memorandum of understanding 

with SEL Textile Ltd. for setting 

up a mega project for manufacturing 

denim fabric and garments in 

Muktsar district at an investment 

of Rs. 1,485 crores. The project will 

come up on 350 acres of land at 

Sikh Wala Road, Punjaba village in 

Lambi tehsil. 

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spinning 

A.T.E. unveils 

for 

spinning machinery components 

A.T.E. has unveiled its new brand 

– TeraSpin – for the spinning machinery 

components that have come 

to its fold with the takeover of SKF 

India’s textile machinery component 

business. TeraSpin also recently 

launched its website, www. 

teraspin.com. 

It is understood that the acquisition 

is now complete and that has 

fully transferred the technology 

used for manufacturing these components 

to A.T.E. The product range 

covers high-speed spindles, drafting 

systems and top rollers for ring 

frames and speed frames. 

The manufacturing operation from 

SKF, Pune, will be shifted to TeraSpin’s 

state-of-the-art manufacturing 

facility at Ahmedabad, which 

is nearing completion. TeraSpin will 

continue to manufacture these components 

based on SKF technology, 

ensuring high product performance 

and durability. 

TeraSpin is fast gearing up 

to serve both India and international 

markets with organization 

set-up, systems 

and processes, and marketing 

strategies. 

Key personnel from different SKF 

functions are transferred to TeraSpin, 

while the remaining personnel 

are already recruited and 

have been trained at SKF India’s 

Pune plant. 

Mr. G.V. Aras 

Director, A.T.E. Enterprises 

(Textile Business Group) 

TeraSpin has built up adequate 

stock of all products at its Coimbatore 

depot to service the existing 

customers during the intervening 

period of moving the manufacturing 

operation from Pune to Ahmedabad, 

to ensure uninterrupted supply of 

products during the transfer period. 

TeraSpin hopes to build a strong 

and long-lasting relationship with 

SKF India’s existing and all future 

customers both in India and abroad 

with high quality products and services. 

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technical textiles 

Budget sops for technical textiles 

By Seshadri Ramkumar, Texas Tech University, USA 

The Union Budget for 2012-13 provides 

multiple goodies for promoting the 

technical textiles sector. The 12th 

Five-Year Plan beginning in April will 

implement the National Mission on 

Technical Textiles. 

As part of promoting small and medium-scale enterprises 

to venture into value-added textiles and technical 

textiles, a venture capital scheme of Rs. 5,000 crores ($1 

billion) has been set up titled the India Opportunities 

Venture Fund. 

Geotextiles gets a boost with an investment of Rs. 500 

crores ($100 million). This plan will focus on the northeastern 

region of the country. The hygiene sector gets 

a boost with a reduction in basic customs duties on the 

manufacture of adult diapers to 5 per cent with 6 per 

cent countervailing duty (CVD). There will be no special 

CVD. 

Aramid yarns and fabrics are exempt from basic customs 

duties. Automatic shuttle-less looms that can be 

used for technical fabrics are exempt from the 5 per cent 

basic customs duty. 

Further, the medical devices sector gets a Budget 

boost with the basic customs duty reduced to 2.5 per 

cent with concessional CVD of 6 per cent on raw materials 

and components used for the manufacture of medical 

disposable items and instruments. Raw materials in 

the manufacture of coronary stents and heart valves are 

fully exempt from basic customs duty and CVD. 

The Budget estimates the GDP growth for the year 

2011-12 ended on March 31 to be 6.9 per cent, which 

is lower than the 8.4 per cent growth witnessed in the 

preceding two years. 

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Mr. Seshadri Ramkumar 


corporate 

Mott MacDonald appointed design engineer 

for Nakoda polyester facility expansion 

Mott MacDonald has been appointed 

detailed design engineer by Nakoda 

Ltd. for expansion of the company’s 

polyester facility located at Karanj in 

Surat district. The appointment follows 

a detailed technical economic feasibility 

study done last year. 

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Mr. Mike Barker 

Managing Director (India Business), Mott MacDonald 

Nakoda is one of the largest manufacturers of polyester 

yarn and has been processing fully drawn yarn, 

partially-oriented yarn (POY) and textured yarn for a 

number of years. The INR 2340 million investment will 

see Nakoda manufacture additional specialty products, 

allowing it to produce the entire range of polyester yarns 

and ensuring an increase in spinning capacity from 

90,000 tonnes to 140,000 tonnes a year for the domestic 

and international markets. 

Mott MacDonald is providing detailed design engineering 

services for the plant expansion, including architecture, 

civil and structural, mechanical and electrical, 

plumbing, process and instrumentation aspects. The 

design includes heat recovery systems from gas turbine 

exhausts which will run vapour absorption machines for 

air-conditioning. There will also be substantial energy 

saving for using direct melt transfer from continuous 

polymerisation (CP) to POY spinning facility. 

Ghanshyam Shah, Mott MacDonald’s project director, 

said: “Demand for yarn has been growing at a rate 

of 8-9% annually. With a shortage of yarn procession 

and weaving facilities, a number of textile parks are being 

set up in Gujarat. Surat in south Gujarat produces 

around 60% of the country’s total synthetic yarn, and 

Nakoda has emerged as a key manufacturer and trader 

of POY, polyester textured yarn and polyester filament 

yarn. We are delighted to have been appointed by Nakoda 

to help them with their expansion programme. We’ve 

also supported them during the development of their recently 

completed new 400 tonne per day CP plant”. 

Mott MacDonald is a global management, engineering 

and development consultancy with more than 

14,000 staff and £1 billion revenue and operate in 140 

countries both for the public and private sectors. For six 

consecutive years the employee-owned company has 

featured in the Sunday Times’ 25 Best Big Companies 

to Work For survey. 

Mott MacDonald’s core business sectors cover buildings, 

transport, energy, water, environment, health, education, 

industry, oil and gas, and communications development. 

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cover story 

By K. Gopalakrishnan 

The Trident Group, one of the country’s leading conglomerates with 

revenues of Rs. 45 billion and clientele across over 75 countries, has 

charted out aggressive expansion plans to further consolidate its global 

leadership. The group has already emerged one of the top terry towel 

manufacturers and agro-based paper manufacturers in the world and is 

embarking on expansion to target Rs. 90 billion revenues. 


cover story 

Trident is pioneer in associating 

with global retail brands across the 

globe, including Wal-Mart, Target, 

JC Penney, Macy’s, Kohl’s, Sears, 

Sam’s Club, Burlington, etc. The patrons 

include nine of the top 10 home 

textiles retailers in the US, leading 

retailers in Europe and the UK and 

five out of seven major retailers in 

Australia and New Zealand. Also a 

leading supplier of copier paper & 

chemicals, after establishing “Trident 

Spectra” in domestic and international 

market, it recently launched 

“Trident Eco Green” and “Trident 

Natural” to expand its market share 

in paper industry. 

Trident endeavors to focus on new 

technologies and has selected one 

of the best global technology partners 

in textile and paper industry. 

Currently the group has a production 

capacity of 14.5 million pieces 

of towel/month, 90,000 pieces of 

bathrobe/month, 15,000 tonnes of 

paper/month, 7,500 tonnes of cotton 

& blended yarns/month and 60 mw 

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cover story 

Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, and Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman 

of the Planning Commission, inaugurating the new facility 

captive power generation. 

The group has committed a total investment 

of about Rs. 3,600 crores in setting up 

an integrated textile complex and expanding 

its yarn facilities at Budni, Madhya Pradesh. 

The investment has been made through a 

mix of debt and internal accruals. Trident 

laid the foundation for its Rs. 2,400-crore 

integrated textiles complex and inaugurated 

its Rs. 1,200-crore yarn spinning facilities at 

Budni on March 24. 

The foundation stone was laid and the 

facilities inaugurated by Mr. Shivraj Singh 

Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya 

Pradesh. The function was presided over 

by Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy 

Chairman of the Planning Commission. 

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Chouhan 


cover story 

observed: “At one time the investment 

in the State was Rs. 200 crores 

and Trident generated employment 

by making investment of Rs. 3,600 

crores. Development has also got 

momentum in rural areas as facilities 

like education, medical and 

sports, roads, drinking water, etc., 

are being ensured.” 

Mr. Ahluwalia congratulated the 

Chairman of the Trident Group, Mr. 

Rajinder Gupta, and stated that the 

group will be the No.1 in the world 

after the new unit starts functioning. 

The new facilities will be engaged 

in the manufacturing of terry towels, 

sheeting, value-added yarns and 

captive power plant. This expansion, 

which is expected to be com- 

pleted by the third quarter of 2013, 

will be one of the largest integrated 

home textile manufacturing facilities 

in the world. 

Commenting on the expansion, 

Mr. Rajinder Gupta said: “Trident 

has exhibited building world class 

capacities over the years and has 

seen tremendous success in domestic 

as well as international markets. 

This plant will be strategic to our 

group’s growth over the next decade 

in consolidating our leadership position. 

It would also help us meet the 

growing demands for our products, 

while expanding our markets globally. 

We are looking at inclusive 

growth and feel this is the right time 

to grow our market share”. 

An enlightened 

leadership 

Mr. Rajinder Gupta, a first generation 

entrepreneur with integrity, commitment 

& dynamic leadership as core values, has 

enabled the Trident Group to emerge one 

of the best governed companies in India. 

He has been serving the group as its Chief 

Executive Officer since 1992. Under his 

management the company has registered a 

compound annual growth rate of over 30 

per cent. 

Mr. Gupta has indeed taken the company 

to greater heights. As one of the 

world’s largest terry towel manufacturers, 

the company has successfully executed 

projects worth Rs. 25,000 million over 

the last five years and is implementing 

projects worth Rs. 36,000 million over the 

next three years. 

Currently the Vice Chairman of the 

Punjab State Planning Board, Mr. Gupta 

has won in the past few years such meritorious 

Awards as the Padma Shri Award, 

PHDCC Distinguished Entrepreneurship 

Award, Udyog Ratna Award, Udyog Patra 

Award and the Entrepreneur of the Year 

Award. 

He has his rich educational background 

and has done the Advance Management 

Programme (Harvard Business School, 

USA), Advance Management Programme 

(Oxford University at Templeton College, 

Oxford, UK), Orchestrating Winning Performance 

Programme (IMD International, 

Switzerland), Diploma in Decision Base 

organized by Celemi, Sweden, and Leadership 

Skill for Top Managers, organized 

by ISB, Hyderabad. 

Mr. Gupta has the rare distinction of providing 

direct employment to over 12,000 

families and indirect employment to over 

15,000 families. 


cover story 

Mr. Rajinder Gupta, Chairman, Trident Group 


cover story 

Mr. G.V. Aras, Director, A.T.E. Enterprises 

(Textile Business Group) 

A.T.E.’s long association 

with Trident 

“A.T.E. has been associated with the Trident Group in a big 

way in its recent projects and hopes to play a significant role in its 

future projects. We have supplied them top class equipment from 

Truetzschler India, Truetzschler (Germany), Oerlikon Schlafhorst 

(Germany), Zinser India, Luwa, etc., and we will participate 

in Trident’s forthcoming projects through equipment supply from 

our partners Karl Mayer and Luwa. We are confident that the 

Trident Group, under the able leadership of Mr. Rajinder Gupta, 

will grow further and will enter into a new trajectory of growth in 

the coming years, thus attaining a leading position in ‘Home Textiles’ 

in the global arena. From the A.T.E. Group as well as our 

machinery manufacturing partners, we wish the Trident Group 

the very best for its future journey. We are sure that Trident will 

set new benchmarks in quality and performance in the years to 

come. We feel very proud to be the equipment partners of the 

Trident Group since long and hope to continue partnering it in its 

progress in future as well”. 

The Trident Group also inaugurated 

its yarn projects at Budni comprising 

1.25 lakh spindles. It has 

targeted production capacity hike to 

five lakh spindles and 5,624 rotors 

in its major yarn expansion project. 

Expansion of the yarn spinning facilities 

is being implemented with 

an investment of Rs. 1,200 crores. 

Subsequent to the commissioning of 

the yarn spinning unit, the total yarn 

spinning capacity has increased to 

3.66 lakh spindles and 3,584 rotors. 

Post expansion, Trident would be 

able to increase its production ca- 


cover story 

Over 10,000 Suessen Elite Compact spindles 

at Trident 

“In the past nearly 20 years of my having the privilege to 

observe the vibrant Indian textile industry, some companies 

seem to be particularly noteworthy! Certainly Trident is one 

of them! Their growth has been truly spectacular. When you 

meet the “engine” of Trident, Mr. Rajinder Gupta, the reasons 

for the performance become clear: He is a polite and 

softspoken person, but there is a vision and the iron will to 

make the vision a reality! His care and concern for even the 

lowest employee is very evident. Suessen has had the great 

pleasure to be a supplier to this company! Over 10,000 spin- 

Mr. Peter Stahlecker 

Suessen Managing Director 

dles of Suessen EliTe Compact 

are producing quality yarn at two 

units. On behalf of Suessen, my 

best withes go to this outstanding 

corporation!” 

pacity to 30 million pieces of towel/ 

month, 3.6 million metres of sheeting/month, 

12,000 tonnes of cotton 

& blended yarns/month and 120 mw 

of captive power generation. 

Trident is one of the world’s 

largest terry towel manufacturers. 

Its terry towel unit comprises 388 

looms with state-of-the-art technology 

from 

world-renowned 

suppliers. The 

products are supplied 

to globallyreputed 

retail 

chains across 

24 countries, including 

the US, 

Europe, Austral- 


cover story 

Bakubhai Ambalal’s association 

with Trident since 1997 

“Trident is one of the biggest clients for us as we have been associated with 

their terry towel project from the beginning 1997. The project was started 

with 72 Nuovo Pignone rapier looms as well as automatic cutting & stitching 

machines for terry towel from Schmale, Germany, supplied by us. Trident 

has kept repeating the orders for both the looms and cutting & stitching machines 

with us. We are also participating in their new project at Budhni with 

automatic cutting & stitching machines”. 

Mr. Rais Inamdar 

General Manager 

Testing equipments 

from Premier 

“We have very good relationship with the Trident 

Group. The company is having Premier lab equipments 

in Budhni as well as in Barnala units for the 

past 6 years. Recently, we have delivered another set 

of lab equipments for their prestigious new project 

for melange, namely, Colors Textiles, showing their 

confidence and patronage with Premier products. Mr. 

Rajender Gupta is a keen industrialist who supports 

Premier for our innovative product development. 

Trident currently has such models of equipments as 

ART (2 Nos), aQura, ART2, aQura2, iQ, Tensomaxx 

(2 Nos)”. 

ia, New Zealand, Japan, the Middle 

East and South Africa. 

The company has vertically integrated 

manufacturing units with 

state-of-the-art spinning, widewidth 

air jet and jacquard weaving, 

soft flow dyeing and fully-automated 

cutting and sewing facilities. A 

vast export presence requires the 

company to ensure strict conformity 

with stringent quality parameters. 

The company has a strong QC 

team and has invested in a sophisticated 

laboratory complying with the 

AATTC and ISO standards. 

Mr. C.R. Srinivasan 

Head - Sales, Premier Evolvics 


cover story 

LUWA proud to be associated 

with Trident 

“Way back in 2003 the Trident Group laid the foundation to become one 

of the largest towel producers in the world by setting up its integrated terry 

towel plant at Barnala with 108 looms. That time, after detailed evaluation, 

the Trident Group had awarded a contract to Luwa to deliver and install 

state-of-the-art humidification and filtration plants for its project. 

Luwa understands and fulfills the high standard requirement of the group 

for operating such systems as are required to run spinning and weaving 

processes in a most efficient and profitable way. Since last many years and 

till today, Luwa is proud to be an ongoing partner of the Trident Group 

and is currently associated with it by supplying to its new plant at Budhni 

a complete set of humidification and filtration plants for its weaving, warping, 

twisting, winding and made-up units. 

In weaving Luwa is supplying its famous patented LoomSphere system, 

which provides perfect conditions at the loom for achieving the highest 

possible loom efficiency”. 

Mr. Gottfried Abrell 

Managing Director 

Luwa Air Engineering AG 

Trident offers a wide range 

of products, including jacquard, 

beach, organic and texture-rich collections. 

It continuously innovates 

through the launch of products like 

Air Rich towel, which offer superior 

user comfort and experience. 

Trident has won various global 

awards for superior product quality, 

including the JC Penney Award 

for ‘Best Quality for Home’ and 

the JC Penney Innovation Award. 

In the yarn business segment, 

Trident offers 100 per cent cotton, 

blended, special open-end, organic 

cotton, core spun, eli-twist, compact, 

slub-yarn and specialised 

yarn comprising gassed mercerised, 

water soluble, air rich, bamboo/cotton, 

corn cotton blended 

and 100 per cent dyed yarn. 

It specialises in manufacturing a 

wide range of yarn products. While 

a proportion of yarn is consumed 

captively in the manufacture of terry 

towels, the rest is sold in the domestic 

and international markets. 

The company has six manufacturing 

units in Barnala (Punjab) 

and Budni with state-of-the-art 

manufacturing facilities (ring spinning, 

carding, combing, open-ended 

spinning and yarn dying). Its 

product range services the needs 

of the fashion sector and knitting, 

weaving, denim, hosiery, shirting 

and suiting industries. 

Apart from these facilities, Trident, 

in yet another initiative for 


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LRT & Lakshmi Caipo 

supplying vital components 

“On behalf of LRT and Lakshmi Caipo, I would like to congratulate 

the Trident Group on setting up a state-of-the-art new, fully 

automated plant at Budhni. It has been a real pleasure for us to be 

associated with this reputed group in supplying ring travellers, fluff 

removers and slub and core yarn attachments. The Trident Group 

ventured into value-added slub and core yarn with attachments from 

Lakshmi Caipo which has supplied over 30,000 spindles for slub 

and core yarn for the Barnala and Budhni units and Colour Textiles. 

Today Trident is one of the leading suppliers of value-added yarn. 

It has also been using LRT travellers since inception and the new 

Budni unit is also our valued customer. We thank the group for its 

trust in the LRT Group and are proud to partner with them in their 

growth”. 

Mr. J.M. Balaji 

Head - Sales and Marketing, LRT 

empowering women, has also invested 

significantly to come up 

with a girl’s hostel, which will 

accommodate about 1,000 female 

operative members of the organization. 

It has already set up a girl’s 

hostel in Punjab which accommodates 

around 2,000 female operatives. 

As part of its CSR initiatives 

it has also developed Sacred 

Heart Convent School at Barnala, 

providing platform to the youth to 

learn and earn through its Centre 

of Excellence – Takshshila Program. 

The group has also adopted 

more than 200 villages of Punjab 

covering about 71,000 acres 

of land and 2,000 farmers for 

enhancing the productivity and 

quality of cotton. 

• 


garments 

China, India to emerge 

fastest growing markets 

for apparels 

Retail demand in 

several emerging 

markets will grow 

at double digit 

annual average 

rates in the five 

years to 2016. 

This is one of the 

findings of a report 

in the latest issue 

of Global Apparel 

Markets, published 

by Textiles 

Intelligence. 

The fastest growth will be in 

China and India, where demand is 

set to rise by an average of 16.9 per 

cent per annum in each country. 

Double-digit growth is also forecast 

for Indonesia (13.3 per cent per 

annum), Russia (12 per cent per annum), 

Saudi Arabia (11.7 per cent 

per annum), Turkey (11.4 per cent 

per annum), Peru (10.3 per cent 

per annum) and South Africa (10.1 

per cent per annum), while growth 

in high single digits is expected in 

Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Thailand. 

By contrast, demand in a number 

of major Western European countries 

is expected to grow only modestly 

between 2011 and 2016. 

In China, the population is ben- 

efiting from rising personal disposable 

incomes. In fact, the number of 

households earning over $50,000 is 

expected to increase five-fold between 

2010 and 2015. Furthermore, 

there is strong potential for growth 

in clothing retail demand as a result 

of urbanisation within the country. 

However, competition is fierce 

as several foreign brands are en- 


garments 

tering the market. They have been 

attracted by the country’s massive 

potential and are all vying for market 

share. Also, several Chinese 

companies are looking to explore 

opportunities in their domestic 

market, given that future export 

growth is likely to be curtailed by 

economic uncertainty in Western 

developed countries. 

In India, a growing middle class 

of about 300 million 

people with a purchasing 

power parity 

of $30,000 a year 

are seeking access to 

world class products. 

This group of people 

is adopting international 

trends much 

faster than initially 

expected, and consumption 

is moving 

beyond big cities such 

as Delhi to smaller 

cities. 

Furthermore, this 

trend is expected to accelerate following 

a recent easing of the rules 

governing foreign ownership of single 

brand retailing in the country. 

In fact, the designer wear market in 

India is predicted to grow at an average 

rate of 40 per cent per annum 

between 2012 and 2020 compared 

with a global average growth rate 

of 12 per cent. 

In Indonesia, much of the growth 

in retail demand is likely to be 

fuelled by cheaper imports. Under 

the Asean-China Free Trade Agreement 

(ACFTA) there has been a 

lowering of tariffs on imports into 

Indonesia, and this has led to a 

steep decline in Chinese prices. As 

a result, a number of domestic producers 

have been forced to cease 

operations. 

In Turkey, several international 

brands have entered the market in 

recent years in the hope of taking 

advantage of the country’s growing 

young and fashion conscious population. 

Indeed, Turkish imports 

grew by 32 per cent in 2011, which 

represented the eighth double-digit 

increase in imports in nine years. 

But much of the expected growth 

in the market over the five years 

to 2016 could be provided domestically. 

The Turkish Government 

has approved the implementation 

of additional customs duties on imports 

of woven fabrics and readymade 

garments from countries with 

which it does not have free trade 

agreements. The aim of the duties 

is to protect Turkish manufacturers 

from losing market share as a result 

of rising low cost imports. 

In Brazil, imports shot up by 52.5 

per cent in 2011 after increasing 

at double digit rates in seven of 

the previous eight years, reflecting 

strong growth in retail demand in 

the country. 

To combat the sharp rise in imports, 

the Brazilian Government 

announced plans in December 2011 

to replace its current tariff system, 

which imposes duties on a pricebased 

mechanism, with a system 

which imposes duties on a per item 

basis. The purpose of the new system 

is to safeguard the interests of 

domestic manufacturers, who are 

facing increasingly tough international 

competition as a result of low 

import prices. 

Despite the new initiative, import 

growth is expected to continue at 

a significant rate over the coming 

years as retail demand continues to 

outstrip domestic supply. Indeed, 

consumption of fibres per head in 

Brazil is expected to double between 

2005 and 2015, from 10 kg 

to 20 kg. 

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fiber 

Lenzing repeats record 

performance despite 

weakening fiber market 

The Lenzing Group continued its dynamic 

growth trend of the previous years by posting 

record results in 2011. Despite a significant 

weakening of the global fiber market in 

the second half of 2011, Lenzing once again 

achieved double-digit growth rates 

in sales and earnings, and surpassed 

the threshold of 

EUR 2 billion in consolidated 

sales for the first time 

in its history. Operating 

margins also improved 

again from the already 

high level achieved in 

2010 and set a new, 

Mr. Peter Untersperger, Chief Executive Officer, Lenzing absolute record. 

Consolidated sales in 2011 rose by 21.2 per cent to 

EUR 2.14 billion, up from EUR 1.77 billion in the prior 

year. This dynamic sales growth can be attributed to 

higher average selling prices in its core fiber business, 

higher fiber shipment volumes, the first-time full-year 

consolidation of the pulp plant Biocel Paskov acquired 

in May 2010 as well as higher sales in all other business 

areas. 

“Our dynamic growth path and specialty strategy led 

by the fibers Lenzing Modal and TENCEL once again 

paid off in 2011. Whereas sales with standard viscose 

fibers increased by close to 20 per cent year-on-year, we 

sold some 30 per cent more TENCEL fibers and close to 

40 per cent more Lenzing Modal fibers than in the prior 

year”, explains Lenzing Chief Executive Officer Peter 

Untersperger. 


fiber 

The large-scale market success of these two specialty 

fibers enabled the company to partially detach itself 

from the volatile market trends of 2011, according to 

CEO Untersperger. 

Lenzing rigorously pressed ahead with its capacity expansion 

program in 2011. As a result, the annual nominal 

production capacity of the Lenzing Group rose by 

about 8 per cent, from 710,000 tons of man-made cellulose 

fibers at the beginning of 2011 to 770,000 tons at 

the turn of 2011-12. Capital expenditures of the group 

totalled EUR 196.3 million in 2011, somewhat below 

the comparable prior-year figure of EUR 230 million 

which had also included the acquisition costs for Biocel 

Paskov. This development was due to the postponement 

of investment projects as at the reporting date. 

Despite the current level of investments, the net financial 

debt of the Lenzing Group was reduced by almost 

half, declining to EUR 159.1 million at the end of 2011 

from the previous year’s figure of EUR 307.2 million. 

The cash flow still reached a level of EUR 113.4 million 

despite the investments made. “With an adjusted equity 

ratio of close to 45% and a net financial debt comprising 

one-third of annual EBITDA, we are very well positioned 

financially. Lenzing is largely autonomous with 

respect to its ability to finance growth steps in the upcoming 

years”, says Chief Financial Officer Thomas G. 

Winkler. 

Segment Fibers full capacity use 

According to preliminary estimates, global fiber production 

rose by 4.1 per cent to a new record level of 79.1 

million tons in 2011. Production of man-made cellulose 

fibers also reached an all-time high of 4.6 million tons, 

up 4.2 per cent from 2010. 

The business development of the Segment Fibers in 

2011 was characterized by strong demand for Lenzing 

fibers, which was fuelled even more by record cotton 

prices in the first half of the year. The market for standard 

textile viscose fibers significantly cooled off in the 

second half of the year, which did not impact fiber shipment 

volumes but affected selling prices. 

The specialty fibers Lenzing Modal and 

TENCEL as well as the nonwovens sector 

were hardly impacted by this development. 

Throughout the year Lenzing 

succeeded in raising average 

prices for all Lenzing fibers by 

close to 17 per cent compared 

to the previous year, to EUR 

2.22 per kg. 

“All our fiber production 

facilities were running at 

full capacity throughout 

the year. The additional 

fiber volumes generated in 

the course of the year by the 

second expansion stage of the 

plant in Nanjing (China), the 

capacity expansion for Lenzing 

Modal fibers produced at the Lenzing 

site and TENCEL fibers manufactured 

at the Heiligenkreuz (Burgenland) 

facility were very successfully placed 

on the market”, reports Chief Operating Officer 


fiber 


Friedrich Weninger, a member on the Management 

Board. 

The pulp plant Biocel Paskov (Czech Republic) 

acquired within the context of the Lenzing Group’s 

further backward integration was rapidly expanded in 

the reporting year to enable production of both paper 

pulp and dissolving pulp. Some 60,000 tons of dissolving 

pulp were already produced in Paskov in 2011 

and largely used for fiber production within the Lenzing 

Group. 

The Segment Plastics Products developed satisfactorily 

in 2011, showing an EBITDA margin of 9.5 per cent. 

A new record for shipment volumes was posted 

during the year under review against the 

backdrop of very good demand. 

The Segment Engineering was also 

able to optimally take advantage of the 

fundamentally positive mood in the 

capital goods market during the year, 

achieving an EBITDA margin of 8.4 

per cent. Lenzing Technik profited 

from both the extensive investment 

activity of the Lenzing Group as well 

as from growing demand on the part of 

external customers. 

Outlook 

Once again the Lenzing Group expects a good year 

in 2012, which should see quarterly development in 

a mirror-inverted manner. However, in terms of margins 

the current financial year will not be able to fully 

match the exceptional record year of 2011. 

For the time being prices for Lenzing’s standard 

viscose fibers should stabilize at a low level. In the 

course of 2012 Lenzing anticipates a higher price level 

than in the first quarter as a result of rising demand 

for both textile and nonwoven applications. 

Good volume demand is expected for Lenzing 

Modal, which should continue to ensure a fair price 

premium vis-à-vis standard viscose fibers and cotton. 

However, the considerable increase in the supply of 

modal is resulting in temporary price adjustments 

compared to the 2011 price levels. With respect to 

TENCEL, Lenzing foresees ongoing strong demand 

for textile and nonwoven applications and a largely 

stable price premium vis-à-vis standard viscose fibers. 

Mr. Thomas G. Winkler, Chief Financial Officer 

As a consequence of significantly higher fiber shipment 

volumes but in the light of lower average prices 

in comparison to the prior year level, sales should rise 

to a level of between EUR 2.2 billion and EUR 2.3 

billion in 2012. EBITDA should range between EUR 

400 million and EUR 480 million and EBIT is expected 

to range between EUR 285 million and EUR 

365 million, depending on the development of fiber 

and raw material prices as well as the overall global 

economic environment. 

Lenzing will press ahead with its dynamic expansion 

program as planned, involving investments totalling 

EUR 350 million in 2012. The good earnings 

situation and continued high liquidity will enable the 

company to propose a dividend to the shareholders 

amounting to EUR 2.50 per share, i.e., about 25 per 

cent of the consolidated net income for the 2011 financial 

year. 

•

spinning 


China and India will remain key 

growth markets 


provides technology components 

and service facilities both for 

spinning mills and for machinery 

manufacturers. The business 

group is represented on the 

market through four brands: 

Bräcker, Graf, Novibra and Suessen. 

In 2011 it employed a workforce 

of 1075 and accounted for 

199.1 million CHF or 19 per cent 

of Rieter’s total sales. 

Order intake by the Premium Textile Components 

Business Group declined by 22 per cent 

to 183.3 million CHF in the year under review 

(235.2 million CHF in 2010). Generally speaking, 

the components business is less subject to 

market cycles than the machinery business. It 

therefore contributes to a more stable business 

trend for Rieter as a whole. Premium Textile 

Components posted a 4 per cent increase in sales 

to 199.1 million CHF in the year under review. 

The Premium Textile Components Business 

Group experienced two different half-year periods 

in 2011. Following the upswing in the 

previous year, order intake at Premium Textile 

Components continued to grow in the first three 

months of 2011. As of the second quarter, dis- 

Mr. Peter Stahlecker, Managing Director, Suessen 


spinning 

ruption on the raw materials markets 

and government intervention in major 

sales markets inhibited demand 

for technology components used 

in staple fiber machinery. Towards 

year end there was a decline in the 

market worldwide, but it remained 

at a significantly higher level than 

during the downturn in 2008-09. 


was successful throughout the year 

under review with all four of its 

brands (Bräcker, Graf, Novibra and 

Suessen). 

In India and China, demand was 

inhibited by government intervention, 

i.e., restrictions on the availability 

of credit, but these countries 

remained Premium Textile Components’ 

largest markets alongside 

Turkey. In both countries the business 

group serves customers who 

supply the growing domestic market. 

Rising labor costs in China and 

India are resulting in some transfers 

of textile industry activities to other 

Asian countries, such as Indonesia, 

Vietnam, Pakistan and Bangladesh. 

Premium Textile Components is 

also well placed in these markets. 

The Turkish market continued its 

positive development in 2011. Demand 

in Europe, the US and South 

America declined slightly compared 

with the previous year. 

Through its Premium Textile 

Components Business Group, Rieter 

is one of the world’s largest suppliers 

of components for short-staple 

spinning mills. Premium Textile 

Components supplies technology 

components both to spinning mills 

and to various machinery manufacturers, 

including Rieter. 

All four of the business group’s 

brands launched important new 

products during the year. At ITMA 

in Barcelona, Premium exhibited a 

wide range of new components for 

all three established spinning processes 

– ring, rotor and compact 

spinning. They attracted considerable 

interest from customers in all 

segments served by Rieter. New 

products were developed both for 

customers in the premium quality 

segment and also to meet the needs 

of the domestic markets in China 

and India. Suessen branded components 

for the Indian market were an 

especially successful example. 

All four units of the business 

group aim through their innovations 

to develop new yarn properties, 

achieve improved utilization of raw 

material and provide cost-efficient 

retrofits for customers’ spinning 

installations. With a strong market 


spinning 

presence and a well-filled 

product pipeline, Premium 

Textile Components seeks 

to continue to extend its 

lead worldwide in the years 

to come. 

Capacity 

expansion 


aims to increase the 

proportion of direct business 

with spinning mills 

further, since this is less 

subject to market fluctuations 

than the business with 

textile machinery manufacturers. 

Demand for high quality yarns is 

also growing in the large new domestic 

markets in China and India, 

and spinning mills need to equip 

their installations accordingly. This 

is a major driver of Premium Textile 

Components’ business. In order 

to be able to supply customers 

faster and to prepare for the planned 

growth in market share and the implementation 

of future projects, 

Premium invested worldwide in the 

expansion of manufacturing and 

logistics capacity in the year under 

review. 

The crucial competitive advantage 

of the Premium Textile Components 

Business Group is its expertise in 

producing technology components 

with the highest precision and in 

very large volumes. In some cases 

Premium Textile Components’ 

companies use machinery developed 

in-house to manufacture components; 

the relevant manufacturing 

technologies are proprietary. The 

plants have comprehensive 

manufacturing know-how and 

highly qualified personnel 

with many years of experience 

and loyalty to the company. 

All crucial production processes 

are performed in-house. 

This ensures top quality, also 

in large volumes, as well as 

quality consistency, process 

control and optimal protection 

of valuable knowhow. 


develops products for 

China and India which are 

tailored to local market needs. 

These are also manufactured 

for the most part in highly 

specialized production facilities 

in Europe. 

• 


fiber 

INVISTA’s COOLMAX fabric 

brand launched in India 

INVISTA, a world leader in integrated 

fibers and polymers business and owner 

of the LYCRA fiber brand and other performance 

fiber brands, has launched its 

COOLMAX fabric brand in India. This is 

a unique performance fabric that moves 

moisture away from the body whilst enhancing 

fabric drying rate, thus keeping 

the wearer feeling cool 

and dry. The fabric delivers 

performance and comfort 

to the wearer through the 

use of polyester fibers with 

special micro channel cross 

sections that transfer 

sweat from the 

body to the outside 

very effectively. 

Realizing that “temperature regulation 

and sweat management in 

clothing is one of the growing demands 

in the country due to the tropical 

climate”, Andrew Evans, Managing 

Director, INVISTA South 

Asia, said that INVISTA is continuing 

to develop and introduce new 

technologies for the Indian market, 

and COOLMAX fabric is definitely 

going to be a valuable offering for 

Indian consumers. 

The features that make COOL- 

MAX fabric unique are: 

• Quick drying: The fabric enables 

moisture to reach the fabric’s 

outer surface where it evaporates 

quickly 

• Cool comfort: The fabric effectively 

moves perspiration away 

from the body, and through the 

fabric. The thermo regulatory effect 

of moisture transport helps 

keep skin temperature low, allowing 

the wearer to feel cooler and 

more comfortable. 

• Evaporative cooling: The multichannel 

cross sections of COOL- 

MAX fibers create a fabric with 

large surface area, versus circular 


fiber 

Mr. Simon Whitmarsh-Knight, 

INVISTA’s Global Segment Director, 

Activewear & Outdoor Apparel 

fibers. The larger fiber surface 

area, combined with proper fabric 

construction, leads to a fast rate of 

evaporation. Evaporation causes 

cooling. 

• Durable performance: The 

moisture management performance 

of COOLMAX fabric is inherent 

to the fiber structure itself; 

therefore, the performance cannot 

be washed off. 

• Support from INVISTA: Users of 

COOLMAX fibers have access to 

technical support from INVISTA 

to help them maximize the performance 

of their fabrics, as well 

as the confidence of having their 

fabrics tested by INVISTA against 

a demanding set of moisture management 

performance criteria to 

help ensure they meet or exceed 

consumer expectations. 

The performance story of COOL- 

MAX fabric is supported by the fact 

that each fabric style is tested against 

demanding performance standards 

before a COOLMAX fabric hangtag 

can be released. Huw Williams, Director, 

Global Specialties Businesses 

of INVISTA, says: “To support 

its brand promise, the COOLMAX 

fabric business is supported by a 

global technical organization that 

is staffed with specific expertise 

to ensure responsiveness to apparel 

mills, brands and retailers through a 

network of R&D, technical and textile 

engineers working at our labs to 

test the performance required in the 

brand standards”. 

On the impact that COOLMAX 

fabric has made globally, Simon 

Whitmarsh-Knight, INVISTA’s 

Global Segment Director, Activewear 

& Outdoor Apparel, observes 

that “COOLMAX fabric is 

perceived as the leading technology 

in the moisture management 

category by consumers throughout 

the world.” 

According to a survey done by 

Strategic Insights, 69 per cent of 

avid runners and 69 per cent of 

avid golfers in the US say that a 

garment with COOLMAX fabric 

is “much better” than a garment 

with another type of moisture 

management while 57 per cent 

of avid runners and 55 per cent 

of avid golfers said that COOL- 

MAX fabric makes sport garments 

“much more desirable”. 

In Europe, 90 per cent of the respondents 

agreed that clothes 

with COOLMAX fabric provide 

greater comfort and performance. 

Avinash Chandra, Marketing 

Mr. Avinash Chandra, 

Marketing Head, South Asia 

Head, South Asia, said: “We believe 

that with COOLMAX fabric 

we can add another dimension of 

cool-comfort in clothes for Indian 

consumers, which will help 

them perform better in the hot 

and humid climate that prevails in 

the country for large time of the 

year”. 

Applications of COOLMAX 

fabric are not limited to sportswear 

and activewear. It is used 

in a variety of applications ranging 

from ready-to-wear, e.g., 

denims, shirts, trousers, suiting 

and T-shirts to Intimate apparel, 

e.g., undergarments, vests, etc., 

to socks and various other garment 

types. The specialty fibers 

for COOLMAX fabric can also 

be blended with cotton, polyester 

and wool. 

• 


future trends 

Fashion trends, technical textiles 

are key industry growth drivers 

Mr. Clement Woon, CEO, Oerlikon Textile 

Demand growth, particularly for clothing and 

home textiles, is in direct proportion to increases 

in the standard of living in emerging markets such 

as India and China. The fashion industry cycles are 

setting new trends in increasingly shorter cycles. 

Another key driver is the range of innovations being 

made in the area of synthetic fibers. These fibers 

have highly distinctive characteristics and meet 

a wide variety of demands. These include resistance 

to soiling, outstanding cleaning performance, 

In 2010, according to the “Fiber Year 

2011 Report”, the textile industry 

experienced its strongest growth in 

25 years: 80.8 million tons of natural 

and synthetic fibers were produced, 6.4 

million tons or 8.6 per cent more than in 

2009, and the growth will continue. 

exceptional thermal insulation, breathability, durability and 

strength. These qualitative trends require new, innovative 

textile machines with high efficiency and flexibility. 

Although up to 85 per cent of today’s textile products 

originate from China, this powerhouse no longer produces 

solely for export: the domestic market is strong and 

is growing, and quickly. In 2000, the country 

produced only 6.7 million tons of synthetic fibers. 

In 2011, this figure rose to 30 million tons, 

or 40 per cent of worldwide production. 

How Oerlikon participates 

The major textile producers in China and 

other key producing countries such as India, 

Turkey, Pakistan and Bangladesh share a common 

challenge: rising labor, raw materials and 

energy costs mean cost-effective ways to boost 

operational efficiency must be found. Oerlikon 

Textile addresses this critical customer need by supplying 

innovative equipment and solutions. The product line includes 

the most efficient machines of their kind and ranges 

from ring and rotor spinning machines, winding machines 

and equipment for manufacturing and finishing continuous 

fibers and for producing nonwovens to systems for embroidery 

and twisting. 

Oerlikon is exceptionally well-positioned in China, the 

largest textile market in the world, and benefits from the 

continued growth in that country. The segment is managed 


future trends 

from Shanghai and therefore firmly rooted in this key 

market. This will prove ever more important if, as expected, 

certain production steps gradually relocate to 

the interior of the country and away from the coastal 

regions. 

Oerlikon Textile will especially benefit from the 

development of the textile industry in these regions 

as well as from the trend toward cutting-edge technical 

textiles with highly distinctive characteristics. 

The segment is the worldwide market and technology 

leader and will be the first to drive innovations and to 

satisfy demand. Oerlikon is the leader in melt spinning 

machines for the manufacture of synthetic fibers as 

well as in texturing machines for finishing these fibers. 

It is also the preferred partner for spinning mills that 

produce high-quality yarns from such natural fibers as 

cotton. 

The segment’s spinning and winding machines, for 

instance, offer these spinning mills significantly improved 

productivity with a lower level of energy consumption. 

The equipment’s ergonomic design also 

lowers workforce requirements and maintenance costs, 

which helps operators to be more competitive. 

Oerlikon Autocoro 8 is 25% more productive 

One of the seven innovations 

Oerlikon Textile presented 

at ITMA in Barcelona 

was the Autocoro 8. It is the 

world’s first rotor spinning 

machine with individually 

driven spinning positions. 

This revolutionary concept 

gives spinning mills exceptional 

flexibility, substantially 

boosting their productivity 

and creating savings in terms 

of energy, raw materials, logistics 

and personnel. 

The Autocoro 8 has up to 

480 spinning positions, each 

constituting a self-contained 

production unit with independent spinning and winding 

processes and integrated piecing. One of the machine’s 

most innovative features is its electro-magnetic rotor 

motor, which delivers speeds of up to 200,000 rotations 

per minute, 10 times faster than a Formula 1 engine. 

This is made possible by both the innovative drive system 

and the exceptionally high quality of component 

workmanship. 

The Autocoro 8’s high rpm makes it possible to 

achieve yarn take-up speeds of up to 300 metres per 

minute for each machine length. Since a lot of changes 

can now be carried out while running at full capacity, 

faster production speeds are possible and piecing downtime 

is eliminated. 

The Autocoro 8 provides up to 25 per cent more productivity 

than standard rotor spinning machines with 

belt drives, and is helping Oerlikon Textile expand its 

position as market and technology leader in rotor spinning 

machines. 

A number of orders for the machine were placed at 

ITMA 2011, including a major order from the Noman 

Group, the largest textile company in Bangladesh. • 


exclusive 

KM Knitwear 

emerging fastest growing 

garment manufacturer 

By Ganesh Kalidasan 

K M Knitwear, part of a Rs. 

400-crore group, was started in the 

early 1990s under the guidance and 

leadership of the veteran entrepreneur, 

Mr. K.M. Subramanian, its 

present Managing Director. KMK 

today is one of the leading manufacturers 

and exporters, exporting 

world-class textile products under 

the banner of “KMK” for the past 15 

years. 

Headquartered in the textile town 

of Tirupur, KMK is a 100 per cent 

export-oriented company concentrating 

mainly on the European subcontinent. 

Further its export capability 

is supported by its progressive 

attitude towards forward and backward 

integration. The company has 

developed a comprehensive vertical 

set-up with in-house capacities for 

all processes, from knitting to final 

garment production. 

KMK is equipped with its own 

set-up, from spinning and processing 

to finishing unit. The machinery 

line-up uses the most exclusive 

equipment sourced from the best 

vendors. The company posts an annual 

turnover well in excess of $35 

Mr. K.M. Balasubramanian, Managing Director, KM Knitwear 

million in garments. 

Throughout the company’s two 

decades of operation, it has always 

been in the forefront when it comes 

to assimilating new technologies 

and machinery into the existing facilities. 

It has cutting-edge testing 

facilities, state-of-the-art machinery 

and the capacity to produce a wide 

range of cotton yarn under the banner 

Jeyavishnu Spintex Private Ltd. 

Moreover, the management understands 

the importance of high quality 

raw material. Since the raw material 

has a direct impact on the final 

product, different cotton centres in 

India are regularly visited to evaluate 

the quality of cotton on a firsthand 

basis before procurement. 

Quality checks are carried out dur- 


exclusive 

ing every stage of production. They 

form an integral part of KMK’s 

activities. All company staffs are 

trained adequately to ensure consistent 

quality. Experienced technocrats 

are involved during every audit of 

quality, and customer quality requirements 

are adhered to strictly. 

The other ways of ensuring consistent 

quality include following the 

Bale Management System meticulously, 

thanks to the high volume 

cotton testing equipment that JVS 

has installed and usage of autoconers 

with automatic contamination 

clearers. 

A vertically integrated company, 

K M Knitwear has the necessary 

in-house facilities for all processes 

right from knitting, dyeing, printing, 

embroidering, cutting, sewing 

and up to final packing. Hence the 

company is well equipped to handle 

any kind of order with varying 

styles, designs, quantity, lead times 

and requirements while retaining 

consistent quality throughout. To 

keep pace with the latest developments 

in the industry, KMK has an 

exclusive Sample Division with an 

experienced and dedicated team. 

“High quality in the products and 

commitment to delivery schedules 

goes a long way in establishing a 

good customer-manufacturer relationship”, 

says Mr. Subramanian. 

KMK’s product range is an extensive 

ensemble of all types of 

garments. It manufactures exclusive 

knitted and woven garments 

for women, men and children and 

is well-equipped for manufacturing 

value-added items such as jackets, 


exclusive 

esses of this screen printing arena. 

The designs evolved by indulging 

in creative and fresh ideas are eyecatching 

and enthralling. 

The strong in-house production 

line of K M Knitwear with more than 

shirts, pants, shorts, ladies tops, 

blouses and skirts. 

KMK’s automated Barudan multihead 

Japanese embroidery machines 

with 124 heads elegantly handle any 

design with own punching, designing, 

applique cutting and roll fusing, 

and the company sets 

new trends with its unique 

and delicate designs, thus 

emerging as one of the 

laudable fore-runners in 

this segment. 

Its placement printing 

division provides valueadded 

processing with a 

capacity of 10,000 pcs/ 

day. Azo-free dyes and 

chemicals are utilized for 

printing. Plastisol, glitter, 

pigment, high density, 

non-PVC, foil printing and 

flocking are the part proca 

thousand machines, specializing 

in outer and inner garments, meets 

a capacity of one million pieces per 

month. Its warehouses have storage 

of 300 CBM. 

A thorough product inspection is 


exclusive 

carried out at each and every single 

stage starting from spinning. Yet 

an overall checking of garments is 

done in the finishing department to 

ensure error-free and contamination-free 

products. All the garments 

are subjected to metal detection to 

ensure removal and absence of metal 

in the final product, since the ultimate 

target is customer satisfaction 

by providing them safe and secure 

garments. 

Jeyavishnu Spintex 

Jeyavishnu Spintex Private Ltd., 

part of the KMK Group, is a vertically 

integrated spinning unit with 

stunning infrastructure and production 

capacity of 30,000 kg/day. It 

maintains uniform, incomparable 

quality from mixing of cotton to 

error-free yarn. 

It’s the first spinning unit to re- 

ceive the best four certifications 

– ISO 9001, 

ISO 14001, SA 8000 

and OHSAS 18001 

– to prove it all. The 

spinning unit works 

towards delivering 

perfect product with 

state-of-the-art housekeeping 

and maintenance. 

This is how the 

unit can take an output 

of 30 tons of quality 

yarn per day. 

The company machinery 

comprises 

36,000 spindles of LR 

spinning, 14 units of Schlafhorst 

Auto coners AC5, modern laboratory 

with Uster testing machines, 

Sieger yarn conditioning plant and 

optical contamination clearer. 

Jeyavishnu Tex Processors 

Jeyavishnu Tex Processors Private 

Ltd. is the dyeing plant that operates 

on the world’s best air-flow technology 

with a capacity of 20 tons/day. 


exclusive 

Machines 

• THEN Synergy - Germany, Air 

flow dyeing machines with integrated 

dye-house management system 

and dyes & chemical dispensing 

system. 

• Santex Santa stretch balloon padding, 

Switzerland (tubular padder) 

• Santex Santa shrink drier, Switzerland 

(open width & tubular) 

• Bianco, Italy, open width padder 

• Motex 8 chamber stenter, a German 

technology 

• Lafer compacting machine, Italy, 

(open width & tubular) 

• Datacolor, color matching system 

from the US 

• Salce laboratory dispenser, Italy 

• Mathis lab dyeing machines, 

Switzerland 

The fabric takes a dip and douse in 

this dyeing unit travelling into colour 

and temperature-controlled drying. 

Qualified chemists take care of 

the colour accuracy at the modern 

computerized laboratory. 

Social commitment 

K M Knitwear not only redefines 

fashion but also commits itself to social 

reformation. 

• The garment unit has made a 

foray into wind energy generation 

with its strong focus on the need for 

environment-friendly green power. 

• The reverse osmosis plant operates 

against water pollution by treating 

effluents of the processing unit 

completely, leaving zero discharge. 

• The company extends its arms in 

contributing to the development of 

homes for orphans, old people and 

mentally retarded children in Tirupur 

city. 

• KMK also provides free medical 

check-up to both its employees and 

the community in general. 

• KMK holds life membership in 

NIFT TEA, the knitwear fashion institute 

that makes men skilled garment 

technicians, for which it has 

been given the recognition as stateof-the-art 

garment technology unit. 

• Mr. Subramanian has started a 

charitable trust to serve the public 

in different areas, like assisting the 

poor for education, running public 

libraries, recreation centres and 

free health camps for the poor, and 

building homes for old age people 

and mentally challenged persons 

and orphanages. 

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dyeing & finishing 

Guangzhou Donghaipang relies on 

Fong’s dyeing, finishing systems 

Guangzhou Donghaipang Dyeing 

and Weaving Co. Ltd. (Donghaipang), 

established in 2001, is a 

joint venture company engaged in the 

production of superior quality fabrics 

finishing treatment. The company 

adheres to the motto of an environmental 

friendly mode of production 

with low energy consumption and 

high energy efficiency. 

Since inception, the company has 

utilized Fong’s jet dyeing machine, 

THEN’s airflow dyeing machine, 

THEN CHD chemical dispensing 

system and Monfort Fong’s stenter 

frame range. All the machines and 

systems are computerized and centralized 

with Fong’s Viewtex control 

system. 

Explaining the reason for selecting 

Fong’s product again, Mr. Li 

Zhiyong, General Manager, Donghaipang, 

said: “The reason we are 

using the full range of Fong’s machinery 

and system is that the group 

is able to provide one-stop service, 

avoiding the incompatible problem 

among hardware and software. Secondly, 

Fong’s provides comprehensive 

and accurate technical support 

and after-sales services, shortening 

the time for erection, commissioning 

and adjustment. Thirdly, CHD 

consists of central distributor, pipe 

distributor, valve, quick join, day 

tank and pipe. All parts are supplied 

by Fong’s with quality guarantee.” 

THEN CHD offers a lot of advan- 



tages. It’s simple operation, and the 

operator does not need a high level 

of computing technology. Simple 

daily maintenance requiring no special 

maintenance. The technicians 

can operate the system after short 

training. The whole process runs automatically. 

The required auxiliaries 

will be delivered on time, while the 

whole process is monitored by the 

computer. 

THEN CHD enhances the success 

rate of one-time dyeing and 

controls the loss by reducing waste. 

“It will be a global trend for dyeing 

factories transforming to automation 

mode of production. The use of intelligence 

and automation systems will 

become more and more common. 

Automation can improve the success 

of one-time dyeing rate by reducing 

the manual operation errors, which 

for example minimize the batch and 

shade differences caused by human 

error. It is easy for history checking 

as all information is stored in the 

computer. In the meantime, the tight 

control of consumption of auxiliaries 

can minimize the waste and therefore 

improve the production efficiency,” 

Mr. Li further explained. 

In 2012, numerous industry 

manufacturers are on the sidelines 

when forecasting the market trend 

of the near future, but Donghaipang 

will continue to actively work with 

THEN, besides the previous project 

of purchasing THEN CHD, they 

are now considering CKM (colour 

kitchen management system). Fong’s 

Industries aims to continuously provide 

the industry with high quality 

and comprehensive dyeing and finishing 

solutions – “One-stop Green 

Innovation”. 

The Fong’s Group has provided 

its one-stop dyeing and finishing 

complete solution & chemical 

dispensing system to Guangzhou 

Donghaipang Dyeing and Weaving 

Co. Ltd., and the latter has expressed 

its utmost satisfaction with 

the functioning of the systems provided. 

In a recent interview by Ms. Chan 

Oi Fong, Marketing Manager of 

Fong’s National, Mr. Li Zhiyong, 

General Manager of Donghaipang, 

said that his company is also interested 

in acquiring more such successful 

systems from Fong’s. 

Excerpts from the interview: 

Chan Oi Fong: How would you 



Mr. Li Zhiyong 

General Manager of Donghaipang 

deal with the more and more 

strict environmental policy? 

Li Zhiyong: We will strengthen 

our production lines to be more 

environmental friendly by continuously 

looking for solution of lower 

energy consumption production 

mode, increasing the level of automation, 

reducing emissions and at 

the same time achieving cost saving. 

C: In 2011, do you have any 

machinery investment plan, particularly 

relating to environmental 

protection? 

L: We have certain quota for machinery 

investment and installation. 

In 2011, intelligent system equipment 

was already put into service 

in response to a request. 

C: How would you forecast the 

market situation in 2012? Will 

you increase the investment on 

machinery in accordance with 

your forecast? 

L: From my point of view, I 

consider that the market situation 

would be just fair in the new year. 

We still need to be conservative and 

waiting for opportunities. We will 

continue to discuss the details with 

THEN. We have applied THEN’s 

CHD, and now we are considering 

CKM (colour kitchen management 

system). 

C: There are so many other 

overseas brands for selection. 

Why THEN CHD automatic metering 

& dispensing system was 

selected? 

L: My factory uses THEN’s airflow 

dyeing machine and Fong’s jet 

dyeing machine. Considering control 

management and auxiliaries’ 

installation, it would be more compatible 

to apply the same brand’s 

system. 

C: During the selection process, 

do you think Fong’s sales and 

technical team provided satisfactory 

services? 

L: Yes, we are very satisfied. 

C: After having adopted the 

CHD metering & dispensing system, 

would you continue to consider 

other Fong’s products and 

systems? 

L: Of course. We are now familiar 

with the operation of Fong’s 

system, therefore, it would be high 

chance for us to apply THEN’s 

CKM (colour kitchen management 

system) as well. 

C: THEN CHD is applying 

the Viewtex control system. Are 

there any operational problems? 

L: No, there aren’t any problems 

so far. 

C: Has your company been 

benefited after applying CHD in 

operation? 

L: Automation is certainly beneficial 

to the factory production 

and operation because the additives 

proportion can be more precise and 

manual operation errors can be reduced. 

C: After you have utilized 

Fong’s and Monforts Fong’s 

products for a certain period, do 

you have any suggestion on the 

machineries? 

L: Since I have known Fong’s 

and Monforts Fong’s for a long 

time, I am very satisfied with the 

services during the selection and 

consideration processes. 

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corporate 

Page Industries’ ambitious 

expansion plans in progress 

The company positions Jockey 

as a premium brand and offers its 

products across three main segments, 

i.e., men’s wear, women’s 

wear and leisure items. In 2010, 

Page Industries renewed its licence 

agreement with Jockey for 

a period of 20 years through 2030. 

The company registered 39 per 

cent growth to Rs. 529.12 crores 

in sales for the first nine months 

of fiscal 2011-12. PAT amounted 

to Rs. 72.94 crores, registering 

a growth of 60 per cent over the 

same period the previous year. 

Today, brand Jockey has its presence 

in 71 exclusive brand outlets 

and 19,000 plus retail stores 

in 1,200 cities and towns across 

India. 

This year, Page Industries has 

added another feather to its cap by 

becoming the exclusive licensee 

of Speedo International Ltd. for 

the manufacture, marketing and 

distribution of the Speedo brand 

in India. Under this agreement, 

Mr. Sunder “Ashok” Genomal, Managing Director 

Page Industries Ltd., 

which started commercial 

production at its new 

unit at Manganapalya, 

Bangalore, on March 12, 

is the exclusive licensee 

of Jockey International 

Inc. (USA) for manufacture 

and distribution of 

the Jockey brand innerwear/leisurewear 

for 

men and women in India, 

Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, 

Nepal and the UAE. 


corporate 

Page Industries will introduce a 

range of Speedo products, including 

swimwear, water shorts, apparel, 

equipment and footwear. 

While the agreement came into 

effect from July 1, 2011, all the 

product categories will be available 

on the shelves from April 

2012. 

Mr. Sunder “Ashok” Genomal, 

Managing Director, Page Industries, 

says: “Speedo is the 

No.1 brand and product choice 

for swimmers around the world. 

While swimwear in India is still 

at a nascent stage, the prospects 

for this category are exciting. 

We are proud to partner with 

this brand and are sure that with 

Speedo’s product technology and 

marketing leadership, juxtaposed 

with our expertise in manufacturing 

and distribution, will do wonders 

to our partnership”. 

Page Industries expects sustainable 

volume growth of 25-27 

per cent for the next four-five 

years. It has witnessed revenue 

growth of 40 per cent in the last 

five years on the back of strong 

volume growth. The main growth 

drivers are change in consumer 

behavior and increasing brand 

aspiration on the back of higher 

disposable income leading to a 

shift from the unorganized to the 

organized sector. The company 

currently has 20 per cent market 

share in the segment in which it 

operates. 

Page is planning to expand its 

capacity from the current 109 

million pieces to 133 million 

pieces by December next to support 

high volume growth. It proposes 

to spend Rs. 35 crores for 

capacity expansion in 2012-13. 

Page has expanded its retail 

shop reach and exclusive retail 

outlets (EROs) from 13,000 

and 40 in 2007 to 20,000 and 72 

presently. Currently the large 10 

metros account for 50 per cent 

of sales. However, the company 

is seeing higher growth in nonmetro 

cities. 

The Rs. 150 billion innerwear 

industry in India is witnessing 

rapid growth, especially premium 

and super premium, led by 

discerning consumer preference 

shifting to branded innerwear 

driven by rising income levels, 

urbanisation, increasing awareness 

and higher penetration of organized 

retail. 

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knitting 

Terrot is one of the leading 

manufacturers of 

electronically and mechanically 

controlled circular 

knitting machines worldwide. 

It even defends its position in 

the development and production 

of specialized machines 

and is counted among the 

most important members of 

the group “Schüring and Andreas”. 

Terrot is looking forward to its 

150th anniversary in 2012. Exactly 

150 years ago, on April 16, 1862, 

Charles Terrot founded the Terrot 

plants together with the merchant 

Wilhelm Stücklen. With a knowhow 

of 150 years experience and its 

innovations Terrot has made fundamental 

contributions to the development 

of the worldwide textile industry. 

Since Terrot’s start-up on June 1, 

2006, and its strategic reorientation 

the company combines its traditional 

values like superior quality, innovative 

engineering solutions and 

consequent customer orientation 

with the demands of the global markets. 

Its 205 employees develop and 

produce innovative products and 

support the manufacturing site in 

Chemnitz with customized services. 

With more than 50 global cooperating 

representatives, own subsidiaries 

and service centres, Terrot 

supports its customers with a market-oriented 

portfolio and a comprehensive 

know-how to create the best 

solutions for commercial and technical 

challenges. 


knitting 

With its focus on trend-setting 

technologies, highest quality, flexibility, 

a long-term oriented portfolio 

and finance strategy and the defined 

objective to become a worldwide 

leading manufacturer of circular 

knitting machines, Terrot will further 

expand profitably. 

The product range 

Terrot recently presented six innovative 

new products and also 

further developed circular knitting 

machines out of the current product 

range. 

S296-2 Open Width 

D-Frame, 30” E50 

The S296-2 offers outstanding 

flexibility and efficiency in the production 

of different stitch structures 

with up to four needle tracks. Its 

ideal distribution of 102 feeds over 

32” diameter is proven in practical 

day-to-day operation. 

SCC6F548, 30” E36 

The striper technology in singlejersey 

has already a very long tradition 

at Terrot – up to 6 colours stripping, 

in addition to the combination 

of 3-way technique and the new 

development fine gauge E36, opens 

new trends in fashion. 

UCC572, 30” E40 

The stringent standard of quality 

and reliability of Terrot machines 

achieve its culmination with its Jacquard 

machine series. The ceramic 

PIEZO selection elements form the 

electronic-mechanic interface which 

reliably implements the knitting information 

even with extremely fine 

machine gauge at high speeds. 

UCC572T, 34” E16 

The production of transfer fabrics 

on the latest developed Electronic- 

Jacquard machine UCC572-T offers 

highest production output at utmost 

efficiency. 

UP592M, 38” E20 

The latest developed mini-jacquard 

model UP592M stands out 

by its appliance in the cost-efficient 

production of mini-jacquard mattress 

ticking. The combination of 

a high number of feeders and machine 

speed allows a never before 

achieved output. 

I3P284-1, 30” E40 

This latest development of the 


knitting 

8-lock model I3P284-1 in fine gauges 

E40 – E50 offers a wider range 

in knitting structures. Thus rib and 

interlock stitch formations can be 

combined to new fabric structures. 

Terrot circular knitting machines 

are especially developed with respect 

to the market demands, energy 

efficiency and performance. These 

machines show an increase in efficiency 

of up to 50 per cent. 

F132-AJ is the name of the new, 

trend-setting Terrot development, 

the Terrot direct spin-knit process 

– the new dimension of fabric knitting. 

The Terrot F132-AJ direct spinknit 

process uses an air jet spinning 

system. It does not mount the rovings, 

clearing or drafting units or 

indeed spinning nozzles on the knitting 

machine. Instead it has a creel 

type arrangement on three sides of 

the machine which house the complete 

rovings to spinning process. 

In other words, yarns are spun by 

the side of the machine and then fed 

to it in a more “normal” way. The 

F132-AJ spinning unit can be fitted 

to all Terrot single-jersey and 

double-jersey machines. The direct 

spin-knit system is even suitable for 

high system densities and large diameters 

(of up to 120 feeders) and 

can be used in gauges from E20 to 

E36. 

The spinning system which is 

modular can be fitted with 24, 32 or 

40 spinning heads per unit and has 

an integrated flyer, integrated fluff 

removal and integrated monitoring 

process. 

The fabrics have a top quality feel 

and look, a soft handle and good 

dyeability with rich colours. Elastane 

plaiting is also possible with the 

new Terrot system. 

The F132-AJ has a speed factor of 

up to 600 (20 rpm, 30”) and unfinished 

fabric output of up to 360 kg 

/ 24 hours (20 rpm, 30”). The new 

procedure offers a remarkable customer’s 

benefit with respect to 33- 

40 per cent less required space, up to 

50 per cent energy savings, up to 30 

per cent less investment costs and up 

to 50 per cent less production costs. 


knitting 

Historic 

developments 

With the foundation of the Terrot plants in 1862, Charles Terrot was laying the foundation 

for a great idea that has lost none of its topicality. 

1862 

Together with the entrepreneur Wilhelm Stücklen, 

Charles Terrot founded the Terrot plants. Working 

under extremely difficult technical conditions, he produced 

his first circular knitting machines, which quickly 

conquered the market. 

1871 

The 500th Terrot machine for knitted underwear made 

of wool and cotton was awarded the silver wreath. 

1887 

The passing years saw the advent of a new generation 

with Charles’ two sons, Ernst and Franz Terrot, as well 

as his son-in-law August Freund joining the business. 

The company’s rapid development led to further expansion 

of the high performance fast-running double-sided 

loop plush, ajour patterns, lacework and striped fabrics. 

1891 

The first small-diameter circular knitting department 

was founded in Bad Cannstatt and the latest “American 

circular knitting machine for the automatic production 

of seamless hosiery” was launched. These machines 

soon gained international reputation and were known 

for their reliability and precision which had already 

come to be associated with the name Terrot. 

1903 

After the death of Charles Terrot, the business continued 

to prosper in the hands of his two sons, Karl and 

Ernst, now trading under the name of C. Terrot Söhne. 

1944 

The advent of war took its toll on the company fortunes, 

reducing the Terrot factories to a pile of rubble on 

the night of October 20, 1944, and destroyed the work 

of three generations. 

1946 

With united effort, work began on rebuilding the Bad 

Cannstatt site. New production halls were built for universal 

circular knitting machines, whose new patterning 

possibilities opened up new markets the world over. 

1955 

World markets continued to be dominated by newly 

developed models such as the FR and FMP, featuring 

what was the very latest transfer device for underwear 

manufacture. 

1968 

The 1000th machine type FPM and FM left the factory 

in 1967. Outerwear fabrics could be produced in line 

with market demand and with the fashion of the day using 

mechanical jacquard needle selection. A short time 

later one of the first machines with film band control 

for large pattern repeats was launched with the model 

RMA. 

1973 

The company’s leading position in terms of quality 

and output led to increased demand for new machines to 

produce outerwear, such as the J3PN and J3P148. 


knitting 

1974 

Fine machine gauges were launched to meet the demands 

of the fashion world for outerwear. The I3P models 

in gauges E28 and E32 satisfied the demand of the 

new trend. 

1977 

Terrot Strickmaschinen GmbH went on to demonstrate 

its experience and expertise with a range of new 

developments over this period, such as the type UMT 

and the high-performance interlock machine I1108. 

1982 

A new 4-colour striper, developed to provide outstanding 

productivity and reliability, proved a resounding 

market success in conjunction with the machine 

model S4F196. 

1988 

Take-over of the circular knitting machine manufacturer 

Sulzer Morat in Filderstadt served to further reinforce 

the company’s market position, extending the 

product range with electronically controlled circular 

knitting machines and special high pile machines for 

imitation fur production. 

1993 

Following the reunification of East and West Germany, 

the company took over the former “Chemnitzer 

Strickmaschinenbau” knitting machine production. 

There followed a heavy program of investment in buildings 

and machinery, bringing the plant in line with the 

very latest technological standards. 

1995 

Take-over of Albi in Taiflingen. Three new machine 

models were added to the product range: The models 

APL-E and APL-2 for jacquard and plain plush, and the 

RFRM2 for bodywidth production with selvedge. 

1996 

Around 30 different large-diameter circular knitting 

machine models opened up new fields of application for 

electronic and mechanical single and double jersey, for 

modern outerwear and underwear, sport and leisurewear 

as well as technical textiles and for the automotive sector. 

1999 

Terrot exhibited the first wide wind-up frame circular 

knitting machine to the international public at ITMA in 

Paris. 

2002 

As part of a fundamental organizational restructuring 

program, production and assembly facilities were 

concentrated at the Chemnitz / Saxony location with 

capacity for around 1,000 machines a year. The company 

headquarters encompassing sales and marketing, 

customer services, research & development and administration 

remained in Stuttgart – Bad Cannstatt, with a 

workforce of 350. 

2004 

Terrot develops the world’s first ultra-fine single jersey 

circular knitting machine with a gauge of E46 and 

thus keeps pace with rapidly changing market trends. 

2006 

Start-up of Terrot GmbH in Chemnitz. Terrot is under 

a new German ownership, managed by Peter Schüring 

as the representative of the principal shareholder. 

2007 

With only one year as preparation time since the startup, 

Terrot is already able to show five innovations at 

ITMA, among which notably was a mattress machine 

with unreached productivity and flexibility. 

2008 

Mr. von Bismarck is appointed as further General 

Manager. He already was in a managerial capacity since 

the start-up of Terrot and affirms as the son of Mr. Peter 

Schüring the authentic and long-time commitment of 

the new owners. 

2010 

Four years after the strategic reorientation of the company, 

Terrot achieved a new peak in order. The company 

expects an increase in sales of about 40 per cent on 

the basis of the previous year’s turnover. Especially the 

fast growing demand from China, India, Brazil, Turkey 

and East Europe have had a remarkable impact on this 

boom. 

2011 

At ITMA 2011 Terrot presented itself with six innovative 

circular knitting machines out of the current product 

range and showed an excellent selection of totally new 

and further developed machines. The exhibited machines 

chosen in the course of the fair corresponded in 

the best way to the present market requirements and the 

current customer demands. 

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knitting 

Elbit Vision Systems Ltd., a global leader in the field of automatic in-line 

optical web inspection and quality monitoring systems, has sold a first IQ- 

TEX 4 to Liba Maschinenfabrik GmbH. The sale follows the execution of a 

framework agreement with Liba in November 

2011 for the sale, commissioning 

and maintenance of EVS 

automatic visual systems 

to Liba, as part 

of Liba’s solution 

for its existing 

customer base. 


knitting 

Mr. Sam Cohen, EVS CEO 

Mr. Sam Cohen, EVS CEO, said: 

“Liba customers will be able to enjoy 

the state-of-the-art solutions 

by EVS to increase efficiency and 

productivity in the manufacturing 

process, using EVS leading product 

IQ-TEX 4. IQ-TEX 4 is a fully integrated 

image acquisition & processing 

system built on EVS’ proprietary 

Smart Vision Camera (SVC) 

platform. This latest EVS innovation 

utilizes high resolution color 

line scan technology and enhanced 

Defect Sorting Algorithms (DSA), 

to achieve unparalleled defect detection 

and interpretation”. 

With the capability to detect defects 

spinning 

Spun Yarn Systems 

accounts for 81% of 

Rieter’s sales in 2011 

Rieter’s Spun Yarn Systems 

develops and manufactures 

machinery and 

systems used to convert 

natural and man-made 

fibers and their blends 

into yarns. The business 

group generated sales of 

861.7 million CHF in the 

2011 financial year and 

accounted for 81 per cent 

of Rieter’s total sales 

with 3,594 employees. 

Order intake of 775 million CHF 

by the Spun Yarn Systems Business 

Group in 2011 was 36 per cent lower 

than a year earlier (1,217.9 million 

CHF). Sales by Spun Yarn Systems 

were 28 per cent higher at 861.7 million 

CHF. Demand was broad-based 

across market regions. 

Customers in more than 45 countries 

ordered integrated installations 

or single machines. Spun Yarn 


Systems has a product range that is 

unique worldwide and a strong sales 

and service organization. 

Both the company’s own units and 

its agents are firmly established in 

the individual countries. The main 

markets were China, Turkey and 

India. Substantial orders were also 

received from other Asian countries 

as well as from Brazil and the US. 

Spun Yarn Systems scored a particular 

success with the C 70 card 

and with products that had been 

developed specifically to meet the 

needs of the large Asian markets. 

These include the G 32 ring spinning

spinning 

machine, the R 923 semi-automatic 

rotor spinning machine and the RSB 

D 22 drawframe, with which Rieter 

also successfully prevailed over local 

competitors. 

High inventory levels, flagging 

sales and declining yarn prices, as 

also the political upheavals in the 

Arab countries, unsettled customers 

in the second six months, and 

this resulted in order postponements 

and cancelations. On the other hand, 

Spun Yarn Systems was able to 

work off its very full orderbooks 

and shorten delivery terms, which 

had lengthened enormously during 

the boom in 2010 to a normal 

level. Spun Yarn Systems still had a 

healthy level of orders in hand as at 

the end of 2011. 

The business group substantially 

increased its output in the year 

under review and reported disproportionately 

strong growth in profitability. 

Good capacity utilization 

and continuous improvements in 

manufacturing costs enabled Spun 

Yarn Systems to almost double the 

operating result before interest and 

taxes in the year under review from 

42.4 million CHF to 81.2 million 

CHF. 

New innovative products 

Spun Yarn Systems presented an 

innovative product portfolio at the 

ITMA textile machinery exhibition 

in Barcelona, featuring a series of 

new products that are very important 

for the spinning process. These 

included the Varioline blowroom 

line, the C 70 card, the RSB-D 45 

drawframe, the R 60 fully automated 

rotor spinning machine and sensors 

developed in-house for quality 

assurance of the yarns. 

The J 20 airjet spinning machine, 

the production series of which was 

launched at ITMA, attracted particular 

attention. The airjet spinning 

process enables high productivity 

to be combined with low yarn manufacturing 

costs with good quality 

and novel yarn properties. These 

open up a wide range of possibilities 

in downstream processing and 

for end-products. 

Spun Yarn Systems is developing 

products with a good price/ 

performance ratio combined with 

good quality of the yarns produced 

in order to meet the needs of the 

large domestic markets in China 

and India. However, the familiar 

strengths of the Rieter brand with 

its long tradition are also increasingly 

in demand in these markets. 

These include low energy consumption, 

good raw material utilization 

and reliable automation of the machines, 

which enable customers in 

China and India to counteract the 

growing shortage of skilled spinning 

mill personnel. 

Spun Yarn Systems’ product 

pipeline is well filled and ensures 

that important innovations will 

continue to come to the market in 

the years to come. In the field of 

fundamental development Rieter 

co-operates worldwide with universities, 

research institutions, strategic 

partners and key suppliers. 

Expanding global 

presence 

In the year under review Spun 

Yarn Systems systematically pursued 

localization of products and 

alignment of its organization to 

the needs of major markets. This 

included construction of another 

facility in Changzhou (China) and 

expansion of the Wing and Koregaon 

Bhima sites in India. 

In both China and India Spun 

Yarn Systems implemented additional 

process improvements and 

systematically further expanded the 

development, manufacturing and 

sales organization. This included 

recruiting local personnel for key 

positions. Rieter also has a good 

reputation as an employer at its 

Asian locations. 

Spun Yarn Systems also invested 

in Winterthur Machine Works and 

the Czech facility to increase productivity. 

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spinning 

Anyone seeking financial success today must think ecologically, produce 

sustainably and be efficient and sparing with energy and resources. This 

trend can be exploited satisfactorily, especially in the textile industry 

where production and marketing of natural cotton fibres are involved. 

A megatrend supports the initial 

arguments for this. Population, industrialization 

and prosperity are 

growing in emerging markets such 

as China and India. The huge energy 

requirement in these textile production 

centres pushes up global energy 

consumption. Estimates suggest that 

this will rise by around a third from 

over 500 to 700 quadrillion btu (one 

btu = 1 055.05585 joules) by 2030. 

At the same time, climate change 

and related global protection agreements 

are putting brakes on the utilization 

of fossil fuels, resources of 

which could be exhausted anyway 

in the foreseeable future. Nuclear 

power has only a limited future following 

the nuclear reactor catastrophe 

in Fukushima, while alternative 

renewable energy sources such as 

solar power and wind energy must 

first become better established economically. 

These dynamics are making energy 

more expensive, causing local 

supply bottlenecks and amplifying 


spinning 

the trend towards 

energy saving and 

the use of suitable 

technologies. 

Global textile 

machinery manufacturers 

such as 

Oerlikon Textile 

were quick 

to recognize this 

and introduced 

the “e-save” energy 

efficiency 

programme way 

back in 2004 

(www.e-save.oerlikontextile.com). 

Machines bearing 

this label now 

save significant 

energy compared 

with similar rival 

machines or older 

product generations. 

Other innovations 

are also 

being designed 

logically with a view to maximising 

efficiency and productivity and 

are market leaders for the most part. 

One big advantage of energy-intensive 

textile production is that if the 

manufacturing costs of a finished 

textile fabric are considered, energy 

is responsible for around a quarter 

of all the resources used, including 

work, production means and consumables. 

Cost reduction and sustainability 

are necessary in the textile industry 

for natural fibres for other reasons 

too. In view of the historical price 

explosion for cotton last year, the 

global textile industry is adjusting 

to a higher average price level in future. 

In addition, forecasts indicate 

that the global acreage under cotton 

cultivation can only be enlarged to 

a limited extent due to the delimitation 

of usable agricultural areas to 

guarantee the supply of food and 

water. Both of them additionally 

weaken cotton in the competition 

with the markets for polyester and 

viscose, which are growing stronger 

anyway. 

On the other hand, cotton should 

and can exploit its attractiveness as 

a natural fibre better now, because 

surveys prove that consumers regard 

natural fibres above all as environmentally 

friendly textiles, but not 

synthetic fibres. The sector has already 

reacted to this. In the space of 

four years, the production capacity 

for organic cotton has increased globally 

from 20,000 tonnes to 141,000 

tonnes, for instance. Major textile 

dealers are now also establishing 

corresponding eco-labels to a growing 

extent. 

Studies suggest that over 60 organizations 

are now offering more 

than 75 eco-programmes and labels. 

For example, 2,800 participants in 

54 countries are certified as complying 

with the globally recognized 

minimum standard for natural textiles, 

GOTS (Global Organic Textile 

Standard; source: The Fiber Year 

2011). 

Attention is focused more strongly 

on such socially significant ecological 

challenges following environmental 

disasters such as in 2011 

in Japan or in 2010 in the Gulf of 

Mexico. Studies for Germany show 

that suitable sustainable action is 

an increasingly important factor for 

success on many levels. 

For example, around 38 per cent 

of German companies that adopt a 

particularly sustainable business approach 

have increased their operating 

result (EBIT) for 2009 and have 

a better EBIT than their competitors. 

For 47 per cent of managerial staff, 

the adoption by a company of an ecologically, 

socially and economically 

responsible approach to business is 

a crucial or very important factor in 

their choice of employment. And in 

2013 it will be important or very important 

to 76 per cent of customers 

and employees that companies take 

an ecologically correct approach. 

Companies like Oerlikon that subscribe 

to the principles of economic, 

ecological and social sustainability 

are thus on track for lasting business 

success. 

Oerlikon is a leading high-tech 

industrial group specializing in machine 

and plant engineering. It is a 

provider of innovative industrial 

solutions and cutting-edge technologies 

for textile manufacturing, drive, 

vacuum, thin film, coating and advanced 

nanotechnology. 

A Swiss company with a tradition 

going back over 100 years, Oerlikon 

is a global player with more 

than 17,000 employees at over 150 

locations in 38 countries and sales 

of CHF 4.2 billion in 2011. The 

company invested in 2011 CHF 213 

million in R&D, with over 1,200 

specialists working on future products 

and services. In most areas, the 

operative businesses rank either first 

or second in their respective global 

market. 


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DyStar offers complete color 

management solutions 

For most major apparel 

brands and retailers, 

management of color 

from design to delivery 

or from inspiration to realisation 

is a complex and 

time-consuming task. 

Color palettes change on a more 

or less frequent basis depending 

on whether it is fashion apparel, 

sportswear or lingerie that 

is produced. For retailers with independent 

brands or department 

management it is often the case 

that separate palettes are required 

to cover babywear, women’s fashion, 

men’s fashion, sports or casual 

clothing, etc. Color is a crucial element 

of brand identity and consumer 

appeal. It’s important to create 

unique color stories for your brand, 

but it’s also essential not to miss the 

latest color trends picked up from 

the fashion and fabric shows from 

Shanghai to San Francisco, from 

Stockholm to Singapore. 

Now a whole new set of sustainability 

issues have been added in on 

top of the existing requirements of 

brands and retailers as they seek to 

build customer trust and meet stakeholder 

expectations. No longer do 

they only have to care about what 

is made but also how and where it 

is made. The need for traceability 

and transparency in supply chains 

is driven primarily by consumers, 

legislators, NGOs, the media and 

investors. Social networking, smart 

phones, apps, blogs and tweets have 

built instant connectivity around 

the globe so that bad news travels 

fast. When you mess up, you can’t 

keep it under wraps any more. 

So now you also have to worry 

about the carbon footprints and water 

footprints of your products, and 

understand the difference between 

Life Cycle Assessments and Product 

Lifecycle Management. Knowing 

who is in your supply chain and 

what they contributed to your product 

is becoming the major challenge 

of the 21st century. 

Three common failures can be 

very easily identified: 

• Wrong color – color failures 

cost time and money 

• Damage to Brand Integrity – 

potential damage to reputation and 

stock price 

• Unhappy customers – lose brand 

loyalty and tell their friends 

So how can DyStar help? 

DyStar has a unique approach 

to the textile supply chain. It not 

only works with brands and retailers 

at the design and specification 

stages of product development 

but also with the mills that process 

the fabrics that are required to 

meet the shade, fastness and ecological 

requirements of any given 



product line. 

What are the elements of the 

DyStar offer? Color Solutions International 

creates color inspiration, 

communication and realisation 

tools for many or the best known 

apparel retailers and brands in the 

fashion and sportswear sectors. 

CSI provides detailed recipes for 

each of the individual engineered 

color standards which use dyes and 

chemical auxiliaries covered by 

DyStar econfidence commitment. 

econfidence from DyStar ensures 

that for every product on the range 

there is an eco specification in 

place to check for the most likely 

chemical contaminants which may 

be subject to legal or commercial 

prohibition or restriction. It is the 

DyStar commitment to keeping undesirable 

hazardous chemicals out 

of customers’ supply chains. DyStar 

offers the highest standards of 

hazard communication at a global 

level so the wet processing mill has 

access to the same level of data, no 

matter where in the world it is located. 

Where a brand or retailer has an 

RSL or is required to operate in 

compliance with REACH or CPSIA 

requirements, for example, then 

DyStar can select recipes based on 

RSL-compliant and REACH preregistered 

products from its global 

ranges, and CSI produces fully ecocompliant 

standards. 

Through its sustainable Textile 

Services, DyStar assists brands & 

retailers in the communication of 

their RSL requirements back up the 

supply chain by means of joint vendor 

seminars and training, factory 

audits and individually-tailored 

product evaluation documentation 

describing the suitability of DyStar 

products in meeting the requirements 

of the RSL. The service 

support to mill customers ensures 

that they are using Best Available 

Technology for wet processing using 

state-of-the-art products from 

DyStar designed to reduce the environmental 

impact of the coloration 

and finishing processes. 

DyStar is committed to helping 

the whole of the textile supply 

chain achieve its sustainability objectives. 

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finishing 

Lectra cut order planning solves 

Arvind’s technical problems 

Mr. Ashish Kumar, CEO 

Arvind Ltd., the third largest producer of denim in 

the world, also specializes in finished denim garments 

for major international brands and its own local labels. 

Manufacturing at multiple sites in Bangalore, Arvind 

currently exports more than 600,000 units per month. Its 

manual processes, however, have been counterproductive 

to the company’s growing success, causing delays, 

production errors, and waste. 

To improve operations, increase production capacity, 

integrate process, save materials and enhance productivity, 

Arvind chose to implement Lectra’s Optiplan cut 

order planning solution alongwith Lectra’s Diamino- 

FashionExpertPro marker-making solution. 

Arvind now enjoys all the benefits of automated processes 

as well as Lectra’s shared expertise. Lectra’s automated 

development and production solutions have 

enabled the company to meet its challenges faster and 

more effectively. 

Arvind was facing significant challenges in cutting 

room planning at its various sites. Excess fabrics and 

fabric shortages were causing major inefficiencies in 

production. Organization of cutting order was not optimized, 

leading to wasted time and resources. 

The company came to Lectra, seeking to improve 

the operations level, increase efficiency, reduce material 

consumption and enhance productivity in various 

departments by using sophisticated technology, ideally 

through creation of a centralized cutting facility. 

The solution 

Lectra’s business specialists carried out a process analysis 

of Arvind’s manufacturing processes. They studied 

the existing methods used and detected production bottlenecks. 

After a thorough evaluation, Lectra proposed 

an integrated solution, including the DiaminoFashion- 

ExpertPro marker-making software and Optiplan Expert 

cutting room planning software, which would be a powerful 

complement to a new centralized cutting facility. 

“We are extremely happy with the support received and 

the quality of the partnership developed with Lectra,” 

says Mr. Ashish Kumar, Arvind’s CEO. 

Uncentralized planning and inefficiencies 

Before acquiring Lectra, Arvind was working with a 

manual planning and marker-making system at its various 

sites, with each production site handling its own 

cut-order planning separately. With the arrival of each 

customer order, individual operators would input production 

order information into separate Microsoft Excel 

files. The corresponding marker combinations would be 

drawn up by the operator as well, often estimated from 

similar markers used previously. 

Meanwhile, Arvind’s fabric laboratories would estimate 

the amount of fabric needed for each order based 

on approximations of markers, and they would ship the 

amount of fabric to the production site according to their 


finishing 

Mr. Anil Kumar, CAD Manager 

calculations. 

One operator in each production site would then plan 

the cut order according to the fabric delivery and the 

printed-out Excel sheets. The system was time-consuming 

and prone to error, and it was heavily reliant on 

guesswork and approximated estimations. The lack of 

automation throughout the manufacturing chain meant 

that nearly the entire process had to be performed manually. 

The result was sometimes too much fabric, sometimes 

not enough, halted production, unused cutting 

machines, last-minute outsourcing to other companies, 

and, in an effort to get the best product yield from excess 

fabric, thousands of overstocked jeans that ended 

up getting stored in the warehouses and occasionally 

sold to employees at cost. 

Lectra’s cutting room combination 

Lectra’s solutions specialists evaluated Arvind’s 

process and concluded that the company should plan 

and optimize production orders centrally using Lectra’s 

Optiplan Expert in combination with its automatic 

marker system, DiaminoFashion. The amount of fabric 

necessary for each order was reduced, and the amount 

of fabric ordered became precise – a two-way gain on 

fabric use, with waste dropping to a strict minimum. 

Furthermore, overstocks were eliminated, meaning 100 

Mr. Ashok Chandru, Head of Operations 

per cent of the products were being delivered to customers 

for profit. 

In addition, the powerful combination of Diamino- 

Fashion with Optiplan Expert meant that Arvind was 

able to maximize efficiency based on expert planning 

that takes markers, orders and fabric availability into 

consideration. Through Lectra’s solutions, Arvind was 

able to not only see each marker individually, but see 


finishing 

whole sets of markers that are necessary to produce 

an order, allowing them to optimize cutting order and 

planning as well as fabric consumption. 

Having implemented Lectra’s solutions, Arvind 

became integrated, automated, and transparent 

with a fully centralized, efficient process. With 

a 2% gain in fabric plus the elimination of overstocks 

– and calculated fabric savings of up to 

$850,000 a year – the company considers Lectra’s 

solution to be the most efficient in the industry. 

It’s also one of the most user-friendly, according 

to Arvind’s CAD Manager, Mr. Anil Kumar. “The 

implementation was done smoothly. Lectra’s solutions 

are quick to learn and easy to work with”, he 

says. 

Optiplan, a true control tower 

Optiplan Expert has helped Arvind change the 

ratio planning from manual to automatic. They are 

able to generate a detailed print report of section 

planning and fabric details for production. 

Optiplan has facilitated Arvind’s ordering and 

fabric stocks by providing precise instructions at 

each step of the planning process. This has helped 

optimize the process and enabled the company 

to share information among multiple production 

sites. 

“Optiplan has significantly improved the organization 

and efficiency of our cutting room operations,” 

says Mr. Ashok Chandru, head of operations, 

systems and process control. 

Excellent support 

Lectra’s expert solutions specialists have accompanied 

Arvind’s evolution every step of the 

way with constant advice, support and knowledge. 

Their industry experience, combined with a keen 

understanding of Arvind’s unique needs and the 

efficacy of their training and implementation, has 

helped Arvind adjust to its new system with ease. 

“The integration of Lectra’s technology into our 

processes plays a major role,” says Mr. Ashish Kumar. 

“It enables us to reduce fabric consumption 

in marker planning and significantly improves the 

organization and efficiency of our operations.” 

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SDL Atlas’ advanced 

drying rate tester 

launched 

The drying rate of fabrics is an important measurement 

for many garment applications, especially for 

performance fabrics. The SDL Atlas drying rate tester 

now gives retailers, fabric manufacturers and textile 

additive producers a consistent method of measuring 

the drying rate 

of a fabric. This 

device can be 

used independently 

to find a 

drying rate or in 

conjunction with 

the SDL Atlas 

Moisture Management 

Tester 

(MMT) in order 

to obtain a more 

complete understanding 

of the moisture management properties of a performance 

fabric. 

The device has the following salient features: 

• Digital balance: Mettler Toledo, model AL204, 

max capacity: 210g, resolution: 0.0001g 

• Real time plot of “dry percentage vs. time” and 

“sample weight vs. time” 

• Result calculation of “dry percentage” and “dry 

rate” 

• Communication protocol: TCP/IP, able to connect 

through the local area network 

• Provision of 150 x 150 mm sample rack, able to 

position upward or horizontally 

The SDL Atlas Group of companies offers the largest 

range of textile testing products, supplies, consumables 

and services available from a single source. 

With its own offices in the US, Hong Kong and China, 

plus agents in over 100 countries, the group is ready 

to support its customers anywhere in the world. • 


environment 

March 22 was celebrated as the World Water Day, 

and the Spanish company Jeanologia that specializes 

in garment finishing has asserted that G2 

is a water-friendly technology contributing to 

conservation of this natural resource. Already 

over 150 machines throughout the world 

are saving 15,000,000 litres of water daily, 

sufficient to provide 75,000 people 

with enough water per day. Enrique 

Silla of the company says that “by 

2015, with the sales forecast of 

G2 technology, we will be 

saving enough water for 

a staggering 10,000,000 

people per day”. 

Consumption of water 

per person per day 

is based on an average 

of 200 litres, which 

includes drinking, 

personal hygiene and 

household use such 

as washing clothes 

and home cleaning. 

Bern Kolb, CEO of 

the prestigious Think 

Thank Club de Marrakesh, 

has stated that in 2030 

demand of water for human 

consumption will be 40 per cent 

more than that of today. This constitutes 

an enormous challenge for industry, 

especially textiles. This is the reason why Jeanologia, a 

company highly conscious of the environment, has developed 

all its technologies ethically, ecologically and 

efficiently. The company is especially sensitive to the 

lack of water and is preparing to launch another new 

technology, E-Soft, based on nano-bubbles which treats 

garments to soften them with minimal water usage and 

virtually no residues. 

E-Soft transforms the air in the atmosphere into nanobubbles 

which allows 98 per cent water saving, along 

with a reduction of 79 per cent in energy and 80 per cent 

in chemical products. E-Soft makes garment softening 

possible without using water or chemical, allowing a 

considerable saving in energy compared to traditional 

processes. 

Enrique Silla has further stated that Jeanologia 

has been able to pass on its ethical and ecological 

value to important labels that are now using 

the technology on their garments. Levi’s 

are using it on their “waterless” jeans. The 

chain store Jack & Jones has used it 

with its “Low Impact Denim”, Pepe 

Jeans London used it to launch 

its free water line “True Blue”, 

and the Italian label Replay 

not only uses the ozone but 

also the Jeanologia laser 

technology. The multinational 

Hindu Klran 

has launched its “Saving 

Water” collection 

using G2 machinery. 

Jeanologia counts 

not only on its e-Soft 

technology. In 2009 

it launched its highly 

successful eco-friendly 

washing machine 

G2, which uses oxygen 

+ ozone to “fade” jeans 

and sport garments, which 

processes textiles without water 

or chemicals. 

Moreover, Jeanologia has also 

promised to help those less fortunate by donating 

a proportion of its profits to projects in Africa 

to give fresh drinking water to villages which currently 

have no access to this vital comfort. The year 2011 saw 

the digging and construction of Jeanologia 1 + 2, fresh 

drinking water wells in Zogo, one of the poorest areas of 

Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso. 

Enrique Silla is really grateful to all clients and customers 

of Jeanologia for using the G2 technology to 

help reduce water usage throughout the world and 

thanks them also for helping to bring clean fresh water 

to the the villages in Africa. 

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garments 

Technopak Apparel Forum focus on 

lean manufacturing, best practices 

Mr. Ravi Katyayan, Principal Consultant, Apparel Operations, Technopak, making the key note 

presentation on “Lean Manufacturing” 

The Technopak Apparel Forum 

(TAF), 2012, was conducted on 

March 24 at the Fortune Park Klassik, 

Ludhiana, with its theme “Pursuing 

Manufacturing Excellence”. It 

had its special focus on implementing 

lean manufacturing and best 

practices in the apparel industry. 

The event was attended by representatives 

from the key players in the 

apparel industry, including Reebok, 

Vardhman, Eve Line International, 

Gini & Jony, Arihant International, 


R.B. Knit Exports, KOC Industries 

and SGS. 

The workshop started with the 

welcome speech by Mr. Amit 

Mishra, Associate Director, Apparel 

Operations at Technopak. This was 

followed by the keynote presentation 

on the current buzzword in the 

manufacturing set-up, “Lean Manufacturing”, 

by Mr. Ravi Katyayan, 

Principal Consultant at Technopak, 

and assisted by Mr. Chandrark 

Karekatti, Consultant at Technopak. 

A detailed roadmap was presented 

on the various aspects of lean 

manufacturing along with its implementation 

in garment factories. The 

concepts of single piece flow, justin-time, 

continuous improvement, 

error proofing, and Right First Time, 

among others, were explained in detail. 

The presentation also explained 

exactly how the various tools and 

processes can be applied to apparel 

industries. The concept of best practices 

that help transform factories

garments 

Mr. Amit Mishra, Associate Director, Apparel operations, Technopak, interacting with the audience. 

into world class manufacturing facilities 

was also discussed. 

Adequate and optimum utilization 

of people, processes and technology 

to generate best results was advised. 

The next session focused on a 

structured approach to ‘Quality Improvement 

Process’. The session 

was addressed by Mr. Amit Mishra. 

The thought process of the delegates 

was brushed up through detailed 

discussion on how to improve the 

quality and reduce the cost of poor 

quality. 

The key advantages of a quality 

improvement programme, like reduced 

non-conformance, improved 

workplace, defect perception standardization, 

improved process flows, 

systems and MIS were discussed. 

A structured cost-benefit analysis 

was also presented on the benefits 

to overall business. A case study 

of Technopak’s implementation of 

quality improvement programmes 

across factories in India was also 

shared. 

The second half of the forum was 

focused on inputs on the current 

global apparel scenario taken by 

Mr. Amit Mishra. Discussions were 

held on how the apparel industry has 

been shaping up in the last decade 

and how it can be further pushed 

towards greater heights. The emphasis 

of the discussion was on how 

the industry is poised as of now, the 

challenges it is facing and the key 

success factors that could take it 

forward. The challenges discussed 

included manpower shortage, maintaining 

profitability, scale of modernization, 

external competition, 

and low technology base and order 

quantities. 

Insights were shared on how to 

beat the cost factor, rebuilding a 

strategy based on product competitiveness, 

market diversification, 

advancements in technology and 

building self-sustaining and process-driven 

systems. 

The final session was addressed 

by Mr. Ravi Katyayan on the topic 

‘Skill Development in Apparel Industry’. 

The discussion focussed 

on the relevance and significance 

of skill development as key driver 

for industry growth. Technopak’s 

contribution to the industry through 

SEAM projects was highlighted. 

The upcoming project to be implemented 

by Technopak on ‘Integrated 

Skill Development’ under the 

aegis of MoT was also briefed upon. 

Adequate stress was laid on the importance 

of recruitment, training 

and retention strategies. 

The Technopak Apparel Forum, 

Ludhiana, is a part of the workshop 

series that addresses key challenges 

for the apparel industry. It was well 

received by the industry participants. 

The next forum of TAF series 

is planned in Dhaka in April. • 


texprocil meet 

Texprocil Export Awards cover more 

product categories this year 

The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion 

Council held the Texprocil 

Exports Awards 2010-2011 in 

Mumbai on March 5. 

Newer opportunities are knocking 

at the doors of the Asian textiles industry 

in terms of growing domestic 

market and also exports to the 

neighbouring countries which are 

emerging as significant textile producers. 

The textile export sector in 

India is often referred to as one of 

the mainstays of the economy, given 

its potential to drive substantial employment 

growth and wealth creation. 

Whilst the world is trying hard to 

tide over the economic uncertainties, 

many of the Indian exporters 

braved the situation, adapted themselves 

to the changes and emerged 

successful. The Texprocil Export 

Awards 2010-2011 honoured these 

enterprising entrepreneurs who 

turned challenges into opportunities. 

Since 1975-76, the year of its institution, 

the awards aim to highlight 

the very best and, indeed, India’s 

world-class cotton textiles capabilities 

and acknowledge the best 

amongst Indian exporters who have 

achieved and sustained excellence 

through a balanced mix of diligence, 

perseverance, foresight and dedication 

required to develop a successful 

exporting organization. 

Mr. Amit Ruparelia, Chairman 

of the Council, in his welcome address, 

complimented the award winners 

despite the recent uncertainties 

faced by the industry. He also commended 

the active role played by 

the Government in mitigating the 

adversities faced by the exporting 

community. 

In his special address, Mr. V. 

Srinivas, Joint Secretary, Ministry 

of Textiles, who was the Chief 

Guest of the function, commended 

the Council for all its efforts to promote 

Indian cotton textiles in all its 

splendor. 

He also referred to the event the 

Council organised in Australia, 

which was commended both by the 

participants and the Embassy officials 

in Australia. He also compli- 



List of Award winners for 2010-2011 

Highest global exports 

Top Exporters Award 

Welspun Global Brands Ltd 

Special Gold Bed linen/bed sheets/quilts 

Alok Industries Ltd 

Silver 


Gold 

Trident Ltd 

Bronze 


Silver 

Top Exporters Award 

Indo Count Industries Ltd 

Bronze 

Yarn 

Counts 50s and below 

Terry Towels 


Gold 

Nahar Spinning Mills Ltd 

Gold 

Trident Ltd 

Silver 

Vardhman Textiles Ltd 

Silver 

Sharadha Terry Products Ltd 

Bronze 

Nagreeka Exports Ltd 

Bronze 

Other made-ups 

Counts 51s and above 

Asian Fabricx Private Ltd 

Gold 

Premier Mills Pvt Ltd 

Gold 


Silver 

Kikani Exports Pvt Ltd 

Silver 

Intermarket (India) Pvt Ltd 

Bronze 

Sree Narasimha Textiles Pvt Ltd Bronze 

Merchant Exporters’ Award 

Processed yarns 

Winsome Textile Industries Ltd Gold 

Yarn 

Kikani Exports Pvt Ltd 

Gold 


Silver 

Nagreeka Exports Ltd 

Silver 

Nahar Spinning Mills Ltd 

Bronze 

Lahoti Overseas Ltd 

Bronze 

Fabrics 

Grey 

Fabrics 

The Asian Traders (India) 

Gold 

Loyal Textile Mills Ltd 

Gold 

Gulabdas & Co 

Silver 


Silver 

Atlas Exports (India) 

Bronze 

Nitin Spinners Ltd 

Bronze 

Special Achievement Award 

Bleached/dyed/yarn dyed/printed 

Yarn 


Gold 

Premier Mills Pvt. Ltd. 

Gold 


Silver 

Fabrics 

The Asian Traders (India) 

Bronze 

Loyal Textile Mills Ltd. 

Gold 

Denim 

Arvind Ltd 

Gold 

Madeups 

Welspun Global Brands Ltd. 

Gold 

Raymond UCO Denim Pvt Ltd Silver 

K G Denim Ltd 

Bronze 

mented the Chairman and his team 

at Texprocil for their untiring efforts 

towards promoting exports of cotton 

textiles. 

The function was presided over by 

Mr. A.B. Joshi, Textiles Commissioner, 

who joined the Chief Guest 

in distributing the awards to the winners. 

Mr. Manikam Ramaswami, Deputy 

Chairman, Texprocil, proposing 

a vote of thanks, expressed his 

gratitude to all the participants and 

the award sponsors, Welspun Global 

Brands Ltd. and Alok Industries 

Ltd. 

The main event of the evening 

was distribution of the prestigious 

Texprocil Awards honoring excellence 

in export performance during 

2010-2011. The 42 Awards covered 

various categories recognising excellence 

in exports of specific product 

groups within the overall categories 

of yarn, fabrics and made-ups 

such as: 

Cotton yarn: Counts 50s and 

below, counts 51s and above, and 

processed yarn. 

Cotton fabrics: Grey, bleached/ 

dyed/yarn dyed/printed, and denim 

Cotton made-ups: Bed linen/ 

bed sheets/quits, terry towels, and 

other made-ups 

There were also Awards given in 

the specific product categories, three 



Special Awards in the Merchant Exporter 

Category, and one each in the 

category of cotton yarn, cotton fabrics 

and cotton made-ups. 

The expansion of the scheme of 

awards from 1993-94 covered the 

Special Gold Trophy for Highest 

Global Exports, common to all categories 

to honour the single most 

meritorious export performer. The 

highest award was the Gold Trophy 

in all categories, except the Highest 

Global Export Award where it is the 

Special Gold Trophy. 

Release of publication 

The hi-tech publication with an 

eye on the latest available technologies 

has included the Quick Response 

(QR) code that allows easy 

access to the directory of Indian cotton 

home textile exporters. All that 

is required is a download of QR- 

Apps on a smart phone and the suppliers 

of home textiles are a ‘click’ 

away. 

Additionally, a large pull-out depicts 

the textile map in India for easy 

reference of the international buyers 

aiming to source home textile 

products from the country. A free 

Release of the first edition of Texprocil publication titled “Indian Cotton Home Textiles: An 

Evolution of Evergreen Elegance” 

The highlight of the Awards function, 

apart from the Awards presentation, 

was the release of the first edition 

of Texprocil publication titled 

“Indian Cotton Home Textiles: An 

Evolution of Evergreen Elegance!”. 

The product catalogue on Home 

Textiles styled as a Coffee Table 

Book (with 200 pages, hardbound 

and presented in a slip case) was 

published by the Council with the 

support received under the MAI 

Scheme of the Union Ministry Commerce 

& Industry. The book showcases 

the naturalness of evergreen 

cotton as it redefines lifestyles, living 

up to its credentials as white 

gold with a green heart. 

The publication projects India’s 

cotton home textiles, made-ups and 

furnishings as modern, contemporary 

lifestyle products, well illustrated 

with world class photography, 

styling, concise content writing, extensive 

editorial research, excellent 

graphic designing, quality paper and 

printing. 

multi-media CD accompanying the 

book includes a short film on cotton 

home textiles from India along with 

a product display menu presenting 

the gist of the book. 

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corporate 

Cummins completes 50 years 

of consistent growth in India 

Mr. Anant J. Talaulicar, 

Managing Director, Cummins Group in India 

Cummins, the leading manufacturer 

of engines, generators and related 

components and technologies, 

completed 50 years of its operations 

in India on April 11. 

From a humble beginning in 1962, 

when it started as a joint venture in 

India operating one manufacturing 

plant in Pune, in its 50th year, 

Cummins has grown to incorporate 

eight legal entities (including those 

affiliated) which collectively operate 

20 manufacturing facilities and 

employ close to 14,000 individuals 

across as many as 200 locations 

in the country. These eight entities 

are Cummins India Ltd., Cummins 

Generator Technologies India Ltd., 

Cummins Technologies India Ltd., 

Cummins Research & Technology 

India Ltd., Fleetguard Filters Pvt. 

Ltd., Tata Cummins Ltd., Valvoline 

Cummins Ltd., and KPIT Cummins 

Infosystems Ltd. 

Mr. Anant J. Talaulicar, Managing 

Director, Cummins Group in India, 

said: “Completing fifty glorious 

years evokes a great sense of pride 

for not only all of us in India but also 

the larger Cummins family across 

the world. With combined sales of 

$2.3 billion in 2011, our businesses 

in India continue to grow profitably 

at double-digit rates. Cummins in 

India is the sub-continent’s largest 

diesel and natural gas engine and 

generator manufacturer, and with the 

megasite project fully underway at 

Phaltan, we are strongly positioned 

to achieve our future growth targets 

of becoming a $7 billion group in 

five years. With a collective base of 

14,000 employees in four wholly or 

majority-owned and four joint venture 

entities, we are privileged to 

have grown significantly as an employer 

of choice in our sector in the 

country.” 

In keeping with Cummins’ philosophy 

of diversity in the workplace, 

the company has also endeavored 

to realize a greater representation 

of women in its overall employee 

strength and has catapulted the percentage 

of women employees across 

its product businesses from five per 

cent in 2005 to 25 per cent in 2011. 

Cummins aims to further grow this 

number to 30 per cent by the end of 

this year and to 50 per cent by 2015. 

Over the last five decades, Cummins 

has not only expanded its business 

but also played a significant 

role in corporate responsibility. The 

Cummins India Foundation (CIF), 

incorporated in 1990, channelizes 

the company’s CR initiatives to- 


corporate 

wards serving and improving the 

communities in which its businesses 

are located. It focuses on higher 

education, energy and environment 

and local community infrastructure 

development. 

Cummins has emerged as a key 

player in supporting technical education 

in the country. It helped set up 

the Cummins College of Engineering 

for Women (CCEW) in Pune 

and Nagpur and partners with various 

ITIs. At CCEW, the Mechanical 

Engineering course for women 

is the first and only one of its kind 

in India. Over the last two decades 

the college has established itself as a 

strong brand. 

“We are very committed to our vision 

of ‘making people’s lives better 

by unleashing the Power of Cummins’. 

We have been and aim to be 

a good citizen of India. We look forward 

to strengthening our partners 

and communities and continue to 

grow from strength to strength while 

staying rooted to the company’s vision, 

mission and six core values 

of integrity, innovation, delivering 

The 50-year historic journey 

1962 Formation of Kirloskar Cummins Ltd., now Cummins India Ltd., 

headquartered in Pune with manufacturing facilities in Kothrud, 

Pirangut, Daman, Pune – Nagar Road, Lonikand and Phaltan. 

1967 Formation of Cummins Diesel Sales & Service India Ltd., now 

Cummins Sales and Service India, a part of Cummins India Ltd. 

1987 Formation of Fleetguard Filters Pvt. Ltd., headquartered in Pune, 

with manufacturing facilities in Pune, Hosur and Jamshedpur. 

1989 Formation of Newage JV with Crompton, now Cummins Generator 

Technologies, headquartered in Pune with manufacturing 

facilities in Ahmednagar and Rangangaon. 

1993 Formation of Tata Cummins Ltd., headquartered in Jamshedpur 

with manufacturing units in Jamshedpur and Phaltan. 

1994 Formation of Tata Holset Ltd., now Cummins Technologies India 

Ltd., headquartered in Pune with manufacturing facilities in Dewas, 

Pithampur and Phaltan. 

1998 Formation of Valvoline Cummins Ltd., headquartered in Delhi with 

its manufacturing facility in Mumbai. 

2002 Formation of KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. (Pune). 

2003 Formation of Cummins Research & Technology India Ltd. (Pune) 

superior results, diversity, global 

involvement and corporate responsibility,” 

added Mr. Talaulicar. 

C u m - 

mins in India, 

a power 

leader, is 

a group of 

complementary 

business 

units 

that design, 

manufacture, 

d i s t r i b u t e 

and service 

engines 

and related 

technologies, 

including fuel 

systems, air handling, filtration, 

emission solutions and electrical 

power generation systems. Its technology 

and pioneering initiatives are 

bringing innovative solutions and 

dependable services at the best possible 

value to users across the country. 

Its high performance outlook is 

based on customer focus, integrity 

and capability of its people. 

Part of the $18.05 billion Cummins 

Inc., Cummins in India is a 

group of eight legal entities across 

200 locations in the country with a 

combined turnover of Rs. 10,500 

crores in 2011 and employing close 

to 14,000 persons. 

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events 

Texfair 2012 

Textile Product Show attract 

over 40,000 trade visitors 

Texfair 2012, the seventh edition of 

the Textile Machinery, Accessories, 

Spares & Equipments Exhibition, 

was held at the CODISSIA Trade 

Fair Complex in Coimbatore during 

March 2-5. Over 150 exhibitors displayed 

their products and services at 

the 170 stalls. 

The exhibitors were manufacturers/distributors/ 

service providers of textile machinery, spares, accessories, 

testing equipments, electrical and electronic 

components, etc. Manufacturers/suppliers 

from China, Japan, Germany, etc., also exhibited 

their products and services. 

Coinciding with TEXFAIR, the Association had 

organized the Textile Product Show, a maiden 

event, for all the four days. Around 20 textile 

mills participated in it. Most of the mills were 

from Tamil Nadu and the products ranging from 

yarn to fabric were displayed. The others displayed 

yarn and cloth made from organic cotton, 

viscose, blended yarn, open-end yarn, slub yarn, 

fancy yarn, etc. 

Many spinning mills which have gone in for 

forward integration presented their products like 

knitted cloth, woven cloth and varieties of home 

textiles. A few mills introduced branded varieties 

which attracted huge gatherings. 

A unique feature of the show was the presence 

of 40 powerloom owners from Sholapur who 

visited the stalls and made enquiries about yarn 

availability and quality, etc. Powerloom owners 

and weavers from Somanur, Palladam, Erode, 

Tiruchengode, Namakkal and Salem also visited 

the stalls. 

Seminars were organized on March 3 and 4 at 

the same venue. The topics for discussion were 

“Energy Conservation and Power Planning” by 

Power House, “Energy Savings in Energy Compressors” 

by Elgi Equipments Ltd., “Natural Gas 

Supplies through Cochin-Bangalore-Mangalore 

pipeline” by Gas Authority of India Ltd., “Gasbased 

Captive Power Generation” by Sterling 

& Wilson Ltd., and “Stalemate to Stability – A 

breakthrough Lean DFSS Solution for Textiles” 

by the Indian Statistical Institute. 

Texfair 2012 and Textile Product Show attracted 

over 40,000 business trade visitors. CEOs and 

top executives from mills also visited the expo 

which helped the mills in incorporating the latest 

developments. It also helped the exhibitors get 

more new business contracts, apart from renewing 

the existing ones. 

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training 

DMI workshop on direct-to-garment 

screen printing well attended 

DMI’s first exclusive, comprehensive workshop on 

direct-to-garment textile screen printing process 

with live demo was successfully conducted by Bhargav 

Mistry, Director of DMI, an industry initiative 

of Grafica Flextronica, a manufacturer and exporter 

of screen printing machines and allied products. 

Over 40 participants from India’s textile and garment 

industry attended the workshop held on April 

5, 6 and 7. Interestingly, barring a couple of participants, 

the rest said that this was their first-ever 

workshop on garment printing. 

“I was overwhelmed by the enthusiasm 

of the participants on all 

the three days,” said Bhargav while 

commenting on the objective of the 

workshop. 

As a part of the workshop practical, 

T-shirts with different designs 

were screen-printed using nanoprinTex. 

The objective of the live 

demo was to demonstrate the print- 


training 

Mr. Bhargav Mistry, Director, DMI 

ing techniques of CMYK process 

colour, spot separation, high density 

and special effects (glitter and silver 

effects) using water based and plastisol 

inks. There was also live demo 

of the textile heat transfer printing. 

At the theory sessions, Bhargav 

covered the entire gamut of screen 

printing, such as file handling, designing, 

pre press, right method of 

screen making techniques needed 

to achieve higher quality in printing, 

techniques of direct-to-garment 

printing using advanced machines, 

drying/curing process, high quality 

inks and chemicals, etc. 

In the feedback forms, the participants 

said they found the right 

solutions and tips at DMI for some 

of their major problems such as prepress, 

management, screen exposing, 

half-tone printing, lower productivity 

and poor quality, screen 

choke up, dot gain, problem in registration, 

moiré problem, 4-colour 

printing, lack of standardisation, 

colour separation, spot colour printing, 

mesh selection, lack of technical 

knowledge of inks, chemicals 

and consumables, rejections, wastage, 

labour issues, lack of clean environment, 

lack of knowledge about 

drying/curing methods, and manual 

screen printing. 

“I think these numerous problems 

reflect how direct-to-garment screen 

printers (both manual and machine 

users) suffered for so many years in 

the absence of proper guidance and 

knowledge. I think knowledge in 

textile screen printing technique is 

much needed to take Indian garment 

export to a greater height,” said 

Bhargav during his presentation. 

“We for one have taken up the 

challenge to impart advanced screen 

printing knowledge for direct-togarment 

screen printers, garment 

manufacturers, exporters and buying 

houses,” he added. 

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events 

ACIMIT hosting ITMF Workshop 

this year 

To organise conference in India on May 8 & 10 

The International Textile Manufacturers 

Federation (ITMF) will 

be holding its Textile Machinery 

Workshop & Dinner 2012 in Milan 

on April 19. The event is organized 

in a different country every 

year, and the Association of Italian 

Textile Machinery Manufacturers 

(ACIMIT) will co-host this year’s 

event at its Milan headquarters. 

The workshop will deal with the 

current status of the global textile 

and textile machinery industry and 

its future prospects. There will be 

participation in it by the ITMF Executive 

Board as well as a significant 

number of leading textile machinery 

manufacturers from around 

the world, especially from Italy. 

“The ITMF Textile Machinery 

Workshop & Dinner 2012 is a 

unique opportunity for high-level 

representatives of leading international 

textile machinery companies 

and honorary officers of ITMF to 

meet and discuss the views and expectations 

of the global textile and 

textile machinery industries. The 

presentation of the preliminary results 

of ITMF’s International Textile 

Machinery Shipment Statistics 2011 

and additional presentations provide 

the ideal basis for in-depth discussions 

and analyses”, says Mr. Bashir 

Ali Mohammad, ITMF President. 

Mr. Sandro Salmoiraghi, ACIMIT President 

Mr. Sandro Salmoiraghi, ACIMIT 

President, commented: “It’s important 

to have events such as these 

where different operators in the textile 

sector can meet to discuss and 

find solutions to the issues facing 

global markets. We’re absolutely 

delighted to be hosting this ITMF initiative, 

and we’re certain that it will 

provide many of our manufacturers 

participating with an opportunity to 

draw comparisons with the world’s 

most prominent textile players.” 

Hosting the workshop also provides 

ACIMIT with an opportunity 

to give substance to its recent decision 

to join ITMF as an associated 

member. 

“ACIMIT gives priority to developing 

more frequent relations with 

all of the different players in the textile 

sector,” says Mr. Salmoiraghi. 

“At a global level, Italy’s textile machinery 

industry is one of the major 

partners for many textile manufacturers. 

Virtually every country with 

a textile manufacturing presence 

has Italian machinery installed in 

its factories. Thanks to the development 

of these relationships, we can 

strengthen Italy’s leadership position 

as a technology supplier in the 

textile industry.” 

ACIMIT represents around 300 

companies employing close to 

12,400 people and producing machinery 

for an overall value of 

about 2.7 billion euros, with exports 


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amounting to 80 per cent of total 

sales. The quality of Italian textile 

technology is evidenced by the high 

number of countries in which Italian 

machinery is sold: around 130 countries 

worldwide. 

Creativity, technology, reliability 

and quality are the characteristics 

which have made Italy a global 

leader in manufacturing textile machinery. 

Founded in 1904 and headquartered 

in Zurich, ITMF is an international 

association for the world’s 

textile industries, dedicated to keeping 

its worldwide membership constantly 

informed through surveys, 

studies and publications and through 

organization of annual conferences 

and meetings, participating in the 

evolution of the industry’s value 

chain and publishing considered 

opinions on the future trends and international 

developments. 

India Conference 

ACIMIT, the Association of Italian 

Textile Machinery Manufacturers, 

is organizing two important 

workshops in Mumbai and Ichalkaranji, 

reflecting Italian response to 

strong demand for technology by 

the Indian textile industry. 

India is the world’s 

second largest market 

in terms of value 

for textile machinery 

imports amounting 

to 1.11 billion euros. 

Italian technology is 

especially in demand. 

In fact, 133 million 

euros worth of Italian 

textile machinery was 

sold to India in 2011, 

a 19 per cent increase 

compared to the previous 

year. 

“Our companies 

have been observing 

developments in 

India for some time 

now,” states Sandro 

Salmoiraghi, ACIMIT 

President. “Business 

opportunities have 

multiplied, particularly 

in recent years, 

owing in part to the 

incentives set by the 

Indian authorities to 

promote modernization 

of the local industry.” 

To meet this growing demand for 

‘Made in Italy’ textile machinery, 

ACIMIT is organizing two important 

workshops with Indian textile 

manufacturers. Mumbai and Ichalkaranji 

will play host the workshops 

to be held on May 8 and 10, 

at which various Italian machinery 

manufacturers will be presenting 

their latest technology proposals. 

The Italian machinery manufacturers 

taking part in them include 

Canalair, Cs Automazione, Fimat, 

Flainox, Itema, Jaeggli Meccanotessile, 

Ptmt, Smit and Testa. 

The ACIMIT workshops are part 

of the “Machines Italia in India” 

program financed by the Ministry 

for Economic Development, which 

has entrusted the organization to the 

Federation of Italian Manufacturers 

of Capital Goods. 

“Machines Italia in India” is an 

initiative aimed at supporting the 

internationalization activities of 

businesses in the sector, which is 

currently experiencing most intense 

economic development anywhere in 

the globe. 

ACIMIT represents around 300 

companies employing close to 

12,400 people and producing machinery 

for an overall value of 

about 2.7 billion euros, with exports 

amounting to 80 per cent of total 

sales. The quality of Italian textile 

technology is evidenced by the high 

number of countries in which Italian 

machinery is sold: around 130 countries 

worldwide. Creativity, technology, 

reliability and quality are the 

basic factors that contribute to Italy 

emerging a global leader in textile 

machinery manufacturing. 


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events 

Over 1,230 exhibitors to join 

ITMA Asia + CITME 

Mr. Stephen Combes, President, CEMATEX 

The current economic uncertainties have not dampened 

demand for space at the third ITMA Asia + CITME 

exhibition to be held at the Shanghai New International 

Expo Centre (SNIEC) from June 12 to 16. The show 

is organised jointly by CEMATEX and its Chinese 

partners – the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT 

(CCPIT-Tex), China Textile Machinery Association 

(CTMA) and the China International Exhibition Centre 

Group Corporation (CIEC). 

Said Mr. Stephen Combes, President of CEMATEX: 

“Response to this year’s combined show is beyond our 

expectations. The strong demand for space attests to the 

effectiveness and popularity of the combined show as 

well as the resilience of the textile and textile machinery 

industry. We already had a long waitlist for space by the 

deadline for applications, and therefore made the decision 

to book the remaining space available in the venue 

to enable us to accommodate around 80 companies on 

our waitlist.” 

With the additional 6,000 sq. metres of exhibition 

space, the show will now gross over 132,000 sq. metres, 

30 per cent larger than the previous event in 2010. More 

than 1,230 exhibitors from 27 countries and regions will 

take part in it. 

Mr. Wang Shutian, CTMA President, said: “Interest 

in the combined show remains extremely strong, especially 

from Chinese textile machinery manufacturers. 

As China’s textile industry continues its transformation, 

the demand for advanced machinery and technology is 

on the rise. This is also reflected in the current uptrend 

in textile machinery trade.” 

The latest statistics from China Customs reveal that 

China’s textile machinery foreign trade registered a 

year-on-year growth of 25.6 per cent to reach $7.6 billion 

in 2011. Of this amount, exports contributed $2.25 

billion while imports chalked up $5.36 billion. 

In the lead-up to ITMA Asia + CITME 2012, visitor 

promotional efforts are gathering momentum. Earlier, 

overseas promotional activities were held in Bangladesh, 

India and Russia. Visits to Vietnam, Pakistan and 

Indonesia have been scheduled. In China, an intensive 

roadshow covering Fujian, Guangdong, Henan and 

Shandong provinces is underway. 

Travel package by Inorbit Tours Pvt. Ltd. 

Inorbit Tours Pvt. Ltd. has been organising group travels 

overseas for the Indian textile industry for over 35 years. 

The Indian visitors to the forthcoming ITMA Asia & CIT- 

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for a comfortable and rewarding visit to the events. 

For details, contact: Mr. Om Prakash, Director, 

Inorbit Tours Pvt. Ltd., Tel: 022-24229281 / 09821719940 

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men at the helm 

K.K. Maheshwari elevated as M.D., Grasim 

The Board of Directors of Grasim Industries Ltd. of the Aditya Birla 

Group has appointed Mr. K.K. Maheshwari as the Managing Director 

of the company. 

Speaking on this development, Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman, 

Grasim, commented: “Over the years, Mr. Maheshwari has made 

stellar contributions to the Group in the leadership roles across businesses 

that he has led. While I am pleased to announce this elevation, 

the move to appoint a Managing Director for Grasim will help give a 

greater focus to the company. Given Mr. Maheshwari’s expertise and 

experience, I am sure Grasim will achieve even higher growth and 

further enhance stakeholder value.” 

In an interesting career spanning over three decades, Mr. Maheshwari 

has held senior roles, including leading the Group’s chemicals and 

trading business globally, and as whole-time Director of Aditya Birla 

Nuvo as well. He was transferred to Grasim in April 2010 as Business 

Head, Pulp & Fibre Business and was named whole-time Director of the company. 

Mr. Maheshwari is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

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New Business Manager for Karl Mayer Malimo 

Mr. Jochen Schmidt, who has 

been with Karl Mayer for almost 10 

years, has been appointed new Business 

Manager of Karl Mayer Malimo 

Textilmaschinenfabrik GmbH 

with effect from April 1. 

Mr. Jochen Schmidt has his roots 

in the technical sector. His training 

as an industrial mechanic was followed 

by the study of precision engineering 

in Frankfurt. After working 

in development at Heraeus in 

Hanau he came to Karl Mayer in 

2002 and found his niche there. 

Mr. Schmidt had his first post in 

the ‘Central Construction’ division, 

where he was responsible for looking 

after basic machine components 

as head of department. At the end of 

2005 he took over the ‘International 

Business Development’ sector in order 

to co-ordinate and lead machine 

projects across the groups. From 

2008 he added the technical leadership 

of Karl Mayer (China) to this 

position. 

Now Mr. Jochen Schmidt is looking 

forward to further challenges in 

Chemnitz. In his third position in the 

group of companies, he would like to 

develop the high-value technological 

products in the future-oriented 

business sector further in a creative 

manner and to continue developing 

the chosen path as the system supplier 

with an eye on customers. 

In addition, the integration 

of the technical 

textiles business sector, 

including the production of composites 

machines and weft-insertion 

warp knitting machines more firmly 

into the Karl Mayer Group is a task 

to which Mr. Jochen Schmidt brings 

a great deal of experience. Because 

of his wide-ranging activities he has 

a knowledge of the specifics and the 

structures, and also knows many 

colleagues at Karl Mayer locations 

worldwide. 

Now, in order to settle down in 

Chemnitz, he will set up a second 

domicile in the Saxon industrial city. 

Working on site, personal contacts, 

and settling down in the region will 

be important to the native of Baden- 

Württemberg. 

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