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22 gleanings from press Clariant awarded the EU Ecolabel for its Advanced Denim Illustration Collection Clariant has become one of the fi rst companies to be awarded an EU Ecolabel (Certifi cate number: ES- CA/016/007) for denim, in recognition of the sustainability benefi ts of its Advanced Denim process. The EU Ecolabel, also known as the “EU Flower label”, is considered one of the highest certifi cations, acknowledging that all stages in the production of a fi nished article have met the EU’s stringent environmental protocols. Award recognizes Clariant’s groundbreaking innovation in sustainable denim production for textile industry. Clariant, global textiles solutions provider, developed its own denim prototype clothing collection, working with a textile mill and laundry, in order to demonstrate that achieving Ecolabel certifi cation for denim is a practical reality with its Pad/Sizing-Ox dyeing technology. Problems associated with traditional denim fabric production have contributed towards making Ecolabel certifi cation for denim diffi cult to attain. Clariant’s new Advanced Denim technology has simplifi ed the fi nishing World Cotton Production to Decline Next Season Cotton experts have lowered their estimates for cotton production for next season as falling prices lead farmers to focus on alternative crops-but say rising mill use and lower cotton prices could fuel a rebound in world cotton trade. colour chronicle 2 | 2012 and dyeing of a fabric that accounts for some 14% of global cotton production. In the conventional denim indigo dyeing process, the fabric passes through a line of 10 to 14 vats, depending on the equipment used. Clariant’s Denim-Ox process brings this sequence down to 4, and its Pad/Sizing Ox reduces this further to just 1 vat. Both methods utilize the company’s Diresul ® RDT dyes, which generate a broader spectrum of shades than usually associated with conventional indigo dyes but without its environmental problems. An environmental revolution is possible – with Clariant’s Advanced Denim It has been calculated that if Clariant’s new Advanced Denim technology were adopted in the production of 25% of jeans worldwide, it would save 62 million m 3 of water/year, the equivalent of the water consumption of 1.7 million people. The new chemistry available would also eliminate the need to treat 8.3 million m 3 /year of wastewater, 220 million kWh of power would be saved and the carbon footprint of the industry in CO 2 emissions reduced accordingly. Added-value Advanced Denim process supports industry’s global fashion trends and efficiency goals. “We needed to show our partners in the denim production chain that our new process could fundamentally improve their own environmental credentials and their ability to promote and market them,” says Miguel Sanchez, head of global PL dyes in the Textile Chemicals business unit of Clariant. “The EU Ecolabel endorsement illustrates that the Advanced Denim process is an essential element for those denim manufacturers who wish to benefi t from the retail and consumer benefi ts that fl ow from Ecolabel status.” The forecast from inter-governmental group the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) comes after cotton prices jumped to a record high of US$1.64 per pound in 2010/11, but dropped sharply in the current season. For the fi rst time in three years, it says, the crop is less attractive than the main alternatives. As a result, the Secretariat projects global cotton area to fall by 8% in 2012/13 to 33.3m hectares and production to drop by 6% to 25.1m tons. Cotton production is expected to decline in most large producing countries, with the exception of the US, Uzbekistan and Australia. However, after two seasons at depressed levels, global cotton mill use is forecast to start again in 2012/13 – providing there is a recovery in global economic growth that boosts purchases of textiles products and consumption of raw fi bers. Largely driven by demand in Asia, global cotton mill used could rise by 3% in 2012/13 to 25.0 m tons. Together, rising mill use and lower cotton prices could fuel a rebound in world cotton trade in 2012/13. Imports and expected to jump by 9% to 8.4m tons. As global production and consumption are expected to roughly balance in 2012/13 global cotton stocks are forecast to increases only slightly, to 11.6m tons. Textile machinery firms line up at ITMA Asia 2012 Despite the current global economic slowdown, leading textile machinery manufacturers around the world are still attracted to prospects offered by the world’s largest textile producer China. This can be seen from the overwhelming response received by the combined textile machinery show, ITMA ASIA + CITME 2012, which will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from 12 to 16 June 2012. India: Textiles & other clusters will increase India-Africa trade The core sectors of cooperation which will be explored by IABC are Agriculture, including Agro-processing, Manufacturing, pharmaceutical, Textiles, Mining, Petroleum & Natural Gas, Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Service, Gems and Jewellery, Banking, Financial Service (including microfi nance), Energy, Core Infrastructure including Roads and Railways. The council met later in the day. During the meeting, the Cotton Technical Assistance Programme in the C-4 Countries (Burkina Faso, Benin,
Chad, and Mali), Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda were also launched. The Technical Assistance Programmer in the cotton sector is an initiative of the Government of India under the umbrella of the ‘India-Africa Forum Summit’ towards helping the abovementioned cotton growing countries of Africa to build capacity, technical expertise and thereby competitiveness in the fi eld. IL&FS Cluster Development Initiative Limited is the Project Management Agency for implementing the project. Clariant Steps up innovation and expansion strategy in flame retardants With demand for safer, more environmentally-compatible materials in smartphones, tablets and laptops, showing a steady increase, Clariant steps up its support for the electrical and electronics (E & E) industry with capacity expansion and a pioneering manufacturingeffi ciency advance for non-halogenated fl ame retardants. The speciality chemicals expert is adding a third production unit for its Exolit OP non-halogenated fl ame retardant at its site in Hurth-Knapsack, near cologne, Germany. It is the latest phase in Clariant’s on going capacity expansion for its phosphinate-based fl ame retardant product line, which has become a well-established halogen free alternative to brominated fl ame retardants for engineering thermoplastics and other polymers in electric and electronic equipment. Government bans cotton exports with immediate effect The Directorate General of Foreign Trade has banned the exports of cotton from India, the second largest producer and exporter of the commodity with immediate effect, reports said. The move extends to expert for which registration certifi cates have already been accepted. “Export against registration certifi cates already issued will also not be allowed” Feedback ? Send your suggestions/entries to rajendra.gode@clariant.com Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited www.clariant.in DGFT’s notifi cation said. India has already exported 9.4mn bales (1bale=170kg) in the current marketing year (October to September), higher than Government estimates of 8.4mn bales. Reports said that contracts were signed for exports of 10-12mn bales, including the shipped amount. “The decision to ban further exports took into account the trend of domestic consumption and depletion of domestic availability” the Union Ministry of Textiles said in a statement. Availability has reduced to less than the production levels of 2009-10, and also reduced the carry forward fi gure below the advisable inventory level, it added. Higher export than anticipated in cotton season 2010-11 reduced the expected carryover of stock for the current cotton season 2011-12, from 4.83 bales estimated by the Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) to about 3.3mn bales. Protect textiles firms by reserving 2.5mn cotton bales: AEPC Unlike china, the textiles industry is facing exceptional hike of cotton prices and scarcity of cotton as India dose not have the policy of keeping cotton reserve. The surplus in cotton exports from India to China is creating a negative impact in the industry. A total cotton export in the current year has been more than 85% which has been shipped to China. The reason for China importing a huge quantity of cotton from India is to increases their cotton reserve to offset the price fl uctuation in future and also to maintain a regular cotton supply to the textiles mills. Tirupur gets SGS testing Facilty SGS India, a leader in the inspection verifi cation, testing and certifi cation services, announced that the company has recently inaugurated a new lab in Tirupur to serve the Knit city’s textile and home textile manufactures, exporters, buyers and Printed and Published by Prabhat Trivedi, on behalf of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited Design by Point-n-Pixel Printed by Multiple Images gleanings from press domestic retailers. The new world class testing facility located at College Road was inaugurated by Mr A Sakthivel, president of the Tirupur Exporters Association. The lab will serve clients with its enhanced restricted substance testing capabilities to meet requirements of International and Indian standards. Eastman completes expansion of hydrocarbon resins Eastman chemical company has completed the expansion of its hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins facility in Middleburg, Netherlands. The Middleburg expansion, which is the third expansion of its Regalite hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins, has doubled capacity at the site since 2006. We continue to see the demand of our hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins grow around the world, ‘said Brad Lich’ vice president and general manager of Eastman’s coatings, adhesives, specialty polymers and inks business. This expansion, in combination with our de-bottlenecking of Eastotac hydrogenated hydrocarbon resins capacity in Longview, Texas, and our expansion of hydrocarbon capacity in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, demonstrates our commitment to growing with our customers and meeting demand in developing regions. EURO crisis to hit export growth Credit rating agency CARE recently said that India’s export growth is likely to be hit in the coming months due to Euro zone crisis. Though India is primarily a domestic economy. India’s exports are positively linked to the global economic growth. This is likely to adversely impact India’s export growth in the coming months,’CARE said in a report entitled ‘Impact of Euro Crisis and Global Slowdown on India’. However it said that the growth will be only marginaly affected by the slowdown in the Euro region debt-stricken countries as India’s exposure is low. Chief Editor: Prabhat Trivedi Editorial Co-ordinator: Rajendra Gode Consulting Editor: Philips Abraham Editorial Board: Tushar Choudhary U.S. Shashikeerthy Nirmal Punjabi colour chronicle 2 | 2012 23
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