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Tirupur exports are down by about 40 to 50%

Tirupur plans for man made fibres

Power loom job workers strike ends

Groz-Beckert focuses on Technical textiles

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New textile policy for Pakistan

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Tirupur plans for man made fibres

The current trend of heavy dependency on cotton-based knitwear products would restrict the export opportunities, besides catering to the clothing needs of summer seasons only. Exporters were not able to supply winter season clothing because of non-availability of the right kind of synthetic fibre and lack of technology for processing the special fibre Garment exporters in knitwear hub of Tirupur, with annual outbound shipments of products worth Rs 12,000 crore, are gearing up for major diversification from cotton-based knitwear to apparels made of man-made fibres, to ensure round-the-year business. With more use of synthetic fabrics, the manufactures would be able to come out with wide range of products including winter wears, sports wears and swim wears among others, thereby adding value to their portfolio With an objective of helping export community to go in for wider range of products in different kinds of fabrics to a larger market, Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) is in the process of setting up a Knitwear Technology Mission (KTM). KTM entered into an agreement with Pailung Machineries and Mills Ltd, Korea, to share the technology and supply of fabrics. With this, new range of products would enter foreign markets

Power loom job workers strike ends

The Tamil Nadu Government, after initiating dialogues with both the associations, had asked them to settle the issue and resume power loom operations by today .Power loom workers in this textile region tonight withdrew their 27-day old strike over wages after textile producers association agreed to honour a pact signed in August 2008. Over two lakh power looms, run by about 25,000 power loom workers, in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts fell silent from Aug 5 protesting the "breach of agreement" by the producers, who reduced the wages by 10 per cent, citing decline in the market for grey fabrics.

Groz-Beckert focuses on Technical textiles

Technical textiles are becoming increasingly important for the company. According to Groz-Beckert, in 1985 technical textiles accounted for a mere 5 to 8 percent share of global production and today that figure is 40 percent. The company says it is therefore making an intense commitment to this future sector and the main focus is on continuing to develop its position as a comprehensive systems supplier along the value-added chain and to therefore become a motor of progress in the textile industry.

As a system supplier and service provider, Groz-Beckert says it positions itself to meet the demand of today's market with new, innovative solutions. A further milestone in the direction of system supplier is the production and the sales of cylinders, sinker rings and dials of high quality for circular knitting machines under the Groz-Beckert brand name.

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New textile policy for Pakistan

The first ever Textile Policy 2009-14 was announced by the Federal Minister of Textile Industry Rana Farooq Saeed Khan on Wednesday. The policy sets an ambitious target of achieving $ 25 billion over the next 5 years as compared to exports of $ 9.6 billion achieved during last fiscal year.

The policy is really a broad based document which encompasses areas like technology up gradation, infrastructure development, skill development, etc. and addresses rationalization of fiscal measures for the ailing textile industry along with removal of regulatory bottlenecks.

The government has for the first time, addressed all sub sectors of this industry separately with special emphasis on the value added sectors.

The policy provides many measures to address the falling trend of textile exports, but the most notable are as under:

Tiered drawback scheme with maximum benefit to the value added sub sectors.
Full refund of past R&D Claims

The availability of export refinance at 5%.

Priority in gas and electricity load management.

Relief on existing long term loans.

Zero rating of exports.

Tax free import of machinery.

Although the textile policy is a very comprehensive one and covers almost all the relevant areas of the textile industry like skills development, market support, zero rating of exports, incentives for employment of women and disabled persons, etc. but the government will have to devise a proper SOP framework in order to implement and monitor policies which are contained in the policy. It is really advisable that the government should consider a fast and transparent procedure for the disbursement of funds allocated for various programs. By breaking the overall target of $ 25 billion into intermediate yearly targets will also help the industry in monitoring its own progress. Only timely government decisions will make this policy meaningful and any delay in framework formulation will make this policy ineffective.

Textile Policy 2009-14 is certainly a welcome initiative taken by the government. This policy seeks to revive the ailing textile sector through some key immediate measures and sets a vision for transforming the present textile industry into a new era. The policy looks at the industry from almost every perspective and identifies key areas where investment can bring about fruitful results.

Now that the policy has been unveiled, hard work follows. The government now needs to set its priorities and bring about a framework which will give practical meaning to this policy. Needless to say that this framework should be formulated ASAP, keeping in view that it should be transparent, works fast and should be meaningful to the industry.

By presenting this policy, the government has also recognized that only textile sector can be an engine for rapid growth for Pakistan's economy. If this policy is properly implemented and if due market access is provided, Pakistan's textile industry certainly has the capacity to bring about rapid progress and prosperity which may not be limited to industrial areas only and which may easily spill into the remote areas where progress is really needed.

Power loom strike in Coimbatore and Tirupur district

A round 200,000 power loom units, mainly the job working units, present on the borders of Coimbatore and Tirupur districts are on an indefinite strike since August 5, 2009, to protest against the reduction in the conversion charge of yarn by 10 per cent. The job workers convert yarn into fabric through contracts given by power loom cloth dealers.The conversion rate for a metre of fabric is Rs 12-20 depending on the quality. It was reduced by 5 to 10 per cent because of the decrease in overall demand after the slowdown. So, it is not commercially viable for us to give the orders at the previous rate. A power loom can produce around 50 metre of fabric at an average cost of Rs 15 per metre. The power loom units in the region churn fabric worth Rs 15 crore daily.

Chinese imports of cotton becomes costlier

CIF offers continued to increase. The offers for U.S. and Australia crops hiked 1.5cent/lb while the offers for Central Asia and Africa crops moved up 1.0-1.5cent/lb. Offers for India crops hiked 0.5-1.0cent/lb. Prices for 2008/09 Customs clearance West African crops stabilized at 13200-13300yuan/mt, about 200-300yuan/mt higher than the 2003/04 foreign crops bought from state cotton reserve auction. CIF offers for foreign cotton rose greatly. The offers for U.S., Australia and Brazil cotton hiked 1.5-2.0cent/lb while that for Central Asia and Africa crops climbed up 1.0-1.5cent/lb. Offers for long staples and organic cotton held steady. However, the export offers for India cotton dropped recently. The offers for S-6 1-1/8 dropped from 66.5cent/lb to 65.5cent/lb while the lower offers for S-6 1-5/32 were at 65cent/lb.

Indian technical textiles market is expected to grow at rate of 11% per

The domestic market size of technical textiles in the country is expected to grow at the rate of 11% per annum and will reach Rs. 66,414 crore by 2012, which is about Rs. 37,115 crore at the moment, Thiru. Maran, textiles Minister, said this at the curtain raiser function of 'Technotex-2009'here today. He said that the global market size of the technical textiles industry which was US $ 107 billion in 2005 is also expected to increase to US $ 127 billion by next year..On the occasion, Thiru. Maran also launched the website 'www. technotex.gov.in' to cater the information need of the technical textiles in the country.

The segment has a potential to attract investment and create additional employment opportunities in coming years, said Thiru Maran. We expect investment of Rs.5,000 crore by 2012, and employment, which is approximately 9 lakh at present, to increase to 12 lakh by 2012, said the Textiles Minister.

The Minister said that the technical textiles represent a multi-disciplinary field with numerous end use applications, and it has penetrated all areas of economic activity like aerospace, agriculture, sports, defence, construction and medical. Based on their end use applications technical textiles are grouped into twelve segments, viz. Agrotech, Buildtech, Clothtech, Geotech, Hometech, Indutech, Meditech, Mobiltech, Packtech, Protech, Sporttech and Oekotech. Technical textiles provide not only better hygiene, safety, durability and comfort to consumers but are cost effective in the long run. The life cycle cost of technical textiles is lower than the traditional materials and textiles, said Thiru. Maran.

The Textiles Minister also informed that India is the second largest textiles economy in the world after China, however, its contribution to the global technical textiles market is insignificant. The technical textiles industry has immense potential in the developing countries, particularly in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and India. The changing economic scenario in these countries will boost the demand for technical textiles, said the Minister. Considering our highly skilled and scientific/technical manpower and abundant availability of raw material, we can emerge as a key player in the technical textiles industry, said Thiru. Maran.

The percentage of indigenous production varies drastically across various products, we are the largest producer of Packtech, Clothtech, Hometech and Soprttech segments of technical textiles. These products are typically commodities which are not very R&D intensive such as flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs), tarpaulins, jute carpet backing, hessian, fishnets, surgical dressings, crop covers, said Thiru. Maran.

Unlike conventional textiles, which is highly export intensive, the technical textiles are import intensive. We annually import technical textiles worth Rs. 4,000 crore mainly from China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Germany and Italy said Thiru. Maran Many products like baby and adult diapers, polypropylene spunbond fabric for disposals, wipes, protective clothing, hoses, webbings for seat belts are largely imported. There are some large domestic players like SRF, Entermonde Polycoaters, Kusumgarh Corporates, Supreme Nonwovens Pvt. Ltd., Garware Wall Ropes, Century Enka, Techfab India Ltd., Pacific Non Woven, Vardhman, Unimin, and a few Multi National Corporations (MNSs), viz., like Johnson & Johnson, Du Pont, Procter & Gamble, 3M, SKAPs, Kimberly Clark have set up manufacturing facilities in India, said Thiru Maran.

While stressing for an urgent need to exploit this potential, and Thiru Maran said that my Ministry has set up four Centres of Excellence (CoE) for Agrotech at Mumbai; Geotech at Ahmedabad; Meditech at Coimbatore; and Protech at Ghaziabad; provided coverage of technical textiles under Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS); dereserved sanitary napkins/body diapers from the ambit of small scale sector and extended fiscal support. Thiru Maran also announced that National Textiles Corporation will conduct feasibility studies in Technical Textiles for starting its unit in Coimbatore.

Thiru Maran also emphasized the urgent need to create indigenous manufacturing facilities and increase domestic consumption of technical textiles and this will largely depend on the institutional users in infrastructure, healthcare, transportation, construction, irrigation, defence, etc. We are aware of the bottlenecks like lack of demand, skilled manpower, competitiveness, testing infrastructure and testing support, affecting the growth of market of technical textiles, said Thiru Maran. To devise measures to overcome these constraints and to apprise various stakeholders, especially the institutional users, about the application, investment potential and benefits of technical textiles, the Ministry of Textiles, in partnership with FICCI, is organizing four workshops in the next month viz Meditech on September 01, 2009, Protech on September 15, 2009, Agrotech on September 18, 2009, and Geotech on September 23, 2009, at Hotel Shangri-La's, New Delhi, said Thiru Maran.

Overview

� Meditech covers technical textiles used in hygiene and medical facilities like surgical dressing, bandages, surgical gowns, artificial implants, etc.

� Protech covers technical textiles catering to personnel and protection like fire retardant textiles, bullet-proof jackets, high altitude clothing, etc.

� Agrotech includes technical textiles used in agriculture, horticulture (include floriculture), fisheries and forestry like shade-nets, crop-covers, anti-hail nets, bird protection nets, etc.

� Geotech (also commonly called Geotextiles) covers textile items used in geotechnical applications pertaining to soil, rock, earth, etc. These are used in roads, rail-tracks, slopes etc. for separation, filtration, drainage, etc.

� Packtech covers technical textiles products used for protective coverings like sacks, twine, (FIBC), tea/coffee bags, etc.

� Clothtech covers technical textiles used in garments, shoes, bags like interlinings, wadding and fibre-fills, shoe laces, components of bags, etc.

� Hometech covers technical textiles used in household activities like wipes, floor mops, furniture components, mattress components, upholstery and interior furnishing, stuffed toys, etc.

� Soprttech covers technical textiles used in sports industry to manufacture sports equipments, outfits like sport bags, artificial turf, sport nets, sail cloth, etc.

� Mobiltech covers technical textiles used in automobiles, aircrafts, shipbuilding like nylon tyre cord fabrics, seat covers, seat belts, cabin filters, tufted carpet, upholstery, etc.

� Buildtech covers technical textiles used in construction of buildings, house structures, dams, tunnels, etc., like reinforcement of walls, facades, hose wrap, concrete wraps, waterproof membranes, thermal and sound insulation, sever and pipe linings, etc.

� Indutech covers technical textiles used in industrial processes like filtration, clearing, seals like woven filters, air filters, dust filters, conveyor fabrics, industrial belts & hose, abrasive products, etc.

� Oekotech covers technical textiles used for environmental protection like environment control, municipal solid waste management, industrial hazardous waste management, etc.

Tirupur common effluent project - An overview

Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran and Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh have planned to meet Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, followed by a meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to try and get a subsidy for common effluent plant put up by dyeing units at Tirupur at the cost of Rs. 800 crore. They also hope to receive support for another Rs.800 crore project to lay an underground pipeline for discharging treated effluents into the sea.

Project overview

Water to be supplied -185 Million Liters per Day

Concession Period - 30 years

Cost of the Project - Rs. 10230 Million