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October 2017 ISSUE
CONTENT
Advertiser Index
15- Ease of Doing Business
16- Global Dollar Strength: Implications For Rupee And
Em Currencies.
17- Opinions on Demonetisation after a year
REPORT
19- Cotton and Cotton Yarn Exports Surges
20- YNFX Price Watch Report
22- Surat Update
23- WALL OF FAME: Naia
24- SUSTAINABLE FIBRE: Bamboo
27- TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Study On Air Filtration
Characteristic Of Needle Punch And Thermal Bonding
Nonwoven Fabrics by DKTE Institute
33- TECHNICAL TEXTILE: Automotive textiles – Un-
tapped Market in India
NEWS
32- Italian Brand Cadini Launches A Advertising Cam-
paign ‘The Pow¬er Of Presence’ To Introduce Best Of
Italian Fashion To India.
35- Xaar’s Latest Inkjet Printheads And New
Tech¬nology Strengthen Its Position In India
35- Edana Launches Call For Papers For The Interna-
tional Nonwovens Symposium
36- MD Of Colorant Ltd Subhash Bhargava Receives
Haryana Entrepreneurship Award
36- Birla Cellulose Is Number One* Globally For Its
Commit¬ment To Sustainable Forestry Management
37- Applied DNA Awarded U.S. Patents on SigNature®
T Mo¬lecular Tag and Multimode Reader Authentica-
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38- Textile Machinery Association of Sweden is ready
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Is Indian Economy Growing or been
Shattered?
Recently the World Bank published a report on Ease of Doing Business of 190 economies with the pa-
rameters like starting business, dealing with construction permit, getting electricity, registering property, paying
taxes etc. In this report India stands at 100th positions, where it climbed 30 ranks up from the last report. In India
city-wise, Ludhiana ranks first, Ahmedabad ranks 5th, New Delhi 6th, Mumbai 10th. This study shows that has-
sles, corruption, unorganised sector is everywhere in the world.
Last year the government took a bold step of “Demonetisation “of Indian currency. After a year now, our
industry has still not revived and few cluster members already closed their unit. We have taken views of some
industry clusters and industry contributors in this issue.
Leading daily media publishing report about demonetisation effect as “ Tirupur’s Rs. 42000 crore textile
hub fears a wipe-out “, “Power loom units shut in Bhiwandi”, “Surat industry shaken and still suffering due to
demonetisation” Major cluster of industry in poor health and about to die.GDP growth came down to 5.7%. This
is really a growth or betterment for poor?? The purpose of demonetisation is defeated for the textile industry
clusters.
After GST implication, is the industry in a growth stage??? Few Corporate like Alok in debt, GBTL sold their
stack; clusters are shutting down, many more. We are heading towards more organised culture with GST implica-
tion, but in a process we may wipe out few unorganised clusters from industry. Every change has brought new
challenge to the industry from Charkha to spinning mill to powerloom to composite mill to modern mill culture;
we have evolved as an industry. This is the time of revolving economy and industry.
We are hoping for the best future ahead for the industry and its contributors...!!! Innovate and Grow,
that’s the mantra for all..!

Ease Of Doing Business In Textile Sector
Introduction
India has recently jumped 30 positions upwards, to be-
come the top 100th country in terms of ease of doing
business. This was announced by the World Bank Group’s
latest Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs re-
port. This article discusses the various measures that fa-
cilitate ease of doing business in the textile sector.
Overview of the Indian Textile Industry
The Indian Textile Industry plays a pivotal role in the In-
dian economy, owing to its contribution to the nation’s
industrial production, GDP, exports and high employ-
ment generation. The textile sector contributes 14% to
industrial production and 4% to India’s GDP. The export
earnings of this sector amounts to 13% of overall Indian
exports. The textile sector also has the second largest em-
ployment generation after the agriculture sector.
Foreign Direct Investment in the Textile Sector
The Foreign Direct Investment [FDI] inflows in the tex-
tile sector, inclusive of dyed and printed textile, stood at
US$2.47 billion from April 2000 to March 2017.
As per the consolidated FDI Policy by Department of In-
dustrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, Government of India, 100% FDI is allowed in the
textile sector under the automatic route. The Ministry of
Textiles has also set up an FDI Cell to attract FDI in the
textile sector in the country.
Schemes pertaining to the Textile Sector
The Ministry of Textiles had implemented ‘Amended
Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme [ATUFS] with ef-
fect from 13.01.2016, for a period of seven years. The
ATUFS scheme provides one time capital subsidy for in-
vestments in the employment and technology intensive
segments of the textile value chain keeping in view pro-
motion of exports and imports substitution.
Under the Scheme for in situ up-gradation of plain power
looms, the Government provides financial assistance to
economically weaker plain powerloom units for upgrada-
tion of their existing ordinary looms with additional fea-
tures. This scheme provides a level playing ground to the
economically weaker plain powerloom units to compete
with other players in the domestic as well as international
markets.
Labour Initiatives
In order to encourage employment generation, the dhan
Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) Plan Scheme
was designed, where the Government of India pays .33%
EPS contribution of the employer for the generation of
new employment. This scheme has a dual benefit, where,
on the one hand, the employer is incentivized for increas-
ing the employment base of workers in the establish-
ment, and on the other hand, a large number of workers
will find jobs in such establishments. A direct benefit is
that these workers will have access to social security ben-
efits of the organized sector.
In addition to the above, the Government has introduced
Integrated Scheme for Skill Development. The purpose of
this scheme is to address the trained manpower needs of
textiles and related segments including Handicrafts, Han-
dlooms, Sericulture, Jute, Technical Textiles etc.
Innovation
In order to help budding entrepreneurs develop innova-
tive technical textile products, the Government has set up
six Focus Incubation Centres under the Technology Mis-
sion on Technical Textiles.
Fiscal Initiatives
The total budget allocation for the textile sector is Rs.
6226.5 crores for the year 2017-18. There are a slew of in-
centives provided in the current budget, which has been
welcomed by the textile sector, discussed below:
ƒ ATUFS received an allocation of Rs. 2013 crores for
2017-18.
ƒ Scheme for in situ up-gradation of plain power looms
received a budget of Rs. 68.31 crores.
ƒ Fund allocation under Pradhan Mantri Paridhan Roj-
gar Protsahan Yojna is Rs 200 crores.
ƒ Integrated Scheme for Skill Development for the tex-
tile sector received Rs. 174 crores.
ƒ Reduction of corporate tax by 5% to MSME (turnover
below Rs 50 crores), which would benefit textile and
apparel industry as majority of the enterprises fall into
this category.
ƒ Basic custom duty on Nylon mono filament yarn (for
use in long line system for Tuna fishing only) has been
reduced to 5 per cent (from earlier 7.5 per cent).
Conclusion
The Government is targeting to
achieve US$ 300 billion worth
of textile exports by 2024-25
and create additional 35 million
jobs in the textile sector. The
fiscal incentives, along with the
measures focusing on skill de-
velopment and innovation, pave
a promising road for the Indian
textile industry in the future.
Varsha G Subramanian,
TVC – Editorial Assistant
DOING BUSINESS

Global Dollar Strength: Implications For Rupee And Em
Currencies.
After a prolonged period of USD weakness, we are finally
witnessing a period of USD strength that has managed to
sustain long enough to debate whether global macro eco-
nomic factors have changed to warrant a fundamental
change in outlook for the USD. The question is whether
the recent USD strength is on account of actual improve-
ment in US macros (actual pick up in inflation expecta-
tions) or on account of weakness in other major curren-
cies due to their own specific factors (EUR, GBP, AUD and
JPY)
How much of USD strength is on account of better US
macro?
USD weakness was a result of unwinding of Trump trades
that had been initiated in anticipation of a strong fiscal
push that was expected to drive up US yields and the
US Dollar. The inability of Trump administration to push
through reforms resulted in unwinding of reflation trades.
Lack of pick up in inflation despite economy being close to
full employment gave the US Federal Reserve the comfort
to hike rates and shrink its balance sheet gradually. As
a result global liquidity started chasing emerging market
assets in pursuit of higher yields, which in turn resulted
in a phenomenal rally in emerging market stocks, bonds
and currencies. Though recent data from the US sug-
gests that inflation and wage growth are finally showing
signs of picking up, they remain well below the Federal
Reserve’s target of 2%. Moreover inflation excluding food
and energy i.e. core inflation continues to remain soft.
Headline inflation has been higher on account of gaso-
line prices that have moved higher due to hurricane in-
duced supply disruptions. As long as structural pick up in
inflation is absent, the US Federal Reserve is likely to per-
severe with its policy of removing accommodation very
gradually. This implies that there is no immediate threat
for EM assets from Fed policy in the near future. The key
risk for EM assets stems from any breakthrough on the
legislative front, especially passage of tax reforms*.The
US president has set Thanksgiving as the deadline for the
passage of the tax reform bill. It would be interesting to
see if tax reform turns out to the first legislative victory for
the Trump administration.
How much of USD strength can be attributed to weak-
ness in other currencies?
A large part of recent USD strength can be attributed to
weakness in other currencies due to specific factors. The
ECB’s stance was dovish. Though the ECB trimmed asset
purchases to EUR 30 billion per month from EUR 60 bil-
lion, it reiterated flexibility with respect to duration and
size of future asset purchases. The timeline for the first
hike has therefore been pushed further into the future.
An element of political uncertainty introduced by the
Catalonia referendum and ensuing developments have
also weighed on the common currency. The Spanish gov-
ernment invoked article 155 and revoked autonomy of
Catalonia, bringing it under Madrid’s direct control. Fresh
elections in Catalonia are scheduled for December 21st.
The Sterling continues to be driven by Brexit related
headlines. The BoE is likely to hike rates in its November
policy but pace of future hikes is likely to remain slow on
account of Brexit related uncertainties. The Aussie Dollar
has broken down after weaker than expected CPI num-
bers. The RBA is expected to keep rates at current low
levels well into 2019. With Shinzo Abe consolidating his
political position post the snap election in Japan, Abe-
nomics is likely to continue and this should keep Yen from
appreciating sharply.
Implications for EM currencies
As long as USD strength is on account of weakness in
other currencies due to their own specific factors, it is not
likely to weigh on EM currencies. We could head into a
phase where USD strengthens against majors and weak-
ens or trades sideways against EM currencies.Key risk to
EM currencies stems from hardening US rates on account
of tax reform in US which looks more likely now than ear-
lier. For Rupee in particular domestic factors can assume
greater significance. With FPI debt limits close to full utili-
zation the pace of Rupee appreciation seen earlier is un-
likely. Performance of BJP in Gujarat state elections will
be closely watched. Management of fiscal deficit by the
central government and details regarding issue of recapi-
talization bonds will also be tracked. Any further uptick
in global crude prices could result in a sell off in bonds
due to higher inflation expectations. Crude sustaining
above USD 55 per barrel and US 10y yields breaking
above 2.50% could act as triggers for next leg of up move
in USD/INR. 64.35 on the down side is a crucial support in
the near term.
Mr. Abhishek Goenka
CEO and Founder : IFA Global)
ECONOMY UPDATE

Opinions On Demonetisation After A Year
Demonetisation has been promis-
ing for traders as black money has
been wiped out from the market,
so thereis no delay in fabric de-
livery. Businesses have witnessed
tremendous changes has more e-
transactions are taking place and
not forgetting GST which has re-
duced the burden of paying so many different taxes.
Vinod Chotani
Md of Sudha Mills India Pvt Ltd
Rajendra Chetty
MD of Srivari Industries
Madhoo Kapoor
MD, APPAREL and LEATHER TECHNICS PVT. LTD.
Honest tax paying businessmen
and industrialist were not affect-
ed by Demonetisation. Yes, black
market suffered during Demon-
etisation buts then to they are still
streaming in the market. India on
its peak of progress as electronic
money and transaction is on full-
fledged.
Demonetisation is very good for
financial growth of the country
and companies existing in coun-
try. As regards to ALT has straight
norms from the beginning notdid-
not change by Demonetisation. Its
bring rationalisation to business
and GST has given fair play ground
to every industry.
Demonetisation is first in India
as in textile Industry nobody was
sure about the result but it is well
enough, situation moneywise
quite good. Credit purchase is
very much low now, Demonetisa-
tion has change the scenario. In
the beginning there were several
difficulties but over all benefits
are goods.
As a result of Demonetisation, we face some instability in first six month but after six months we
seen more clarity more accountability and purity in business.If everything going well and good
and everybody support it’s definitely make India’s and Indian future bright.Any New comers can
achieve their goal in this new era of business.
Shiv Kanodia
Ex. Hon General Secretary
Bharat Merchant Chamber
Kaushal Shah
MD of KupsEnterprise(Cosset international)
Bhiwandi’s Powerloom Industry
Continues To Struggle
1) Khalid Ansari, a young businessman who was running
his family business for the past 10 years, shut his unit with
24 powerlooms three months back. Demonetisation hit
his business hard and forced him to shut his 30-workers
unit.
2) Mumna Shaikh has been sending his earnings back
home to Sultanpur since 15 years but after the power-
loom unit was closed down, Shaikh has not sent a single
penny home.
3) There are clear signs that the unorganized indus-
try will not be able to survive much longer unless they en-
ter the organised sector.
OPINIONS

India’s polyester capital, Surat, is yet to bounce back a
year after demonetisation, which led to more than five
lakh job losses and an estimated 40% plunge in produc-
tion. Most of the shops in the textile markets on the Surat
Ring Road, which usually gear up for post-Diwali business
rush for the forthcoming wedding season, remain closed.
There is no demand from any quarters – textiles have
been almost erased from the consumers’ priority list,
thanks to demonetisation and then GST (goods and ser-
vices tax),” said Champalal Bothra, general secretary of
Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association. The en-
tire polyester value chain from yarn to the garment is
under pressure. The withdrawal of high-value banknotes
put sudden brakes on the disposable income of consum-
ers, with grave consequences.
Till a year ago Surat produced 40 million metres of syn-
thetic fabric daily. More than 1.5 million workers were in-
volved in the process of manufacturing yarns, grey fabric,
dyeing, embroidery, packaging and allied services.
Surat boasts 700,000 looms that make the grey fabric,
bought by 65,000 traders spread across textile markets
such as Radhakrishna Textile Market, New Textile Mar-
ket, Surat Textile Market and several others on Surat Ring
Road.
The grey fabric would go to the 400 dyeing processing
houses and get routed to embroidery units for embellish-
ments for the final garment. Surat ushered in polyester
revolution in the country through sheer volume game, of-
fering sarees and dress material at Rs 125.
Now, the city presents a sorry picture. The migrant work-
force was sent packing to their respective states — Odi-
sha, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bihar — and those who are
still here, crave for work. Almost 400,000 women who
would earn Rs 300-800 per day by working from homes
—sewing, stitching or pasting diamonds and other embel-
lishments on fabric — have no work.
Arvind, Sutlej Textiles Show Interest
In Buying Alok Industries
1) Arvind Limited and Sutlej Textiles are among the inves-
tors that have shown interest in buying debt-laden Alok
Industries, according to sources.
2) Apart from them, JM Financial ARC and Edelweiss ARC
are also understood to have shown interest in Alok In-
dustries.
3) The Ahmedabad Bench of the NCLT had admitted Alok
Industries for insolvency proceedings in July this year
based on the petition by State Bank of India.
4) Alok Industries had total debt of Rs 23,443 crore on its
books as on March 2017.
Ref: www.economictimes.indiatimes.com
Polyester Hub In Surat Yet To Bounce Back A Year After
Note Ban
GST Survey by CARE Rating Agency
OPINIONS

The 2016-17 cotton marketing year (October to Septem-
ber) ended with exports at 6.74 lakh bales (excluding
waste) valued at US$1,996 million or INR 13,175 crore.
Shipment showed a 6% increase over previous season
while value surged 27%. This was largely due to 20% in-
crease in price (weighted cotton fibre consignment during
the year, led by Mundra and JNPT accounting for 85% of
all cotton exported from India in 2016-17. They were dis-
tantly followed by Petrapole Road and Pipavav ports.
Peak season shifts and extends
A noticeable shift was seen in peak shipment activity
during 2016-17, and this was due to demonetisation of
high value currency notes with effect from 9 November.
Normally, peak shipment season prevail in between No-
vember- February and later tapers off. This year, the activ-
ity peaked in December and extended up to May when
79% of the shipment was done. In the previous season
of 2015-16, 78% of the shipment was completed between
November and March. Thus, the impact of demonetisa-
tion was clear visible on both, export volume and prices
- which remained unusually high across the season.
Exports at higher price
The year began with export prices averaging US cents
87 per pound and remained very high as the season
progressed with similar level seen in July 2017. They re-
mained below Cotlook ‘A’ index for most part of the year
by about US cents 2-5 having widened to US cents 10 in
May. Compared to spot prices (Shankar-6), export prices
were slightly below for most months. Comparing simple
monthly averages of key price indicators Cotlook ‘A’ (US
cents 83 per pound) and Shankar-6 spot rate (US cents
81 per pound) of Cotton Association of India during 2016-
17, pegs export average price (US cents 81 per pound) up
13% year on year while Cotlook rose 15% and spot rates
by 14%. Thus, export price realization has been healthy
in line with key indicators, despite month on month vari-
ations. The surge in prices this season was largely due to
farmers resistance to sell crop in transactions using bank-
ing system due to paucity of cash. Hitherto, a large por-
tion of trade was done in cash, and the sudden overnight
policy pronouncement had caught buyers and sellers by
surprise with no option of than using banking transac-
tions.
Spun yarn export surged to partially recover previous
fall
Spun yarn export shipment surged in September 2017, but
was only a partial recovery from the significant fall posted
in September 2016. Yarn export aggregated 112 million kg
in September 2017, up 25% year on year and 26% in value
at US$ 341 million. In September 2015, shipments had to-
tal 129 million kg worth US$ 359 million which fell to 90
million kgs or US$ 271 million in September 2016. Thus,
exports in 2017 were still below the 2015 levels.
Unit value realization averaged US$ 3.04 per kg, down US
cents 16 from previous month, but US cents 2 up com-
pared to September 2016. Meanwhile the INR appreci-
ated from INR66 in September 2016 to INR63 this year.
Cotton yarn export at 89 million kg worth US$ 280 million
(INR 1,765 crore) rose 26% and 27%, respectively in Sep-
tember. They found markets in 72 countries at an average
unit price realization of US$ 3.13 a kg, US cents 18 less
than previous month and US cents 4 up from the same
month a year ago.
China increased its import of cotton yarn from India by
70% in value and 63% in volume, followed by Bangladesh
and Egypt. During September, 12 countries did not import
Cotton And Cotton Yarn Exports Surges
COTTON REPORT

any cotton yarn from India as they did last year. However,
they were replaced by 9 countries which imported yarn
worth US$ 2.25 million.
Israel, Paraguay and South Africa were among the fastest
growing large markets for cotton yarn.
100% man-made fibre yarns export was at 8.2 million kg
in September, comprising 3.7 million kg of polyester yarn,
3.0 million kg of viscose yarn and 1.4 million kg of acrylic
yarn. Polyester yarn exports jumped 42% in value while
viscose yarn exports value moderated 5% during the
month. Acrylic yarn exports were up 7% in September.
Polyester spun yarns were exported to 45 countries in
September with average unit price realization at US$ 2.25
a kg, down US cents 12 from previous month. Turkey was
the largest importer of polyester yarn, followed by Egypt
and USA.
Viscose yarn worth US$ 9.5 million or INR60 crore was ex-
ported in September, at an average unit price realization
of US$ 3.16 per kg. Brazil was the top importer worth US$
1.75 million, followed by Belgium with imports worth US$
2 million.
Blended spun yarns worth US$43 million were exported
in September, up 27 per cent YoY in value terms. During
the month, 8.4 million kg of PC yarns was exported worth
US$ 22 million. Another 4.9 million kg of PV yarns were
exported worth US$ 14 million.
Brazil and Turkey were the largest importers of PC yarn
from India followed by Bangladesh while, Turkey was the
largest importer of PV yarns from India followed by Iran.
Nitin Madkaikar
Textile Beacon
YnFx Price Watch Report
Polyester Chain: PSF demand seasonally strong, PFY
rolls over
Polyester chip prices in Asia were steady in the last week
of October on the back of firm PTA and MEG market. In
China, semi dull chip prices were stable amid moderate
trading that week. Downstream converters had already
stocked up and in turn adopted cautious attitude, leading
to tepid trading. Overall, given firm feedstock sentiment
and decent demand, FGPET chip market is likely to range-
bound in coming weeks. Polyester staple fibre prices fell
in China while they were stable in India and Pakistan. In
China, PSF offers edged down during the week since mar-
ket was dominated by sidelined stance. Demand for PSF
was seasonally strong at around the September to Octo-
ber period, prompted Chinese producers to raise their
export offers during that period. Rigid demand for PSF
still existed. PFY prices rolled over in the Asian markets of
China, India and Pakistan.
Nylon Chain: Rising crude sets nylon market on up-
trend
Caprolactum prices trended up in the last week of Octo-
ber in line with rising benzene cost and tight supply. In
China, CPL offers were up that week due to short sup-
ply amid sound demand. Overall, CPL prices are likely
to move up further on tight supply.Nylon or polyamide
chip prices generally climbed in Asia amidstrong caprol-
actum cost during the week. In China, nylon market rise
slowed down as plants continued to operate at high rates
that week. Purchasing sentiment in the downstream was
mixed, and as a result, bright nylon chip market stabilized
and semi-dull nylon-6 chip headed further north. Overall,
nylon chips prices are likely to fluctuate on a bit higher
note in coming weeks. Nylon filament yarn prices gained
that week supported by rising raw material cost and im-
proving downstream demand. Overall, nylon yarn prices
are likely to be stable in coming weeks.
COTTON REPORT
YARN REPORT

Acrylic Chain: ACN prices continue to rise, ASF steady
Acrylonitrile prices in Asian markets rose on persistent
tight supply across the region in the last week of October.
Strong demand from downstream market also supported
that robust rise in prices since there was limited product
availability. Prices have rose more than US$500 in the
past 2 months amid tight market. China’s acrylonitrile
imports in September increased by 67% as compared to
Augustat 26,124 tons on domestic tight supply. In Europe,
acrylonitrile spot prices jumped that week as deals be-
came more consistent but volumes were still difficult to
obtain. In US, ACN export spot prices declined during the
week on expected production improvements in future.
Acrylic staple fibre prices rolled over in the Asian markets
of China, India and Pakistan.
Viscose Chain: VSF price falls in China
In the last week of October, viscose staple fibre prices
were down in China while they were firm in India and Pa-
kistan. In China, viscose staple fibre prices moved down
amid increased supply as plants ran at higher rates dur-
ing the week. Cost pressure was high on the back offirm
dissolving pulp prices at home and abroad. Downstream
demand weakened significantly, resulting in sluggish
VSF sales and in turn higheri nventory at VSF produc-
ers. Some VSF producers carried out monthly settlement
prices, while downstream mills showed low buying inter-
est amid sidelined stance. Overall, VSF market is likely to
drop slightly in coming weeks. Prices in India and Pakistan
rolled over during the week. Viscose filament yarn prices
in Asia were range-bound during the week. In dissolving
pulp market, the offers were firm and previous orders
were mostly concluded with no fresh dynamics during
the week, with trading prices for hardwood pulp and soft-
wood pulp at US$ 925-950 a ton and US$1020-1030 a ton
respectively.
Cotton: US futures gain on freezing weather forecast
US cotton futures gained that week on concerns about
crop damage due to freezing weather forecasts in Texas.
Around 250,000 bales of US cotton production are likely at
risk from the freezing weather concerns in Texas. Cotton
crop losses from Hurricane Harvey in major producing
state like Texas were estimated at about US$100 million.
In India, with cotton being sowed on 49% of the culti-
vation area in
Telangana, the
state’s agricul-
ture department
was concerned
about prices de-
creasing in the
open market this
year. In Pakistan,
cotton prices
hit a two-month
high on panic buying by millers fearing shortage of qual-
ity lint in coming weeks.The December US cotton Futures
gained 132 points on the week to close at US cents 68.20
per pound. The Cotlook index jumped on the week to
close at US cents 79.10 per pound. The China Cotton In-
dex rose 1 Yuan to 15,992 Yuan a ton. In Pakistan, the
KCA spot rate was up PakRs150 during the week at Pak
Rs 6,445 per maund ex-Karachi. In India, cotton prices for
most specs fell INR 200-300 during the week with bench-
mark Shankar-6 trading at INR 38,300 a candy.
Spun Yarn: Prices edge down in India
Cotton yarn markets were stable in China, down in India
while they rose in Pakistan in the last week of October.
In China, cotton yarn prices were flat amid bearish sen-
timent during the week. Market saw moderate transac-
tions, and most orders were for short-term use, indicat-
ing that producers did not hold enough confidence on
market sentiment in the future. In India, cotton yarn mar-
ket weakened that week in line with a decrease in cotton
fibre prices. In Pakistan, cotton yarn prices climbed up fol-
lowing a sudden rise in cotton prices recently. Polyester
spun yarn prices rolled over in China and Pakistan while
they declined sharply in India during the week. In China,
spun polyester yarn offers were range-bound amid mod-
erate sales that week. Sales volume of some individual
specs was passable. In India, spun polyester offers were
lowered during the week. Prices have lost INR 10 per kg
in the last five weeks. During the week, prices dropped
2.8% while they fell 5.4% as compared to the levels four
weeks ago. In Pakistan, polyester yarn prices were gener-
ally stable.
Viscose spun
yarn prices fell
again in China
while they were
unchanged in In-
dia and Pakistan
during the week.
In China, spun
viscose yarn mar-
ket was weak
that week over a
fall of viscose staple fiber prices. However, given a small-
er markdown compared with that of VSF, buying interest
was subdued. Liquidity was sound during the week, but
the dull season is expected to befall after 11 November.
Prices in India were firm. In Pakistan, viscose fiber prices
were not really moving, with relatively lower level of de-
mand at the end of the season. And as a result, viscose
yarn prices remained unchanged again that week. Blend-
ed yarn prices were stable to up in China and India while
they were flat in Pakistan.
YARN REPORT

Basic Customs Duty On Imported
Mmf Increased Upto 25% : Big Relief
For Domestic Weavers And Knitters
The weavers and exporters of the city cheers as the gov-
ernment has accepted their demand of increasing basic
customs duty on imported MMF fabrics. In it’s recent no-
tification, revenue department has fixed the floor price of
imported fabrics. The duty on imported MMF fabrics and
made-ups has been raised from 5 to 20% and 10 to 25%
under various Harmonised System (HS) code of the prod-
ucts. The textile industrialist has Welcomed this decision
as they belives that it will help to curb import of underval-
ued fabrics from China and Vietnam.
Various MMF textile association of Surat are demanding
increase in customs duty on fabrics created out of im-
ported man-made fibre. Because of lower import duty,
huge quantity of man-made fabrics had been imported
to India in last 2-3 years. Moreover, cheap rates imported
fabrics were highly undervalued which resulted in closure
of thousands of power looms in Surat, Bhiwandi, Itch-
alkaranji, Malegaon and other cities.
Industry sources said, approximately, 5000 crore worth of
undervalued fabrics are imported from China and other
countries to India every year. The import of fabrics from
China is taking place at a cheap price of just Rs.5 to Rs.15
per square metre. This is unbelievably very low price for
any type of fabric. The government. has ultimately accept-
ed industries demand and increased the basic customs
duty on imported MMF upto 25%. This is big relief to do-
mestic power loom weavers and knitters. With the fixing
of the floor price by the government, the importers will
have to show the real value of the fabrics and undervalu-
ation will become tough.
Whole Fabric Process Must Be Kept
Out Of Gst : Industry Again Demands
The MMF based Surat textile industry is not happy with
the recent announcement of relief in duty rate and GST
return filing. The industry beleives that these relief are too
late. After GST, textile sector has occured huge losses in
last four months. To enhance textile business turn-over
and exports, industry again demands that the entire pro-
cess of fabric manufacturing to finishing be kept out of
GST.
To ease the business process in the textile sector, the
central government has declared many relief during last
two weeks. The GST on yarn is reduced to 12% from 18%,
basic customs duty increased by 25% to curb import of
undervalued fabrics from China, and relief in filing of GST
returns. However, industry leaders believe that damage
to the textile sector was done when GST came into effect
on July 1 and that these late announcements are of no
help to the textile sector now.
Powerloom sources said, their demands are still pend-
ing. Input tax credit issue is remain same as it was. Still
weavers are not able to utilise the accumulation of input
tax credit. Traders, embroidery unit owners and lakhs of
women associated with embroidery business are unhap-
py with 5% GST.
Last week, in a programme organised by Confederation
of All India Traders (CAIT) and Southern Gujarat Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI), GST Council invitee
member Pravin Khandelwal said, there is urgent need to
correct the basic structure of GST and work to remove
technical glitches. The weaving, embroidery leaders said
that the polyester fabric passes through 15 different stag-
es of production and reaches textile shops. Many small
workers are involved at all the stages to give final touches
to the fabric. They demands that the entire process of fab-
ric manufacturing to finishing be kept out of GST.
Gst On Yarn Reduced To 12% : Weav-
ers Waiting For Duty Benefit !!
The central government has reduced GST rate on man-
made fibres and yarn to 12% but weavers are still waiting
for duty benefit. The yarn manufaturers, spinners has not
passed on duty benefit to the downward weaving indus-
try. On the contrary, they have raised the yarn prices. They
took the prices of texurised, processed and roto deniers
at new high. The current price of 80 crimp is Rs. 114-115
per kg. and 80/72 roto based quality reached at Rs. 118-
119 per kg. increased upto 5%.
Earlier in GST regime, MMF synthetic yarns were slotted
under 18% GST rate while the fabrics were slotted under
5% GST slab with a condition of no refund ITC at fabric
stage. This had created a huge accumulation of non-
refundable ITC with the weavers and blockage of work-
ing capital. After many representation from the textile
industries, last month government has reduced the GST
on yarn by 6%. Now, with the reduction of GST to 12%, it
was expected that yarn prices will come down and power
loom industry will be benefited. But, this equation is in
dark yet.
Powerloom sources said, the spinners and yarn manu-
facturers has not passed on the duty cut benefit. Instead,
they have increased the yarn prices upto 5%. They are go-
ing to be benefited with the reduction in GST rate and will
get ITC refund. The industry has raised concerns on the
increase in the price of yarn by 5%. The ITC accumulated
in the weaver GST ledger will be transferred to the spin-
ners account.
SURAT UPDATE

Brand name: Eastman NaiaTM cellulosic yarn
Company name: Eastman Chemical Company
Brand Tagline: Naia – from nature to fashion
Segment: Fibre – Yarn manufacturer
USP of Brand: Naia is built upon three main pillars with
a sustainable foundation. i.e Comfort, ease of care and
luxury.
Eastman Naia™ cellulosic yarn was launched in January
2017 and is uniquely positioned to equip brands to meet
the desires of today’s consumer. Consumers can feel the
cool and soft hand, resulting from the superior breatha-
bility over other cellulosic fibres and all synthetic fibres
like nylon and polyester; it also dries faster.
Ten months with its launch, Naia has seen tremendous
growth in the market and is a well-known brand. It has
been highlighted by Jos Berry, global trendsetter and lin-
gerie guru, in her show ‘Whisperings’ at Interfilière Paris
in January. At each of Jos Berry’s subsequent style forums
at her shows, she has featured Naia prominently. She has
picked various garments made with Naia fabric to be dis-
played in her fashion shows which exemplify the beauti-
ful drape, flow, vivid colours, textures and various prints
that Naia brings to garments.
The Eastman Naia team is committed to product inno-
vation based on a solid understanding of market needs.
New grades of fibre are always under development to
meet evolving demands by mills and brands. This process
of continual innovation requires a high level of commit-
ment to scientific research combined with anticipation of
market needs. It is a continuous challenge for the team to
keep pace with the changing global market demands and
delivering a product that meets the highest level of qual-
ity year after year.
Naia was launched in January 2017 and has subsequently
been featured in shows that covers global market. The
brand has been displayed in Asian markets (Hong Kong
in June and Shanghai in October), European market (Paris
in January and July) and the Americas (New York in Sep-
tember).
Considering all the positive attributes that Naia brings to
garments, including comfort, performance and sustain-
ability, the future is bright for the Naia family of cellulosic
yarns. While the initial launch was targeted at the inti-
mate apparel sector, it has applications that range from
athleisure to women’s wear to formal wear for both men
and women.
Eastman Naia is a global company with offices in many
markets and regions around the world. This allows the
team to interact and engage with local mills and brands,
directly providing them with sales support and technical
support as needed.
The team will continue to engage in the world market,
identifying market gaps, trends and needs to deliver the
best to our customers and consumers. Eastman is dedi-
cated to providing innovative products and solutions to
meet underserved market needs.
Naia Brings A Superior Breathable Fibre
To The Market
WALL OF FAME

Clothing Made From Bamboo Fibres
Bamboo is a highly renewable grass and it has natural
antibacterial properties resulting it be classified as eco-
friendly. The process of manufacturing the Bamboo fibre
though, cannot be termed as “environmental-friendly “.
Since it involves multiphase bleaching process.
Bamboo is a plant, commonly grown in Asia. It is a type
of grass with a hard, woody, hollow stem. Bamboo is the
worlds fastest growing plant, sometimes rising several
feet in 24 hours. Bamboo grows to maturity in around
3 years. Bamboo fibre has strength, is durable, and has
good durability and tenacity. The thinness and whiteness
degree of bamboo fibre is similar to classic viscose fibre.
It owns high abrasion – proof capacity. It is a natural cel-
lulosic fibre which can cause natural degradation in the
soil and it will not cause any pollution to the environment.
Bamboo can be spun pure or blended with other materi-
als such as Cotton, Hemp, Silk, Lyocell, etc.
Until you see, feel, spin and blend, you will not believe
it. Brilliant white, soft as cotton wool, cool as a mountain
stream – is this corny or what? – But its true. The Chinese
have triumphed again. The fabric that China use for fash-
ion fabrics is made from Bamboo.
Manufacturing
Bamboo fibre and Bamboo pulp are made from Bamboo
that grows widely throughout China. It is a kind of regener-
ated cellulose fiber, which is produced from raw materials
of Bamboo pulp by the sole patented technology of China
Bambro Textile Co, Ltd. It is the leading company of ap-
plication, marketing and services of Bamboo fibre. It is the
large scale supplier focus on innovation, manufacturing
and trading of the natural, green and biodegradable bam-
boo textile fibre. Bambrotex is the leading manufacturer
of Bamboo raw materials. They have built the production
lines with the most advanced machines (the advanced
pulp production system and fibre production system)
and they have a stable production capacity of 20000 tons
/year now. They produce Bamboo fibre, Bamboo yarns,
Bamboo tops and Bamboo filament. It specialises in the
research, development and application of the new typed
eco-friendly textile material, Bamboo fibre, which fills a
new niche in green natural fibre in textile industries. They
have started the development and manufacturing of the
downstream products of Bamboo fiber like yarns, fabrics
and apparels, so as to develop its global market and pro-
vide customers with perfect technology services and mar-
keting support.
Bamboo fibre is made from well –selected non-polluted
Bamboo in Yunnan Province.
Firstly, Bamboo pulp is refined from Bamboo through a
process of hydrolysis alkalisation and multiphase bleach-
ing. Then Bamboo pulp is process into Bamboo fibre
like the same process of Viscose fibre manufacturing.
Bamboo fibre process is wet spinning. Repeated techno-
logical analysis has proved that Bamboo fibre has a thin-
ness degree and whiteness degree close to normal finely
bleached Viscose and has a strong durability, stability and
tenacity. It stands abrasion and possesses a perfect qual-
ity to spin. It is available in 1.5 denier x 38 mm, 5 dens x
38 mm and 3 denier x 76 mm. In June of 2001, Bambrotex
purchased a small spinning plant of 50,000 spindles with
most advanced machines for ring spin yarns. In October
2005, with the requirements of high level fine yarns mar-
kets, they brought in another advanced line of compact
yarns with the high-level quality as a main supplier to all
over the world.
Bamboo yarn is made out of 100% Bamboo fibre or
blended with other material. Bamboo yarn can then be
made into other final products such as garment, under-
wear, towel etc. fabric made of Bamboo fibre and Bam-
boo yarn is characterized by its good hygroscopility, excel-
lent permeability, soft feel, easiness to straighten and dye
and splendid color effect of pigmentation. Cloth has been
made from Bamboo fibre mixed with Cotton or Ramie or
Nylon or Polyester having same superior property. Many
kinds of knitting and weaving fabrics are made (piece
dyed, yarn dyed or printed)
Bamboo fibre is manufactured in the following qualities.
Fineness ( dtex ) Staple length ( mm )
1.33/1.56/1.67 38
2 45
2.22 51
2.78 51
3.33 64/76
5.56 38
Bamboo fibre like viscose fibre is manufactured in follow-
ing forms.
1. Bamboo staple fibre.
2. Bamboo filament.
3. Bamboo tops.
Bamboo filament
Bamboo Filament looks like silk with the character of
bright, smooth and soft. As compared to silk, bamboo fila-
ment has better straight performance, low cost, antibac-
terial, breathable, water absorption. Bamboo filament
are used to make midi, night suit, swimsuit and T-shirt.
Products developed with bamboo filaments are quite ap-
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preciated by the high-level markets. It is available in the
following qualities.
Fineness (denier ) No of filaments
75 18 / 24
120 30
150 30
300 60
Bamboo Tops
Bamboo Tops were brought by Bambrotex in 2000. They
were made by the most advanced machines from Italy
and France. Bamboo tops are made by a combing pro-
cess that removes the short and nailed Bamboo fibers
leaving the longer Bamboo fibres in a parallel alignment.
Bamboo tops were used to make Worsted yarns. These
are smooth and less likely to pill than Woolen yarns. It is
available in the following qualities.
Fineness (dtex) Length (mm)
3.33 76
3.33 88
3.33 90
3.33 100
Bamboo tops are widely used in world textile markets,
such as the trouser and suiting fabrics. Bamboo yarn is
made in two types.
1. Bamboo ring spun yarn.
2. Bamboo compact yarn.
The Bamboo yarn also has the capability of natural anti-
bacteria. Bambrotex can supply 100 % Bamboo ring spun
yarn (count is from 8 to 50 s) and bamboo 70 % / cotton
30 % (count is from 16 to 50 s) and Bamboo 50 % /cotton
50 % (count is from 16 to 50)
100 % Bamboo compact spun yarn (count is 16 to 40, s)
Characteristics of Bamboo Fibre
Repeated test has proved it has a strong durability, sta-
bility and tenacity. The thinness and whiteness degree
of Bamboo fibre is similar to Viscose staple fiber further
more it owns high abrasion – proof capacity. Bamboo
fibre spins nicely. This fiber is a natural cellulosic fiber
which can achieve natural degradation in the soil and it
won’t cause any pollution to the environment. Bamboo
can be spun purely or blended with other materials such
as Cotton, Hemp, Lyocell (Tencel) and Modal fiber. After
hi-tech disposal, Bamboo fibre is thinner than hair. It has
a round and smooth surface, thus it has no stimulation
against human skin. Bamboo fibre’s natural ant-bacteria
function differs greatly from that of chemical antimicrobi-
al. The later often tend to cause skin allergy when added
to apparel. Bamboo fibre has particular and natural func-
tions of anti-bacteria, bacteriostatis and deodorisation.
What is notable of Bamboo fibre is its unusual ability to
breathe and its coolness because the cross section of the
Bamboo fibre is filled with various micro-gaps and micro
holes. It has much better moisture absorption and ven-
tilation. With this unparalleled micro structure, Bamboo
fibre apparel can absorb and evaporate human sweat in
a split second. In cold weather the cross-sectional struc-
ture of bamboo traps warm air. In the heat, the nature of
Bamboo is to stay around 2 degrees cooler. Bamboo fab-
ric is a natural moisture wicking agent. It absorbs water
3-4 times better than cotton. Just like breathing, such gar-
ments make people feel extremely cool and comfortable
in the hot summer. It is never sticking to skin even in hot
summer. According to authoritative testing figures, ap-
parels made from Bamboo fibres are 1-2 degrees lower
than normal apparels in hot summer. Apparel made from
bamboo fibre is crowned as air conditioning dress.
Bambrotex’s Bamboo fibre is validated by Japan Textile
Inspection Association, so even after fifty times of wash-
ing, Bamboo fibre fabric still possesses excellent function
of anti-bacteria, bacteriostasis. Its test result shows over
70% death rate after bacteria being incubated on bam-
boo fibre fabric.
Dyeing and Finishing of Bamboo Textile
Its light singeing, enzyme desizing, moderate bleaching
and semi-mercerizing should be applied to the bamboo
fabric during its dyeing and finishing process which also
avoid drastic condition and use small mechanical tension.
Following are the steps;
1. Singeing - moderate condition.
2. Desizing - it should be consolidate, desizing rate
should be over 80 %.
3. Scouring - pure Bamboo normally need no scour-
ing, sometimes wash it with a little alkaline soap. The
scouring process should be made in terms of contents
blended with cotton. When pure Bamboo fabrics are
under scouring, the alkali should not be over 10 gm/
lit but be applied in accordance with the thickness of
fabrics.
4. Bleaching - the processing should be made in terms of
the specification and thickness of fabrics.
5. Mercerizing - the fabrics are normally free of mercer-
izing due to their sound luster and bad anti-alkaline.
However, some cases are found in order to increase
their absorbance capacity to dyestuff.
6. Dyeing - Reactive dyestuff is used the alkali should
not be over 20 gms/lit, the temperature should not
be over 100 degree celsius during drying process, low
temperature and light tension are applied.
The End-Use Of Bamboo Fibre
Bamboo fabrics are made from pure Bamboo fibre yarns
which have excellent wet permeability, moisture vapour
transmission property, soft hand, better drape, easy dry-
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The Inkjet India conference, in its seventh year will be
hosted at The Lalit, Mumbai. The event is organised by
Catalysing New Technologies Expositions and Services
(CNT; formerly Inkjet Forum India) will re-launch itself as
the Digital Textile Symposium.
Conference will feature topics from high-speed digital fab-
ric printing solutions; digital fabric printing for increase
profits; pigment inkjet technology for textiles; software
solutions enabling digital textile printing; latest technolo-
gies for textile sublimation printing; emergence of new
business models driving digital textile printing; solutions
for durable printing of home textile; direct disperse inkjet
printing onto synthetic fabrics. According to CNT, the fo-
cus will be on creating business opportunities for various
stakeholders of the digital textile printing industry and
charting out a sustainable growth part for this technology
in India.
Dilip Raghavan, editor of Colourage will kick-start the con-
ference by introducing the agenda of the Digital Textile
Symposium which will be followed by a keynote speech
by Jos Notermans, commercial manager of SPG Prints.
Other topics to be covered during the conference are lat-
est trends in digital textile printing machinery, ecological
digital printing on textiles, quality ink solutions for quality
results, pre-treatment for digital textile printing, evolving
design thinking for digital textile printing, etc
Also, Aditya Chandavarkar of CNT will highlight the digital
textile printing scenario in India and introduce the digi-
tal textile journal. CNT Expositions and Services manages
exhibitions, seminars, conferences for 3D printing, inkjet
printing and textile processing.
ing and splendid colours. It is a newly founded, great pro-
spective green fabric. Bamboo intimate apparels include
sweaters, bath –suits, mats, blankets, towels have com-
fortable hand, special luster and bright colours, good wa-
ter absorbancy. Bamboo fibre has a unique function of
anti-bacteria, which is suitable to make under wear, tight
t-shirt and socks. Its anti-ultraviolet nature is suitable to
make summer clothing, especially for the protection of
pregnant ladies and young children from damages of ul-
traviolet radiation.
Bamboo non-woven fabric is made by pure Bamboo pulp,
which has similar properties as Viscose fibres have. How-
ever, Bamboo has wide prospects in the field of hygiene
materials such as sanitary napkin, masks, mattress, and
food packaging bags due to its anti- bacteria nature.
Bamboo sanitary materials include bandages, masks, sur-
gical clothes, nurse’s wears and so on. The Bamboo fibre
has a natural effect of sterilisation and bacteriostasis and
therefore it has incomparably wide for ground on appli-
cation in sanitary material such as sanitary towels, gauze
mask, absorbent pads, and food packing and so on. In the
medical scope, it can be processed into the products of
Bamboo fibre gauze, operating coat and nurse dresses
etc. Because of the natural antibiosis function of the Bam-
boo fibre the finished products need no adding of any
artificial synthesized antimicrobial agent. Therefore, Bam-
boo fibre products will not cause skin allergies and at the
same time it has a competitive advantage in the market.
Bamboo bathroom series enjoy good moisture absorp-
tion, soft feel and splendid colours as well as anti bacteria
property which are very popular in home textiles bamboo
towels and bath robes have a soft and comfortable hand
feeling and excellent moisture absorption function. Its
natural antibiosis function keeps bacterium away so that
it will not produce bad odour.
Bamboo decorating series have the functions of anti-
biosis, bacteriostasis and ultraviolet-proof. They are very
advantageous for utilisation in the decorating industry.
Along with the badly deterioration of atmosphere pollu-
tion and the destruction to the ozonosphere ultraviolet
radiation rays are more and more becoming a problem
for human beings. Long time exposure to ultraviolet ra-
diation will cause skin cancer. Wallpapers and curtains
made from Bamboo fibre can absorb ultraviolet radiation
in various wavelengths thus they lessen the harm to the
human body. More important, bamboo decorating prod-
ucts will not go moldy due to
damp. Curtains, television cov-
ers, wallpapers and sofa slip
covers can all be made from
Bamboo fibres .
Dr N.N.Mahapatra
President
COLORANT LTD
Digital Textile Symposium To Focus On Creating Business Opportunities
EVENTS
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Study On Air Filtration Characteristic Of Needle Punch
And Thermal Bonding Nonwoven Fabrics.
Abstract
In this paper investigated that filtra-
tion property of nonwoven fabric.
Nonwoven, as a filtering medium
were widely preferred in the technical
textile sector. Nonwoven filters were
designed according to their end uses.
That is nonwoven fabric produced
by using needle punch and thermal
bonding technique.
Keywords: Needle punch, Thermal
bond, Air filter, Air permeability, Po-
rosity.
1. Introduction
Air pollution is a major environmental
health problem affecting everyone.
It occurs when the environment is
contaminated by a chemical, physi-
cal or biological agent that modified
the natural characteristics of the at-
mosphere. Motor vehicles, industrial
facilities and forest fires are common
sources of air pollution. It is respon-
sible for exacerbation of asthma and
increase in respiratory infections es-
pecially in children. Increased mor-
bidity and mortality, due to cardio-
vascular diseases including stroke,
chronic respiratory diseases and can-
cers have also been attributed to air
pollution. These facts indicate that air
pollution is now the world’s largest
single environmental health risk.
In this studied, polyester staple fibers
used for producing a needle punch
and thermal bonding fabric. The non-
woven fabric is more porous struc-
ture, fabric than woven fabric. They
are widely used in filtration industry
for filter application. Such as we were
produce needle punch fabric fives
sample and thermal bonding fabric
five samples. The main object of this
study we was find out the which fab-
ric most suitable for filter application.
There are both nonwoven fabric have
different filtration characteristics like
as air permeability, bursting strength,
pore size and porosity. But in filter ap-
plication the porosity of fabric is very
important properties in filter cloth.
2. Terms and Definition
Needle Punch Nonwoven
fabric:
Needle punching is process
of mechanically interlocking
fibers webs by using barbed
needle to reposition some of
the fibers from a horizontal to verti-
cal orientation. There are thousands
no. of needle interlock fibers in a web.
The needle punch fabric shown in fig.
1a.
Thermal Bonding Nonwoven fab-
ric:
The thermal bonding technique is
bonding a web of fiber heat with pres-
sure and without pressure. A wide
range of fibers is available for ther-
mal bonding. It is an environmentally
clean because there are no residual
ingredients to be disposed. There are
two methods of thermal bonding, viz.
calendar bonding and through hot air
bonding.The thermal bonding fabric
shown in fig. 1b.
Air filter:
To improve the purity of filtered ma-
terial is the main purpose of the fil-
tration. Sometimes filtration is used
to recover solid particles. Textile filter
materials are generally used for dry
filtration (solid gas filtration) and wet
filtration (solid liquid filtration).
3.Materials and Methods
3.1Raw material
The required fiber was purchased
from the market. The denier of fiber
is 6 Den Polyester and 4Den LM. Nee-
dlepunch fabrics, composed with 6D
100 % PET fiber. And thermal bond-
ing fabrics composed of 6D and 4D
LM 100% PET fiber. Both nonwoven
technique had each five sample were
produced with different five GSM.
Thetable no.1 shows theproperties of
fibers.
3.2. Web preparation :
Table No 1.Properties of fibre
Nonwoven fabric samples were pre-
pared by needle punch and thermal
bonding process. The web of required
for areal density was produced by
carding machine and laying of web in
machine and cross direction was car-
ried out to produce the samples. The
prepared web was entangled with
Trutzschler’s needle punch machine
and bonding by Yamuna’s thermal
bonding machine. The detail of devel-
oping 5 samples of needle punch and
5 samples of thermal bonding, pre-
pared from raw material, are given in
Table 2 and 3 respectively. The prop-
erties of developed needle punch and
thermal bond nonwoven sample are
tested and compared.
3.3 Process flow of manufacturing
of needle punch and thermal bond-
ing nonwoven fabric
Nonwoven sample were produce
with needle punch nonwoven fabric
on Trutzschler’s nonwoven machine
and thermal bonding fabric on Ya-
muna’s thermal bonding machine. In
nonwoven needle punching machine
produced five samples with different
GSM. And thermal bonding machine
produced five samples with different
GSM. In this nonwoven technique
process line is same up to cross lay-
ing machine. In this manufacturing
process fiber web divided after cross
layer machine i.e. one side needle
punch machine and another one
thermal bonding fabric. The manu-
facturing process flows .
3.4Fabric Testing
Sr.No Parameter 6Denier 4Denier
1 Diameter(µm) 24.7 18.4
2 Staple length (mm) 60 40
3 Strength (gpd) 4.90 3.47
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3.4.1 Fabric GSM
Nonwoven fabrics find out the mass
per unit area (GSM) by using ASTM
D6242 standards. The specimens
of the size 10.2 X10.2 cm were cut
randomly from different places and
weighed in electronic balance with an
accuracy of 0.01 g.
3.4.2 Thickness Measurement
Thickness is the distance between
one surface and it’s opposite. Non-
woven fabrics are very soft and highly
compressible i.e. high pressure would
givean inaccurate result of thickness.
As per ASTM D5729standard the
thicknesses of the nonwoven fabrics
were measured using digital thick-
ness tester.
3.4.3 Air permeability
We are finding out the air permeabil-
ity of nonwoven fabric as per ASTM
D737-04 test method. The air per-
meability was tested using TEXTEST
FX3300 air permeability tester. The
applied pressure was selected at 125
Pa and 38 cm2area.
3.4.4 Pore size
We are finding out the pore size and
their distribution as per ASTM E 1294
Test method by using capillary flow
porometer (PMI). For evaluation of
pore size in nonwoven fabric we are
using liquid extrusion technique. In
this technique, a wetting liquid Water
(surface tension 72 dynes/cm2) fills
the pores of the sample and pressur-
ized gas pressure removes the liquid
from the pores. There are find out dif-
ferential gas pressure and flow rates
through dry and wet samples were
measured to calculate pore diam-
eters.
3.4.5 Bursting Strength
The Bursting strength of the fabric
was measured by using hydraulic
bursting strength tester as per ASTM
D 3786-13 method. The opening of
the lower clamp of the instrument
has diameter of 31.5 mm, 7.8 cm2.
3.4.7 Porosity
The find out the porosity as one ex-
ample, the thickness of a polyester
fiber web having a surface of 1m2 and
a weight of 280 g/m2 was determined
at a number of points and the aver-
age thickness, calculated as 2.2 mm.
The volume of the fiber web is thus
0.22 cm x 10,000 cm2 = 2200 cm3 giv-
ing a density of 280/2,200 = 0.1272 g/
cm3. The density of polyester fiber is
1.38 g/cm3. The relative density (δ) of
the web is thus 0.1272/1.38= 0.0921.
The porosity (∈) of the web corre-
sponds to 1-δ, i.e. 0.9079.
4. Result and Discussion
In this investigation, the needle punch
and thermal bonding nonwoven fab-
ric discussed on thickness, air perme-
ability, pore size, bursting strength,
orientation of fiber and porosity of
different GSM fabric. Mainly the non-
woven fabric for filter application re-
quired air permeability and pore size.
4.1 Technical details of fabric:The
fabric samples were prepared on
Trutzschler Needle Punching ma-
chine, Yamuna thermal bonding ma-
chine and its particular are as follows:
4.2 Physical testing of fabric: These
samples were tested as per standard
procedure and the results are indicat-
ed in Table 2 and 3 respectively.
As shown in Table 2, these
are result of needle punch fabric sam-
ple N1, N2, N3, N4 and N5 respective-
ly. Also in Table 3, these are result of
thermal bonding fabric sample T1, T2,
T3, T4 and T5 respectively. The result
of this sample produced by two dif-
ferent technique needle punch and
thermal bonding with five different
GSM analyzed using Two Way Analy-
sis of Variance.
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Figure 2: Thickness (mm) of nonwoven fabric
The thickness of nonwoven fabrics shown in fig.2.The
statistical analysis shows that there is significant effect of
needle punch and thermal bonding on fabric thickness. In
both manufacturing of nonwoven fabric as GSM increas-
es, thickness also increases. Because of keeping constant
web density in carding machine and increasing the no. of
layers of web in cross layers machine.
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4.2.2 Air permeability
Figure 3: Air permeability (cc/cm2/s) of nonwoven fabric
The air permeability nonwoven fabric of shown in fig.3.
The statistical analysis stated that there is significant ef-
fect of needle punch and thermal bonding on fabric air
permeability. In the needle punch fabric and thermal
bonding fabric shows air permeability goes as per GSM
increases. The each GSM of both samples thermal bond-
ing fabrics air permeability value is more comparatively
needle punched fabric. In the needle punch fabrics air
permeability goes down when increasing GSM, because
of areal density increase then air permeability decrease.
In the case of thermal bonding fabrics results shown as
same like needle punch fabric. It is affect on filter prop-
erties, the fabric density increases then resistance to air
flow increases, also filter efficiency increases.
4.2.3Pore Size:
Figure 4: Pore size (micron) of nonwoven fabric
The pore size of nonwoven fabric shown in fig.4. The statis-
tical analysis shows that there is significant effect of nee-
dle punch and thermal bonding on fabric pore size. As per
results shows thermal bonding fabrics higher value than
needle punch fabrics. In the needle punch fabric pore size
goes down N1 to N5. Because of in case of needle punch
fabric as more close structure make with higher GSM i.e.
GSM increases with compactness increases. In the case
of thermal bonding fabric pore size exactly opposite to
needle punch fabric. In the thermal bonding fabric GSM
increases air permeability increases T1 to T5, because of
thermal bonding fabric fully one structure than needle
punch fabric. The pore size also affect on filtration char-
acteristic because of in air filter media particle trap when
particle size is more than filter media pore size is less.
In the air filtration media small particle size we can use
needle punch fabric compare to thermal bonding fabric.
4.2.4 Bursting Stren gth:
The bursting strength of nonwoven fabrics shown in
fig.5.The statistical analysis stated that there is significant
effect of needle punch and thermal bonding on fabrics
bursting strength. In case of needle paunch fabric burst-
ing strength is increases as a GSM increases sample N1
to N5. Also in case of thermal bonding fabric bursting
strength is increase with GSM increases sample T1 to T5.
Because of fiber entanglement and compactness is in-
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creases with increasing mass per unit area. In this testing
find out the thermal bonding fabric bursting strength is
less than needle punch fabric.
4.2.5 Porosity:
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Cadini Italy, a premium menswear brand with a pres-
ence in over 40 countries worldwide, recently launched
a national advertising campaign titled ‘The Power of
Presence’to introduce the best of Italian fashion to India.
The new campaign has been created by MX Advertising
and shot by internationally renowned ad film director Kal
Karman.
Aptly coined ‘The Power of Presence’, the campaign has
tried to establish its finesse of Italian creativity, style,
production know-how and quality finishing. It features
three commercials and presents a diverse range of luxury
fabrics and apparels that has been conceived, designed
and created with great attention to details upholding the
standards set by the finest Italian craftsmen in the making
of an indulgent menswear range.
An infinite history of excellence in creativity has made
Italian fashion a synonym for great taste, careful manu-
facture and attention to detail. While the TVCs are focused
only on the product’s proposition, a clear essence of Ital-
ian heritage of refined craftsmanship is portrayed. The
brand’s logo, the Etruscan Horse, also plays an integral
part of the story in the campaign. Representing strength
and power, the logo is a tribute to their legacy; an embodi-
ment of all the best qualities of the modern man – power,
perseverance and pride.
With the campaign, the company intends to target men
across India above 25 years of age. The idea has been
drawn from the rise of fashion – forward youth who not
only follow international trends but also believe in the
power of presence.
Sanjay Srivastava, Assistant Vice President – Sales and
Marketing, Cadini Italy said, “Cadini has continuously sus-
tained a great passion for style, quality and research and
has evolved as one of the most sought after brands from
Italy. With the new multi-channel marketing campaign,
CADINI is trying to cater to the ever-evolving fashionable
men of India who understands the importance to dress-
ing the part.”
Cadini products are available at exclusive brand outlets
and leading retail outlets across India.
CADINI’s Logo stands for a picture of a styled Etruscan
bronze horse, a strong symbol in the Etruscan Culture
representing strength and power, much similar to the fea-
tures of a confident contemporary man.
Italian Brand Cadini Launches A Advertising Campaign ‘The Pow-
er Of Presence’ To Introduce Best Of Italian Fashion To India.
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NEWS

Automotive Textiles - Untapped Market In India
Change is the need of the hour. Change and Success go
hand in hand. Recently we are witnessing the changing
face of India due to change in leadership. Textile- The
golden industry of India has at last accepted that change
is inevitable and has taken steps in new direction. Entre-
preneurs are now shifting from conventional textiles and
thinking about investing in the future of textiles i.e. tech-
nical textiles. Recently a lot of technical textile projects are
being thought about.
Though India is the 2nd largest textile economy in the
world after China; our contribution in one of the grow-
ing textile segment, technical textile is negligible.This is an
eye opener to how much behind we are as far as techni-
cal textile market is concerned. Moreover the other hard
hitting fact of Indian technical textile scenario is that we
have penetrated our roots in technical textile segments
like packtech (36%), Clothtech and Hometech. These seg-
ments though are very well technical textile products hav-
ing ample of growth however when it comes to the mon-
etary value of the end products it is sadly on the lower
side. The global technical textile market on the other hand
is dominated by Mobitech having 23% share followed by
Indutech, Sportech which are high value products.
When it comes to demand supply analysis of Mobitech,
the huge potential of this sector is very much evident to
the layman as well given the tremendous growth in Auto-
mobile industry. With rising economy having high dispos-
able income and growing standard of living the demand
for Cars is increasing day by day. In 2016 there were
around 7.2 crore cars produced globally whereas, in India
36 Lakh cars were produced. Indian automobile industry
is one of the largest in the world. It accounts for 7.1% of
the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Passen-
ger Vehicles segment witnessed a growth of CAGR 10.09%
and the commercial vehicle segment witnessed growthof
CAGR 9.4% during FY06-16. This ever increasing demand
of automobiles is mainly due to the status symbol that
Cars are having in India and also recently this has further
accelerated with the launch of rental car service provider
as people have now started investing in cars and register-
ing them with rental services giving them an added source
of income just as over the years they have been investing
in property, gold to secure their futures.
All said and done be it any kind of car, the automotive
textiles is a must in any types of vehicle. The various auto-
motive textile products are Nylon tyre Cord, Seat belt, Car
body covers, Seat upholstery, Automotive Carpets, Head-
liners, Sunvisors/sunblindsand Airbags.
Apart from the huge demand for the utmost essentials of
cars like seat covers, car flooring, seat belts etc. Recentl-
ythe awareness of one’s safety has also increased the de-
mands of air bags. Safety is of utmost importance today,
The scenario has changed gone are the days when people
insisted on cars without air bags in order to get afford-
able lower prices. Today there are cars that are market-
ing purely on basis of the number of Air bags in the car
thereby ensuring the safeguard of maximum passengers
on board.
In India, the government has recently made it manda-
tory for all the cars to have air bags and three additional
safety features for on board protection from accidents
post October 2017. This compulsion will thus increase the
demand for air bags exponentially as most of the budget
cars today like Alto, Eon, Santro, Nano, and the Datsun GO
are not providing air bags. A per car need of minimum 2
bags in such cars that are currently having highest market
dominance in India will ultimately create a huge market
for air bag manufacturer.
In value terms, the global automotive textiles market size
was USD 23.82 billion in 2015 and is expected to reach
USD 31.75 billion by 2024. Whereas, in volume terms, it
was 3.81 million tons in 2015 and is expected to reach
5.14 million tons by 2024.
The Indian Automobile industry is estimated to reach 10.3
thousand Cr. by 2017 having a CAGR of 14%. Amongst
the various automotive textiles produced in India, Nylon
tyre cord accounts over 60% of the total technical textile
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consumption in the segment followed by seat upholstery
/ fabric with a share of around 14%. Though the Indian
market is showing promising growth there is ample of op-
portunities for Indian entrepreneurs to encash by invest-
ing in auto textiles due to the growing global demand for
this market.
Conclusion:
Globally Mobitech market accounts US$ 36 Bn contribut-
ing 20% to technical textile market whereas in India the
mobitech market is Rs. 11,433 Cr contributing only 10%
of technical textile market. This shows that there is a
huge mobitech market that can be explored by entrepre-
neurs. Despite such great demands the Indian market is
still fragile for investing in mobitech projects. The major
reason for this setback is the lack of tie up with car As-
sembly suppliers. Most of these vendors are stationed in
developed nations thereby increasing logistic cost of the
product. Tie-ups with these vendors for setting up assem-
bly units in India will ultimately decrease the logistic cost.
Also from other point increased manufacturers of mob-
itech products will help in to bring these vendors to India.
Investing in mobitech product is highly sensible as most
of these products are high end products having huge po-
tentials ensuring a shorter span and higher return on in-
vestments. Domestic production of the airbags and other
automobile textiles means that the Indian manufacturers
can easily compete with other international mobitech
suppliers due to reduced logistics charges. It’s time that
we start playing on our strengths and invest in products
that will help us compete with global players. We must
take advantage of the new windows that are opening and
become global leaders than just followers. It is sensible
to be the first of a kind rather than just repeating some-
one after. Indian Entrepreneurs can come out with busi-
ness modules to supply all mobitech products to Indian
branded Cars in low segment which is the largest market
in India.
Avinash Mayekar
MD and CEO
Suvin Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
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Xaar’s CEO, Doug
Edwards, has con-
firmed the companyis
strengthening its busi-
ness in India with its
wide portfolio of inkjet
printheads and new
technology for a varie-
ty of print applications.
Edwards also outlined
the importance of the Indian market to the company’s
global goal to reach annual sales of £ 220 mby 2020.
Edwards gave an update on each of the four strategic pil-
lars to Xaar’s2020 goal. “Our focus for the last two years
has been to broaden our horizons into a wider range of
print applications, all of which are of significant interest to
our customers and partners in India. I am delighted to say
that results from the first half of this year show that we
are making good progress.”
“Product revenues outside of Ceramics are growing by
60%; global sales into the Graphics sector grew by 33%,
and we have also made good progress in our Packaging
and Product Printing markets, where global sales jumped
by 54%. We expect the Packaging and Product Printing
area of the business to be about a third larger than Ce-
ramics by the end of this year. In addition, we have seen
an increase in our Asian business, which now makes up
47% of the company’s overall sales.”
New High Laydown Technology for Indian Ceramics
and Packaging markets
Edwards announced that Xaar’sHigh Laydown (HL) Tech-
nology, initially launched in the Ceramics market, is now
available for packaging customers, enabling raised effect-
sto be added to substrates, transforming standard labels
and folding cartons into high value packaging for prod-
ucts that can command a premium.
In ceramics applications, High Laydown Technology al-
lows effects such as gloss and adhesives to be applied
with unprecedented laydown levels – for example, the
Xaar 1003 C with HL Technology can achieve a laydown
of up to 90 g/m2 at 35 m/min line speed. For labels and
packaging, High Laydown Technology with UV varnish en-
ables raised or tactile effects to be printed in single pass
and with a single print bar – for example, the Xaar 1003 U
with HL Technology can achieve a varnish film thickness
of 80 microns at 25 m/min line speed. Competitor offer-
ings typically require multiple print bars or much lower
line speed to achieve the same result.
In addition, the recent printhead launches from Xaar are
starting to shift the company towards a broader reach. Of
particular interest to the Indian market are the Xaar 1201
and Xaar 5501, both of which are capable of handling
aqueous inks. This means that OEMs looking to produce
textiles or graphics printers using water-based inks now
have access to robust and reliable technologies.
Already making a significant impact in Asia, the Xaar 1201
is a Thin Film Piezo Silicon Micro Electrical Mechanical
System (MEMS) technology printhead for printing Wide-
format Graphics (WFG) and Textiles with dye sublima-
tion, eco-solvent or aqueous inks. To complement the
Xaar 1201, Xaar recently announced the Xaar 5501, which
previewed in China a few months ago. This compact and
lightweight printhead is the first product resulting from
Xaar’s collaboration with Xerox, and delivers high print
quality combined with low printing costs, whilst integra-
tion costs will also be kept to a minimum.
Xaar’s Latest Inkjet Printheads And New Tech-
nology Strengthen Its Position In India
Edana Launches Call For Papers For The International Nonwovens Symposium
Brussels– EDANA, the leading global
association serving the nonwovens
and related industries, has opened
the call for papers for the 2018 Inter-
national Nonwovens Symposium,
Organised on behalf of the nonwo-
vens industry in general, the Sympo-
sium will feature a mix of topics on
nonwovens acrossall types of applica-
tionsand address the innovative tech-
nologies, products and uses of non-
woven materials or products as well
as the essential role of raw materials.
The conference will focus on the fol-
lowing topics:
• Sustainability, including recycling
and the circular economy
• Nonwoven industry trends
• Product, process and material inno-
vation
• Hygiene and personal care wipes
markets
• Industrial, technical and automotive
nonwovens
Table top exhibition space will also
be offered to enable companies to
establish new business contacts,
promote their brand to a global au-
dience, launch and demonstrate in-
novative technologies, products and
services.
CORPORATE NEWS
EVENTS

MD Of Colorant Ltd Subhash Bhargava Receives Haryana
Entrepreneurship Award
Subhash Bhargava, Managing Director of Colorant Ltd, a
leading reactive dyes manufacturerand exporter based
in Ahmedabad received the award at the 1st Award func-
tion for extending specialised services to the Textile and
Garment Industry of India held at Hotel Hive, Panipat on
October 7th,2017 organized by Garmek and Igmatex.
Bhargava is native to Haryana and is in the thisindustry
for more than three decades. Under his able leadership
Colorant Ltd., has beingstablished as a brand giving stiff
competition to all major multinational and national dyes
manufacturers. The quality, consistency and speciality is
second to none in the industry.
Bhargava delivered a very interesting lecture on how
Haryana was ahead than other states in all fields. He also
mentioned the role of Colorant in shaping the Textile in-
dustry based in Haryana.
Birla Cellulose Is Number One* Globally For Its Commit-
ment To Sustainable Forestry Management
*The Hot Button Issue Report for 2017 – A Ranking of
Global Viscose Producers
Canadian environmental NGO, Canopy ranked Birla Cel-
lulose as No. 1in its updated Hot Button Report.
Birla Cellulose of the Aditya Birla Group has been ranked
Number one globally by the NGO Canopy, in its Hot But-
ton Report for it work on the conservation of ancient and
endangered forests. Birla Cellulose has a ‘light green shirt’
ranking in the updated and expanded edition of the Hot
Button Report released recently, which ranks eleven vis-
cose rayon producers that represent 70% of global vis-
cose production.
“We are proud of the global Industry leading ranking of
Birla Cellulose and thank Canopy for acknowledging our
sustainability efforts from forest to fashion. This rein-
forces our belief that sustainability is core to our business
strategy,” said Dilip Gaur, Business Director, Pulp and Fi-
bre, Aditya Birla Group and Managing Director – Grasim
Industries Ltd.
“High conservation value forests are an important part
of our global ecosystems. At Birla Cellulose, we use only
sustainably sourced fibre for our pulp operations. We ad-
here to the strict standards of our Global Fibre Sourcing
Policy, which focuses on protection of High Conservation
Value and Ancient and Endangered Forests”, states Vinod
Tiwari, Chief Operating Officer, Pulp Business, Birla Cellu-
lose. He added “Birla Cellulose has been striving to deliver
quality products while protecting the environment, and
the efforts of all team members have made this achieve-
ment possible.”
“We engage with the entire textile value chain and sup-
port global brands for their sustainability journey and
being a responsible partner to their sourcing needs. We
have plans to further support in traceability, certifications
and sustainable innovations”, added Rajeev Gopal, Chief
Marketing Officer, Birla Cellulose.
Birla Cellulose has successfully completed CanopyStyle
Audit and its current supply chains confirm that the risk
of sourcing wood from ancient and endangered forests
or other controversial sources is low risk, which is an in-
dustry leading result.
“We’ve seen remarkable progress with CanopyStyle over
the past four years as a result of the collective action of
our brands partners. In the upcoming year, CanopyStyle
brands and designers are looking for additional leader-
ship from their rayon and viscose suppliers,” said Cano-
py’s Executive Director and Founder Nicole Rycroft.
Canopy’s Hot Button Issue ranks the world’s top viscose
producers on their progress on eliminating endangered
forests from their supply. This year the ranking features
five new criteria, including priorities on conservation solu-
tions and transparency where Birla Cellulose has leader
scores. The report is highly anticipated by over 105 global
brands, retailers and designers that are part of the Can-
opyStyle initiative. It has become a “go-to” resource for
fashion brands since first published in 2016.
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New patents protect SigNature T molecular tagging tech-
nology and a multimode reader device enabling IT inte-
grated instant authentication
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (“Applied DNA,” “the Compa-
ny,” NASDAQ: APDN) is pleased to announce the issuance
of U.S. Patent No. 9,790,538 (US 2014/0256881) entitled
“Alkaline Activation for Immobilization of DNA Taggants”
and a Notice of Allowance of U.S. Patent Application
15/027,454 (US 2016/0246892) entitled “Multimode Im-
age and Spectral Reader.”
The ‘538 patent, issued on October 17, 2017, protects the
core technology powering Applied DNA’s SigNature T mo-
lecular tags in the textile industry and is directed at meth-
ods of enhancing the binding affinity of molecular tags
to a variety of textile substrates, including cotton, wool,
cellulosic materials and man-made fibers. The enhanced
binding affinity of the SigNature T molecular tags enables
them to survive extremely harsh manufacturing process-
es, such as those found in leather, cotton and synthetics
manufacturing. The patented methods are currently used
in wide range of SigNature T applications, and are inte-
gral to the Company’s pursuit of a global textile industry
anticipated to grow to $910 billion in sales in 2019 from
$750 billion in 2015*.
The ‘454 Application, allowed on October 26, 2017 will is-
sue as a patent, and protects Applied DNA’s proprietary
Multimode Image and Spectral Reader (“MMR”) device
that provides for instant detection and identification of
a wide variety of optical, molecular, olfactory and radio
based taggants through the use of electronic sensor cap-
ture and digital database analysis. The handheld MMR
device can rapidly detect one or more taggants and com-
pare the detected taggants to library of known taggant
configurations to provide instant authentication.
“We take great pride in the patenting of our SigNature T
molecular tags, providing us with broad long-term market
exclusivity. In addition, the patenting of our MMR device
paves the way for the instant authentication of a broad
range of taggants and exciting licensing opportunities,”
said Dr. James Hayward, president and CEO of Applied
DNA. “Protecting our innovations has always been a cor-
nerstone of Applied DNA. Our robust intellectual prop-
erty portfolio is more important than ever, as industry
awareness and acceptance of our technologies is rapidly
growing.”
The issuance of the ‘538 patent raises Applied DNA’s pat-
ent portfolio to 53, in addition to over 70 pending applica-
tions.
Applied DNA Awarded U.S. Patents on SigNature® T Mo-
lecular Tag and Multimode Reader Authentication Device
Advt
NEWS

Textile Machinery Association Of Sweden Is Ready To
Weave Success And Growth In Vietnam.
Textile Machinery Association of Sweden (TMAS) has es-
tablished a local office in the 7th district of Ho Chi Minh
City. Heading the office is Tran Phuoc Thanh, Business
Development Representative for TMAS in Vietnam.
Tran comes with experience from the Vietnam National
Textile and Garment Group. He has also gathered insights
into the industry and undergone training in Sweden, from
the Swedish textile machinery makers and their custom-
ers. Tran is strategically positioned to market Swedish
machinery as well as drive sales and support for TMAS
companies in Vietnam.
“TMAS is positioned for the long-term in Vietnam. The
country is emerging as the new global production center
of textile products. We want to be part of this exciting
growth and expansion. We believe we have a lot to of-
fer in terms of our knowledge, expertise and innovative
technology, “said Mr. Mikael Äremann, president, TMAS.
TMAS helps support member companies to compete in
the global textile industry with leading edge production
equipment and technology. TMAS member companies
are all well-established leaders in various areas of the
manufacturing knowledge, and superior products and
services.
The textile industry is growing dramatically and Vietnam
has been identified as a hub for the Asian textile industry
in the next decade. The main reason for this is the increas-
ing cost levels in China, causing many textile and garment
brands to relocate in Vietnam. In fact, TMAS companies in
Sweden have already started realizing a notable increase
in demand for their products and services.
“TMAS companies are the perfect match for the Vietnam-
ese textile industry. We are a relatively small, tight-knit
group of companies, each specializing in a different key
area along the manufacturing process. Our size allows
us to be flexible. We work closely with our customers, we
listen and adapt quickly to their changing needs as they
respond to market demands, “emphasized Mrs. Therese
Premler-Andersson, Secretary General, TMAS.
Textile companies in Vietnam are looking for ways to be
competitive, and the country is clearly demonstrating
that it has the capacity and stamina to deliver. TMAS is
committed to enabling the Vietnamese textile industry to
flourish well over time.
The Vietnamese textile industry has all the right pre-req-
uisites to sustain healthy, long-term growth. “The Viet-
namese people are resilient and hardworking, with many
who are educated and conversant in English. The country
has a long history of overcoming challenges and adapting
to change,” said Mr. Mikael Äremann. “Indeed, workers
are increasing their skills with every year, and companies
are fast realizing that progress that took several years in
China is now taking much shorter time in Vietnam, “Mr.
Äremann continued.
The challenges and demands of Industry 4.0 are also
transforming the global textile industry. Therefore, envi-
ronmental and social sustainability, and the importance
of smart solutions is of the highest priority for TMAS
companies. The goal of all member companies is al-
ways to achieve better performance and efficiency while
maintaining the highest levels of quality. TMAS is bring-
ing world-leading Swedish innovative expertise of smart
industries into Vietnam, which will make Vietnam highly
competitive globally.
“TMAS is reflective of Sweden’s reputation for reliability,
quality and world leading technology. R&D is important
and TMAS companies have a solid track record for ensur-
ing their customers achieve long-term profitability and
growth. Building smart, sustainable solutions is in our
DNA, and we will definitely meet the drive for innovation
in Vietnam,” said Mrs. Therese Premler-Andersson.
It has been estimated production in the Vietnamese tex-
tile and clothing industry will increase by an average of
12-14% between 2016 -2020. Export is expected to reach
US$ 50 billion by 2020, rising from US$ 28 billion in 2016.
TMAS is certain that the time is right for a Swedish-Viet-
namese collaboration that will lead to a win-win both now
and well into the future. The result is an investment In the
Vietnamese market through local TMAS representation.
The objective is to provide relevant and precise support
INDUSTRY NEWS
Thanh Tran Phuoct, Business Development Manager TMAS Vietnam,
Mikael Äremann, General Manager IRO AB and President of TMAS

SHOW CALENDAR
November 2017
1-3 International Textile and Apparel Show
Dubai/ UAE
www.internationalapparelandtextilefair.com
3-5 Garknit X
Science City/ Kolkata
15-17 INTEX South Asia
Colombo/ Sri lanka
www.intexfair.com
16 Digital Textile Symposium
Mumbai/ India
http://catnewtech.com/DTS2017/
17-20 Texfair 2017
Coimbatore / India
www.simamills.org/texfair/
24-27 YFA Show 2017 /ATME 2017
Delhi/ India
www.yfatradeshow.com / www.atmeindia.com
26-28 Buyer - Seller Meet ( B2B)
Mumbai/ India
27-30 Shanghaitex 2017
Shanghai/ China
www.shanghaitex.cn
December 2017
5-7 China Machinex India/ China Homelife India
Mumbai/ Maharashtra
www.chlmx.com
7-10 ITMACH India/ ITSE Exhibition
Gandhinagar / Gujarat
www.ITMACH.com / www.ITSexhibition.com
January 2018
9-12 Heimtextil
Frankfurt/Germany
www.heimtextil.messefrankfurt.com
frankfurt/en.html
15-18 TEHRANTEX
Tehran/ Iran
www.tehrantex.com
19-22 UDYOG 2017
Surat / India
www.sgcci.in
19-22 GTE 2018
Delhi/ India
www.garmenttechnologyexpo.com
26-28 G Tex 2018
Karachi/ India
www.gtexglobal.com
February 2018
2-3 TexNovation
Mumbai/ India
www.texnovation.com
March 2018
8-10 10thColombo International Yarn and Fabric
Show 2018
Colombo / Srilanka
13-15 FILTECH
Cologne/ Germany
www.filtech.de
April 2018
5-7 Fibers and Yarns Mumbai / India
http://www.fibersnyarns.com
14-17 ITM 2018 / HIGHTEX 2018
Istanbul/ Turkey
www.itmexhibition.com
www.hightex2018.com
19-21 TPF Digital Printing
Shanghai/ China
http://2016.cstpf.com/en-us/index
and service to TMAS customers. Here, Mr. Tran, with his
local market experience and insights gathered from in-
depth research and analysis, will prove to be a real asset
to TMAS customers.
“I am excited about the tremendous possibilities open to
the Vietnamese textile industry, especially by having TMAS
as a partner. I am convinced me that each and every one
of the member companies has a vital role to play in ensur-
ing the growth and success of textile companies here in
Vietnam, “said Mr. Tran. “I look forward to enabling TMAS
to be a key driver of success for Vietnam, and through Vi-
etnam to the region, and the world.” Mr. Tran concluded.
The Vietnamese textile industry is naturally eager to capi-
talize on the textile boom. The 17th Vietnam International
Textile and Garment Industry Exhibition, VTG, is designed
to portray this positive business potential. This is also
where the world can experience the reliable quality and
innovative heritage of Sweden through Swedish textile
machinery and accessories manufacturers. The textile
machinery exhibition will be held in in Saigon Exhibition
and Convention Centre 22-25 November 2017 in Ho Chi
Minh City. Visit TMAS at stand 637.
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