The Textile Association (India) - Ahmedabad Unit Organises Conference On

Textile Industry : Innovations

for Sustainability & Growth
The Textile Association (India) -
Ahmedabad Unit organised a one-day
conference on "Textile Industry : Inno-
vations for Sustainability and Growth"
at the University Ground in
Ahmedabad alongside the 'Engimach'
exhibition dedicated to the engineer-
ing machinery and machine tools.

The Conference was supported by the

Govt. of Gujarat, Industries
Commissionerate, Gandhinagar and
also by a host of local industrial asso-
ciations of Ahmedabad.

Dr. Chandan Chatterjee (Director - CED

& GM iNDEXTb) - a well-known and
dynamic textile technocrat turned bu-
reaucrat of Gujarat - who was one of
the guest speakers - in his speech gave
details of the various schemes of the
Govt. of Gujarat for the growth and
development of the textile and apparel
industry. The information provided by
Dr. Chatterjee is given below.
Government of Gujarat : Schemes
for Assistance to Textile & Apparel
sector
Textile Industry has its unique position
as a self-reliant industry, from the pro-
duction of raw materials to fabric and
Garment and has a major contribution
to the economy of Gujarat.
Gujarat is a leading textile state in the
country. The state contributes over 33%
of mill-made fabric and 25% of power-
loom fabric of the country. Textile also
accounts for about 21% of total em-
ployment in the industrial sector of the
state…
Dr. Chandan Chatterjee (Director - CED & GM iNDEXTb)
Considering the huge potential in this
sector, both in terms of investment and
employment generation, Government
of Gujarat intends to promote entire
textile value chain from farm to fibre to
fabric to fashion and foreign trade. The
state has identified certain sectors like
Cotton spinning, Knitting and Machine
Carpeting as the missing gaps in whole
value chain, and also new areas like
Technical and Industrial textile to
achieve more and more value addition.
In view of the initiatives and strategies
envisaged in the Industrial Policy, 2009
Government is pleased to introduce
various schemes for Textile / Apparel
sector as under:
Resolution
Looking to the opportunities for cotton
spinning, knitting, apparel and ma-
chine carpeting both for domestic and
international market, the Industrial
Policy 2009 provides for extending
support to promote all these sectors
with an integrated approach for the
over all development of textile indus-
try in Gujarat. The Govt has therefore
decided to introduce the following
schemes with a strategic thrust on :
1. Technological upgradation
2. Quality Consciousness
3. Product Diversification
4. Increase in exports and innovative
marketing strategies
5. Maximising employment opportu-
nities
6. Integrated Human Resource Devel-
opment

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Operative period of the scheme
The scheme will come into operation
from the date of issue of this GR and
shall remain in force for five years.
Only those enterprises which complete
and make operational fully their
projects during the operative period
shall be eligible for benefit mentioned
under the respective scheme, as ap-
plicable.
Definitions
New Enterprise
New Enterprise means the enterprise
which commences commercial pro-
duction/ service during the operative
period of this scheme and has obtained
acknowledgement of filing
Entrepreneur’s Memorandum (EM) with
the concerned District Industries Cen-
ter (DIC) or Industrial Entrepreneur’s
Memorandum (IEM) with Government
of India.
Existing Enterprise
The Existing Enterprise means the
enterprise which has filed EM with the
concerned DIC or IEM with GoI and is
implementing expansion/ diversifica-
tion/ modernization in the project for
carrying out activity indicated in this
resolution.
Expansion or Diversification
Existing enterprise taking up expansion
or diversification with investment more
than 50% of its existing gross fixed
capital investment as on date of initi-
ating expansion/ diversification and
commencing production of said expan-
sion/ diversification during the opera-
tive period of the scheme shall be
treated as Expansion or Diversification.
Gross Fixed Capital Investment
Gross fixed capital investment means
investment in fixed capital viz. Land,
Building, Plant & Machinery before it
commences expansion/ diversifica-
tion/ modernization and/ or it obtains
sanction of financial assistance from
Banks/Financial Institutions.
Eligible Fixed Capital Investment:
Eligible fixed capital investment means
the capital investment made in the
fixed assets viz. Land, Building, Plant
& Machinery, Utilities, etc. excluding
pre-operative expenses.
TUF Scheme
The TUF scheme means the Technol-
ogy Upgradation Fund Scheme as no-
tified by Government of India and
amended from time to time regarding
eligible machineries under the scheme.
Interest Subsidy Scheme
The scheme will be known as Finan-
cial assistance by way of credit linked
Interest Subsidy in Spinning, Weaving,
Knitting, Apparel and Machine Carpet-
ing.
Eligible Activities
Spinning
Minimum size of each cotton/synthetic
blended new spinning unit should be
of 5,000 spindles. In case of expan-
sion, it should be of additional 5,000
spindles.
Weaving (Powerloom)
Investment in plant & machineries as
specified in the updated list of textile
machinery under T.U.F. Scheme of
Government of India.
Knitting, Apparel & Machine Carpet-
ing
Minimum investment should be Rs. 5
crores in plant and machineries.
Quantum of Assistance
(i) Interest subsidy will be available
for establishing new enterprises
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or for expansion/ diversification
and modernization of existing
enterprises and only for the in-
vestment in new and modern
plant and machinery.
(ii) For the purpose of interest sub-
sidy, the enterprise shall get term
loan from Financial Institution/
Bank recognized by Reserve
Bank of India.
(iii) The enterprise applying within one
year of loan disbursement will be
eligible.
(iv) Disbursement of the loan should
be within the operative period of
the Scheme.
(v) The enterprise must start com-
mercial operation within the op-
erative period of the scheme.
(vi) Maximum interest subsidy at the
rate of 5% per annum, limited to
maximum of Rs. 30 lakhs (for
Spinning maximum of Rs.40
lakhs) per annum, will be avail-
able to the enterprise. This inter-
est subsidy will be in addition to
any other incentives available
from other schemes of Govern-
ment of India.
(vii) The interest subsidy will be avail-
able only on interest levied by the
Financial Institution. Penal inter-
est or other charges will not be
reimbursed.
(viii) The interest subsidy will be for
five years OR for the period of
repayment of loan whichever is
earlier.
(ix) The interest subsidy will be given
to the enterprise which pays regu-
lar installments and interest to the
financial institutions. If the enter-
prise becomes defaulter, it will
not get interest subsidy for the
default period and such default-
ing period will be deducted from
5 years period.
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Interest Subsidy in Technical Textiles
The scheme will be known as Credit
linked interest Subsidy in Technical
Textiles.
Eligible Activities
Technical Textiles are defined as tex-
tile materials and products used pri-
marily for their technical performance
and functional properties rather than
their aesthetic or decorative character-
istics. Depending on the product char-
acteristics, functional requirements
and end-use applications, the highly
diversified range of technical textiles
have been grouped into 13 sectors
application-wise.
1. Agrotech (Agriculture, Horticulture
and Forestry)
2. Buildtech (Building and Construc-
tion)
3. Clothtech (Technical components
of shoes and clothing)
4. Geotech (Geo-textiles and Civil
Engineering)
5. Hometech (Components of furni-
ture, household textiles and floor
coverings)
6. lndutech (Filtration, cleaning and
other industrial usage)
7. Meditech (Hygiene and Medical)
8. Mobiltech (Automobiles, Shipping,
Railways and Aerospace)
9. Oekotech (Environmental Protec-
tion)
10. Packtech (Packaging)
11. Protech (Personal and Property
Protection)
12. Sporttech (Sport and Leisure)
13. Defebcetech (Textile for defense
use)
This Scheme will be applicable to new
as well as to existing enterprise for
expansion/ upgradation in above 13
sectors.
The machinery of Technical/ Industrial
textile as listed and identified under
TUF scheme or compatible with TUF
scheme will be considered eligible.
Quantum of Assistance
The enterprise will be given interest
subsidy @6% in new plant and ma-
chinery as interest linked capital sub-
sidy limited to Rs. 125 lakhs during the
operative period of the scheme. This
will be in addition to any support pro-
vided by State Government and Gov-
ernment of India under any scheme.
Scheme of Assistance for Technol-
ogy acquisition and upgradation
The scheme will be known as assis-
tance to enterprises for Technology
acquisition and upgradation.
Eligible Activities
(i) The enterprise acquiring the tech-
nology for the first time in India for
specialized application will be con-
sidered eligible under the scheme.
(ii) The acquisition of technology can
be in any form, including purchase
of drawing and design and tech-
nology development through en-
gaging experts/ R&D institution
and/or technical consultancy firm.
Quantum of Assistance
(i) The enterprises acquiring the tech-
nology will be provided financial as-
sistance of upto 50% of the invest-
ment for technology acquisition /
collaboration, with maximum of Rs
25 lakhs per process/product once
during operative period of the
scheme.
(ii) The enterprise availing the benefit
for the same purpose under any
other scheme of State Govern-
ment will not be eligible to get ben-
efit under this scheme.
Scheme for Assistance to Apparel
Training Institutions and Trainees
The scheme will be known as Assis-
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tance to Training Institutions, Training
Centers, Trainers and Trainees for Ap-
parel related production.
Eligible Activities & Quantum of As-
sistance
Setting up of Training Institution
(i) Under the scheme, any autono-
mous institutions promoted by gov-
ernment/ public sector undertak-
ings or private sector with a strong
background of textile and apparel
industries or skilled manpower de-
velopment, which propose to set
up apparel training facilities, will be
provided assistance upto 85%,
with ceiling of maximum of Rs 3
crore, of the project cost covering
fixed capital investment in build-
ing, equipments and machinery (in-
cluding installation cost), electrifi-
cation, furnitures and other miscel-
laneous investment required for
setting up training facilities, ex-
cluding land cost.
(ii) The recurring expenditure for run-
ning the training institution has to
be borne by the promoter institu-
tion.
Upgradation of facilities in Industrial
Training Institutes (ITIs)
ITIs offer different courses in apparel
production as per the training scheme
of All India Apprenticeship Training.
These courses need to be upgraded
as per the requirement of apparel in-
dustry and the training content needs
to be approved by State Level Com-
mittee/ Anchor Institutions. ITIs, there-
fore, need additional facilities in terms
of new equipments and machineries.
Accordingly, ITIs will be provided need
based assistance for purchase of
equipments required for upgrading their
existing facilities to provide training in
apparel production. The assistance will
be as one time grant of total cost of
additional equipments required to be
purchased for conducting training
courses in apparel production.
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Training Centers
(i) In Gujarat, there are large numbers
of Training Centers in the form of
tailoring schools, which provide
training in sewing and other tailor-
ing related activities, set up by dif-
ferent institutions, NGOs and pri-
vate entrepreneurs and registered
by Directorate of Employment &
Training (DET). There is a good
potential to upgrade these facilities
to provide training for different skills
of apparel production. This would
generate large number of skilled
manpower in urban and semi-urban
areas of the state.
(ii) Such training centers, which come
forward to upgrade their facilities
in order to make them viable ap-
parel training centers will be pro-
vided assistance at 50%, subject
to a limit of Rs. 20 lacs per center,
of their investment towards pur-
chase of equipment and machin-
ery (including installation cost),
electrification and necessary fur-
niture. Establishment of new train-
ing centers will also be eligible for
financial assistance under the
scheme. The institutions/ training
centers will be required to provide
training as per the norms of AEPC
or State Level Committee/Anchor
Institutions.
Reimbursement of tuition fees to
Trainees
(i) The training institutions charge tu-
ition fees from trainees to meet
their recurring expenditure, as this
is the only source of income to
run such institutions. The tuition
fees for undertaking training in
apparel production are much
higher as compared to fees
charged by ITIs in different skills.
(ii) It is, therefore, necessary to pro-
vide assistance to trainees so as
to enable them to pay tuition fees.
The assistance will be at 50% of
total fees charge by institutions,
subject to a limit of up to Rs
5,000/- per trainee per course in
apparel production in institutions
approved by the State Level Com-
mittee. The selection of trainees
will be carried out by the commit-
tee constituted by concerned Gen-
eral Manager (GM), DIC. The ten-
ure of the Training, Syllabus and
Tuition Fees will be prescribed by
State Level Committee/ Anchor
Institutions.
(iii) However, this support will not be
available to those trainees avail-
ing any other similar support pro-
vided by State Government.
Assistance for training to Trainers
(i) Financial assistance, as reim-
bursement of training cost with
maximum limit of Rs.5000/- per
trainer per week, will be provided
to apparel training institutions/ cen-
ters approved by State Level Com-
mittee for imparting training to the
trainers
(a) at 100% in case of trainers at
tending autonomous institu-
tions promoted by Govern-
ment/Public sector undertak-
ings and
(b) at 50% in case of trainers at-
tending other institutions
(ii) The training period should not be
more than four weeks.
(iii) The training will be conducted in
the institutions approved by the
State Level Committee/ Anchor In-
stitutions.
Training Support to Power loom Sec-
tor
Stipend Scheme for Trainees of
Power loom
The scheme will be known as assis-
tance by way of stipend to trainees of
Power loom training centers operated
by ATIRA at Ahmedabad & Dholka and
by MANTRA at Pandesara, Katargam
and Sachin at Surat.
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Eligible activities
The fresh trainees of Power loom train-
ing centers operated by ATIRA at
Ahmedabad & Dholka and by MAN-
TRA at Pandesara & Sachin at Surat
will be considered eligible for stipend.
Quantum of Assistance:
Trainees will be given stipend of
Rs.1500/- per month for the period of
three months. The trainees for the
batches of weavers and jobbers under
GR dated 15.10.2007 mentioned at
preamble (7) will also eligible for the
stipend for Rs. 1500 per month.
Assistance for advanced training to
Pow er l o o m ow n er /j o b b er an d
worker
The scheme will be known as assis-
tance for advanced training to power
loom owner/ jobber and worker to up-
grade skills to work on Auto looms,
High speed auto looms and Shuttleless
looms and to improve their working
style, skill and behavior.
Quantum of Assistance
The scheme will be operated through
ATIRA, MANTRA and similar Institu-
tions. Under the scheme, the following
assistance will be provided:
(i) Allowances towards cost of trans-
port & incidental expenses to
weavers @ Rs.200/- per day for
duration of two days and Jobbers
@ Rs.300/- per day for duration of
six days. No allowances will be
given to Power loom owner.
(ii) No fees will be charged by the In-
stitution from Weaver, jobber or
Owner for providing training.
The following conditions shall apply for
providing financial assistance:
(i) Training period will be two days for
weaver, six days for jobber and two
days for power loom owner.
(ii) Fees to experts, practical training,
facilities for training etc. will be de-
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cided in consultation with the of-
fice of Industries Commissionerate
for the each training programme.
Reimbursement of actual cost for
such expenditure will be given to
ATIRA/ MANTRA or similar insti-
tutions as approved by State Level
Committee.
Support for Textile & Apparel Park
The scheme will be known as support
for setting up of following type of Tex-
tile & Apparel Park any where in Gujarat
on PPP basis.
1. Apparel/Sewing Parks.
2. Weaving park for cotton/synthetic
textiles
3. Exclusive Technical Textile Park
4. Exclusive Industrial Park for ma-
chine made carpets
5. Industrial Park for Textile machin-
eries & ancillaries
6. Ginning and Pressing park
Scheme for Support to Private De-
veloper
If the private developer intends to de-
velop a Textile and Apparel Park, it will
be entitled to Viability Gap Funding
scheme of Gujarat Infrastructure De-
velopment Board, as specified below.
Eligibility
(i) The park must have provision for
the location of minimum 20 num-
bers of manufacturing / service en-
terprises.
(ii) The park should be implemented
under PPP basis i.e. developed, fi-
nanced, constructed, maintained
and operated by a Private Sector
Company to be selected by the
Government or Government
agency or specified Government
agency through a process of de-
veloper selection as specified in
the Gujarat Infrastructure Develop-
ment (GID) Act, 1999.
(iii) The state government may provide
land to the Project Special Pur-
pose Company (SPC) on lease.
The ownership of government land
shall remain with Government/ its
agency.
Quantum of assistance
The park will be provided viability gap
funding of upto 20% of total project
cost by Gujarat Infrastructure Devel-
opment Board (GIDB) as per the terms
and conditions notified under G.R. No.
IDB/112006/2536/I dated 25th July,
2007, amended from time to time.
Support to Industries/ Industries As-
sociation
If a group of industries or an industry
association intends to develop a Tex-
tile and Apparel Park, it will be entitled
to financial assistance as specified
below, subject to eligibility conditions.
Eligibility
(i) The park must have provision for
the location of minimum 20 num-
bers of manufacturing / service en-
terprises.
(ii) The park should be implemented
under PPP basis i.e. developed,
financed, constructed, maintained
and operated a Special Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) consisting of gov-
ernment/ its agencies and group
of industries/ industries associa-
tion.
(iii) The state government may provide
land to the SPV on lease. The own-
ership of the government land shall
remain with Government/ its
agency.
Quantum of assistance
The park will be provided financial as-
sistance of up to 50%, with maximum
limit of Rs. 10 crore, of total project
cost for establishing common infra-
structure facilities, excluding land cost.
General Conditions
(i) The enterprise must start commer-
cial operation within the operative
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period of the scheme.
(ii) The enterprise availing benefit un-
der the scheme will have to remain
in production/services at least for
five years from the date of com-
mencement of commercial produc-
tion/services.
(iii) All the benefiting enterprises shall
file information about annual pro-
duction, sales, power consumption
and such other details as may be
asked by DIC on 31st of every
March annually.
(iv) For expansion/ diversification the
enterprise will be entitled for incen-
tives only once during the opera-
tive period of the scheme.
(v) The enterprises will be eligible for
any additional incentives specified
under different schemes of Govern-
ment of India.
State Level Committee constituted
for sanction of assistance
1. Industries Commissioner Chairman
2. Addl. Secretary/ JS / Dy. Secretary
– Finance dept. Member
3 Dy. Secretary (Textile) I & MD Mem-
ber
4. Director, ATIRA Member
5. Director, MANTRA Member
6. Chairman, Surat Art Silk Cloth
Manufacturers Association Mem-
ber
7. President, Gujarat Chamber of
Commerce & Industry Member
8. General Manager (Projects & Tech-
nology), iNDEXTb Member
9. Add /Jt./Dy. Commissioner of In-
dustries Member Secretary
The proposal for getting the assistance
should be submitted to the respective
District Industries Centre. DICs will
scrutinize and forward the proposal to
Industries Commissioner, who will sub-
mit before the State Level Committee
for its decision. Industries Commis-
sioner in this regard will issue the de-
tailed procedure separately.
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Shri B.B. Sharma, Technical Director,
Welspun India Pvt. Ltd., Kutch
(Gujarat), in his Keynote Address
emphasised on the need to have
sustainability in every sphere of today's
industrial activity. According to Shri
Sharma “sustainable development is
development that meets the needs of
the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet
their own needs.”

It is usually noted that this requires the

reconciliation of environmental, social
and economic demands - the "three pil-
lars" of sustainability. Shri Sharma re-
called how the industrial units in the
past grossly undermined the issues
related to environment, minimum
wages and corporate social responsi- Shri B.B. Sharma, Technical Director, Welspun India Pvt. Ltd.
bility. "These issues have now become
a must to follow in order to be func-
tional in business today, especially in
the global trade", he added.

Shri Sharma highlighted how his com-

pany was handling these issues and
ensuring best compliance to the inter-
national standards.

Dr. P.R. Roy, Immediate Past President

of the Textile Association (India) and a
renowned textile management consult-
ant, in his inaugural address, also re-
minded the industry of the adverse
consequences of the fast depleting
natural resources, especially cotton in
India due to declining acrage under
cotton farming. He advised the indus-
try leaders to plan their future strate-
gies based on these ground realities
and go all out to create and adopt in-
novations for sustainability and growth.
Dr. Roy, who is currently advising vari-
ous textile mills to shape up their fu-
ture directions extending technical and
managerial support, said : "cotton is
the most important natural fibre used
in the textile industries worldwide,
amounting to 40% of the textile pro-
duction. The consumption of a cotton
product is connected to a chain of im-
pacts on the water resources in the
countries where cotton is grown and
Welspun City , a 2500 acre township set up in the heart of Anjar is the
backbone of Welspun. It was established in 2004 with an initial investment of
Rs. 13,500 million. The one-of-its-kind Welspun Textile Mill produces Terry
Towels and Bed linen of the finest and the best quality in the World. These
products are mostly exported to the top retailers of the Globe which includes
most of the Fortune 100 Companies like Wal Mart, Target and J.C. Penny
amongst others.
Welspun City is additionally a prime example of continuous efforts of pro-
tecting the environment with a strong emphasis on a-forestation. The town-
ship is in the process of turning itself in the creation of the largest green belt
in the area, with a veritable forest of about 500,000 trees which includes the
Jatropha tree, the drought resistant perennial whose seeds is used to pro-
duce bio-diesel.
In its sincere efforts to improve the lives of children “Welspun Vidya Mandir”,
a school up to class 10, affiliated under the Central board of Secondary
Education, India (CBSE) and “Welspun Anganvadi”, a pre-primary school for
children has been set up for children of Welspun employees and local fami-
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processed –mainly dry regions. These
impacts of cotton production on the
environment are easily visible and have
different faces. On the one hand there
are the effects of water depletion. On
the other, the effects on water quality".

The consumption of a cotton product

is connected to a chain of impacts on
the water resources in the countries
where cotton is grown and processed.
It is important to assess the 'water foot-
print' of worldwide cotton consumption,
identifying both the location and the
character of the impacts. There are
three types of impact: evaporation of
infiltrated rainwater for cotton growth
(green water use), withdrawal of
ground- or surface water for irrigation
or processing (blue water use) and Dr. P.R. Roy, Immediate Past President of the Textile Association (India)
water pollution during growth or pro- and a renowned textile management consultant
cessing. The latter impact is quantified
in terms of the dilution volume neces-
sary to assimilate the pollution.

For the period 1997-2001 the study

shows that the worldwide consumption
of cotton products requires 256 Gm3
of water per year, out of which about
42% is blue water, 39% green water
and 19% dilution water. Impacts are
typically cross-border. About 84% of the
water footprint of cotton consumption
in the EU25 region is located outside
Europe, with major impacts particularly
in India and Uzbekistan. Given the gen-
eral lack of proper water pricing mecha-
nisms or other ways of transmitting
production-information, cotton consum-
ers have little incentive to take respon-
sibility for the impacts on remote wa-
ter systems. Dr. Ramkumar Seshadri, Associate Professor of Nonwoven Materials at
The Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University,
India is playing an ever-important role USA being felicitated by the Textile Association (India)-Ahmedabad Unit
in the world’s cotton market. Set to on receiving the prestigious “Scientist of the Year” award for his invention
bypass the United States and become “FIBERTECT” decontamination wipe by the Lubbock chapter of Achieve-
the world’s second largest producer of ment Rewards for College Scientists Foundation (ARCS). ARCS is a na-
cotton in 2007, India has seen its cot- tional body with a mission to Advance Science in America.
ton sector undergo critical changes in
recent years. doubled from 11 million bales to 23 needs for cotton, making India the third
million bales. India is expected to over- largest exporter of cotton – most of
Ever since the government of India take the U.S. as the world’s second which goes to China.
authorized the commercialization of Bt largest cotton producer in 2007. The
cotton in 2002, cotton production has recent increase in Indian cotton pro- Only five years ago, India’s cotton ex-
soared. From 2002 to 2006, production duction has outpaced the domestic ports were insignificant.

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Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar of Texas Tech University, who
supervises the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Labo-
ratory at the Institute of Environmental and Human Health
at Texas Tech, has also been playing a vital role for the
promotion, growth and international linkages in technical
textiles in India. He was in Ahmedabad to deliver his lec-
ture on "Technical Textiles : Opportunities Unlimited" and
also to hold top level meetings with the govt. officials in
the industries department as the State wants to take a
lead in the production and promotion of technical textiles
by opening centres of excellence in this fast emerging
and promising field.

Non-woven technology involves no weaving or spinning.

The raw material on one end of the machine and the fabric
comes out of the other. Non-woven fabric is made by put-
ting together small fibers in a sheet or a web and then
binding them together, either mechanically with an adhe-
sive or using heat.

Non-weaving machines are 2,000 times faster than weav-

ing machines and these fibers are used for disposable
products like filters, and medical garments among others.

Non-woven technology has environmental merits, too. "We

experimented with bio-degradable produce as well as coir,
cotton and jute and this technology is flexible to natural
fibers too," he said.

Ramkumar aims to promote the non-woven textile indus-

try in India. Since 2004 he has been making efforts to
grow the non-woven and technical textile industry base in
India.
He said the textiles industry in India is second only to
agriculture in economic importance, given that it employs
35 million people. India imports 60 percent of the non-
woven material it needs from countries like Taiwan, Ko-
rea, China and the US.
But he noted that India has taken aggressive steps to
produce more of it. It has created a national mission for it
and has allocated $170 million to the industry. Already,
Ramkumar said, India has initiated steps to establish four
centers of excellence: medical textiles, geotextiles,
agrotextiles and protective textiles. This offers a business
opportunity for US and European textile industries to ex-
pand into -- and seek new markets.
"The value added textiles sector is a highly profitable one.
But only a few companies are in the field in India. What we
need is collaboration with foreign countries,' he said.
In a recent study, Ramkumar and another researcher,
Appachi Arunachalam, predicted a yearly growth of 13.3
percent for India's non-woven and technical textile indus-
Dr. Ramkumar Seshadri making his presentation on
" Technical Textiles : Opportunities Unlimited.
try, which is more than twice the annual 5 to 6 percent ex-
pected growth patterns in the United States and Europe.
The report titled India Rising: Opportunities in Nonwovens
and Technical Textiles, show the growth and potential of India's
technical textile industry and the consumption of nonwoven
technical textiles from 2007-2050. That report was published
in Nonwovens Industry and Textile World Asia.
"In this era of globalisation, such a study will be useful for
the US textile industries to seek joint ventures and collabo-
ration with the emerging market," Ramkumar said. "By 2035,
the growth rate of the nonwoven and technical textile indus-
try will be exponential. However, with the new government
initiatives in India, the growth rate will be even faster."
Ramkumar was honored last year with the Top Twenty Under
40 Award for his achievements in inventing a non-woven
military wipe by the Young Professionals of Greater Lub-
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The non-woven military wipe can be
used to protect and clean soldiers and
military aircraft that have been con-
taminated with lethal chemicals. The
wipe technology, developed at Texas
Tech, has been proved to be one of
the best dry wipe technologies avail-
able.

He also serves as the co-chairman of

the Association of the Nonwoven Fab-
rics Industry's India committee. The
textiles sector in India will be more
important in the future and innovations
in this field are vital, he said. Currently
the sector involves $55 billion; by 2020,
it will grow up to $115 billion.

"My immediate mission is to promote

the growth of the technical textile in-
Ms. Panna Trivedi, Sr. Manager - Design and Development, Reliance In-
dustry in India which will be worth 15
dustries Ltd., Ahmedabad made her presentation on " CAD in Textile : A
billion dollars by 2012. I plan to do this
Tool for Creativity and Growth" .
by bringing many international players
to India and establish collaborations
with institutes and organisations," he
said.

Dr. N.N. Mahapatra, Vice President

(Tech. Marketing), Hind Prakash
Lonsen Ind. Ltd., Ahmedabad, in his
presentation on "Textile Dyes : Scope
and Challenges" stressed the need for
using cleaner production technologies
and newer dyes and chemical products
that lead to energy saving and help in
controlling air and water pollution. He
also emphasised on the need to
closely monitor small little things in
house keeping and floor plant that can
considerably help in achieving
sustainability and improved overall
working of the plant.
Lonsen Plant
Lonsen Plant
Introducing appropriate residues to the
molecule of a reactive dye can increase
its UV-protection properties. The col-
oration of cellulose fabrics with the use
of specially tailored dyes could elimi-
nate the necessity of using additional
UV-absorber auxiliaries, and therefore
decrease the number of chemicals
used in the dyehouse. This fact should
be considered when designing new re-
active dyes;

Technological developments have

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broadened the scope of applications
of the textile fibres. High performance
Textiles are gaining importance day by
day due to their versatile applications
in endless areas. The advent of areas
like Geo – Textiles, Industry, and Build-
ing – construction, Medical field,

Automotives, Agriculture, Sports,

Clothing, and Packaging have widened
the reign of textile fibres.

Shri Ashish Saraf, MD, Inter Continen-

tal Industries, Mumbai made a detailed
and demonstrative presentation on
"Textile Auxiliaries : Technological De-
velopments and Opportunities".

Shri Saraf gave details of the new novel

products of his company that have been Shri Ashish Saraf, MD, Inter Continental Industries, Mumbai
introduced in the Indian market for the
first time in order to address the global
issues of environment and
sustainability. According to Shri Saraf,
the first component emphasizes the
quality of the products which in turn,
emphasizes the importance of pro-
cessing control, material and energy
saving, quality assurance and total
quality management, and improving
production environment to comply with
ISO and ECO requirements.

The second component is concerned

with increased productivity. In addition
to the output of the first component,
the second component will make use
of the R and D activities, as well as
supportive services and extension
services to achieve products diversifi-
cation as per the market demand, in-
novative products and cost reduction
of current production.
Some of the other areas of research
are : The use of biological methods in
the wet processing of textile, develop-
ment of dyeing of cotton and polyes-
ter/cotton blends, synthesis of new
polymeric materials for use as thick-
eners in pigment printing and in reac-
tive printing to substitute kerosene/
water emulsion and sodium alginate
respectively. Then there is the final
chemical finishing of textiles to impart
Shri Priyesh G. Shah, MD, Sagar Group, Ahmedabad
certain desirable properties and also
the use of electro-catalytic degrada-
tion of dissolved dyes in textile waste
water treatment.
Shri Saraf, with his technical team,
demonstrated the effectiveness of his
company's premium product called
'Intramine - HL' which showed excel-
lent water absorbency. This product is
highly recommended for better
desizing, perfect scouring, excellent
whiteness, level and bright dyeing, in-
stant absorbency, soft and fluffy feel
and as an accelerator to the conven-
tional enzyme.
The other products highlighted by Shri
Saraf included : Vitamin E, Silkytouch,
Odoguard, Urethane Finish, Ozone
inhibitor, Gas Fading Inhibitor,
Mosquitto Repellent, Durable Press
Finish and Sulphur Tender Guard
among others. The company offers
speciality chemicals for paper and
leather industries also.

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Shri Priyesh G. Shah, MD, Sagar
Group, Ahmedabad gave his presen-
tation on "Weaving Machinery : Cur-
rent Trends and Innovations."

With an insight for innovation,

multitalented work force and as a young
visionary working for more than 50
world reputed Principals in the textile
machinery field from about 40 coun-
tries, Shri Priyesh Shah was one of
the ablest speakers to throw light on
the latest innovations taking place
around the globe and also being
adopted by different key players.

Shri Shah discussed in detail the high

speed air jet and water jet weaving
looms and a host of other machineries
such as roving, ring spinning frame and
compact spinning system, warping &
sizing machines etc. Shri Shah
stressed the need for modernisation of
the weaving industry in view of the
availability of very high speed air/wa-
ter jet looms that lead to considerable
cost saving and hence increase com-
petitiveness of the enterprise. He de-
scribed latest high speed air jet looms
offered by Toyota Industries Corpora-
tion - Japan which offer lot of energy
saving and lowest production cost of
eight paise per pick.
As one of the best selling Air Jet Loom,
its key features are high speed, less
vibration and reduced air consumption,
greater flexibility & state -of- the-art
technology.
It has also set a world standard of
Water Jet weaving in the 21st century.
Improved quality, easy handing, lower
operating cost and broader weaving
range are some of its key features.
Shri Soham Mehta, MD, AdventEnvirocare Technology Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad
spoke on " Textile Effluent : Treatment and Recycling"
ADVENT is one of the very few companies in the field of environmental engineer-
ing, with process know-how and field experience in complete spectrum of related
technologies using physical-chemical treatment, advanced biological treatment,
chemical oxidation, filtration, membrane separation, thermal evaporation, vacuum
evaporation and incineration. ADVENT develops innovative treatment approaches
using both conventional and emerging technologies based on applied research
and basic engineering know-how.
ADVENT undertakes Pollution Control and Water Treatment Projects with scope
of work convenient to the customers, be it single-point turn-key responsibility to
just the consulting services and supplies.
Turnkey Project Contracts(EPCC) : ADVENT can provide complete services
from concept to commissioning including engineering, procurement, construc-
tion and operation of treatment systems. This can be provided for new and up-
graded systems or components also. ADVENT has associates to jointly execute
large projects like CETP’s on turn-key basis.
Engineering & Package Supplies : ADVENT also undertakes design and engi-
neering of treatment system and supplies, erects and commissions complete
mechanical equipment is a package. Piping and Electrical works can also be
included, if desired.
Planning and Conceptual Engineering : This involves collection of baseline in-
formation, data evaluation, testing, treatability studies, technology screening, de-
velopment of treatment alternatives and process optimization. This is generally
followed by development of Basic Engineering Package.

Similarly, Toyota RX240 NEW-EST
Compact Spinning System, equipped
with their proven unique compact spin-
ning system offers exceptionally high
quality yarns that exceeds the capa-
bilities of conventional ring spinning
systems. Toyota New FL200 ideal Rov-
ing Frame, one that enables anyone to
spin high-quality roving at high speeds.
Contract Operations : ADVENT also undertakes Commissioning, Operations,
Maintenance & Troubleshooting Contracts of self-executed projects, including
plant upgrades. The scope may cover complete O & M to just providing technical
support.
Environmental Audits & Permitting : The Environmental Audit covers water, air
and solid discharges from the industry, their characterization, extent of treatment
and ultimate fate. This helps in developing Environmental Management System
and initiates measures like Source Control and Cleaner Technology. Permitting
involves getting necessary clearances from the respective authorities

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Newly developed four motor drive, the
latest in servo technology, combined
with the synergy of a high-performance
tension controller the FL-200 ensures
one rank above all others in every as-
pect of performance, productivity, op-
erability & roving quality.

Shri Jignesh Shroff, Director, Mayur

Reeds & Healds Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad
talked on "Role of Textile Machinery
Accessories Manufacturing : A Clus-
ter Approach". He gave details about
his company's activities.

Mayur Reeds And Healds Pvt. Ltd.

was established in 1994 with "Mayur"
Brand Weaving Accessories. Mayur's
associate manufacturing units are Atul
Enterprise, Tina Reeds Mfg. Co., who Shri Jignesh Shroff, Director, Mayur Reeds & Healds Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad
have been manufacturing and selling
the "MAYUR" Brand Weaving Acces-
sories from last 25 years in India and
abroad.

Mayur manufactures all metal reeds,

metallic heald frames, riderless flat
healds, flat steel healds, twin wire
healds (twisted & inserted type ), drop
pins, warpers & weavers beams and
cloth rolls weaving preparatory items
for all types of Weaving machines.

Mayur has a nationwide network of

Agents and Dealers in India and also
overseas.

"Mayur" Brand Weaving Accessories

are made as per the International Stan-
dards. Mayur has a well equipped qual-
ity control department with fully quali-
fied, dedicated engineers with long
experience. The quality is controlled
right from raw materials to finished
product at each stage of manufacture.
Mayur offers quality products at rea-
sonable rates with prompt delivery and
services. In a short span of 25 years,
the overwhelming customer response
has transformed Mayur into one of the
leading manufacturers of textile weav-
ing accessories in India. Mayur has
customers spread across South East
Asia, Middle East Asia, Europe & Af-
rica.
Shri A.R. Garde, Former Director, ATIRA, speaking on " Indian Spinning
Industry : An Overview"
Indian Spinning Industry has gone from strength to strength since a very long time
now as it was the hub of cotton manufacturing. Cotton is not only consumed to the
highest extent in India but it has also become one of the most profitable textiles in
the export industry. Spinning in India can be classified into 2 categories: medium
and long staple. But there was a shortfall in the ‘extra-long’category that contin-
ued for many years. The development of new varieties of seeds and adopting the
advanced procedure of cultivation will add to the profit in the cotton textile sector
of the spinning industry. The yarn spinning industry covers almost 25 percent of
the total industrial production of one of the world's 10 largest economies.
Shri Garde is actively working to provide an effective on line solution to check the
various quality parameters that influence the spinning process and the yarn qual-
ity. An important announcement to this effect is expected from him very soon.

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Shri Navneet Krishnan, Manager
(Business Development), ATE Enter-
prise Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, spoke on
"Dyeing, Printing & Finishing Machin-
eries - Challenges Ahead"
Textile is one of the basic needs for
mankind. For a primitive human being,
textile was needed to cover himself,
protect him against extreme weather
and so on. With progress in time and
with the advent of renaissance, hu-
mans started exploiting resources and
started setting-up textile industries.
Today we find the technologies to be
obsolete although at that time it was
still a novel technology. Mankind has
witnessed the growth in textile indus-
try from time immemorial and till to-
day exists as one the basic needs for The Textile Association (India) - Ahmedabad Unit office bearers alongwith the
humans. But today, the industry is not guests releasing the Souvenir on the occasion of the one-day conference on
only producing textiles to cover but it " Textile Industry : Innovations for Sustainability and Growth" at the University
is used as fashion statements with Ground in Ahmedabad alongside the 'Engimach' exhibition.
many leading brands being preferred
by us and variegated textile products Sh r i Nav n eet
Navneet Krishnan
to choose from. This has put tremen- Krishnan - with a
B .Tec h . d eg r ee
dous pressure on the textile supply
from UDCT and
chain and processing in particular. o ver 8 y ears o f
With the shift in textile processing in- experience in the
i n d u s t ry - l ec -
dustries from West to Asian continents,
tures at ICT (for-
India and China are considered to be merly UDCT) as a
potential players in processing. Indian visting faculty to
textile processing industry does have f i n al y ear s t u -
plenty of challenges to be addressed dent s on tex tile
as it moves ahead in its quest to p r o c es s h o u s e
achieve the pinnacle. Undoubtedly, the management. He
processing sector has started adopt- was also invited
ing technologies that try to counter the t o d el i v er l ec -
tures at DKTE on
challenges but the pace with which this
recen t d ev elo p-
is happening is definitely a matter of ments in texti le
concern. processing.

The recent decade has witnessed un- His presentation

desirable side effects of air, water and dealt with specific
land pollutions and to certain extent challenges faced
also contributing to global warming. by the textile pro-
Unfortunately, we cannot exclude tex- cessing machin-
tile processing industry from the list ery manufactur-
and processing industry has its share i n g s ec t o r an d
in the mentioned effects of industrial- text il e proc es s-
ing industry. The
ization. As a result, many countries
lacunas in its ap-
across the globe have developed strin- p l i c at i o n t ec h -
gent standards which need to be n o l o g i es w er e
adopted by the Indian textile industry also focused.
in order to sustain and move further.

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Shri Shaishav Shah, MD, Grafin India
Inc. - a young chemical engineer from
DDIT - made an effective presentation
on "Speciality Chemicals : Functional-
ity & Sustainability".

Textile industry today is traversing

through a transition phase "From Con-
ventional to Hygeinic & Ecofriendly
Textiles". The journey is drifted mainly
by two factors:

1. Fashion
2. Eco Trend

Textile innovation not confined to su-

perficial effects only but also actually
taking place at every stage of textile
production starting from raw cotton pro-
duce, fibre, fabric to garment.
Cotton :
In recent years organic cotton has been
replacing the conventional cotton pro-
duce for its skin hygiene properties.
The fabric made up of organic cotton
is processed with very selective
chemicals only in order to retain the
hygiene.
Fibres :
Innovations in research and develop-
ment have developed many innovative
fibres in recent few years. Some ex-
amples of these are :
- Anti-Bacterial Fibres
- Flame Retardant/Heat Protection
Fibres
- Moisture Management& Skin
Hygeine
- Bullet Proof Jackets And Industrial
Wear
- Skin Comforts & Elegance
Some of the trendy products from
Garfin for value additions of textiles are
: Freshness (Garzin &Gispel); Anti-Mi-
crobial, Anti-Fungal (Garcid); Mosquito
Repellent(Gispel); UV Absorber
(Gispel); Water-Oil-Soil Repellent CF6
(Garepel); Flame Retardant (Garflam)
Fragrance (Gispel).
Shri Shaishav Shah, MD, Grafin India Inc. - a young and bright chemi-
cal engineer from DDIT - speaking at the Conference.
Shri Shaishav Shah, MD, Grafin India Inc. obtained B.E. degree in Chemical
Engineering, from DDIT, Nadiad in 1994. Despite having inherited a well
established family business of chemicals since 1976, he preferred working
in different industries for 2-3 years and gained valuable experience. In 1997,
he joined the family organisation. He then carried out what can be termed as
a visionary diversification in the field of textile chemicals with the objective
to enhance competitiveness of Indian textile industry in global market with
high quality and concentrated perfomance chemicals.
Grafin started imports of speciality concentrates for textile processing in-
dustry from various countries including Germany, Taiwan, China, Turkey,
Indonesia, etc. which later led to the establishment of 'Garfin' brand (Garfin
Technologies Pvt. Ltd.).
In 2006, Garfin Technologies Pvt. Limited, in collabration with Rudolf Chemie
GmbH & Co KG of Germany, set up state-of-the-art production facility and
a modern laboratory for speciality textile chemicals at Padra, Vadodara in
Gujarat. This provided Grafin an invaluable technological expertise and tech-
nical experience from it's German partner.
The company revived it's Garfin brand and established Garfin India Inc. in
2008. The business line was the same but the company provided more
thrust towards global competence and competitiveness. The core business
team was strenghthened with more professionals and technical experts in
staff as well as in advisory board. The company also established an effec-
tive distribution network across the country.
Today, Grafin secializes in enzymes and silicones. It offers an outperform-
ing range of various functional chemicals for textile, leather, paper and
gaIvanizing industries, such as flame resistant, silicate replacements, metal
cleanser, silicone specialties, etc.
Shri Shaishav Shah has an active involvement in technical product design,
production streamlining and overall quality controls.

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ATIRA Ginning Service Center (spon-
sored by Govt. of Gujarat) has been set
up with the following objectives : to set
facilities for testing of kapas and Cotton
lint and critical part of the machinery used
in the ginning and pressing factories of
Gujarat; to prepare training manually/
material including do’s and donts for the
ginning industry; to prepare audio visual
aids like slides, photographic, and video
cossets for workers, operators and su-
pervisory staff and to improve work prac-
tices/ culture by educating the persons
working in ginning. The Center is engaged
in educating ginning people i.e. owners,
managers, fitters/ helpers etc. and en-
couraging the industry to capture the ex-
port market. It also provides full assistance
in selection/certification of cotton bales
for Indian as well as abroad textile mills.

The Center's services are aimed at :
1. Improving quality of cotton in terms of
fibre rupture, neps and contamination
including trash content by providing
uidance to ginning units being mod-
ernized under Technology Mission on
Cotton (TMC) Scheme, Govt. of India.
Shri P.H. Shah of ATIRA made a presentation on " Ginning : Ways and
Means to Reduce Cotton Processing Cost"
2. Providing cotton testing on modern 4. Improving ginning productivity, cotton
equipment in NABL accredited labs. realization and saving in power con-
sumption.
3. Establishing Educational Diploma
course on ‘Ginning Technology’.

The Full Team of The Textile Association (India) - Ahmedabad Unit that made the Confer-
ence On "Textile Industry : Innovations for Sustainability and Growth" a Great Success

Sitting (L-R) : A.D. Bhagat, K.J. Patel, B.A. Shah, R.R. Agrawal, B.V. Shah, H.J. Patel, T. L. Patel, V.A. Trivedi,
A.D. Patel, M.S. Patel and I.M. Bhandari
Standing (L-R) : K.D. Khatri, M.G. Shah, H.C. Shah, P.V. Patel, R.J. Shah and J.N. Shukla
Absent : H.A. Patel, R.M. Soni, H.S. Patel, J.H. Patel, A.I. Thakkar and A. K. Patel

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