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Innovation in Textile Business

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8 One belt- One Road : China’s Initiative

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Any change is always revolted by people across the world, whether its new monetary system or new political party or new idea..!!! Change is the challenging the herd mindset of the peo-

ple. Right now, Entire India buzzing around the new One Nation, One Tax system ie GST (Good & Service Tax).

Textile being a minimum entry barrier industry & heritage based, majority of industry is domi-nated by MSME with fragmented cluster. New tax structure which has been implemented re-cently is good for organised sector that pays & receive commercial transaction by organised way ie by bank or organised channel. But majority of our Textile Sector do not follow organised chan-nel for commercial transaction without having any official books in income tax or any business tax. India being a part of global village, India Incorporation revenue structure should be at par with the global standard. So ruling government of India , decided to have new revenue system in which from grass root level to top level all included in the part of revenue of India. But, Non contributor or minimal contributor and unorganised sector are opposing new Revenue / Tax system of India.

Now, being a part of Indian system, whether we like it or not, we need to pay revenue as per new ruling government. Ruling and past government given many benefits/ rebates to this industry to be self sufficient, but as industry still we are not mature enough to understand the importance given by government.” Textiles India 2017” trade exhibition, new initiative taken by Ministry of Textiles and GOI, tried to incorporate entire value chain contributors, from Cotton growers to Organised Retail / Fashion Designers, all are under one roof and I think they are partially suc-ceeded.

In a global economy, we are not only contributor to Indian economy but also part of human com-munity. Every new change only happens for good. Let’s Welcome and enjoy new tax / revenue system with our open mindset.

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CONTENT

Advertiser IndexBack Page: Raymond

Back Inside : Boalamo

Front Inside : Raysil

Page 3: Premier Fabric

Page 4: Varney Fabric

Page 5: SGS Innovation

Page 7: Parekh Agencies

Page 8: Techtexil India

Page 9: Oerlikon

Page 10: IATF

Page 11: RSWM

Page 12: ITMACH India

Page 15: Amith Garment

Page 24: Keny Fabrics

Page 26: Suzuki Suitings

Page 45: Tuff Plast

Page 46: Deep Textiles

Page 47: MBR Group

Page 48: Sanjay Plastic

Page 49: ITES

Page 50: SKBS

Page 51: Hari Fashions

Page 52: Garmek Panipat

Page 53: Texfair 2017

Page 54: SGS Silk Mills

14 & 44 NEWS

COVER STORY: Innovation in Textile Business

16- Disruptive Innovation – Approach for Today’s busi-nesses by Mr. Rushin Vadhani 18- Hagfish Slime threads by DKTE Professors 20- Solid State Polymerization and Enhancing Crystal-linity and molecular weight to improve tensile property of polyester yarn by Mr. Digmber Chavan & Mr. P. V. Kadole 22- Chanderi Weaving- An Exclusive art of India by pro-fessors of SVVV, Indore

INTERVIEW

25- Mr. Pradeep David, GM of Universal Robots, India & Sri Lanka 30- Mr. M.S. Vijayan, Joint MD of Resil Chemicals

GLOBAL FOCUS

27- One belt – One Road: China’s big initiative creating massive business opportunities by Mr. Arvind Sinha

SHOW REPORT

33- Technotex India 2017 34- HGH India 2017

MARKET REPORT 35- Yarn Report

GST REVIEW

38- by Mr. Aleem Faizee, Malegaon 40- Surat Report 41- Views from Mumbai Wholesale Market

42- SHOW CALENDAR

EDITORIAL TEAMEditor & PublisherMs. Jigna ShahConsulting EditorMr. Avinash MayekarGraphic DesignerMr. Anant A. JogaleSales ManagerMr. Md. TanweerEditorial Assistant Mrs. Namsha T.

INDUSTRYMr. Devchand ChhedaCity Editor - Vyapar ( Janmabhumi Group)Mr. Manohar SamuelPresident, Birla Cellulose, Grasim IndustriesDr. M. K. TalukdarVP, Kusumgar CorporatesMr. Shailendra PandeyVP (Head – Sales and Marketing), Indian RayonMr. Ajay Sharma GM RSWM (LNJ Bhilwara Group)

EDUCATION / RESEARCHMr. B.V. DoctorHOD knitting, SASMIRADr. Ela DedhiaAssociate Professor, Nirmala Niketan CollegeDr. Mangesh D. TeliProfessor, Dean ICTDr. S.K. ChattopadhyayPrincipal Scientist & Head MPD Dr. Rajan Nachane Retired Scientist, CIRCOT

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Ingersoll Rand launches Next Generation R-Series Rotary Screw Air Compressors in India

Ingersoll Rand®, a global leader in compression technologies and services, today introduced new-

models to itsline of Next Generation R-Series oil-flooded rotary screw air compressors,whichprovide a more energy-efficient solution for custom-ers with high capacity air require-ments.The RS200 to RS250 models rotary screw air compressor will re-duce energy cost by approximately 10% for large manufacturing facilities.

TheRS200 to RS250 modelsareavail-able withthe new, state-of-the-art single-stage airend, or the two-stage airendthat increases airflow by up to 16 percent. The new fixed-speed modelsare10 percent more efficient compared tolegacy products, while the variable speed option is up to 35 percent more efficient compared to the industry average.

Commenting on the launch, Amar Kaul, Chairman and Managing Direc-tor, Ingersoll Rand India Limited said, “Around the world, businesses turn to Ingersoll Rand to redefine reliability and efficiency. The next generation R-series will help our customers do just that by delivering world class efficien-cy, increase uptime and deliver the right solution for operational excel-lence. The new series will enable our customers in India to be more com-petitive in the global environment by boosting their productivity with a state of the art airend that delivers as much as 15% improved efficiency and 16% greater airflow capacity. The

IE3 premium efficiency motor will help deliver significant energy sav-ings and the optional variable speed drive (VSD) will further decrease ener-gy demands. With the launch of next generation R-Series, we continue to push the edge of innovation to help our customers achieve real business results, including cost reductions and lower total cost of ownership.”

“The ability for these compressors to deliver outstanding efficiency with-out compromising reliability meets the increasing demands of industries to increase productivity while reduc-ing energy use,” saidKevin Kosobud, Portfolio Leader, Oil Flooded Com-pressors for Compression Technolo-gies and Services at Ingersoll Rand. “Our Next-Generation R-Series RS200 to RS250modelshelp customers in-crease overall system reliability and decrease their total cost of ownership with new state-of-the-art features and performance enhancements that save them tens of thousands of rupees.”

Ingersoll Rand has added these mod-els to the Next Generation R-Series portfolio allowing customers who run 24/7 and rely on large amounts of compressed air tohave equipment that is as reliable as their demand. Ac-cordingtointernal testing, efficiency and design improvements on some of the high capacity compressorsde-liver up toINR 23.4 Lakhs energy cost savings over a two-year periodper-compressor compared to previous models .

At the core of every Ingersoll Rand Next Generation R-Series compres-sor is an airend that is specifically de-signed to improve overall system ef-ficiency. In addition to the enhanced single-stage airend, the RS200 to RS250 models arealso available with the newtwo-stage airend. This two-stage airend is the most efficient airend available today.

Each compressor comes standard with Progressive Adaptive Control (PAC) Protection, VShieldTM technolo-gy, floating coolers and Ultra Coolant. These featureshelp keep equipment running efficiently and maximize up-time for facilities that are manufac-turing around the clock.

y PAC Protectionis a unique algo-rithm developed by Ingersoll Rand and is integrated in the controls system within each compressor. The system monitors key perfor-mance parameters for when con-sumable partsare nearing the end of their life,or if operating temper-atures are reachingdesign limits. In these situations, the controls adjust the parameters to keep the machine running without over-loading the motor, preventing un-necessary shutdown.

y V-Shield technology safeguards all critical fittings by securing them with o-ring face seals in a method that is largely free from distor-tion. Leaks are virtually eliminated, meaning performance isn’t sacri-ficed, regardless of how many re-connections are made.

y The floating cooling system from Ingersoll Randcontains heat ex-changerswith finger-tight connec-tionsso they can expand and con-tract as needed. This new design improves overall system reliability, because welded connections re-duce the ability for heat exchang-ers to expand and contract, which is the number one reason they fail.

y Ultra Coolant is formulated to last up to 8,000 hours, which is twice as long as other rotary lubricants. Ultra Coolant keeps compressors running at peak performance, minimizing downtime and lower-ing lifecycle costs.

y All Next Generation R-Series air compressors are equipped with Xe-series controllers, which allow easy,intuitive access to, and con-trol of, the compressed air system.

NEWS


Indian Textile Industry Aims to Reach US$650 Billion by 2025

Seshadri Ramkumar, Texas Tech University, USA

Indian Prime Minister sets the goal for In-dian textiles sector to reach US$650 billion by 2025.

Mr. Narendra Modi, Honor-able Prime Min-ister of India, while inaugurat-ing India’s larg-est ever textile meet, Textiles India-2017 on June 30th in

Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India heralded the strength and capacity of the Indian textile industry.

Speaking extemporaneously in Hindi and English thrilled

a large audience in Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar with statistics about India’s textile industry and outlining the opportunities for the sector.

Using a slogan, “farm to foreign,” the Honourable Prime Minister, emphasized the need for increasing the exports to reach the target of US$ 650 billion by 2025.

Speed, scale and quality are necessitates for Indian tex-tiles to compete against countries like China, said the Prime Minister. Innovation and research are needed to meet the demands of consumers in other countries as culture, life style and fashion trends are different. He also emphasized some specific areas such as organic dyes, which need attention.

This scribe was in the audience while the Prime Minister was delivering the inaugural address at the mega textile event that had over 1000 exhibitors and 15,000 registered buyers/delegates from many different countries.

Ministry of Textiles, Government of India organized the 3-day event, which attracted a large technical audience and general public.

NEWS


COVER STORYDisruptive Innovation – Approach for today’s Businesses

Today’s business world is ex-tremely saturated. Pick any

niche and you’ll see multiple companies fighting each other for dominance. When the mar-kets are so competitive, a busi-ness needs to do something really unique to stand out. It needs to innovate, understand its potential customers, and ca-ter to their wants even before they realise them; it needs to disrupt the market. And this sort of thinking isn’t anything new. Companies have been do-ing it for years without the fancy tag attached to it. They thought outside the box and they broke the rules; and in doing so, they cre-ated a unique and unassailable posi-tion for themselves in the market and in their customer’s lives.

A disruptive innovation is an innova-tion that creates a new market and value network and eventually dis-rupts an existing market and value network, displacing established mar-ket leading firms, products and al-liances. The term was defined and phenomenon analyzed by Clayton M. Christensen and coworkers begin-ning in 1995. Since the early 2000s, “significant societal impact” has also been viewed as an aspect of disrup-tive innovation.

Disruptive innovations tend to be produced by outsiders and entrepre-neurs, rather than existing market-leading companies. The business environment of market leaders does not allow them to pursue disruptive innovations when they first arise, be-cause they are not profitable enough at first and because their develop-ment can take scarce resources away from sustaining innovations (which are needed to compete against cur-rent competition). A disruptive pro-cess can take longer to develop than by the conventional approach and the risk associated to it is higher than the other more incremental or evolution-ary forms of innovations, but once it is deployed in the market, it achieves

a much faster penetration and higher degree of impact on the established markets.

What they have shown is that good firms are usually aware of the inno-vations, but their business environ-ment does not allow them to pursue them when they first arise, because they are not profitable enough at first and because their development can take scarce resources away from that of sustaining innovations (which are needed to compete against current competition). In Christensen’s terms, a firm’s existing value networks place insufficient value on the disruptive innovation to allow its pursuit by that firm. Meanwhile, start-up firms inhabit different value networks, at least until the day that their disrup-tive innovation is able to invade the older value network. At that time, the established firm in that network can at best only fend off the market share attack with a me-too entry, for which survival (not thriving) is the only re-ward.

Metamorphosis of Mass Apparel Textile Business Model:

The US apparel market is to a large extent a mass retail market. The ma-jor resellers are – with very few excep-tions – in total control of the various sales channels and ‘brand spirit’ is not very relevant. In recent years US fash-ion firms set out along a path of total

– or almost total – subcontracting of their design and production processes. Many of them simply surrendered control of their own brand and lost the means to dif-ferentiate themselves clearly from the competition. These companies are now aware of the problem and have recently started to backtrack fast, with a return to designing on home soil and manufacturing, if not at home, then at least in neigh-bouring countries such as Mexico. What’s important for these US ap-parel companies is to find a way of re-vitalizing their brand image. In Europe, fashion markets vary enormously from one country to

another. In France and Italy, for exam-ple, fashion brands, especially luxury fashion brands, have never looked healthier. They’re benefiting from strong consumer demand in emerg-ing countries, as they serve as a social marker for these populations. These days we see that, whatever the geo-graphical market, the differentiator in most cases lies in the development and impact of the brand. So the busi-ness models have moved towards a focus on brand value.

Innovating in activities: From effi-cient to intelligent

One of the most dominant beliefs governing today’s big companies is that improving efficiency is the most reliable way to increase profits. Espe-cially if market requirements change only gradually, companies have plen-ty of time to minimize the produc-tion costs of their existing products. Today, of course, constant efficiency improvements are a prerequisite for a healthy bottom line.

They may be necessary, but they’re not sufficient. In today’s rapidly changing markets, many products become obsolete before they have been “leaned out,” so managers get less time to optimize production pro-cesses fully. Companies are therefore building flexibility and embedded in-telligence directly into the production


COVER STORYprocess to help them adapt quickly to changing needs. Embedded intelli-gence can, over time, help companies to improve both the performance and the value-in-use of products and services and thus to improve their pricing. In essence, digitization is em-powering businesses to go beyond efficiency, to create learning systems that work harder and smarter.

Disruptive innovations don’t catch on with mainstream customers until quality catches up to their standards.

Disruption theory differentiates dis-ruptive innovations from what are called “sustaining innovations.” The latter make good products better in the eyes of an incumbent’s existing customers: the fifth blade in a razor, the clearer TV picture, better mobile phone reception. These improve-ments can be incremental advances or major breakthroughs, but they all enable firms to sell more products to their most profitable customers.

Apple iPod and iPad

Apple is the best and foremost ex-ample of disrupting the market and creating a new one while doing so. The company changed the way we listened to music with the iPod when the rest of the world was hooked on Sony’s Discman. They did the same for tablets with the iPad when every-one was clamouring for smartphones. By releasing niche products time and again, Apple established itself as the foremost brand in a market that they had created. And this was all because of Steve Jobs’ idea of innovation

which revolved around his tenet: “A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

1. Disruption is a process.

Most every innovation—disruptive or not—begins life as a small-scale experiment. Disrupters tend to fo-cus on getting the business model, rather than merely the product, just right. When they succeed, their move-ment from the fringe (the low end of the market or a new market) to the mainstream erodes first the incum-bents’ market share and then their profitability. This process can take time, and incumbents can get quite creative in the defense of their estab-lished franchises. For example, more than 50 years after the first discount department store was opened, main-stream retail companies still operate their traditional department-store formats. Complete substitution, if it comes at all, may take decades, be-cause the incremental profit from staying with the old model for one more year trumps proposals to write off the assets in one .

2. Some disruptive innovations succeed; some don’t.

A common mistake is to focus on the results achieved—to claim that a company is disruptive by virtue of its success. But success is not built into the definition of disruption: Not every disruptive path leads to a triumph, and not every triumphant newcomer follows a disruptive path.

If we call every business success a “disruption,” then companies that rise to the top in very different ways will be seen as sources of insight into a common strategy for succeeding. This creates a danger: Managers may mix and match behaviors that are very likely inconsistent with one an-other and thus unlikely to yield the hoped-for result. For example, both Uber and Apple’s iPhone owe their success to a platform-based model: Uber digitally connects riders with drivers; the iPhone connects app de-velopers with phone users.

3. The mantra “Disrupt or be dis-rupted” can misguide us.

Incumbent companies do need to respond to disruption if it’s occur-ring, but they should not overreact by dismantling a still-profitable busi-ness. Instead, they should continue to strengthen relationships with core customers by investing in sustaining innovations. In addition, they can cre-ate a new division focused solely on the growth opportunities that arise from the disruption. Of course, as the disruptive stand-alone business grows, it may eventually steal cus-tomers from the core. But corporate leaders should not try to solve this problem before it is a problem.

Disruption theory does not, and nev-er will, explain everything about inno-vation specifically or business success generally. Far too many other forces are in play, each of which will reward further study. Integrating them all into a comprehensive theory of busi-ness success is an ambitious goal, one we are unlikely to attain anytime soon.Key References :

www.knowledge.instead.edu

www.hbr.org

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/disruptive business model

• www.managementstudyguide.com

• http://www.claytonchristensen.com/key-concepts

• h t tp : / /www.mck insey .com/bus i -n e s s - f u n c t i o n s / s t r a t e g y - a n d -corporate - f inance/our - ins ights /disrupting-beliefs-a-new-approach-to-business-model-innovation

Rushin H.VadhaniAGM-MarketingAYM Syntex Ltd.(Formerly Welspun Syntex Ltd.)

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“Hagfish Slime Threads”

Mucins and protein threads are the two major important parts of hagfish slime pro-

duced from slime glands. Hagfish re-lease slime in different amounts, de-pending on the circumstances. They produce slime in small amounts while feeding on a carcass, a behaviour that might be designed to ward off other scavengers. Hagfish slime threads, which make the fibrous component of the defensive slime of hagfishes, it consist of primarily proteins from the intermediate filament family of proteins and possess impressive me-chanical properties that make them attractive biomimetic models. The hagfish slime threads are tapered at both ends, and the hagfish slime threads have high performance prop-erties that’s hagfish slime can be a re-source for tomorrow’s natural fabric. Hagfish slime protein thread is 100 times thinner than the average hu-man hair.

The slime contains tens of thou-sands of 1−3 μm diameter threads composed of proteins from the “in-termediate filaments” family of pro-teins (IFs). IFs are ubiquitous 10 nm cytoskeletal elements found in most metazoan cells and also make up the fibrous component in mammalian α- keratins. The primary structure of IF proteins is a tripartite molecular or-ganization with a central α-helical rod domain flanked by non-α-helical head and tail domains.

Slime threads and their constituent IFs possess a number of attractive properties that make them promising biomimetic models for production of protein-based biomaterials. Hagfish slime threads that are stretched in water and dried have excellent mate-rial properties. IF proteins have the ability to self-assemble into networks of high aspect ratio filaments (i.e. 10 nm diameter, > 103 nm in length) in aqueous solutions, which raises the possibility that fibres could be spun

from IF gels. In addition, slime thread proteins lend themselves to expres-sion in bacterial vectors as they are neither large nor repetitive like spider silk genes.

History of Hagfish Slime

Hagfish, also called Northern hagfish, slime hag and slime eel, are elon-gated, eel-shaped, bottom-dwelling marine organisms. They are charac-terized by soft, scale-less skin and four pairs of tentacles (barbells) sur-rounding the mouth and opening for the nasopharyngeal duct, used in respiratory water intake. The mouth of hagfish contains a protractible and retractable orange colored car-tilaginous plate that bears two sets of sharp teeth often referred to as the rasp-ing tongue. The tongue uses grasps and burrows into food resources. The skeleton is made entirely of cartilage with 5 to 15 pairs of gills. This species is jawless and lacks both a sympathetic nervous system and spleen. Hagfish have poorly de-veloped eyes covered by skin and a layer of muscle and are considered nocturnal creatures with a superior sense of touch and smell. The hagfish has no true fins except for a primi-tive tail fin created by a fold in skin. Hagfish have numerous specialized glands on either side of the abdomen that produce enormous quantities of mucus or slime when it is stressed or provoked. Tiny fibres reinforce the slime making it strong and difficult to remove for protection against preda-tors. The hagfish escapes its slime co-coon by tying itself in a knot and then passing the knot down the length of its body in order to wipe the slime

away.

Hagfish vary in color from a mottled grey-brown to a red-grey upper and a white to pale grey on the underside (Fig. 1) Hagfish typically grow to 40.6 to 81.3 cm in length. Variations in body color correspond to changes in the color of the sea bed. Atlantic hag-fish (Myxineglutinosa) is a cold water species that prefers a soft, muddy bottom and lives at depths of 30 to 1200 meters or more. Hagfish require high salinity (approximately 30 ppt or more) and low temperatures as-sociated with deeper water and are usually found half-concealed in the bottom sediment. They are widely distributed in the Arctic Sea south-

ward along both coasts of the north Atlantic.

Fig 1 Hagfish

Mechanism and structure of hagfish slime threads

Mucins and protein threads are two major parts of hag-fish slime produced from slime glands. Hagfish can develop high amount of slime because it having a three order of magnitude

and it is highly dissolved then typi-cal mucus secretions. Slime thread has optimum material properties and generates high elastic material. Mucins impart viscosity at the strain rates tested and are important for rapid deployment of the slime. Hag-fish slime threads are tapered at both ends, and it suggests that hagfish slime as a resource for tomorrow’s natural fabric. Hagfish slime consists mainly of bulk sea water entrained between mucin-coated threads, and thus functions more like a fine sieve than coherent mucus.

Hagfish slime makes silken thread:

The hagfish slime can be a resource for tomorrow’s natural fabric. The fig 2 shows the hagfish secrete slime

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when threatened. This

Along with other natural such as spi-der and silkworm silk, hagfish fibres could serve as a greener alternative to polymers such as rayon, nylon or polyester all of which have to be made

with petroleum. Hagfish which aren’t true fish and resemble eels make a slime that contains thousands of fi-bres when bothered or threatened. Glands on their skin quickly release a mucous-like substance that expands as it mixes with seawater. The re-sult is a kind of slimy, viscous region around the hagfish that some marine bio legists think serves as a defensive mechanism by clogging gills. Cer-tainly predators, such as sharks, that try to bite or swallow the hagfish are quickly convinced to back off.

The fibres hagfish make are about 70 per cent the strength of spider silk. Unlike spider silk, however, hagfish fibre might be amenable to mass pro-duction. It’s probably not possible to farm hagfish, as little is known of the animal’s reproductive habits, for one thing.

Hagfish slime makes super-clothes:

Threads of hagfish slime, which the animal secrete when aggravated, could be woven to produce a material with the strength of nylon or plastic. One of the most important facts of world is the source of new kinds of petroleum-free plastics and strong fabrics. The manufacturing process of hagfish slime thread like as spin-ning of silk. Firstly, harvesting of slime from the hagfish then dissolve it in

to the water and then produce the structure by spinning like silk. The im-portant thing is that the hagfish slime able to process into a useable mate-rial.

Engineered silkworms:

The hagfish slime is a gel like struc-ture that is difficult to handle. The hagfish have big whiskers, and they don’t have eyes. Hagfish slime smells like dirty seawater and has the con-sistency of snot. It feels like mucous but a little bit more wet. When we hold the slime in to the air, water will remove and the only threadlike struc-ture is remain.

The threads are similar to the bone protein and which is made up of in-termediate filament. The hagfish threads are 100 times smaller than a human hair and that indicates the unique characteristics and de-fense mechanism. The hagfish slime threads can be strengthening with the composition of nylon or plastic. Hagfish slime has the potential to be-come a stretchy fabric.

This is the new trend of ecofriendly fiber and which can be good solution for fibers like Fur, hemp. The protec-tive slime will protect to the hagfish from external attacks. So in future you may get the fabrics which are silky and stretchy from the hagfish.

Slime can be used as a long life tex-tile or developed textile:

Today’s textile market strategy has a reasonable price with quality mate-rial. The slime threads have better properties for spinning and it is wo-ven biomaterials.

Hagfish is a high growth rate animal that leaves under water same for the 300 million years. When slime is threatened, hagfish generate ge-latinous slime consist of mucous and higher number of protein threads. The hagfish slime threads belongs to the intermediate filament family of proteins and they have optimum me-chanical properties that opposite to the spider silks.

The process of producing spider silk

is very complicated phenomenon and spiders cannot be produce high quantities of silk within minimum time. The Hagfish slime have high po-tential to produce a high quality pro-tein based fibers rather than spider silk proteins.

Conclusion:

Now a day’s hagfish slime material plays a very important role in fashion.Move over organic cotton. Clothes made from hagfish slime could one day be the height of sustainable fash-ion. Synthetic fabric such as nylon and polyester are made from petro-leum. A green, natural alternative would be a protein-based cloth made from spider silk or the thick slime made by the hagfish to help it escape predators. The hagfish slime pro-tein threads generally 100 times less in diameter than human hair. The strength of hagfish slime threads is 10 times higher than the strength of nylon. The proteins in hagfish slime are several times smaller than those in spider silk, so it should be easier for bacteria to make them. The real fact would be if we could use bacte-rial hagfish proteins as a sustainable replacement for synthetic fibres, but the method will have to be improved before we can manufacture textiles in this way.

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Chiu and John M. Gosline, “Composi-tion, morphology and mechanics of hagfish slime,” The Journal of Experi-mental Biology 208, 4613-4625,2005

• Jorgensen J.M., J. P. Lomholt, R. E. Weber and H. Malte, “The Biology of Hagfishes, Chapman & Hall,” 1998.

• Randy H. & Ewoldt, “Non-linear viscoe-lasticity of hagfish slime,” Institute for Mathematics and its Applications & De-partment of Chemical Engineering.

• Atsuko Negishi, Clare L. Armstrong, Laurent Kreplak, Maikel C. Rheinstad-ter, Loong-Tak Lim, Todd E. Gillis, and Douglas S. Fudge*, “The Production of Fibres and Films from Solubilized Hag-fish Slime Thread Proteins.”

• J. E. Herr1, T. M. Winegard1, M. J. O’Donnell2, P. H. Yancey3 and D. S. Fudge1*, “Stabilization and swelling of hagfish slime mucin vesicles.” (Bio mac-romolecules, doi.org/jwh).

Fig 2. Hagfish secrete slime when threatened. This can be made into natural fibre like spider silk

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• Downing S.W., R.H. Spitzer, W.L. Salo, J.S. Downing, L.J. Saidel, and E.A. Koch, “Threads in the hagfish slime gland thread cells: organization, biochemical features, and length”, Science 212: 326-327, 1981.

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nents of gland thread cells modulate the properties of mucus from the hag-fish,” Cell Tissue Res. 264:79-86, 1991.

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astouti,” J. Morph. 78: 397-409, 1946.

Mr. Navnath V. Karche, Ms. Priyanka N. Gavhankar, Mr. Bhupendra Dansena

DKTE’S Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur. 416115

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Solid State Polymerization and enhancing Crystallinity & Molecu-lar weight to improve tensile properties of Polyester yarn

Abstract: Solid State Polymeriza-tion (SSP) is a process in which the polymer chain lengths are

increased by heat in the absence of oxygen and water, by means of either vacuum or purging with an inert gas to drive off the by-products of reac-tions. The reaction is driven by tem-perature, pressure, and the diffusion of by-products from the interior of the pellet to the surface. SSP is an important step frequently used after melt-polymerization for the purpose of enhancing the mechanical and rheological properties of polymers before injection blow molding or ex-truding. The SSP technique is widely applied in industrial manufacture of bottle-grade PET, films, and superior industrial fibers.

Keyword: SSP- Solid State Polymeriza-tion, Tg Glass Transition temperature, Tm Melt temperature, IV Intransic Vis-cosity,

After polymerization in the melt phase, the molecular weight of poly-ester can be further increased by polycondensation of PET chips in the solid state and this process is called solid state polymerization (SSP). This process enables higher molecular weights to be reached which are ei-ther technically or commercially not feasible in the melt phase. Solid state polymerization in the form of chips or powder, pre-extrusion SSP is a com-

mon approach in the production of high molecular weight polymers for molded products.

Polycondensation reaction is exother-mic, therefore, it can also be driven forward to give polymer with higher molecular weight if the reaction is carried out at a lower temperature. At lower temperatures of polycon-densation, equilibrium shifts forward to higher completion enabling forma-tion of higher molecular weight of the product. Since temperatures cannot be lowered in melt polymerization, the best solution is to carry out the reaction in solid state, wherein tem-peratures lower than melting point of the polymer can be used. At these temperatures, the kinetics of the re-action is slow and it takes a long time to complete the reaction.

The molecular weight can be in-creased up to 27000 (IV, 0.90) for bot-tle grade and as high as 38000 (IV, 1.20) for technical applications such as tyre cord, seal belts and air bags

The first step before carrying out the solid state polymerization is pre-crystallization of chips. The water quenched polymer chips obtained from melt polycondensation stage are almost wholly amorphous. There-fore, the chips are first intensely dried and annealed at a gradually increas-ing temperature up to the point of

maximum crystallization rate to im-part high level of crystallinity. This raises the glass transition tempera-ture of the chips and prevents their sticking to each other during solid state polymerization.

The SSP is performed at tempera-tures between 220 and 235°C for PET, which lie above the glass transi-tion temperature and below the crys-talline melting point of PET. Under these conditions, polymer chain end groups are mobilized sufficiently to undergo polycondensation. The an-nealed chips are heated in a stream of hot inert gas or by agitating in a vacuum drier to remove small traces of EG and other volatile by-products. As the reaction is carried out in the solid phase, volatile by-products can diffuse easily to the surface of each polymer chip and are instantly carried away by the gas flow or high vacuum.

The main advantages of increas-ing molecular weight in solid state compared to melt phase are: 1. Problems associated with stirring

of viscous melt are eliminated. 2. Degradation and side reactions

are limited in the solid state due to lower processing temperature used. Solid state polycondensa-tion process favours polymeriza-tion process compared to depo-lymerization.

3. Best means of achieving PET with


acceptable level of acetaldehyde.

The rate of the solid state polycon-densation process depends on parti-cle size, initial molecular weight, crys-tallinity of PET chips and end group concentration. The pellet size has generally been used to identify the rate controlling mechanism of overall reaction rate. When the reaction rate is chemically controlled, then the pel-let size has no effect on the reaction rate. On the other hand, if reaction rate is diffusion controlled, i.e. limited by the diffusion of byproducts from inside of the pellet chips to the pel-let surface, then the reaction rate can be increased by decreasing the pellet size, due to decrease in the length of diffusion path.

It has also been shown that the higher starting molecular weights enable higher molecular weights to be achieved. this has been attrib-uted to the tendency of the lower starting molecular weights to lead to higher crystallinity build-up dur-ing SSP. Crystallization reduces the SSP reaction rate by reducing chain mobility and by increasing the diffu-sion path length of the by-products. The crystallinity of polymer should be between 33 and 58% and should not exceed 80%.The reaction rate is very sensitive to the ratio of hydroxyl to carboxyl end groups. At low carboxyl concentrations, the transesterifica-tion reaction will be favoured, while at high carboxyl concentrations the esterification route will be preferred. The optimum ratio of hydroxyl end groups to carboxylic end groups has been experimentally found to be two.

A. How the Process Works• Receive PET, polyesters or other

condensation polymers made by melt polymerization

• Transfer the pellets to a Rotary Vacuum Dryer (RVD)

• Generally, the vacuum pump re-moves air, water and by-products of the SSP; alternatively, nitrogen purging is used

• The temperature/time profile is controlled with a microprocessor

• Initial heating at a temperature

above Tg cold crystallizes amor-phous pellets to prevent sticking and fusion of pellets

• Heating is continued to dry the ”wet” pellets

• Heating is continued to a prede-termined temperature below the melting temperature of the poly-mer

• Solid state polymerization is done at a high temperature and low vacuum (or alternatively at zero oxygen level with nitrogen purg-ing) to achieve the desired high molecular weight of the polymer

• The SSP progress is followed by periodically taking samples with custom designed samplers

• The melt viscosity at a specific temperature of that sample is de-termined within several minutes

• The Intrinsic Viscosity is obtained from the Correlation Chart/Curve established from melt viscos-ity data and Intrinsic Viscosity obtained from solution viscosity at ambient temperatures for PET homopolymers

• The final product viscosity is as specified by the customer

• A major benefit of solid state po-lymerization is obtaining a desired high molecular weight polymer of uniform and consistent Intrinsic Viscosity

• Other major benefits include the reduction of undesirable side re-actions and the levels of by-prod-ucts

• For PET, the SSP by-products are ethylene glycol and acetaldehyde

• When the desired molecular weight is achieved, the product pellets are cooled and transferred to storage tanks

• The product pellets are classified, packaged and shipped according to customer requirements

Applications of IDY:-

Automobile tires, safety belts, airbags, geotextiles, mooring ropes for drilling platforms, conveyor belts, sails and fishing nets – all these are manufac-tured using industrial yarns. Indus-trial yarns are considered to be the ultimate discipline in filament manu-facturing. High tenacities, extreme

dimensional stability, tremendous durability along with a large range of titers – although the demanding production process promises high-margins, it is however also simultane-ously a huge challenge both for the yarn manufacturer and the systems constructor.REFERENCES:-

[1]. Rabindranath K, Mashelkar R A, J. Appl. Poly. Sci. 1990.

[2]. Culbert B., Christel A. “Continuous Solid state Polymerization of Polyesters”.

[3]. Papaspyrides C.D, Vouyiouka S. N; “Fun-damentals of Solid-state Polymeriza-tion.

[4]. petus.com/ssp.aspx

[5]. nptel.ac.in/courses/116102010/40

Digambar Chavan, P V KadoleDKTE’s Textile & Engineering Institute Ichalkaranji, India.

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Chanderi cloth is composed of the tana, which is the warp or the length-wise, stretched out

set of threads through which the bana or the weft is woven back and forth. Since the inception of weav-ing in Chanderi, till about 1920s, only white and off-white cloth was woven with its ends fringed with zari or gold-en thread. Only hand-spun cotton thread was utilized, even in the tana, even though it was barely strong enough to be held under tension. The then weavers were highly skilled workers as they had to be extremely careful while handling the delicate cotton yarn, producing an assortment of garments including safas, pagdis, dupattas, lugadas and saris.

Chanderi refers to a shimmering cot-ton fabric which is famous for being light weight and having sheer texture and glossy transparency. Practiced exclusively in a town called Chand-eri in Madhya Pradesh, India, the art derived its name from. Saris weaved out of chanderi are best for summer wear. Motifs used in chanderi weav-ing are mostly inspired from nature (earth and sky). Few of them are Swans (hamsa), gold coins (asharfi), trees, fruits, flowers and heavenly bodies. Soft pastel hues characterize chanderi fabrics however, timeless combinations of bright colour bor-ders on an off white base, or red on black, also exist now.

INTRODUCTION-

Chanderi, which is amongst the best known handloom clusters, occupies a special place because of its centu-ries old weaving specialty of produc-ing finely textured fabrics of silk and cotton embellished with zari woven work, and more specifically because of its saris that have been patronized by royalty. Chanderi is known to have its origin back in the Vedic Period, and is believed to have founded by Lord Krishna’s cousin, Shishupal. The

Chanderi produces three kinds of fab-rics: Pure Silk, Chanderi Cotton and Silk Cotton. The motifs have come a long way from the traditional coin, floral and peacocks to the geometrics. Chanderi Saree, a product intricately woven by hand interspersed with the delicacy of the extra weft motifs that has for times immemorial satisfied the refined tastes of the royalty.

The Chanderi fabrics are known for their sheer texture, light weight and a glossy transparency that sets them apart from textiles produced en masse in factories. Traditionally, the fabric was woven using very fine hand spun yarn, which accounted for its delicate texture. So its quality, de-signs colors and motifs would be ap-propriate to cater the demands of an elite class family.

A beautiful blend of Cotton, Silk thread and zari results to Chanderi fabric”

A Chanderi fabric is famous by the name of Chanderi town in Madhya Pradesh. The fabric is a result of tra-ditional methods of hand weaving that have been developed over the centuries and passed down through generations. Chanderi is primarily a weaver’s town, located near the riv-er Betwa in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh. Around 60% population of Chanderi are involved in the manu-facturing of Chanderi.As the fabric is woven by three kinds of threads the Cotton, Silk thread and Zari are im-ported from other regions in India as well as China, Japan and Korea. The chemical dyes are preferably used due to their fast acting quality. Tra-ditional looms are used as a primary means of production. These include Pit, Dobby and Jacquard Looms. Most Chanderis have a rich gold border and two lines of gold on the pallu. Some have gold checks or little mo-tifs (known as butis). The weavers in-volved in the process are long stand-

ing in trade and are well experienced. The Chanderi fabric is light weight and has intricate designs.

The Chanderi Fabric is also well known for its transparency and sheer texture. The transparency is a unique feature, which is not commonly or found in any of the textile product all over the country.

The transparency in Chanderi Fabric products is the consequence of Single Flature quality of yarn used. Flature yarn is the quality of yarn when the glue of the raw yarn is not taken out. The degumming of the raw yarn gives shine and transparency to the fin-ished fabric. This quality is not found in any other fabric of the country and it is exclusive to the Chanderi Fabric. The special transparent yarn is used both in warp and weft of different va-rieties and configurations. The trans-parent yarn is cotton and as well as silk also.

The yarn used in Chanderi fabric is of high quality and extra fine. Be-cause of non-degumming of the raw yarn, the finished fabric produced is extremely transparent and which in consequence result into sheer tex-ture.

Chanderi is famous for its drape of saree with rich gold border at the ‘pallu’ and some selective ones hav-ing gold embellishments with lotus roundels or butis, spread all across the six yards.

Chanderi involve in production of three kinds of fabrics mainly:

y Pure silk where the warp and weft is woven in pure silk.

y Chanderi cotton The warp and weft are 100s or 120s cotton. The Chanderi muslins have been known for their smoothness and softness; this was conventionally attained by using koli- a local wild onion used for sizing. Today this quality has been put to an end.

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Silk cotton the weaver skillfully coalesce 13/15-denier warp with 100s/120s cotton in the weft.

DIFFERENT STAGES FOR THE PRO-DUCTION OF CHANDERI WEAVING

1. PROCUREMENT OF RAW MATE-RIAL:

The raw material is purchased by the Master Weaver from the yarn dealers who in turn get the silk from Karna-taka. The silk yarn used is largely im-ported Chinese or Korean silk. The cotton yarn is procured from places like Coimbatore in southern India and Jaipur, and is usually pre-dyed. The yarn dealers of cotton often get customized colors dyed as per the re-quirements. The minimum quantity required for such dyeing is almost 25 kgs or 10 hanks.

2. THE DYEING PROCESS

In Chanderi is done mainly for the silk yarn by the local dyers who have been in this skill

since long. The silk yarn dying process takes about 45 to 60 minutes depend-ing on the colour.

3. AFTER DYEING PROCESS

The yarn is loosened or wound on reels. This is a prelude to the prepara-tion of the warpand weft

4. WARPING

For the weft the yarn is wound on pirns with the help of a charkha and this activity is usually performed by the members of the weavers’ fam-ily. Warping is a specialised process, which is performed by the warpers.

The warp yarns are wound on bob-bins, which are arranged across a

wooden frame called reel. The yarns from these reels pass through a reed to be wound around a vertical drum. A warper in good times would warp 4 or 5 warps for 12 saris each.

5. PASSING THE WARP THROUGH THE REED

The next step is the task of passing the warp through the reed and the healds. The warp threads are then

joined to the old warp threads with a deft twist of the hand of the women folk. This process takesapprox 3-4 days.

6. THE DESIGN OF THE BORDER AND THE PALLAV.

Before the actual weaving begins the weaver sets the design of the border and the pallav. The respective ends of the design are tied to a vertical har-ness called jala. This process takes anywhere between 3-4 days depend-ing on the complexity of the design. The figured effects are produced with the help of an extra weft and the number of ‘tillis’ i.e. the no. of weft yarns will determine the time taken. The amount of time taken reduces if the number of ply in the weft yarn is more and consequently the weav-er can move faster and cover more ground. However in this case the out-put is less fine. Similarly higher the reed count more is the production time.

7. WEAVING

The weaving is performed by one or two very skilled weavers of the same family. The looms being used are largely traditional pit looms with throw shuttle. The Chanderi fabric does not require any post loom pro-cess and is cut off the loom to be packed and sold. Little is done by way of labeling and product specifica-tion or by way of customized packing methods.

BASIC CHARECTERISTICS OF CHAN-DERI WEAVING

The Chanderi zari, which is sourced from Surat, can either be real or test-ed. It comes in three separate shades:

y Copper, y Silver and y Golden.

Earlier the looms known as the Throw-shuttle pit loom were in use. Weaving on this was a very time consuming process and it required two weavers to sit side by side on the same loom. The Nal Pherma saris were woven on this loom which had one colour in one border, another in the other bor-

der and a different one in the body of the sari. Nowadays, however, only the Fly-shuttle looms are in use and these are operated by a single weaver.

CHANDERI WEAVING

The process of Chanderi weaving has the following steps:

Designing of fibre:-Two types of de-signing are done in the case of Chan-deri weaving. One is the main design for the sari itself that contains vari-ous aspects like the border, the kind of motifs to be used, color combina-tions, etc. This is usually provided by the ordering party. This procedure is informal in the case of the local deal-er but in the case of the big trading houses, a laminated paper with the design, the threads to be used and the location of motifs, etc., are pro-vided to the weaver as a sample. The other is the more exquisite motif or booty designing which is done by the master weaver on a graph paper. This is provided to the weaver depending on the terms of the order.

(2) Dyeing is an important part of the whole process, as both cotton and silk require dyeing before they can be used on the loom. The process of dyeing is normally carried out by spe-cialized technicians who work for the dealer and are paid by him. There are different kinds of dyes for coloring silk and cotton. For cotton, a ready-made fast color dye is used while for silk special dyes called Sando Silk are used which are also readymade dyes.

The process of dyeing starts with dissolving the readymade fast color dye in warm water. The threads are dipped into this solution and left for a while before being taken out. De-pending on the quality of the dye, are dipped into the solution again for some time .

After this they are washed in with plain water and then soaked in a so-lution of warm water, detergent and soda. Finally, the threads are washed once more and hung on bamboo poles to dry. Once they are dry, they are sent back to the weavers for fur-ther processing.

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CONCLUSION

Though Chanderi products have a high exportable value, it does not carry the same appeal. It is marketed to the local souk within the country. Only 10% of the total production is exported while the rest of the 90% is circulated within the national bound-aries. As of the modern designs of the Chanderi, the demand of them has been fading slowly and gradually by the exclusive and highly fashionable class of buyers. The demand is now restricted to few dresses and evening party and other ceremonial outfits suited in summers. We should try to encourage the local art of the region to motivate the weavers to make bet-ter products meeting today’s trendy crowd.

Counting to the very luxurious, warm,

breathable and lightweight fabric, home furnishing fabrics are very much in use nowadays. They have very effective role in living room for they are soft, wrinkle and stretch re-sistant and non-absorbent. The Chan-deri fabrics are known for their sheer texture, light weight and a glossy transparency that sets them apart from textiles produced en masse in factories.

Chanderi weavers discovered Japa-nese silk. They began substituting this in the warps in cotton saris, and also developed a silk-by-silk variety in which their profit margins were higher. As a result, today, it is difficult to find a genuine cotton-by-cotton Chanderi sari in retail establishments. The problem of sourcing authentic Chanderi has been exacerbated by

the development of many look-alikes available at cheaper.REFERENCES:-

http://chanderiheritage.in/weaving/

http://www.chanderisarees.co.in/index.php

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www.utsavpedia.com/textiles/chanderi/

http://chanderiyaan.chanderi.org/

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www.indianroots.com/designer/m-q/pra-ma-by-pratima-pandey

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Interview with Mr. Pradeep David, General Manager, Universal Robots, India and Sri Lanka

1. Give us a brief background of Universal Robots.

In 2003, the three founders of the company, Esben Østergaard, Kasper Støy and Kristian Kassow, together came up with the idea of creating a light robot that is easy to install and program as they could see that heavy, expensive and unwieldy robots were dominating robotics and there was a huge market for a user-friendly op-tion. In 2005, they officially founded Universal Robots, with the aim of making robot technology accessible to small and medium-sized enterpris-es. An investment by Syddansk Inno-vation shaped the foundation of the company.

In 2008, the company sold its first product through distributers in Den-mark and Germany. Universal Ro-bots’ first product was the UR5, a six-jointed articulated robotic arm that revolutionized the market for indus-trial robots. The UR5 weighs 18 kg, has a lifting capacity of up to 5 kg and a working radius of 85 cm. Within a year the company expanded its busi-ness in the entire European markets.

In 2011, Universal Robots entered the Asian market with an office in China and in next two years, they es-

tablished subsidiaries, in New York, Shanghai and, also established a dis-tributor network in South America and Oceania.

The second product UR 10 was also launched at the same time. It was tar-geted towards larger tasks with a lift-ing ability of 10 kg and a reach of 130 cm. In 2015, the company witnessed the launch of world’s most flexible, lightweight table-top robot UR3, to work alongside humans, which has a payload capacity of 3 kilos which can be used for light assembly tasks and automated workbench scenarios.

The company is a part of Teradyne Inc., headquartered in Odense, Den-mark. UR has subsidiaries and region-al offices in the USA, Spain, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, China, Singa-pore, India, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

The Indian operation of Universal Robots started in 2016. Universal Ro-bots has deployed over 200 Cobots in India since 2011, majorly in the mar-ket segments of automotive industry, FMCG, Electronics, Education and R&D Centers. Bajaj Auto Ltd. which is our oldest customers in India saw a gradual rise in the productivity and efficiency in their production after de-ploying UR cobots. It also increased the productivity of their employees along with their product quality. They have deployed over 100 cobots since 2010 and are now the 3rd largest mo-torcycle manufacturer in the world.

2. Tell us about Collaborative Ro-bots and their USP.

A collaborative robot (cobot) was assembled with the intention to of physical interaction with humans in a shared workspace, where the repeti-tive and heavy tasks are taken care by cobots and supervision and qual-ity checks are done by human be-ings. They are robotic arms designed to assist human beings in a specific

task, as a guide or assistor and as a portable tool. Various researchers have proved that the teams made of humans and robots collaborating efficiently can be around 85 percent more productive than teams made of either humans or robots. Cobots can safely work alongside humans, without any danger of injury, they are easy to deploy (just plug and play), flexible to use and inexpensive hence they are triggering the demand in the manufacturing industry comprehen-sively around the globe.

Since the first robot was launched in 2008, the company has experienced considerable growth with the user-friendly robots sold in more than 50 countries worldwide; 11,000 of our collaborative robots are in use world-wide for the industries like Automo-tive & Subcontractors, Textiles & ap-parels, Food & agriculture, Furniture & Equipments, Electronics & Tech-nology, Metal & Machining, Plastic & Polymers, Pharma & Chemistry, Sci-entific & Research. Some of our key customers are BMW, Volkswagen, Siemens, L’oreal, Bajaj Auto, Aurolabs etc. UR cobots are also being used for some unusual, out of the box applica-tions like Healthcare, Physiotherapy, Photography, Cooking, Bartending, Farming, Flying planes etc. Develop-mental technologies like driverless autonomous vehicles could also see the use of cobots, in the near future.

3. The Indian textile industry being labour intensive; how will cobots contribute to its development?

We at Universal Robots believe in giv-ing back to the employees and thus, collaborative robots will function as a helping hand to the workforce and not a replacement. Cobots func-tion to increase the productivity of the workforce as they are accessible and easy to use, the employees too, are excited to work side by side with their robotic co-workers increasing

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efficiency along with the quality and quantity of production.

Cobots can be used in any segment of textile manufacturing where accura-cy, precision and repetitive mass pro-duction is required. The key areas in textiles industry where UR cobots are being used are inspection, ‘pick and drop’, cutting and sewing. The world’s first robot which has been used for sewing garments is made by us.

4. How do you plan to expand the use of collaborative robots in the Indian Textile Industry?

Cobots are a part of Industry 4.0 which has paved way for the next industrial revolution – Industry 5.0, which ena-bles man and machine to work hand-in-hand. The scenario where humans and robots are inter-dependent and accomplish what each of them does best, safely. We are in an age where the application of next-generation au-tomation is doing more than we ever thought possible, impacting individu-als and businesses in many instances without even being noticed.

We are in talks with various textile companies all across India and we be-lieve that our robots are built for such precisions.

A fabric industry needs high level of accuracy; weather it’s the application of picking the fabric parts from an ex-act location (by avoiding folding and minimize wrinkling) or cutting of ma-terials in an exact shape or scraping

denims. Our flexible, cobots, which occupy a very little space in work area can work alongside workers safely as a third arm and can help them in pro-ducing superior products. Hence it’s with this precision approach, we are going into the market and

5. How would Universal robots like to expand its operations in India and the SAARC region?

UR Cobots are sold in more than 50 countries worldwide and 11,000 of our robots are deployed globally. Some of the leading manufactur-ers are using our technology include BMW, Volkswagen, Siemens, L’oreal, Bajaj Auto, Aurolabs, etc. Our cobots have got over 65 patents pertaining to Robot Safety, Robot Construction, Trajectory Control, and Robot Calibra-tion & Programming.

We established office in India, Banga-lore in February 2016 but some of the companies in India are using our co-bots from past 7 years, which is much before the launch of the local opera-tions. One of them is Bajaj Auto which has deployed over 120 cobots since 2011. We have been successful in de-veloping a strong channel network which covers the entire country from North to South and East to West.

According to a study done by Interna-tional Federation of Robotics (2017); the future will be robots and humans working together. Robots substitute labour activities but do not replace jobs. Less than 10% of jobs are fully

automatable. Increasingly, robots are used to complement and augment la-bour activities; the net impact on jobs and the quality of work is positive. Automation provides the opportunity for humans to focus on higher-skilled, higher-quality and higher-paid tasks.

We believe that UR cobots have the po-tential to change the dynamics of this sector.This clearly establishes the fact that the future of automation is not ma-chines taking over human job but it’s the synchronization of robots and human which lays the foundations of the future. We cannot always depend on labour for high quality and repeti-tive jobs because after a certain point they can get tired which can affect their performance whereas a robot can perform such work 24 x 7 hours, without a tea or lunch break. How-ever there are certain quality checks and supervision roles which a human mind can do best as compared to a robot. The human robot collabora-tion ensures that the high precision, repetitive and heavy lifting jobs are taken care by UR cobots so that the labour can concentrate on high skilled and higher remuneration jobs. Hence it’s not the question of cheap labour any more it’s the question of qual-ity, efficiency and higher productivity which can only be achieved through human robot collaboration.

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One Belt – One Road: China’s big initiative creating massive business opportunities

In 2013, China announced One Belt One Road (OBOR) – an initiative that could potentially reshape the

world order. OBOR comprises a land-based “Silk Road Economic Belt” and an oceangoing “Maritime Silk Road.” The “Belt” is an infrastructure net-work of transport, energy and com-munication projects stretching from Xi’an in China through Central Asia to Moscow, Rotterdam and Venice. The “Road” is its maritime equivalent, a network of planned ports and other coastal infrastructure from South and Southeast Asia to East Africa and the northern Mediterranean Sea.

Over the last three years, the OBOR initiative has gathered significant mo-mentum but its underlying concept, scope and framework remain fluid. Understanding these as well as the associated business challenges and opportunities were the objectives of the discovery.

China is the world’s first or second largest economy, the third largest global investor, and the largest and third largest trader of goods and ser-vices, respectively. However, its eco-nomic growth in 2015 stood at 6.9%, the slowest it has been in a quarter of a century. Lu Xiankun indicated that for many years a GDP growth rate of 8% was almost like a “holy num-ber” for the Chinese government. Anything below that was alarming. It meant serious problems in many aspects, particularly employment.

But now, people are already talking about a growth of below 7%. Mean-while, China is confronted by myriad internal challenges – a regional de-velopment gap between coastal and central/western regions, many peo-ple still living below the poverty line, massive migration from countryside to cities, serious industrial overcapac-ity and employment challenges for young graduates. The OBOR initiative could be the answer to some of these issues.

The Rationale

OBOR is the most important thrust of China’s opening-up and develop-mental strategy (both internally and externally) since its accession to the WTO in 2001. China has been look-ing to the WTO for trade liberalization reforms but, with the seeming failure of the Doha round, the WTO remains embroiled in a deadlock. The reason for the deadlock, Marion Jansen ex-plained, is that the US and EU want to execute deals that are more compli-cated, including issues such as stand-ards and regulations on labor, compe-tition, investment, and environment, i.e. those that are not priorities for the developing countries. For this reason, the major industrial powers – EU, Canada, US, Japan – have opted for “mega regional” deals to cover is-sues that they want to resolve. Faced with slowing growth, China cannot wait for the WTO to take action. Since infrastructure is not typically part of

the trade agreements negotiated by the WTO, China has moved on with the OBOR initiative, which focuses on infrastructure as a key pillar.

Perceptions about OBOR

The international community is still struggling to understand the gist and impact of OBOR since China has dif-ficulty in explaining its intentions. Ini-tially, OBOR was referred to as “Chi-na’s Marshall Plan” by some Western media and more recently it has been seen as a countermeasure to the US-led Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and pivot to Asia. Lu explained that China is presenting OBOR as an open instrument developed in a multipolar world that seeks market-driven col-laboration with 65 countries, and is even open to countries that are not situated along the OBOR. A case in point is Switzerland. China wants to avoid the impression that it is sinking its dragon claws into other countries. Instead, it is trying to find synergies with existing programs in these coun-tries. Projects will come incrementally and will beadapted differently to the local aspirations of diverse coun-tries. Unlike the TPP or other WTO agreements thatare often based on hardand strict rules, OBOR is infor-mal, cooperative and loosely struc-tured with a soft approach to rules and boundaries. Shuaihua Cheng drew an analogy, “the OBOR policy is similar to Tai Chi rather than Ameri-can kickboxing. Or like Uber, which


works on a model of open sourcing and businessvia collaboration.”

Marion concurred that OBOR’s ap-proach is indeed inclusive as she compared the countries covered by both TPP and OBOR. TPP countries – which do not include Indonesia, India and China – are all relatively similar with high GDP per capita (with the ex-ception of Vietnam), whereas OBOR countries are way more diverse. She stated, “If OBOR only achieves half of what it intends to do, it could be very powerful.”

Shuaihua made the point that the TPP does have a negative trade impact on China by preventing access to prefer-ential markets and tariff reductions. Of course, trade and manufacturing will be divertedto TPP members, for example to lowcost Vietnam. Further-more, US President Barack Obama has openly stated, “The US, not China, should write the rules of the global economy” to which China’s ministry of foreign affairs responded that no single country should write the rules of global trade. Shuaihua feels there-fore that OBOR is clearly a measure to circumvent the US. Jean Pierre, for his part, sees it as an alternative to TPP.

Opportunities

OBOR may create travel opportunity of 100 billion dollar annually and huge boost to tours, travels & hospi-tality industry.

OBOR presents for China is that it will open new markets, which will help to resolve issues of domestic overca-

pacity. Moreover, the infrastructure thrust will reduce trade costs through central Asia and shift competitive-ness inland. As the land corridors are set to run along the major Eurasian countries, through China-Mongolia- Russia, China-Central and West Asia, China-Indochina Peninsula, China-Pakistan, Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar, it will also enable the inte-gration of inland and coastal China, bringing growth and stability to the region. An example upheld as a sym-bol of success for OBOR, the Trans-Eurasia Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe international railway route, which starts in Chongqing and ends 11,179 km later (following 16 days of travel) in Duisburg, Germany, is currently be-ing used by companies like BMW and HP.

China needs more such infrastruc-ture projects to sustain its economic growth and to support important domestic industries. In fact, Marc La-perrouza senses a kind of despera-tion among Chinese businesses and government agencies to find new projects/acquisitions on technology and infrastructure. He feels that the country is currently obsessed with in-novation. In fact, in southern China large-scale low-cost manufacturing is transforming into design houses in an effort to move up the value chain. China wants to move beyond its tra-ditional role of exchanging infrastruc-ture against natural resources, as in the case of its investments in Africa. By progressing with OBOR, it will take projects coupled with financing mech-anisms to countries lacking in infra-

structure, such as Indonesia or the Philippines. This will, in turn, al-low China to offer its products and services to these countries in the longer term. Be-yond hard infra-structure, Marc sees the potential for China to ex-

port standards for the very first time. China has been intensifying its ef-forts to set indigenous standards for homegrown ultrahigh voltage (UHV) transmission technology and aims to contribute to UHV standards inter-nationally. Two factors are creating a window of opportunity for Chinese UHV technologies to gain acceptance as the de facto global standard: (1) It is the only country currently deploy-ing UHV technology on a large scale and (2) No international UHV stand-ard has yet prevailed.

While OBOR signals a new phase in China’s globalization process, what about soft infrastructure? Despite all its success, China lacks attractive-ness and battles inferior quality per-ceptions. According to Marc, out of 7 million annual university graduates, there are 700,000 engineers but only a fraction of them are world-class. This situation could give rise to funda-mental questions about quality and security for key strategic assets, for example as the UK’s next generation of nuclear power plants will be built in collaboration with China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group. Marc won-ders if China’s infrastructure-driven hard power can translate into win-ning soft power. “Exporting the local advantage sounds good on paper but what about the ground reality of the specific OBOR countries? It was an African honeymoon for China until a few years ago but now the situation is growing tense.”

Ultimately, China wants better return on investment. While it is the biggest holder of US debt, it is also looking to invest elsewhere to not only enhance its returns but also to win friends in the process. Evidently, with OBOR the investment preference (e.g. M&A, EPC projects) will shift toward developing countries where priorities are power, transport infrastructure, telecommu-nication and water. The next open question is whether there is an actual business case for OBOR investments and whether it can bring sufficient returns.

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Funding

OBOR is expected to stimulate a mas-sive trillion dollar market, much larg-er than China’s domestic one. The to-tal investment needed in the relevant areas is about $5 trillion over the next five years while infrastructure de-mand in Southeast Asia stands at $2.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Infra-structure projects of such magnitude will create the need for equally strong funding.

For this reason, China has taken the lead in establishing the Asia Infra-structure Investment Bank (AIIB) with 57 founding members and a capital of $100 billion. Despite opposition from Washington, US allies including Australia, Britain, Germany, Italy, the Philippines and South Korea have all joined the AIIB, which is clearly seen as a huge political success for China. It is evident that Beijing-based AIIB allows China more independence from the American finance system. Capital will be also be made available through the Silk Road Fund ($40 bil-lion), BRICS Development Bank ($100 billion) and a recapitalization of oth-er Chinese banks. However, China’s state funding will only provide 15%, just a fraction, of the developing mar-ket infrastructure demand.

European companies wants role in the OBOR projects. How can we bid to form part of a consortium, for exam-ple, in Indonesia? How willing are we to go in there and risk losing IP?” Chi-na has to define projects with tangible outcomes and governance elements. Only then will it attract international private equity or sovereign funds that see OBOR as the right place for their investments. He highlighted the op-portunities for European companies arising from OBOR:

• Outbound capital projects in part-nership with Chinese players, through the supply of equipment, technology or intellectual property.

• “Europe eastward” strategy, allow-ing access to developing market gov-ernments and new clients through OBOR projects.

• Leverage Chinese partnerships in OBOR countries to access the Chi-nese market.

• Outbound financing/private equity fund.

To leverage the above-mentioned op-portunities, the Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce, headed by Jean- Guy Carrier, was launched in Hong Kong in December 2015. With the participation of nearly 100 international, regional and national chambers of commerce, its objective is to put international business at the heart of the OBOR initiatives by con-necting businesses, governments and investors, ramifications of OBOR will encourage progress even in difficult areas such as Iran; a country that is seen as a problem suddenly starts to become a part of the solution. A strong business community in Iran that has long been in isolation is keen to reconnect. The OBOR strategy is being invented on the go. It is a 21st century big idea – probably the big-gest idea floated in the last 10 years – and it is being implemented in a Chi-nese manner. You cross the river by feeling the stones. It may not sound very satisfying strategically but that is what is being applied.

Key Risks

When all is said and done, signifi-cant risks – political, economic and operational – have to be considered.

Given that OBOR remains intention-ally amorphous and at an early stage of implementation, the biggest stum-bling block is lack of information and clarity. Furthermore, infrastructure projects require large-scale invest-ment, high standards of management and involve long operating cycles, all of which mean great uncertainty in project profitability. Operational risks are also exacerbated by diverse le-gal and regulatory systems in OBOR countries. The current world econ-omy is still unstable, and changes in macro-economic industry and market environment will have an impact on crossborder investment. Jean-Pierre closed the discussion by reiterating the greatest risk – geopolitics. The OBOR canvas is spread over the world’s most vibrant region which is also the most combustible. Asia’s balance of power remains fragile given China’s disputes with many of its neighbors, especially in the South China Sea. China’s challenge is to achieve a peaceful rise, for which his-torically there is no precedent.

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TVC: What is your inspiration for starting the company? Motivation-al factor

Resil Chemicals was established by two aspiring entrepreneurs, Mr. M. S. Vijayan and Mr. M. S. Mohan. Our interest in innovation was fuelled by the exponential growth of the Textile Chemical and Auxiliary market glob-ally.

From where idea generated? What is the thought process behind it? How it all began?

Resil was a pioneer for silicones in textiles. We were the first to sup-ply the full range of textile finish-ing and auxiliary chemicals and also are the manufacturers of custom-ized silicones for textiles. Since then

We have become one of the Asia’s largest formulators of customized sili-cones. Silicone as a chemical substance has a wide variety of applications due to its chemical nature, making them ide-al for catering to the Textile industry. While in the past manufacturers used silicones in lower quantities due to its relatively “high price”, today silicones are widely accepted and are seen as an indispensable entity.

Started as a small manufacturing unit in 1994 with just 5 employees, today Resil is a 300+ member organization with 4 internationally certified manu-facturing facilities with over 20,000 metric tons of specialty chemical pro-duction per year. Resil now exports to more than 10 countries and has diversified into emerging technology based products such as hand sanitiz-ers, disinfectants, and automotive de-tailing products.

TVC: What Challenges & Struggle you have faced?

Accumulating finances for the company was one of the major challenges. Running a private limit-ed company requires an adequate and regular flow of funds for its efficient functioning. Proper man-agement of capital is essential to a company’s fundamental financial health and operational success. In the chemical industry, capital serves as a metric for smooth busi-ness operations. Finding out new products which enhance the qual-ity, improving existing processes for making chemicals in order to use less capital expenditure and raw materials, finding methods of manufacturing that use and dis-pose of chemicals which do not harm the environment requires a huge investment of funds to run the system. There is a basic rule that is been followed in the chemical in-dustry in terms of production, invest huge capital to make a big plant so that there is less overhead and the product can be more produced more cheaply on the large scale.

Apart from the capital, maintaining the norms in terms of global environ-ment regulations is one of the hectic tasks. Global regulatory involves a broad range of regulatory initiatives that relate to the social, environmen-tal and human rights responsibilities. Environment regulations have more impact on business than the econo-my. The increased import of various chemicals, intermediates and end products, and reduced import tariff by the government to meet the in-creasing demand of the country, has intensified the level of competition in the Indian chemical industry. The competition has increased margin-ally in the chemical industry in recent times.

TVC: Product Specification : Unique

in Product / USP of Product

Textile Finishing

Combining the latest technology with our innovative processes, we bring the perfect finish. Whether it’s infus-ing the smell of lavender into silk or taming the denim’s toughness or even helping white cotton retain their brightness, Resil has a refreshing col-lection of solutions to meet your eve-ry need.

Textile Enzymes

Resil brings a comprehensive list of value additions with our enzymes and textile process enhancers. Enzymes can alter the characteristics of almost any textile, and provide amazing ben-efits through their versatile nature. Poised to transform the industry with its applications, enzymes have defi-nitely conquered unchartered territo-ries in the textile industry.

Functional Finishes

Resil’s innovative performance finish solutions enhance the personality of your fabrics. From antimicrobial and fragrance finishes to anti-age-

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ing, wrinkle-free, stain repellent and moisture management solutions, Re-sil offers finishes that serve a variety of needs.

Textile Pre-treatment

Resil offers comprehensive solutions for textiles such as wetting agents, lubricants, sequestering agents, per-oxide killers, fixing agents, levelling agents and washing off agents.

Thread & Yarn Finishing

At Resil, we believe that only the perfect thread or yarn makes a dif-ference. This perfection is as much a priority for us as excellence in fab-ric finishing is. Right from aqueous to antistatic, our finishes help make your thread Soft, sturdy, durable and comfortable.

ActigoTM - Laser Booster

Actigo™, from Resil Chemicals’ a pat-ent protected technology enables jeans manufacturers to move to a new process that eliminates the need for Potassium Permanganate (PP) used for denim bleaching. The technology acts only at the point of laser interaction by creating a natu-ral worn look with greater contrast when in comparison with the harmful PP spray garment finishes. Actigo™, is highly effective on a variety of arti-cles, including high stretch, dark and light finishes.

N9 Pure SilverTM

N9 Pure Silver™, along with its variant N9 Plastix™, is a family of silver-based antibacterial and hygiene solutions. It is based on a revolutionary Silver-based technology that, on contact, neutralizes odour-causing bacteria, keeping the treated product fresher for longer.

It is a finish that can be applied to fab-rics or garments. This breakthrough technology delivers outstanding odour control performance, com-bined with impeccable environmental credentials and safety profile.

CoolitTM

Coolit™ is a sustainable cooling tech-

nology that responds dynamically to body temperature and perspiration keeping people cool even when on the move. For cotton clothes, Coolit™ facilitates an endothermic reaction that absorbs body heat, generating a cooling effect of up to 3⁰C when in contact with sweat and moisture leav-ing the wearer feeling cool and com-fortable.

NeuDriTM

NeuDri™ was developed as a dynamic drying technology that rapidly wicks perspiration from the skin and trans-fers moisture to the fabric’s surface, leaving the wearer dry, comfortable, cool and confident. In addition to evaporation, NeuDri™ has excellent soil release, softening, and anti-static properties that ensure your sports-wear are not only comfortable but also supple and functional.

SoladelTM

Clothes can now be enabled to clean naturally which helps to reduce the use of harsh chemicals. SoladelTM uses the power of the sunlight to peel off any kind of organic dirt, easing the washing process, and preventing your favourite clothes from getting ruined. This textile treatment acts in a manner similar to photosynthesis, effectively breaking down organic dirt molecules and releasing them from the surface of the fabric.

SilaideTM

4The growth of microorganisms on textiles can lead to functional, hygien-ic and aesthetic difficulties. The use of antimicrobial finishes to prevent un-pleasant odours on intimate apparel, underwear, sleepwear, socks, and athletic wear is an important market need. The odours are produced by the bacterial decomposition of sweat and other body fluids, and controlling bacterial growth by SILAIDE™ finish-ing eliminates this problem.

CylantTM

The growth of microorganisms on textiles can lead to functional, hygien-ic and aesthetic difficulties. The use of antimicrobial finishes to prevent un-

pleasant odours on intimate apparel, underwear, sleepwear, socks, and athletic wear is an important market need. The odours are produced by the bacterial decomposition of sweat and other body fluids, and controlling bacterial growth by CYLANT™ finish-ing eliminates this problem.

Purepel™

Textiles treated with Purepel™ offer superior durable water repellence and protection against water-based stains. Applicable to cellulosic, syn-thetics and blends. Maintains fabric breathability, making them comfort-able to wear.

Pricing Strategy : Premium

TVC: What is your product innova-tion approach?

Resil has a dedicated in design team working around the clock at our in-house R&D centre. Our in- house R&D has the state-of-the-art facility to engage the team in innovative R&D activities such as development of new product/ technologies, design and en-gineering, improvements in process/ product/ design, developing new methods of analysis and testing, re-search for increased efficiency in use of resources such as capital equip-ment, material and energy, pollution control, effluent treatment and recy-cling of waste products or any other areas of research.

TVC: Market Focus: Domestic or Export or both ( % of each in total revenue)

Currently, we are working with vari-ous Indian apparel brands, pan India. We are also catering to some of the brands in the Middle East, US & Eu-ropean markets. The revenue gener-ated by our textile segment can be estimated to a percentage of 65% and holds a 12% of shares in the Indian textile finishing and auxiliary chemi-cals.

TVC: How quality control is impor-tant in Industry ?

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of quality for the products or services offered by companies in chemical in-dustry. Quality control and planning is of critical importance in the chemi-cal industry as it is critical to know exactly what chemicals, and of which grades are moving through the plant at any given time. The final outcome of products depends on the quality of chemicals used for manufacturing and processing purpose. Variations in the grade of chemicals being used and supplied may have a significant impact on overall plant performance. It could also damage the plant or be completely useless, resulting in seri-ous wastage of resources and capital. The control over the quality is impor-tant to determine that the output be-ing provided is of overall top quality. Quality control is essential for com-panies and industriesfor liability pur-poses, name recognition or branding, a positioning against the competition in the industry.

TVC: Importance of sustainability, recycling and reuse

In today’s time recycling is vital be-cause it not only saves businesses money but also create sustainability. Sustainability involves acting on how to ensure the continued survival, in-deed prosperity, of a business or in-dustry – indefinitely.In the millennium world, consumers perception of eco-friendly products, pressure groups and industries to promote sustain-ability, and therefore recycling. Re-cycling affects the chemical industry by providing business opportunities of getting profiting from recapturing the value of waste chemicals, both post-production and post-consumer. It also gives business opportunities for cost avoidance through the safe disposal of waste products. Recycling primarily reduces the net consump-tion of certain chemical inputs to manufacturing by returning recycled materials to the value chain.The in-dustries are focusing more towards the Green chemistry also known as the sustainable chemistry. Green

chemistry is the area of chemistry and chemical engineering is focused on the designing of products and processes that minimize the use and generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry focuses on techno-logical approaches to preventing pol-lution and reducing consumption of nonrenewable resources. Companies in the industry are focusing on pre-venting waste than to treat or clean up waste after it is formed, as it also helps in cost cutting.

TVC: Major Challenges in Industry

The chemical industry today is facing numerous challenges such as avail-ability of raw materials, infrastructure & environment, duty structures, man-power etc. Location of Indian bulk chemical industry in the West coast, especially Gujarat, due to close prox-imity of raw materials and ports re-sults in high transportation cost and distribution issues as majority of the demand comes from the end-use in-dustries located in the Southern and Eastern regions. Availability of cheap-er imported chemicals from low-cost manufacturing hubs like China give a major threat to Indian market. Lack of skilled manpower is also one the ma-jor issue faced by the industry.

TVC: View on chemical market in India & overseas

Chemical industry in India one of the diversified industry, covering around more than 80,000 commercial prod-ucts.India is the third largest pro-ducer in Asia and sixth largest in the world. It is the mainstay of industrial and agricultural development of the country and providing building blocks for various downstream industries such as textiles, papers, paints, soaps, detergents, pharmaceuticals, auto-motive products etc.With the high significance of chemical industry in Indian economy,industry is expected to double its share in global chemi-cal industry to 5-6% by 2021 regis-tering growth of 8-9% in the com-ing decade.Government recognizes

Chemical Industry as a key growth element of Indian Economy and has introduced several policy measures in the Union Budget 2017-18 to pro-vide impetus to the manufacturing sector. The Chemicals Industry in In-dia is the principal consumer of its own products, consuming 33% of its output. With promising development slants in the Chemicals Industry, this inward utilization is additionally set to rise. With the continuous growth and development, the leading chemi-cal companies in India are investing on expanding their operational ca-pacity to meet ever growing chemical exports demand in India and abroad, attracting leading players from the international circuit to invest in India and become world’s top producer of chemicals. The two top countries that have been the major destinations for chemical exports from India for past several years include U.S.A and China.

TVC: Company’s Business Strate-gies & Future Planning

Started as a small manufacturing unit in 1994 with just five employees, to 300+ member organization, Resil chemicals has out grown with four internationally-certified manufactur-ing facilities with a capacity of 20,000 metric tons per year, exporting to more than 10 countries . It has also diversified into emerging technology-based products such as hand sani-tizers, disinfectants and automotive detailing products. Company has a full-fledged sales operation in Bang-ladesh and has made inroads into Sri Lanka, Turkey, Philippines, UK and Thailand, also looking at growing worldwide with our innovative prod-uct. To cover increasing demand, we have has just opened the fourth and largest state of the art unit at Malur, Karnataka. We are a strong believer in the India story and India will re-main our prime focus for the coming years.Resil Chemicals is a profession-ally managed company, but the next of gen has joined the company in var-ious capacities.

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A premier exhibition of Technical Textiles, Technotex In-dia 2017, commenced in Mumbai

Mumbai saw the inauguration of the 6th edition of TECHNO-

TEX-2017, India’s premier Exhibition on theme “Technical Textiles: To-wards Future”. The exhibition is be-ing organized by Ministry of Textiles & Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), to-gether & will be held in the city from April 12th, 13th & to 14th at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon.

Every year TECHNOTEX attracts par-ticipants, visitors and other key deci-sion makers from a diverse section of the technical textile industry, with an aim to provide innovative solutions, identify new business opportunities and create an environment congen-ial for growth. It is the flagship event comprising of an international exhibi-tion, conference, and seminars which serves as a common platform for in-teraction amongst stakeholders from across the global technical textile val-ue chain. TECHNOTEX exemplifies the immense potential for trade and in-vestment between India and foreign countries in technical textile sector.

The inauguration ceremony wit-nessed the presence of state and in-dustry dignitaries & was inaugurated by Shri Subhash Deshmukh, Hon’ble minister of Textiles Government of Maharashtra & Shri Rudrappa Lama-ni , Hon’ble Minister for Textiles, Gov-ernment of Karnataka. Also present at the ceremony were Textile Com-missioner, Ministry of Textiles, Dr Kavita Gupta, Textiles Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India and Chairman, FICCI Technical Textiles Task Force and, Ginni Fila-ments Shri Shishir Jaipuria amongst others.

Dr. Kavita Gupta, Textile Commis-sioner, Ministry of Textiles, Govern-ment of India and Shri Rudrappa Lamani , Hon’ble Minister for Tex-tiles, Government of Karnataka on

this occasion released BIS Standards, Knowledge Report and Technotex 2017 Exhibition Directory.

Addressing the august gathering at the 6th edition of TECHNOTEX-2017, Shri Rudrappa Lamani , Hon’ble Minister for Textiles, Government of Karnataka said “ It’s a privilege for me to participate in the 6th edition of Technotex organised by ministry of textiles and FICCI. It s one of the most potential sector and has been termed as a sun rise industry in India. With sufficient investments into the technology the industry would grow exponentially. Karnataka and Maha-rashtra governments have put in am-ple efforts to utilise their resources and unleash the potential in the tex-tiles sector. I wish the organisers best of luck and all the success ahead.”

Sharing his vision on the future of Technical Textiles in India, Shri Shishir Jaipuria, Chairman, FICCI Technical Textile Task Force and Managing Director, Ginni Filaments, said “This platform created by Ministry and FIC-CI has been a bridge for technology transfer, linkages, exchange of inno-vative ideas, joint ventures and show-case of what is happening around the globe. In India, the technical textile sector is growing significantly but it has been recognized as one of the most potential segment of the Tex-tile Sector by the Government of In-dia and Industry stakeholders alike. These functional tex-tiles are used for their inherent performance enhancement prop-erties in various field ranging from protec-tive services, steel manufacturing, con-struction, agriculture, sports, nation security and food security etc.

The exhibition and

international conference TECHNOTEX INDIA had drawn in more than 165 exhibitors, who showcased a varied collection of technical textiles from the various sub sectors of the tech-nical textiles industry. With partici-pation from 22 international coun-tries like France, Ghana, Indonesia, Israel, Korea, Peru, Poland, United Kingdom, Belgium, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Japan, Russia, Ger-many, U.S.A, Switzerland, Luxem-bourg, Sweden and Bangladesh the event had the country pavilions of China and Taiwan. Karnataka, Guja-rat and Jharkhand were participat-ing as partner states while Maha-rashtra was hosting the event. This year the exhibition also had focused pavilion of Centre of Excellence setup by the Government of India showcas-ing incubation and research facilities under the plug and play model.

Technotex 2017 witnessed participa-tion from states like Tamil Nadu, Tel-angana, Rajasthan, Bihar, North East Region States and Odisha. Techno-tex 2017 also attracted participation from stakeholders in technical textile sector as well as major institutional buyers from Army, Navy, Paramilitary forces, Railways, Border Roads Or-ganizations, Hospitals, Construction companies etc. A gateway to the tech-nical textile arena, the event bridges the gap between the buyer and seller by facilitating B2B and G2B

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HGH India 2017

With its 6th edition, HGH India the an-nual trade show for Home Textiles, Home Décor, Gifts & Houseware in India where more than 500 brands, manufacturers and importers are presenting their range and innova-tions this year. The three day expo-sition was inaugurated by Ms. Kavita Gupta, Textile Commissioner and Guest of Honour H. E. Mr. Erdal Sabri Ergen, Consul General, Turkey along-side other prominent industry lead-ers and dignitaries.

On this occasion, Ms. Kavita Gupta, Textile Commissioner said, “HGH In-dia has created a unique trade show for Home Textiles, Home Décor, Gifts & Houseware category which pro-vides a platform to traders across these segments to explore new busi-ness opportunities in the Indian mar-ket. The event showcases upcom-ing trends in the industry which will add invaluable insights to predict the market needs. From the textile indus-try point of view, the regional players get an exposure to national as well as international markets. HGH India has come a long way to become an in-

dustry hot spot for retailers, brands, manufacturers & importers not only from a business point of view but also aiding in category expansion.”

Another key highlight of HGH India will be the complied handbook of home fashion trends presented un-der the theme ‘Across Time’. This compilation is a well researched fore-cast for the Indian domestic market for the year ahead. This book was unveiled by Ms. Kavita Gupta and the visitors can experience the physical manifestation of the trends at the ‘Trends Pavilion’ section where one can discover future trends in colours, designs and materials. There will be a special audio- walk through for the visitors to enhance their experience at the pavilion. The Home Textile As-sociation of India also launched their first magazine called HTA Indoors at the occasion.

HGH India aims to give retailers, all over India, new ideas and concepts to facilitate business. The trade show has provided business opportunities and development of new channel partners to exhibiting brands in order

to improve the trade. The strict B2B concept of HGH India has proven to be an inspiring and productive plat-form for exhibitors across rural and urban India, to push the home prod-uct retail market.

About HGH India:

HGH India, the annual trade show for Home Textiles, Home Décor, Gifts & Houseware is specially designed to connect Indian market for home products and gifts. High quality trade visitors at HGH India comprise of all categories of retailers spread across rural and urban India. They include department stores, hyper markets, specialty stores, high-end luxury stores and boutiques, traditional store owners, and online and elec-tronic medium retailers. Institutional buyers, corporate gift buyers, inte-rior designers, prospective agents and franchisees too come in large numbers. Besides these, leading In-dian importers, distributors, buying agents and brand representatives at-tend HGH India to explore new busi-ness opportunities and partnerships.

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YNFX MONTHLY PRICEWATCH REPORT – JUNE 2017

Crude oil

Crude oil pric-es plunged to 5-month lows in May amid record trad-ing volume in Brent crude, as OPEC and other produc-ers appar-ently ruled out deeper p r o d u c t i o n

cuts to reduce the global bloating inventories and supply glut.Prices were also pressuredon worries that US Presi-dent’s withdrawal from the climate accord could accel-erate US production and flood the global oil market. US crude prices declined 5.3% on the month while Brent was down 4.9%as compared to previous month’s average. US Futures averaged US$48.49 a barrel, down US$2.72 from Apriland Brent averaged US$51.30a barrel, down US$2.63 on the month.Asian naphtha market continued its down-ward trajectory as cracks declined due to increasing length and softening demand. Reports from traders said that the market is getting weaker. The market remained soft, as cargoes continued to flow out from India, and less-than-expected demand was seen from Taiwan as it had last bought 100,000 ton for H2 June delivery.ForMay, spot naphtha prices fell 7.9% on the month to average US$439.58 a ton CFR Japan.

P O L Y E S T E R CHAIN

Ethylene pric-es continued to plunge in Asian mar-kets, touch-ing their 1 6 - m o n t h lows in May under pres-sure from ris-

ing supply.In Europe, spot ethylene prices declined as markets remained bearish ahead of June contract price.In US, spot ethylene declined amid supply length as all USGC crackers were operational.Prices averaged US$991.00-993.00 a ton CFR SE Asia, down 6.1% from April while Eu-ropean spot edged down 6.9% to average Euro1,038.40-

1,043.40 a ton FD NWE. US spot prices were down 1.6% on the month to average US cents 28.33-28.83 per pound FD USG.Paraxylene prices edged down in Asian markets as demand for July was seen weakening and decline in energy complex.In Europe, liquidity in the paraxylene markets ebbed on the month, while volatility increased in line with the energy complex.In US, paraxylene spot prices gained on stronger feedstock.Asian marker, the CFR China averaged US$804.43-805.43 a ton, down 4.2% from last monthwhile European paraxylene fell 4.6% to US$712.00 a ton FOB Rotterdam. In US, spot paraxylene was at US$765 a ton FOB USG, up 0.7% on the month.

Mono ethylene glycol prices inched up in May on incre-mental demand in China as polyester plants were restart-ing.European MEG spot prices were stable in a quiet mar-ket.In US, MEG spot was down tracking weaker upstream pricing and improving supply as Indorama was back after turnaround.MEG prices averaged US$724.40-729.40 a ton FOB SE Asia, up 1.7% in Maywhile European spot was at Euro750 a ton NWE FCA, unchanged on the month. US spot was at UScents 30.75-31.75 per pound FOB USG, down 14.6% on the month. Purified terephthalic acid prices fell in Asian markets driven by weaker upstream and domestic markets.In Europe, PTA prices continued to move down as downstream PET markets remained bearish due to weak demand.Prices averaged US$615.20-617.20 a ton CFR China, fell 2.7% from April while Euro-pean price was at Euro670a ton FD NWE,down 2.9% on the month. Polyester chip markets saw insipid trading atmosphere during the month. Offers for semi dull chips dipped 4.4% to US$949-961a ton and super bright chip slid 2.1% to US$971-985 a ton.

Polyester filament yarn markets in China saw thinner buying interest in Mayand sellers reduced offers to push volumes out citing bearish future expectations.In India, POY prices were down amid thin liquidity as buyers main-tained lowest demand.In Pakistan, selling indications for DTY yarn rolled over, as downstream demand was lim-ited on the back of high raw material stocks.In China, POY 75/72 prices fell US cents 10 a kg at US$1.19-1.22 a kgin Shengze while Indian POY 130/34 prices were down cents 5 at US$1.46 a kg. In Pakistan, 300/96 DTY prices were at US$0.66-0.71 a pound, unchanged on the month.Polyes-ter staple fibre prices in China moved down as demand was weak and downstream traders and spun yarn makers were cautious to replenish inventories, forcing producers to lower offers continuously.In India, PSF prices were sta-ble during the month.In Pakistan, PSF prices dropped in line with a continuous fall of import offers from China.In China, 1.4D PSF was at US$1.06-1.09 a kg, down US cents

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4 from April. In India, 1.2D PSF prices were at US$1.25 per kg, rolling over from previous month. In Pakistan, prices in Karachi were at US$1.18-1.20 a kg, down US cents 2 on the month.

NYLON CHAIN

Benzene pric-es fell in Asian markets in May amid cau-tious move-ments and thin demand as buyers con-tinued to hold back.In Eu-rope, benzene spot prices plunged on

the month following bearish movement in crude oil mar-kets. In US too, benzene spot declined and contracts set-tled lower.Asian marker, FOB Korea declined8.1% in May-to average US$742.50-743.50 a ton while US spot prices fell4.6% to US cents 264.15-264.25 per gallon FOB USG. European spot was down4.6% to average US$810.80-811.80 a ton CIF ARA and FOB Rotterdam. Caprolactam prices continued to remain under pressure on the back of low benzene values and moderate demand. In China, of-fers for liquid goods in spot market fell further while val-ues for East European goods softened amid slow liquid-ity.Downstream demand was moderate with run rates at polymerization units up at 71% and inventory down to 9 days’ worth.Asian caprolactam spot prices averaged US$1,540.00-1,680.00 a ton in May, down 16.8% from last month.Sinopec raised its May nomination to US$1,670 a ton (up US$30) for liquid while Fibrant settled May con-tract at US$1,660 a ton.

Nylon chip markets continued to remain under weak variation in May on back of falling caprolactum val-ues and low benzene markets. Downstream converters maintained production, leading to rigid demand for ny-lon chip. In non‐textile yarn sectors, cord fabric makers enjoyed decent liquidity while staple fiber market saw moderate demand and monofilament markets were cov-ered by favorable atmosphere.Offers for Taiwan-origin chips averaged US$1,776-1,860 a ton, down 6% from last month. In China, bright conventional spinning nylon-6 chips were priced at US$1,880-2,014, fell 4.5% from April while semi-dull chips were offered at US$1,884-1,962 a ton, down6.8% on the month.Nylon filament yarn price declinedon relieved cost pressure and cautious buying sentiment. Downstream converters maintained stable operation, implying rigid demand with bargain hunting activities. Warp‐knitting, weaving and AJ covering sectors operated at 75% capacity, while circular‐knitting mills and lacing mills ran at 50% capacities.In China, semi-dull

FDY70D/24F was traded at US$2.44-2.50 a kg, down US cents 16 from previous month while FDY40D were at US$2.61-2.73 a kg, down US cents 20.

ACRYLIC CHAIN

P r o p y l e n e prices in May rallied in Asian markets due to supply tight-ness as ma-jor producers planned turna-round.In US, spot propyl-ene was down amid weaker u p s t r e a m . I n

Europe, propylene June initial contract price was fully set-tled at a decrease from the May contract price prompt-ing spot to edge down.Asian marker, FOB Korea aver-aged US$823.60-825.60 a ton, rose1.8% from April, and CFR China was at US$859.20-861.20 a ton, up 3.2% from previous month. In Europe, CG propylene dipped 5.3% to Euro 791.00-795.40 a ton FD while spot polymer-grade propylene prices in US were at US$36.15-36.95 per pound ton FD, fell13.3%.Acrylonitrile prices edged down in Asian markets on waning demand during the month. Europe-an ACN prices were stable to up amid supply tightness.In US, spot ACN was higher amid tightness while Brazil-ian goods headed to US.European prices were up0.8% to US$1,704.00-1,708.00 a ton CIF Med while US export assessments averaged at US$1,611.00-1,631.00 a ton USG, climbed 0.4% on the month. Asian marker, the CFR Far East Asia inched down2.2% to average US$1,540.00-1,542.00 a ton.

Acrylic fiber markets in China saw prices rise in May and exports were becoming favorable while producers saw slow sales in a stagnant domestic market.Reportedly, many cotton spinning mills switched their products, while woolen yarn makers were confronted with heavy inven-tory pressure.In India, insipid demand and sluggish sales, kept ASF prices range bound. In Pakistan ASF prices were lifted as market held modest mindset, awaiting demand to improve in future, despite current lackluster liquidity.In China, offers for cotton-type staple roseUS cents 4 at US$2.25-2.31 a kg and medium-length staple were up US cents 5 at US$2.26-2.32 a kg.Sinopec Chemicals released June list prices for ASF, flat to the previous month with 1.5D pegged at US$2.30-2.31 a kg. Taiwan origin 3D bright ASF tow offers were flat at US$2.00-2.05 a kg. PetroChina cut its May settlement prices by US cent 0.50, with cotton‐type fiber at US$2.25 a kg, medium‐length at US$2.26 a kg, and 3D tow at US$2.29 a kg. Indian offers for ASF were steady at INR148-150 a kg (US$2.30-2.32 a kg).In Pakistan, 1.2D ASF prices were at US$1.94a kg, up US cents 3 on the

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month. Indian ASF prices were at US$2.32 a kg, down US cent 1 from April.

VISCOSE CHAIN

Viscose staple fibre prices in Maymoved downin China as produc-ers faced high inven-tory pressure and offered discounts on final deals.In China, offers for VSF aver-

aged US$2.30 a kg, down US cents 10 on the month.In Pakistan, VSF market extended insipid sentiment, with transactions not improving and prices spiraling down. In India, prices rolled over despite continued short‐covering activities of some converters. In Pakistan, 1.5D VSF prices fell US cents 7 at US$2.30 a kg. In India, producers’ prices were at US$2.23 a kg, dipped US cent 1from last month.Viscose filament yarn offers in China weakened as liquid-ity was lusterless and downstream buying sentiment was cautious.In India, although prices were flat in INR terms, they were down in US$ terms as exports were still mod-est.In China, 120D dull VFY offers averaged at US$5.92a kg while bright slipped US cents 3 at US$6.00 a kg. In In-dia, 120D bright VFY was at US$6.10a kg, down US cents 2 from last month. Dissolving pulp markets in Asia saw sentiment stalemated during the month. Offers for hard-wood pulp were at US$820-830 a ton while softwood pulp was at US$900 a ton.

COTTON

Cotton futures on the ICE hit a near-three year high in May, supported by demand from pending mill fixations and fund buying amid stocks tightening.Mills with unfixed sales were trapped by tightening US supplies and bullish speculators.In China, the surge in US futures led to brisk spot trading on the domestic cotton markets. Most ginner-ies were sitting on lean inventory, and players held bullish expectations over the future trend.The July contract on ICE Futures US jumped2% for the month to average US cents 78.64. The Cotlook A index rose1.5% closing May at an average of US cents 88.25 per pound. The China Cot-ton inched up 1% on the month to 16,046.40 yuan a ton.In Pakistan, cotton markets were firm while physical prices rose on improved demand of quality lint besides buyers buying better grades of lint at premium. The official spot rate averaged at PakRs6,905.50 per maund ex-Karachi, up 0.5% on the month.Indian cotton markets were mixed with some varieties gaining and some retreating, but fin-er quality cotton rolling over. Most varieties saw prices plunge 0.8-2.4% in May.

SPUN YARN

Cotton yarn markets in China were lukewarm in May and de-mand still weak with transactions mainly con-cluded for 21s and 32s yarn.Recently, in-ventory was

piling up at spinning mills, while overall operation rates hovered at high positions, implying bearish market out-look in the short run. With shrinking spot trades, prices likely to continue fluctuating amid sidelined stance.In In-dia, cotton yarn prices rose in Ludhiana, in line with the fresh increase in few specsof cotton prices. In Pakistan, cotton yarn prices remained relatively stable on domestic and export markets while trading activities were reduced with approaching fiscal year end.In China, 32s carded cot-ton yarn in Shengze market was up US cent 1 at US$3.38-3.46 a kg while 21s combed were at US$3.42-3.49 a kg, up US cent 1 fromApril. In India, 30s combed for knitting were at US$3.31 a kg, up US cents 4 on the month. In Paki-stan, 20s carded yarn was at US$2.73 a kg, unchanged on the month while 30s carded were at US$3.09 a kg, rolling over from previous month.

Polyester spun yarn markets in China were under cor-rection in May as transactions were moderate and some specs saw better sales. In Pakistan, polyester yarn prices generally rolled over in line with range bound PSF mar-kets. In India, offers for spun polyester yarn were steady to firm as PSF market was stable during the month. In Shengze, offers for 32s polyester yarn were at US$1.67-1.69 a kg, down US cents 3 from April.In India, 30 polyes-ter knit yarns were at US$1.95 a kg, down US cents 2 in Ludhiana market. In Pakistan, 30s spun polyester was at US$2.59 a kg, down US cents 2 on the month.Viscose spun yarn markets were weak in China amid modest liquidity.In Pakistan, viscose yarn prices edged down as VSF prices declined with import offers from China dropping and do-mestic prices losing more than yarn price reduction. In In-dia, viscose yarn prices were much more stable, given the stability in VSF cost.In Xiaoshan, 30s spun viscose were at US$2.78 a kg, down US cents 12on the month. In India, 30s viscose prices were at US$2.77 a kg, up US cent1 in Indore market. In Pakistan, 35s viscose yarn were down US cents 6at US$2.92 a kg in Karachi.

Blended yarn prices in May rolled over in China’s domes-tic market, as activity was reduced by a holiday shortened month. On the import market too, prices were relatively stable, due to slightly dropping in US$ terms whereas ris-

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ing in yuan terms. In Pakistan, PC yarns prices have been stable on the month and in last three months, irrespec-tive of changes in PSF prices in the meantime. This clearly shows sign that margins of PC yarn producers were in positive zone. In India, PC and PV yarn prices also rolled over both but exporters were reportedly struggling at these price levels on the international market.In India, PC 30s (52/48) were at US$2.66 a kg in Ludhiana market,

down US cent 1 from previous month while PV 30s (65/35) were at US$2.28 a kg, down US cents 2 from last month. In Pakistan, PC 30s fell US cents 3 at US$2.69 a kg on the Faisalabad market. In Qianqing market, polyester-cotton 32s (65/35) were traded at US$2.50 a kg, down US cent 1 while 45s (65/35) yarn were at US$3.38 a kg, up US cent 1 on the month.

GST launched in a glittering ceremony, Textile industry braces for darker days ahead

After a wait of more than a decade, Goods and Ser-vices Tax (GST) finally comes into effect from July 01, 2017. Terming it the “biggest tax reform ever”

in independent India, the Union Government convened a Special Session of Parliament for the launch of GST. In the presence of Vice-President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari, LokSabha Speaker SumitraMahajan, Un-ion Finance Minister ArunJaitleyand other dignitaries on June 30, 2017 midnight, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister NarendraModijointly announced the be-ginning of GST regime in India.

The GST rollout comes after a lot of deliberations and revisions in rates of goods and services under various sectors. Indian Textiles, considered as one among the essential sectors, wasso far exempted from taxes. With the implementation of GST, the textiles sector too comes under the ambit of tax. A glance at GST rates showed that those associated with the sector will not only pay a higher tax on yarn purchase, especially synthetic and man-made fiber yarns, but they will also have to pay taxes on entire supply chain and at each stage of manufacturing.

Garment and fabric manufacturers are worried about the impact of GST since, except for a brief period when Ex-cise Duty was levied on it, they were by and large been free from any tax burden. Hence to allay the industry fear, Union Textile Minister SmritiIrani conveyed special mes-sages and announced to constitute a separate GST cell at @TexMinIndia to guide stakeholders.

Prime MinisterModi too, while addressing at the inaugu-ration ceremony of the “Textiles India 2017”, in Gandhi-nagar, Gujarat barely few hours before the GST rollouton June 30, 2017, reassured the industry that the event will go a long way in realizing India’s inherent potential to become one of the most significant textiles and apparel sourcing and investment destinations.

Assurances fail to ease tension

Assurances by Prime Minister Modi and Union Textile Minister SmirtiIrani however have failed to ease the ten-

sion and fear rampant in the industry ever since the GST rollout was announced.

“It is deadlyto say the least, especially for the decentral-ized textile sector”, AjoyBhattchariya, former President of South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce, said while talking to Textile Value Chain.

“A quick calculation of the existing GST rates can reveal that there is about 7-8% cost difference between com-posite and decentralized units. The survival of decentral-ized units will be tough if GST goes in its present form”, he added, saying those in decentralized sector will pay tax at more points than a vertically-integrated company, which will pay just at the end of the production process.

He said GST rates are different for cotton and synthetic yarns, and there are a good number of manufacturers who manufacture blended fabrics using cotton and syn-thetic yarns both at weaving stage.

“The GST structure is not only complicated but it is almost impossible for such manufacturersto properly maintain accounts”, he said.

Textile industry in India caters to the livelihood of more than 6 million families, and is second largest sector after agriculture. But, majority of people associated with the in-dustry comes under decentralized and unorganized sec-tor. And it is they who, the industry insiders say, may be at loss under GST regime.

“The GST will eliminate small traders like me. I have just started the business. I am already paying rent for my shop and, now I will need to cough up at least Rs 20,000 to hire an accountant to help me with filing returns for the GST,” Mukesh Jain, a Textile Trader, is quoted as saying by Indian Express.

Agreeing with Mukesh Jain, ManojAgarwal,President of Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FSTTA), says, “The government instead of recovering the 12 per cent GST (which we used to pay as VAT) on yarn, it has imposed GST on the entire supply chain which includes

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yarn manufactures, weavers, processors, embroiderers, and traders. This is not acceptable to us.”

Domestic Textile Prices to go up

People associated with the industry are demanding from the government since last three years to impose anti-dumping duty on fabrics from outside India to curb un-controlled imports from China.With the government still heeding to this demand, comes GST implementation after which it is feared that Chinese imports will go further up.

“The twin factors of higher tax on synthetic yarn and lower tax on fabric could double imports from China as prices of domestic fabric would rise”, Sri NarainAggarwal, Chairman, Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Exports Promo-tion Council is quoted by Business-Standard.

According to him,at present India’s fabric import from China, largely synthetic and cheaper by around 10 per cent,is estimated at around Rs.4,000crore.

Protests across country

Amid rising concerns and lack of clarity on how the mar-ket will move post-GST implementation, textile manufac-turers and traders across India are on war-path since last one month. Protests were held at Delhi’s JantarMantar in the second week of June.

After the protest at JantarMantar failed to move the union government, a three-day agitation was called in Ahmedabad, Surat and other textile clusters from June 27-29 – the time when Prime Minister Modi was in Gan-dhinagar for the launch of 3-day event “Textiles India 2017”.

Members of the Tamil Nadu Power Loom Federation are also on strike in Salem, Karur and Namakkal districts against GST and seeking to exempt the industry from the tax. “We pay tax for the yarn, and again paying tax for the finished product is not justified”, a federation mem-ber said.“Moreover, being small scale, the GST taxation procedure is too complicated.”

Textile traders in Kolkata are also up in arms against the government as they feel that the cascading effect of the GST will spike the prices of readymade garments.

“Textile has been classified under essential commodity/goods of special importance. Crores of livelihoods are associated with it. It will spell doom for both the textile business and other ancillary industries associated with it,” ArunBhuwalka, president of the Chamber of Textile Trade and Industry, id quoted by The Times of India.

According to Mahendra Jain, Secretary of the chamber, Bengal stands to lose the most if the GST is not rolled back.

“Bengal is not a manufacturing state anymore. It is a hub for value addition because the artisans are based here. If the tax is levied, why will the manufacturing states send raw materials to Bengal?” he asked.

Threatening to intensify the stir FSTTA President Mano-jAgarwal said, “We have so far decided not to register our-selves under GST and if a solution is not found by June 30, then we will go for an indefinite strike.”

There are some who are upbeat

Not everyone is unhappy with the GST implementation. There is a section in the industry that is upbeat and feels rejuvenated.

“As the textile sector has been under the optional route since 2004 and fabrics under the zero VAT rate, 5 per cent GST would bring substantial revenue and ensure tax com-pliance as well”, M Senthilkumar, Chairman of the South-ern India Mills’ Association Chairman, said.

“The 5 per cent GST rate on cotton fiber would benefit 20 million cotton farmers, while the same rate on ready-made garments below Rs.1,000 would benefit the com-mon man”, he added.

As against the majority view, some industry insiders even feel that the GST implementation at its initial stage may be tricky for decentralized sector. But, they will definitely gain in the longer run.

“A significant portion of the textile industry in India op-erates under the unorganized sector or composition scheme, thus creating a gap in flow of input tax credit. Input tax credit is not allowed if the registered taxpayers procure the inputs from composition scheme taxpayers or the un-organized sector. GST would enable a smooth-er input credit system, which would shift the balance towards the or-ganized sector”, indus-try sources said.

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MMF traders starts indefinite strike opposing GST : Business losses of more than Rs.1000 crore

Country’s largest Man-Made Fabric (MMF) production centre, Surat is come to a grinding halt as over 70,000 tex-tile traders has started indefinite strike against the Goods and Servives tax (GST) regime. Earlier in June, Textile GST Sangarsh Samiti (TGSS) has demanded exemption from GST and had kept total 4 days of strike. But when central government has not given any relief and refused their de-mand, the samiti has called indefinite strike from July 3. The entire textile industries including weaving, process-ing, trading is adversely affected and incurred business losses to the tune of over Rs. 1000 crore in total week period.

Powerloom weavers and textile traders are unhappy with higher tax rates of 18 per cent on yarn and 5 per cent on fabrics under GST regime. On monday(3rd July) morn-ing, the situation at the textile markets on Ring Road was tensed as large numbers of traders gathered to protest against GST. Some group of people and police were en-forcing the traders to open their shops and when they refused, police resorted to lathicharge. After the police action, traders shouted slogans against local leaders and government at the Centre. All the 165 textile markets on the Ring Road shut on the part of the indefinite strike call given by the Textile GST Sangarsh Samiti.

Textile market sources said, there are complexities in the GST rates, on the man-made fabric (MMF) sector. While cotton attracts a uniform 5% rate, the synthetic fabric at-tracts 18 % at yarn stage, 5% at fabric stage and 5% at the job-work stage. Moreover, the option for claiming input tax credit (ITC) has been removed for the sector. There is too much paper work and small traders has to face immense difficulties. The implementation of GST would badly hit small and medium textile and its allied indus-tries. The samiti members and traders declared that they will not accept GST and will observe bandh(strike) until their demand for exemtion from GST will not be accepted.

Due to the traders strike, there is no demand of grey fab-rics and hence production of around 3 crore meter of fabrics manufactured by powerloom weaving sector has come to a standstill. The textile powerloom factory own-ers has cut down the grey fabrics production upto 60%. In some industrial area, weavers had shut their factories for 3 days in a week and are running machines in one

shift only. Consequently, textile processors and embroi-dery machine owners does not have any job-work. It is noticable that, over 10 lakh workers in the textile markets, powerloom weaving units, textile processing sector, em-broidery units and ancillary units are bearing the brunt of the strike.

GST effect : Yarn prices surge upto Rs. 3/kg.

The synthetic yarn prices in the city increased upto Rs.3/kg. after implemention of Goods and Servives tax (GST) from July-1. The Central Government has fixed 18 per cent GST on man-made fibre and yarn and this has lead to surge prices in the first week of July. The prices of all qualities of texurised yarn, Airtex deniers and Roto based deniers are increased by Rs.2/kg. and all deniers of FDY yarn suged upto Rs.3/kg. Though the prices are up but powerloom owners are not keen to stock yarn.

Because of lack of grey fabrics demand, the weavers has stopped yarn puchase and have cut the production due to confusion in new GST tax system. Yarn manufacturers, spinners are afraid of stock clearence. The textile traders are demanding exemption from the GST and are on in-definite strike. Market sourced said, the higher 18% GST tax slabs at yarn stage has hit hard the small weavers of the city. The weavers are in wait and watch mode to stock yarn until the situation is clear.

18% higher GST : Huge quantity of Cheap chinese MMF dump in Surat

Surat Man-Made Fibre (MMF) producers has made rep-resentation to government to reduce 18% higher GST on MMF and yarn. They fear thet higher tax rate will pres-surise local manufacturers to source yarn and fabrics at a cheaper rate from China and other countries. As per new tax system the chinese synthetic fabrics cost will come down upto 19 per cent. The production cost of MMF, synthetic fibre and yarn are higher in India compared to China, Indonesia and South Korea. Moreover, these coun-tries have lowest tax and high export incentives to pro-duce and supply MMF textile goods in the global market. 18% higher GST rate on MMF, yarns will adversely affect the domestic MMF fibre and yarn industry. India’s textile MSME sector will not sustain on account of high tax rate and result in distorting production and consumption. A big quantity of cheap fabrics will dump in local market and this will paralyzed the MMF sector in the city.

SURAT REPORT

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Mr. Vinod Chotani, MD of Sudha Mills India Pvt. Ltd.

GST is new buzz word for India but in the world it is following from many years. GST is efficient Tax system where different substitute taxes demolishes and only one single TAX is imposed that is Goods & Service Tax. GST will make our system more transparent and strengthen our economy. In the system of this tax, Our PM Mr. Narendra Modi had given assurance of getting the input credit money within 7 to 10 days.

Some Views From Kalbadevi Market, Mumbai, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Mr. Shiv Kanodia, Ex- Hon General Secretary, Bharat Merchant Chamber

GST is something new, as a association GST has a diversified view. Every As-sociation has their different point of view. Textile Industry is very complex as far as its diversity is concern. So some people are against GST as we Indian not adopt change easily, but it’s gradually effective in future. GST close down Multi Window Taxation, it must came much before. Textile Industry needs to be organized and adopt changes which ultimate outcome is our nation pro-gress is our progress.

Mr. Manish Kumar, MD of Shree Mahavir Textiles

GST is good but there are some drawbacks of GST, like we deliver goods with imposed GST and if goods returned after 4 or 6 months then what will be the situation? Government bluntly says that if no GST no business. We are assuming that in next 2 year there will be no profit, it will be lot of downfall due to GST, and it may bring recession in India. New changes are good but not implementation. Through GST government want to digitalize everything. 50% of the traders doesn’t know English, Computer, how one can clear the blotted picture of GST? Before implementing GST government need to edu-cate traders about it.

Mr. Narendra Mehta, MD of D.S. Textiles, Treasurer of SMSMA

GST, the new tax system which may be complicated it seems because most of the SME traders with sole Proprietorship are illiterate they don’t even know how to fill cheque, how they will do E transaction? First Government had to literate people regarding GST because Textile trader never pay ser-vice tax they pay only Octroi. So GST is new and its very difficult days as demonetization. As association we are trying to make trader aware by cir-culate pamphlets of GST number registration. There are lots of clauses in GST which is still not very clear.

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25% of space snapped up within first six weeks of launch

ITMA 2019, the world’s largest tex-tile and garment technology, has re-ceived strong response since online applications opened in May. Some 25% of the exhibition space has been booked by more than 300 exhibitors during the first six weeks, according to ITMA Services, the organiser of ITMA 2019.

Mr A.E. Roberts, Managing Director of ITMA Services, attributed the strong demand to the success of ITMA 2015 and the rapid technological develop-ments within the textile and garment industry. He said, “We are delighted with this excellent response. The total space booked to-date is an impres-sive 150% increase when compared with the same period of ITMA 2015’s application launch.”

He added, “ITMA has an excellent reputation and many global industry players are looking forward to using it as a launch pad for their new in-novations. Among the sectors that have enjoyed the greatest take-up so far are finishing, printing, spinning, weaving and knitting, and we are

particularly pleased with the strong response from Asian countries, par-ticularly India which has already surpassed 60% of the total space it booked in the 2015 show. It is also encouraging to see that manufactur-ers of raw materials and garment ma-chinery are also applying early, and our exhibitors clearly appreciate the fact that ITMA is a complete, end-to-end solutions showcase, from fibre to finished textile products.”

Mr Fritz P. Mayer, President of CEMA-TEX, the European Committee of Tex-tile Machinery Manufacturers, which owns the ITMA exhibition, explained: “There is an enormous amount of re-search and development in the textile and garment industry, resulting in exciting new technologies and value-added products.

“Some of the powerful innovation drivers impacting the industry include digitisation of products, processes and supply chains, as well as sustain-ability. Hence, despite the challeng-ing business climate, the demand for leading-edge products continues to grow, and technology providers are still leveraging on ITMA 2019 to launch their new solutions to global

textile and garment manufacturers and brands.”

The last ITMA exhibition, held in Mi-lan in 2015, drew the participation of 1691 exhibitors from 46 countries. A post-show exhibitor survey found that over 90% of them rated their overall experience ‘good’ or ‘excel-lent’, and 93% indicated their interest to return to exhibit at the next ITMA, and that there is a strong competitive advantage exhibiting at ITMA com-pared with other shows.

ITMA 2019 will be held from 20 to 26 June 2019 at Fira de Barcelona, Gran Via venue. Featuring the theme ‘In-novating the World of Textiles’, it will have exhibits showcasing an integrat-ed textile and garment manufacturing value chain. Divided into 19 chapters, exhibits also include yarns, fibres and fabrics, and solutions for technical textiles and nonwovens, and garment making.

Manufacturers interested to partici-pate in ITMA 2019 should apply for space online at www.itma.com. For participation enquiries, please email: [email protected].

Strong Demand For ITMA 2019 Exhibition Space

Seshadri Ramkumar, Texas Tech University, USA

Australian scientists have developed an improved carbon fiber manufac-turing process which could result in low cost of carbon fibers.

Maxime Maghe and Steve Atkiss, as-sociated with Deakin University’s Car-bon Nexus have invented a process that reduces energy with carbon fiber manufacturing by 75% and speeds-up the production process.

Deakin University has licensed the

technology to LeMond Compos-ites, founded by Mr. Greg LeMond, three-time Tour de France champion. “Technology developed by Carbon Nexus will feed the world with low cost carbon fiber,” said, Mr. LeMond.

There is a plan to have a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Geelong with investment from LeMond Compos-ites. Furnace Engineering of Victoria, Australia will be supplying machinery for this venture.

The licensing agreement between

Carbon Nexus and LeMond Compos-ites is first of its kind from Carbon Nexus, stated Derek Buckmaster, Di-rector of Carbon Nexus.

Carbon Nexus was formed at Deakin in 2014 with investments from Aus-tralian Government, local and state agencies and Deakin University.

Mr. LeMond was the first cyclist to win Tour de France using carbon fiber bike.

Carbon Fiber Development

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July 2017

10-12 NGF by CMAI Place : Mumbai/ India, info : www.cmai.in

20-22 YARNEX 2017 Place: Delhi/ India, info: www.yarnex.in

20-22 F&A SHOW Place : Delhi/ India, info: www.fnashow.in

20-22 Indian Fashion Jewellery & Accessories Show 2017 Place: Delhi/ India, info: www.epch.in/ifjas

29-31 GARTEX 2017 Place : Delhi/ India info: http://gartexindia.com

August 2017

11-13 KNIT SHOW Place : Tirupur/ India, info: http://www.knitshow.in/

18-20 GTE Place: Ahmedabad/ India, info: www.garmenttechnologyexpo.com

September 2017

3-6 The National Exhibition Centre Place : Birmingham/UK, info: [email protected]

8-12 Maison & Object Place: Paris/France, info: [email protected]

13-15 TechTexil India 2017

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21-23 YARNEX / TEXINDIA Place : Tirupur/ India, info: www.yarnex.in , www.texindiafair.com

October 2017

13-17 IHGF Delhi Fair Autumn 2017 Place: Delhi/India, info: www.ihgfdelhifair.epch.in

20-23 Asian Gift & Premium and Household Product Show Place: Hong Kong , info: [email protected]

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21-23 Manila Fame 2017 Place: Metro Manila, Philippines, info: [email protected]

29-31 Screen Print East Africa Place: Nairobi/ Kenya, info: www.screenprinteastafrica.com November 2017

1-3 International Textile & Apparel Show Place: Dubai/ UAE, info: www.internationalapparelandtextilefair.com

15-17 INTEX South Asia Place: Colombo/ Srilanka, info: www.intexfair.com

17-20 Texfair 2017 Place: Coimbatore / India,

22-25 YFA SHOW 2017 Place : Delhi/ India, info: www.yfatradeshow.com

December 2017

2-10 Afl Artigiano in Fiera Place: Milan/Italy, info: [email protected]

5-7 China Machinex India/ China Homelife India Place : Mumbai/ Maharashtra, info : www.chlmx.com

7-10 ITMACH INDIA/ ITS Exhibition Place : Gandhinagar / Gujarat , info: www.ITMACH.com / www.ITSexhibition.com

January 2018

9-12 HEIMTEXTIL Place: Frankfurt/Germany, Info:[email protected]

February 2018

4-8 Spring Fair Place: Birmingham/UK, info: [email protected]

9-13 Ambiente Place: Frankfurt/Germany, info: [email protected]

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