STRENGTH OF TEXTILES

In Bangladesh Perspective

Md. Sanuwar Rashid, Senior Lecturer, SEU

It does mean that nearly 600000 Students would search for university admission.

Intensive competition in varsity admission

Choice for competitive future:

Medical EngineeringNatural Science

BBA

Engineering segments to choose:

Engineering

Electrical EngineeringElectrical Engineering

Telecommunication Engineering

Telecommunication Engineering

Textile EngineeringTextile Engineering

Civil EngineeringCivil Engineering

Computer EngineeringComputer Engineering

Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Engineering

ArchitectureArchitecture

From Where the civilization Started

Hand picking of cotton

Hand Spinning

Back strap weaving

Where we are now / up to what we are

Journey towards future

Strengths of Textile Sector : Bangladesh perspective

Spinning Mills: 377

WeavingMills: 750

KnittingMills: 2800

Dyeing & Finishing Mills: 320

GarmentFactories: 4800

Source: ITET Journal, 2009 & Daily star, 10th August 2011

Main stream Job of Textile Engineer

*Source: president, BTMA on 10th August in interview with the daily star.

Job availability of Textile Engineer

Source: A N M Ahmed ullah, Doctoral Research, 2011

•Currently Bangladesh holds more than 4.5 percent share in the global clothing export-market and positioned itself as 2nd largest garment exporting country in terms of value after China.

•Bangladesh has already been a USD 20 billion industry.

•In fact, RMG export accounted for 78% of the total export of Bangladesh in FY 2009-10.

Primary source: Bangladesh Bank, January 2011

Export Growth of RMG sector in Million USD

Primary source: Bangladesh Bank, January 2011

A well balanced growth rate both in Knitting & Weaving

October to December period of 2010

•At present Bangladesh exports RMG to around 90 countries in the world which include USA, Canada, Germany, UK, France, Italy and Turkey.

Primary source: Bangladesh Bank, January 2011

•Bangladesh has a quota to export only 10 million garment pieces to India and it took just 6 months for the country to exhaust the quota set by the Indian government. As a result of the quotas, Bangladesh's RMG export to India is only worth $35 million compared to $20 billion in RMG exports worldwide.

Daily Star; 2-11-12; RMG industry: a bright spot

Challenge for Future Textile Engineer:

•Bangladesh focuses mainly on low cost basic items and lags behind major competitors such as China and Vietnam in terms of product diversification. •Major portions of Bangladesh's exports are shirts, blouses, T-shirt, pullovers and these products are produced mainly to cater to middle and lower market segments of US and EU.• It is notable that Bangladesh produces very limited categories of expensive and fashion oriented garments.

You, the future Textile Engineer, would incline your talent towards smart textile technology to foster the Growth of RMG sectors.

5 million workers are currently employed and 50% of them are female worker from rural areas.

Despite many difficulties like inefficiencies

port and transport, low supply of electricity and gas

rising cotton price

Today's Excellence in Textile Engineering:

•The shoe changes the level of cushioning according to the user’s weight and speed, and the terrain.•A magnetic sensor in the shoe monitor changes in weight, pace and surface 1000 times per second and send the information to a microprocessor•The microprocessor capable for 5 million calculations per second analyses the input and, if necessary, sends instructions to the shoe’s “muscle”•A motor-driven cable system connected to a cushioning cylinder in the heel changes then the cushioning

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS (PCM)

OUTLAST

COMFORTEMP

THERMASORB

PARAFFIN WAX

DIAPLEX

SHAPE MEMORY MATERIALS

Thermochromic inks

Liquid crystals

Photochromic inks

CHROMIC MATERIALS

MATERIALS THAT CHANGE COLOR REVERSIBLY DUE TO:

• Light (photochromic)

• Heat (thermochromic)

• Electricity (electrochromic)

• Pressure (piezochromic)

• Liquid (solvatechromic)

• Electron beam (carsolchromic)

CONDUCTIVE TEXTILES

Transmitting signals (textile networks)

Transforming signals (textile sensors and actuators)

SPYDER SKI JACKET

Weather proof entertainment center

ADIDAS-POLAR PROJECT

Fusion

Weather proof Clothing

THE HUG SHIRT

http://current.com/items/76371842/the_hug_shirt.htm

POLYMERIC OPTICAL FIBERS

ILLUMINATION ** SENSORS ** TRANSMITTING SIGNALS

Create-Wearv OFFD English.wmv

Luminex

France telecom

Philips unveils photonic textiles

Photonic Textiles from Phillips. Applied in soft fabric, the light from the small pixels diffuses, resulting in a more or less continuous light-emitting soft surface

FASHION APPLICATIONS

Lightning dress

         

             

   

Illuminated dress for time keeping

Shape change by remote control

McKinsey & Company, a trusted consultant for many of the world's influential businesses and institutions, has done a case study that reviews Bangladesh's garment growth formula.

It predicts that the country's apparel exports will double by 2015 and nearly triple within a

10-year horizonSource: Daily Star; 17-12-2011; McKinsey predicts RMG exports to double by 2015

What we need to do is to be a striver of excellence to grasp them.

A widest opportunity is waiting for us.

Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies.

(Taken from Swashank Redemption)

Hoping that you will find your destination somewhere in Globalized Apparel Supply Chain