Processing Today November 2018

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Knit & Woven Dyeing & Finishing Nove mber 2018

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APS Group sets new benchmark in Bangladesh in water conservation in exhaust dyeing

The design concept of ‘Bulk to Lab’ dyeing

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“Bangladesh steps ahead to replace exhaust dyeing with more sustainable, economical and better quality production CPB dyeing”

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The design concept of ‘Bulk to Lab’ dyeing Although dyers nowadays rely mostly on ‘Lab to Bulk’ through trial and error basis, it makes things difficult to maintain and achieving RFT resulting an increase in cost.

Md. Rahat Ullah Rashed, Head of Technical Support, Taiwan Persotex Corporation Tareq Amin, Founder & CEO, Textile Today Right First Time (RFT) means achieving the desired color and quality in dyeing at once as per the standard operating processes predefined. Most of the cases it’s not easy to match all the batches maintaining RFT as there are numerous factors that affect the performance of dyeing. And that’s why the dye-houses suffer for increasing RFT. When generally prices of processing are going down and the cost is increased when the dyer miss the RFT of the batch that for sure will incur losses for the company.

The laboratory has a great role in setting and achieving RFT. Usually, labs in dye-houses are used for generating lab recipes (usually called as Lab Dip), color control, incoming raw materials quality control, in line and of line quality control etc. But for sure generating recipe for dyeing is one of the core objectives of the labs.

However, it’s been well accepted that there are potential differences in bulk and lab dyeing conditions and so dyers on the floors don’t rely on the laboratory recipe much. Most of the time the dyeing experts tries to adjust the less reliable lab recipe from their experiences and go through some sort of trial and error process in the bulk for setting a reliable bulk recipe which will give 100% RFT. By this way traditionally the companies try to improve the ‘Lab to Bulk’ recipe and RFT. But such approach has its limitation by its design. The trial and error

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Figure: The need for a laboratory and optimizing it as per production floor in achieving the desired color and quality for a dye-house is critical.

The goal of a lab is to make a better recipe for bulk. We usually say ‘Lab to Bulk’ but the true thinking and the slogan should be ‘Bulk to Lab’. Because the bulk processes should be fixed and standardized.

And all trial and error should be done only in the laboratory.

occurring in bulk production, even if those are done in the sample and small machines, incurs a huge reduction in RFT hence resulting in less productivity.

A design thinking look on the issue is critically important as a good recipe from the lab is

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important for bulk dyeing to increase productivity and to reduce production cost. It is very important to maintain a good dyeing process in the bulk and the process has to be very reliable and easily controllable. The major work to achieve a reliable bulk process has to be done in a lab, not in the bulk floor.

There are lots of works which can be done in the lab. A lab has to work very carefully. The lab has some limitations but it is possible to make such a recipe by which bulk production will be closer with lab dip. The goal of a lab is to make a better recipe for bulk.

We usually say ‘Lab to Bulk’ but the true thinking and the slogan should be ‘Bulk to Lab’. Because the bulk processes should be fixed and standardized. And all trial and error should be done only in the laboratory.

Some important points should be considered to make the recipe better for bulk:

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1. Dyes Combination We know that usually three dyes are combined to achieve a particular shade. Dyes selections for making these dyes combinations should be such that substantively and Reactivity profiles of dyes should be closer.

It will make Lab Dip closer from the point of Tone. In most cases, RFT achievement fails due to the tonal differences. As tone wise exhaustion and fixation profiles differ from dyes to dyes, the pick-up and fixation rates vary and so the color building is not synchronized well so color control in bulk operation becomes difficult.

2. Lab Dyeing Temperature Most the time dyeing temperature in the lab is kept fixed. As dye exhaustion and fixation profile vary as mentioned in the point one, it is not necessarily right that all

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dyes reach its optimum level at one single temperature. As color buildup in actual life differs from dyes to dyes, we can vary the temperature in the lab to make Lab Dip closer with Bulk.

Generally, dyeing masters vary temperature in the bulk to keep the shade and build right, but the real approach will be to adjust the thing at the lab and at bulk the lab process will be implemented as it is without variations.

3. Sample Weight We can use different sample weight for Pale, Medium and Dark shades. As for the light shades the lab recipes requires really the very low amount of dyes and so it’s not always easy to maintain such precision in weighing and so sample size for the pale shades could be increased. And this approach will reduce error percentage in the lab.

4. Wash Off It is important for the laboratory to do wash off exactly according to the bulk. But most of the time the manual washing process could not be maintained as per the bulk machine wash off processes. And so we should use the automatic machine for Lab Dip washing. It will help to make a better recipe.

5. Maintaining control parameters Material to Liquor (M:L) ratio is critically important if the lab and bulk do not matches the recipe will differ. Bath and material pH has to be matched and maintained as well. Many of the times amounts of salts and soda also are not matched or considered from the bulk to lab aspect. Fabric or material must come from the same fiber lot of the bulk. Dyes and chemicals lots are also should be matched. All other necessary control points should be considered and the lab has to be adjusted according to the bulk conditions.

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APS Group sets new benchmark in Bangladesh in water conservation in exhaust dyeing APS Group started the water saving revolution from 2014 for the first time in Bangladesh, now it has become an example to the world. APS dyeing unit average water consumption in per kg fabric production is 40-45 liters (total plant consumption) where, according to PaCT (a project of IFC), the average factory water consumption amount in Bangladesh has been estimated to be around 250 liters of water. Hence the savings in APS (200 litters per Kg) is the equivalent to the daily water use of two people in Dhaka. For comparison, the global benchmark for fabric production through exhaust process is about 100 liters of water per kg.

FT Research Team There are lots of confusion about sustainability and how to be sustainable! There are factories in Bangladesh who are already practicing it but even they themselves are not aware on that. APS Group, one of the leading knit apparel manufacturers of Bangladesh doing a great sustainable practice by saving a huge amount of water in knit fabric dyeing which is incredible. Recently FT research Team explored this beautiful story.

APS Group is an end-to-end apparel solution provider, started their journey in 1999 and now they have eight sister concerns. With a vertically integrated setup, the incorporation of advanced technology and a proficient management team, APS is emerging sturdily as one of the anterior business entity in the country. Their dyeing unit capacity is daily 31 tons of knit fabric.

Once 1:8 to 1:10 liquor ratio was normal for knit fabric dyeing in exhaust process and day by day, it is reduced to 1:5 by machine design upgradation and other facilities. Now, most the dye houses follow the 1:5 liquor ratio. How water conservation in exhaust dyeing is not only about reducing M:L ratio, it is more about developing a process integrating machinery,

APS Dyeing Unit Water Footprint

20 Less than

20 ltr/kg water use for dyeing light color knit fabric

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ltr/kg water use for dyeing dark color knit fabric.

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ltr/kg water use for dyeing knit fabric (within dyeing machine) KG

Water saved by APS to dye-finish 1KG of knit fabric

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Average Daily water use for two people

Figure1: Water saved per kg fabric processing is compared to traditional factory in Bangladesh.

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ltr/kg water in all processes in the plat of APS Apparels (Dyeing Unit) Ltd.

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When the liquor ratio is 1:4 1st bath = 4 liters 2nd-11th bath = {(4-2)*10} Total water = 4+(2*10) =24 liters

For special color & style Water consumption is 22 liters

Figure 2: Straight forward calculation of water consumption inside exhaust dyeing machine considering block rinsing.

Table 1: Water savings in APS Dyeing Unit.

Bulk Production (Kg/day)

Water Consumption (only process) Modern Process

Water Savings

APS Apparels (Dyeing Unit) Ltd (ltr/kg Fabrics)

(ltr/day)

(m3/ day)

(m3/ year)

648945

648.945

194683.5

(ltr/kg Fabrics)

(ltr/day)

31050

50

1552500

Months

F1 Ground

F5 Rain

F2 Domestic

F8 Domestic

F7 Machine

F4 WTP

F3 WTP

F10

F11

of 2018

Water

Water

Water

Water

& Floor Clean

Backwash

Soft water

ETP

ETP

Consumption

Consumption

Consumption

Consumption

Consumption

Consumption

Consumption

Intlet

Outlet

(m3)

(m3)

(m3)

(m3)

(m3)

(m3)

(m3)

(m3)

(m3)

May

34842

230

3505.7

360

1053.7

200

29930

28264

28125

June

22715

150

2657.7

572

816.9

119

18687

18687

17812

July

29960

100

4144.6

871

1031.6

152

23843

23843

22720

Aug

25512

50

3466.4

927

786.6

153

20215

20215

18800

Sep

39344

40

4536

1043

1089.3

226

32479

32479

31375

Oct

38010

0

4651.4

1139

1033.6

246

30929

30929

29899

29.1

(ltr/day) 903555

Table 2: Water consumption chart of APS Apparels (Dyeing Unit) Ltd including garments unit from May 2018 to October 2018

laboratory, chemicals, materials and people in the factory. With an exemplary optimization of existing resources APS has set a new benchmark in water conservation in exhaust dyeing process. For light color, APS process consumption is below 20 liters and for dark color, it is 25-27 liters of water which is very much close to the global benchmark and certainly a benchmark in Bangladesh.

devastating problem of water when their main water source got stuck for some technical problems.

At that time their production hampered horribly.

Md. Hasib Uddin, Chairman of APS Dyeing Unit analyzed with his team that how to reduce the water consumption. And they developed some basic concepts of dyeing and applied some innovative idea. Reducing number of bath, eliminating overflow rinses and unnecessary wash, optimizing outcomes with buyers expectation were key challenges APS could accomplish successfully.

How APS doing it In the year 2014, APS Dyeing Unit faced a

Table 3: Electricity Saving Quantities are saved

Pump Specification

Saving in Operational Hour

Electricity

(m3/day)

Capacity (m3/hr)

Power (KW)

(hour)

KWH/ day

MWH/ month

MWH/ year

Underground water

648.95

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37

7.2

266.8

8.0

80.0

WTP

648.95

80

22

8.1

178.5

5.4

53.5

Feeding in production process

648.95

100

30

6.5

194.7

5.8

58.4

ETP inlet pump

648.95

60

7.5

10.8

81.1

2.4

24.3

Filter Pump

648.95

60

7.5

10.8

81.1

2.4

24.3

ETP Outlet pump

648.95

60

7.5

10.8

81.1

2.4

24.3

883.3

26.5

265.0

265.0

Water Saving Areas

Electricity Saving due to less water use in the production process

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Figure 3: A black color fabric dyeing curve shows that 27 liters consumption of water at APS dyeing unit.

Figure 4: Sedomaster Report shows using only 23 liters water to dye per kg fabric.

Water consumption calculation Considering 11 bath and after first filling, usually, fabric absorbs 2 times water of its weight till unload which is always ignored in typical factories’ The average process water consumption (rinsing dyeing machine) at APS Dyeing Unit is about 29 liters (see figure 2). If a modern process consumes 50 liters water (only considering dyeing processes) then water saving per kg fabric is almost 21 liters which is huge.

It is not a rocket science, it is just awareness and willingness of being changed. Any dye-house who have exhaust-dyeing process can easily

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dye a batch within 35 liters by following this.

Water Saving: A typical water saving scenario at APS dyeing unit shown in table 1. Generally, an adult person daily consumes about 150 liters. In that sense, yearly APS saves that much water, which is equivalent to the water consumption of about 1.3 million people in a day! Or you can fill almost 78 Olympic-size swimming pools (Olympic size pools measure: 50m long, 25m wide, and a minimum of 2m deep) with that water.

At APS Group, they use water flow meter from groundwater consumption to ETP outlet so

that they can regulate the water consumption properly. Also, they avoid the softener in the dyeing machine which reduces the water consumption and makes the reprocess easier if needed.

Energy Saving: Water saving in production process directly saves electricity (see table 3) for extracting water from underground, processing water in WTP, feeding water in the production line and finally wastewater processing in ETP. A rough calculation said that they are saving the almost 27m3 capacity of ETP and also reducing ETP processing cost. APS dyeing unit has a 60m3 capacity of biochemical ETP.

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“Our RFT is almost 85% and we are trying to make it 90% by saving the maximum amount of water. We have also ZDHC target by 2020,” said Md. Rashedul Islam, General Manager (Dyeing & Knitting) of APS Group.

Furthermore APS is now working how to save more water as like for light color within 16 liters per kg, for dark color 24 liters per kg fabric. They have a strong team, working relentlessly on water and energy saving.

The journey of change was not easy. They have faced many vital problems that are directly related to fabric quality and they successfully overcame these.

Levelness problem, washing problem was acute and washing problem always naturally leads to fabric impurity. That is why they changed the rinsing process by increasing the washing cycle and reducing water flow in each cycle.

“I do not want to confine it within us the process we have developed, let’s think in a more versatile way and hope the whole industry would be benefitted if they really

Figure 5: APS dyeing unit has the latest generation machinery.

think of sustainable business,” said Hasib Uddin, Chairman of APS Dyeing Unit.

In APS dyeing unit top notch machinery are used. They have Dilmenler and Sclavos (latest generation Athena 3A). In Athena 3A, they use 1:3.5~4 liquor ratio whereas Sclavos themselves don’t recommend below 1:5 liquor ratio, but APS is doing it very successfully and regularly by ensuring quality.

Machine operators always play vital roles in any dye-house. So,

they need real support from the management because they are always concerned about the fabric shade matching and quality that leads them to use extra water which is always out of the calculation. Therefore, at first, they should be motivated and facilitated to achieve the organization goal and that commitment should come from the top management. APS has that employer branding amazingly and they are on their target as a team.

Southeast University participates on Higher Education Alliance at WTU Desk Report Recently Southeast University along with 26 other universities formed a new Higher Education Alliance at Wuhan Textile University (WTU), China aims to extend the areas of the collaboration of research knowledge and experience and steps its role to play in the development of textile higher education in the members’ universities.

Prof. Syed Fakhrul Hassan, Chairman, Department of Textile Engineering, Southeast University signed the Higher Education

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Figure 1: Recently Southeast University along with 26 other universities formed a new Higher Education Alliance at Wuhan Textile University.

Alliance on behalf of Southeast University.

On his discussion with Director of International Office of Wuhan

Textile University, he requested to award more students from the different discipline of Southeast University.

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“If Germany or Turkey can do such amazing thing then why can’t we?”

Hasib Uddin, Chairman, APS Apparels (Dyeing Unit) Ltd.

APS Group started new era in the exhaust dyeing process by saving huge amount of water consistently from 2014. Hasib Uddin, Chairman of APS Apparels (Dyeing Unit) Ltd. played the pioneer role in the whole journey of this water saving activity.

APS Apparels (Dyeing Unit) Ltd. was established in 2009 and is committed to achieving highest customer satisfaction by ensuring the social compliance and the legal requirement for all facilitates. From the beginning Hasib Uddin leading from the front line to a bigger change of the industry. Let’s hear the story in his words.

Figure: Hasib Uddin, Chairman, APS Apparels (Dyeing Unit) Ltd.

Once we had severe problem of water in the dyeing unit due to some unavoidable technical problems. Fortunately at that time I went to Germany, Switzerland and Turkey to attend some training programs. Surprisingly I found they are dyeing fabric through exhaust process by using very little amount of water. “If they can do such amazing thing then why can’t we?” this question thrust me much to do this kind of activity. This is true that we had urgency but importantly we need mindset to be changed. What I see that in our industry lots of people have that knowledge and potentiality but they do not want to be changed or they just fear to be changed!

So, we did dyeing our first batch

of fabric successfully by lowering the water to only 33 liters per Kg . The next day again we dyed two batches which were also successful and finally we decided to start dyeing in all of our machine by following the similar process. But within few days we experienced a quality problem in a batch. We assessed our dye line and tracked down the problem which leads us to develop a data bank which you can consider as the great asset! From 2012 we started to develop our data bank and now we easily can dye any kind of fabric within 15.38 liters to 33 liters for per kg fabric which really a success for us.

Eventually the data bank will help you to maintain the quality

consistency and I recommend all the dye houses to develop such data bank.

Here in our new generation machine, we only use 16 to 23 liters of water for per kg fabric and it could be any kind of color and fabric. In our conventional machine which has 1:5~10 liquor ratio depending on the loading capacity, we generally use 33 liters and maximum 35 liters of water for per kg fabric. processing inside machine.

So, I think any dye house of Bangladesh which even have 10-15 years old machine can easily dye the fabric through exhaust dyeing process by consuming maximum 35 liters water for per kg fabric.

Just need to change their mind to launce the process.

Please follow this article ‘APS Group develops the process of reducing water consumption in exhaust dyeing’ to know details of the water saving story. page No.-84

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“Bangladesh steps ahead to replace exhaust dyeing with more sustainable, economical and better quality production CPB dyeing” Engr Badruddin Ahmed Rahi, CEO of Trade Ray and Textile Technology Manager, ERBATECH GmbH

Bangladesh textile and apparel industry is seeing a remarkable change in terms of sustainability. A huge amount of water and energy are being consumed during dyeing processes. Profitability crisis and environmental issues are being a great concern for the industry now.

Factories here in Bangladesh are struggling to remain competitive, maintaining global stringent compliance requirements, and keeping sustainability intact.

However major point is to consider that changing towards sustainability does not make any adverse effect on the quality of the finished product.

Exhaust dyeing is a widely used process in Bangladesh where

CPB dyeing is higher quality dyeing method for woven and knitted cellulosic fibers. The process reduces the use of salt, water, energy, and dyestuff, chemical and thus significantly reduces the chemical concentration of effluent.

It is needless to say that it facilitates the bacterial treatment effectively.

Cold Pad Batch (CPB) dyeing process was ignored through this long journey of Bangladesh textile industry for knitted fabric.

B Ahmed Rahi, CEO of Trade Ray and Textile Technology Manager, ERBATECH GmbH has a 10 years holistic working experience with CPB dyeing as a pioneer. Recently he shared his successful journey of CPB dyeing with Textile Today and urged the manufacturers to use CPB towards a greener world. Let’s hear his story.

CPB dyeing process CPB dyeing is higher quality dyeing method for woven and knitted cellulosic fibers. The process reduces the use of salt, water, energy, and dyestuff,

Figure 1: A CPB dyeing machine of ERBATECH GmbH. Courtesy: ERBATECH GmbH

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chemical and thus significantly reduces the chemical concentration of effluent. It is needless to say that it facilitates the bacterial treatment effectively.

CPB dyeing attempts the utmost cost-effective and advantageous approach of dyeing cotton with reactive dyestuffs. The elimination of salt addition also supports the minimum energy and water consumptions; hence rendering it more ecofriendly and fixation of dye is also much higher.

surface area and low amount of effluent.

Conventional exhaust dyeing system emits up to 1 kg salt per kg of fabric where no salt is required in CPB. It requires very less electricity and reduces labor cost. After all fabric quality is more improved here than exhaust method.

Challenges of CPB dyeing

Figure 2: Engr Badruddin Ahmed Rahi, CEO of Trade Ray and Textile Technology Manager, ERBATECH GmbH.

Robintex Group and Northern Tosrifa are most successful pioneer companies in Bangladesh in using CPB dyeing. And since 2014 many more companies are using CPB dyeing. In the initial stage of CPB dyeing, for kint fabric it was very challenging, so the interested factories had to take consultation and a lot of training to run the project. However, the whole industry was in a learning process but now I think we are strong enough to start dyeing with CPB process. All the chemical and machine suppliers are also developed a lot in the meantime.

When I started my journey in late 2007 at Consumer Knitex Limited, I got amazed to see how much sustainable and the easier process can be the CPB dyeing process than exhaust dyeing. At that time a Sri-Lankan, representing for a world-famous brand visited our factory and decided to place his order after check out our settings.

That was my start of the journey and through this journey; I found CPB dyeing is more economical and environment-friendly than exhaust dyeing. The method gives you the required fastness standards with ease and minimum costs, and less energy.

Features of CPB dyeing In CPB dyeing, material and liquor ratio is 1:1 and no steam is required.

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It is not required of salt, hence less TDS in ETP. No anti-creasing agent is required and there is shiny fabric surface without crease marks. It is more lustrous fabric compared to conventional process. It is also suitable for delicate fabrics.

Through this dyeing reactive dyes can be exhausted up the maximum. There is no need for enzymatic bio polishing.

For occurring less frictionless fuzz is created on the fabric surface and less pressure of effluent in ETP as well. There is high reproducibility and needed minimum re-work and high flexibility in batch size (from color samples up to 1.000 kg batches).

In the dye bath, there are water, fabrics, and dyestuff. In exhaust dyeing, 60% to 75% dyes are fixed on fabric; residual 25%-40% dyes got hydrolyzed and could not react with fabric due to higher liquor ratio. In CPB dyeing liquor ratio is 1:1, so the dye pickup is up to almost 95% and so it saves up to 30% dyeing cost.

Benefits of CPB dyeing over exhaust dyeing The CPB dyeing has a lot of benefits by which factories can save a lot of resources. It is more sustainable and environmentfriendly and needs the relatively low cost of equipment. In CPB dyeing process it needs less

There are some challenges in CPB dyeing process:

• Is to train people to change their mindset to the practice of semi-continuous processing.

• One extra step for drying is needed.

• The yarn needs to be free of seed particles and this is not regular in Bangladesh.

• Uniformity of quality of yarn and knitting process.

Frequently asked questions 1. How to deal with small batches?

- CPB can deal small batches even few meters.

2. How to do bio polishing?

- CPB process cannot do bio polishing or it is needed since no additional friction is added while processing. The finished fabric itself gets a lustrous effect.

3. How to match lab to bulk and batch to batch shade?

- CPB process has got a different concept of the lab to bulk and batch to batch shade consistency since these are mostly an exhaust dyeing issue.

4. How does it work without salt?

- Salt is an exhausting agent needed for exhaust processing, it does not have a participation in the dye-fiber covalent bonding. In CPB additional exhaustion agent is not needed since dye bath liquor ratio is 1:1, cold water and longtime dwelling.

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5. New exhaust dyeing machines are also low liquor ratio then how CPB is still beneficiary?

- Latest low liquor ratio exhaust dyeing machines are only reducing water not proportionately the number and amount of chemicals. CPB is reducing water consumption along with a significant amount of chemicals and dyestuff.

I am certainly not arrogant to claim that by using the CPB dyeing we will be able to maintain sustainability in dyeing process hundred percent, all I want to show that is CPB dyeing is a small step in the right way keeping a better quality of production.

Figure 3: Cold pad-batch (CPB) dye padder from Erbatech in operation in Tosrifa Industries Ltd.

Bangladesh’s RMG exports to India see 167% rise in Q1 Bangladesh’s apparel exports to India, an emerging export destination, have seen a Sharp rise by 167.13% to $145.10 million in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year.

Staff Correspondent According to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data, export earnings from the readymade garment sector registered a 167.13% growth to $145.10 million, which was $54.32 million in the same period a year ago.

Of the total, knitwear products contributed $37.76 million, while woven products earned $107.35 million.

July-September period of the fiscal year 2018-19, Bangladesh exports earnings from India stood at $375, up by 142%, which was $155 million in the same period last year.

Talking to Textile Today, apparel industry insiders attributed dutyfree and quota-free market access to Indian markets for the sharp growth. While the presence of global retailers in India has opened an opportunity for Bangladeshi apparel manufacturers as they are opening outlets.

First Quarter (Q1)

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International apparel brands and retailers are opening outlets in India and importing clothing products directly and indirectly from Bangladesh, which created an enormous opportunity for our products. As a result, Bangladesh exports to India have seen significant growth, Exporters Association of Bangladesh (EAB) President Abdus Salam Murshedy told the Textile Today.

In addition, local brands and retailers are also importing goods due to price competitiveness as production cost went up caused by the implementation of Goods Services Tax (GST), said Salam, also a Former President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

“A sharp rise in a neighboring country is a good sign for Bangladesh as it would help Rise (%) diversification of markets and reduce 167.13% dependency on traditional markets,

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Research Director Khondaker Golam Moazzem said the Textile Today.

“As a pro-business government, we are providing cash incentives against export to non-traditional market. While India is providing duty-free quota-free market access for Bangladeshi products,” Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said the Textile Today.

In fiscal 2017-18, Bangladesh’s RMG exports to India stood at $279.19 million, up by 115% compared to $129.81 million in the FY17, according to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) data.

Of the total amount, Knitwear products earned $71.05 million, which is 89.75% higher than the $37.44 in the same period a year ago. Woven products earned $207.62 million, up by 124.79%, compared to $92.35 million a year ago.

On the other hand, Bangladesh’s overall exports to India have registered a 29.87% growth to $873.27 million in the FY18.

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Md Delwar Hossain, Managing Director of D & D Chemicals

Color Root is helping to increase products’ performance and reduce costs FT Research Team Textile dyeing is an integral part of the textile industry. The apparels industry has evolved, particularly over the last 20 years. Use of dyestuffs and chemicals helps the apparel industry cope with changing trends and dynamics such as declining mass production and the increasing importance of colors and serve the changing needs of customers.

The global textile chemicals and dyestuff market is driven by a rise in the demand for chemicals and dyestuffs from the apparels industry and the technical textile industry. The global textile dyestuff market was valued at around US$ 5Bn in 2017 and is anticipated to expand at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of approximately 7% from 2018 to 2016, according to a new report published by Transparency Market Research (TMR) titled ‘Textile Dyestuff Market – Global Industry

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Color Root (Hubei) Technology Co., Ltd. is one of the renowned dyes and chemicals manufacturers in the world. The company is based in Songzi City, Hubei Province in China.

It engages in the research and development, production, and sale of textile chemicals.

The products of Color Root (Hubei) Technology Co., Ltd. have passed the ISO9001 quality management system, ISL14000 environmental management system and ISO18000 Occupational Hygiene & Health management system; they have also certified by Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) of CU and the ECO-standard 100 certificate of Switzerland in the meanwhile, some parts of products have made the pre-registration for REACH of EU. Most of the products of this company is also approved by

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bluesign®. Color Root is also one of the enlisted company of the Chinese share market.

The company is mainly renowned for manufacturing reactive dyes. It offers its products to the Chinese and global customers.

Chromatol commodities of Color Root are very high-quality reactive dyes that are sustainable and ecofriendly. Chromatol products series contain: •A vinylsulphone and monochlorotriazine reactive group, they are economic.

•W ide range of cost-effective dyes for exhaustion (50-60°C), cold pad batch and continuous dyeing •S uitable for resist / dischargeable dyeing •F ull range of shades with brilliant colors •D iversified offer for turquoise/ green and dark navy shades

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Common Liyuansol Series

Liyuansol FL Series

Liyuansol HS Series

Liyuansol FD Series

Liyuansol black Series

Liyuan P Series

Liyuansol C Series

•A unique production facilities for Fluorine dyestuffs.

Textile millers can use their necessary Chromatol products from the series.

D & D Chemicals is one of the leading textile dyestuff and chemicals companies in Bangladesh, who is working here in Bangladesh as Color Root’s agent since 2012. They have a large range of products to meet the ongoing requirements of the textile industry. The objective of the company is to help customers to consistently increase their product’s performance and reduce the costs.

According to the company, they have two separated divisions with its own area of responsibility- one is reactive dyes for cotton and another is textile auxiliaries. All two divisions’ production, sales and marketing and quality control facilities. The individual division’s function is to meet the specific requirement of their markets.

Md Delwar Hossain, MD of D & D Chemicals, said about the company, “We have a team of dedicated professionals to satisfy our customer’s demands and we also believe that good people, focused on a shared vision can achieve outstanding results. Our level of achievement testifies to this and we are currently serving

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leading Chinese company Color Root was keen to invest about the US $500 million to set up manufacturing plants in Bangladesh. However, the investment went back as they did not get proper support and facilities in Bangladesh.

more the one hundred customers in over the country.”

He further added that, “We recognize meeting our customer’s needs is a priority for our success.

We provide against our customers with consistent support and new ideas to help them strengthen their competitiveness and performance in their own industries.”

“Our business performances are based on a commitment to the quality, continuous service and attractive price and our knowhow and technical expertise.

Through technology, innovation and specialized applications, we provide against full package solutions most appropriate for customer’s needs.”

Many Chinese and multinational companies are interested to invest and manufacture dyes and chemicals in Bangladesh. Even though dyestuff manufacturing is a large-scale industry and requires huge land and infrastructure,

“Lack of raw materials is a major difficulty in dyestuffs and chemicals manufacturing in Bangladesh. We have to import 95 percent of raw materials from abroad if we want to set up a manufacturing unit in Bangladesh.

In addition, it requires some raw materials to produce dye and chemical those are not allowed to import,” he explained.

To set up dyes and chemicals manufacturing unit in Bangladesh government assistance is a must.

Besides government support, the mindset of dyes and chemicals users in Bangladesh and the mindset of global brands also have to be changed towards locally manufactured dyes and chemicals.

“If locally manufactured chemicals can comply with the quality and other requirements then why would we prefer using imported chemicals? Using local chemicals will reduce cost significantly,” said Md Delwar Hossain.

“We need around 400 bighas land to establish the manufacturing plant. So Bangladesh government should have a master plan regarding the matter, he concluded.

Figure : Liu Weibin, Managing Director, Hubei Color Root Technology Co. Ltd.; Tareq Amin, Founder & CEO, Textile Today; Md. Asif Hossain, Son of Engr. Md. Abdullahel Hossain Bablu, Deputy Managing Director, Asiatic Group poses after a tour in Color Root Research Center in Shanghai, China.

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