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FASHION FORECAST

2018/2019 TREND FORECAST

Researched by Ms. Yuryangla Mailung, NIFT Student Starting of the new season means a new wardrobe. It’s not so easy to figure out which styles are worth while keeping with so little wardrobe space. Some people will tell you the 80’s are back, while others swear the 40’s are in. The truth is all about the throwback this year!

The common thing in the heavy weight fabrics have is that they all have a high insulation value. Since you need to wear more clothes in winter, the fabrics you wear, need to be both warm and as well as comfortable. Both natural and man-made fibres are used to create a wide range of fabrics and materials for winter wear. The natural and most common fabrics include wool, linen, silk, leather, hemp and cotton. The synthetic or man-made fabrics include polar fleece, spandex, polyester, nylon and acrylic to name a few types.

The man-made micro fibres are more lightweight but combined with wool can be just as warm as pure wool.

Although wool does keep you really warm, the disadvantage is that it may be too warm or quite heavy to wear comfortably, especially indoors. Thick wool is great for being outdoors but too warm to wear indoors on occasion.

The most common types of winter fabrics used for winter clothing includes: Wool: Worsted.

Manufactured wools: Flannel (cotton or wool) Cashmere, Gabardine, Chenille, Felt, Plaids, Tweed and Mohair Wool blendsCorduroy Fleece (sheep and lamb wool) Polar Fleece (acrylic) Knits Fake Fur Fur Velvet, Velour and Velveteen Silk and silk blends Leather Suede Sheepskin Shearling.

Some materials are better suited for a particular type of winter wear. Examples like: Flannel is perfect for warm, comfy pyjamas or a shirt as it’s soft, warm and fuzzy Corduroy with its raised and ribbed texture is ideal for casual pants, long-sleeved shirts and jackets.

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Leather, Suede and Sheepskin are great for jackets, outdoor coats and hats.

Velvet, Velour and Velveteen are soft, silky fabrics that are light but warm and is perfect for casual indoor lounging around wear.

Wool for trousers, suits, blazers, sweaters, skirts, coats, socks and scarves.

Fashion designers across the around the world are debuting their creative instincts to set the grounds for latest trends to rule the coming fall/winter season and it’s time to start thinking about anything besides feeling dull. Let’s take a look at what kind of trend one should grasp this fall winter 2018/2019.

Breaking the monotony of classic browns, beiges and rust in the usual look that was a tradition for the FW seasons.

This year clearly aims at setting exciting, futuristic and experimental standards for fashion lovers, bright tones of scarlet red, warm hues of orange and earthy shades, magnetic blues, soothing neutrals. These “winter” colours are deeper and richer in hue, shade and tone unlike the lighter shades for summer. All provide great contrast and style that will brighten up your wardrobe considerably. In fact, the brighter the better! Just because it might be grey and gloomy outside doesn’t mean you have to dress the same way in dark colours.

Today, we can’t imagine the fashion world without Prints and Patterns. This season typically attempts to reflect the mind-set of people and crave to sublime into nature in a digital world. The prints are Hugely inspired from flora and fauna, floral patterns, organic lines, unrefined earthy textures, folk arts and celestial patterns appear to be the talk of the town for fall/winter 2018 FW ‘18 chooses not to stay away from sustainability and reflects it with textiles being sourced from natural and recycled materials without compromising on luxury. With a spike in global awareness and the need for comfort engaged with style, this season will witness a more laid-back and casual approach.

There are no rules in fashion lately, only boundaries to be broken. The limelight of the autumn/winter 2018 trends given by Harper Bazar are: Mixing the Same Patterns Pattern mixing has been popular the past couple seasons, but the newest trend is mixing the same patterns in different colors. Piazza Sempione mixes a black and white window pane check with a white and black window

pane check, an interesting juxtaposition that adds depth to this pant and vest combination. Lemlem uses stripes of different sizes in the same tones for some fun and funky leisure

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FASHION FORECAST Image: Sacai 2018-2019 fall-winter women’s runway Paris Fashion Week

wear, Paul Smith and Schouler Proenza

have fun with florals, combining multiple florals in a range of colors. Sacai Hybrid plaid and stripes 2018-2019 fall winter.

(Image source: Kolor 2018-2019 fall winter lookbook)

Image: Chanel and Fendi in autumn/winter 2018

Gloss : High-shine fabrics were key on the catwalks this season, whether vinyl, latex, leather - offering a quietly dominatrix appeal. At Chanel (pictured), metallic were created in a glossy material, while Simone Rocha’s and Fendi updated the trench by giving them a rain-proof glossy finish.

Image: Marc Jacobs and MIu-Miu Autumn winter 2018 looks

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Kolor 2018-2019 all winter lookbook seem to use a lot of denim, plush fur, sheer ciffon, chunky knitted fabric, leathers. Hybrid patchwork combo mix mash up panels, ruffles folds frills, stripes, check plaid tartan, cutout, tassels, quilting, etc.

Image: Sacai fall winter 2018-2019 Denim Denims are being redefined with bold twills, washed and brushed effects, breathable and stretchable weaving techniques using cotton and recyclable yarns and the fancy for prints continues. Also, the transformed denim being woven with a combination of elastomer, a polyester derived fibre imparting a satin glossy look and feel, is all set to make the ladies want to dine and shine even more.

Image: Givenchy and Hermes Autumn winter 2018

Tweed! The all-time favourite fabric of Chanel. Add an air of heritage chic to your wardrobe next season by nodding to the tweed trend. Marc Jacobs (pictured) played with textures, styling oversized tweed coats with leather skirts. Louis Vuitton dressed numerous models in tweed skirts that most women will want next season, and then there’s Miu Miu’s bold, 80s-inspired tweed coats as fashioned on the catwalk by Elle Fanning.

Image: Versace and Calvin Klein in Autumn winter 2018

Checks Plaid, Prince of Wales heritage or tartan, checks in all their many forms are key for the new season. Americanainspired plaid stood out at Calvin Klein (pictured), worn over balloon sleeve shirts. A more polished take can be found at Erdem, who incorporated classic Prince of Wales checks into his collection. Versace’s approach had a very 90s-inspired Clueless feel.

Leather : The most dominant of all fabrics this season was leather which came by way of skirts, trousers and trench coats. It doesn’t have to be in black either Givenchy served up coats in petrol green and Loewe did dresses in butterscotchcoloured leather. A midi black leather skirt as seen as Hermes will serve you well next winter, as will a pair of Saint Laurent’s leather trousers (pictured).

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COVER STORY 15- Value Addition on Apparel Fabrics by Suvin Advisors Pvt. Ltd. 16- Conceptual Study of High Altitude Fabrics

by DKTE Professors 19- Self Cleaning Finishes by Yuryangla Muilung 23-DENIM FOCUS : The Future of Denim by Mr. Rajendra Suthar 25- SUSTAINABLE FIBRE: Clothing From Modal Fibres

by Dr. N.N. Mahapatra MARKET REPORT

11- Fashion Forecast: 2018/2019 Trend Forecast 27- Fibre and Yarn export continue to surge in May by Mr. Nitin Madkaikar 28- Global textile pricing trend in June by Mr. Nitin Madkaikar 30- Surat Report by TVC Team 31- Economy Update by IFA GLOBAL 33- BACK TO BASIC: Requirement of Fibre Formation

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GARMENT SECTOR : MANUFACTURING V/S BRANDING…! ‘‘ When you embrace

pain and struggle; it transforms into wisdom and success.

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Generally when we visit any garment factory, we feel uncomfortable with pathetic / stressful work environment, aura of garment unit gives negative impact. But, it’s different when we have visited Ichalkaranji Garment Cluster, aura is so positive and pure. Ichalkaranji Garment Cluster Ltd. is flagship project started by Awade family under the GOI and state government cluster scheme MSE-CDP (Micro Small Enterprise- Cluster Development Program) giving a helping hand to present and prospective garment industry. Under the scheme all the facilities and machinery required for garment industry can be made available through CFC (Common Facility Center). This cluster is manufacturing approximately one lakh pieces of garments per month and supplying 50 active members of the cluster with 100% women employed. A cluster has set the example for women employment generation by skilling thousands of women through DKTE institute.

Ichalkaranji is the Manchester of India for being biggest powerloom cluster with modernized machine. Major corporate brands, Retailers and exporter / manufacture producing their best grey woven fabric from this cluster by job work. Value addition by processing is limited in this region. Garment sector was in negligible amount before this cluster project started. This cluster has high potential being the India’s biggest and largest entire Textile Value Chain cluster and caters the global fabric & garment demand.

We seek industry to adopt this model and make more garment clusters for more employment generation. India having a SME Garment sector, Brand owners avoid their own manufacturing unit due to limited resources, out sourcing of production is the best solution they adopt. Manufacturing units don’t want own brand due to lack of marketing skills. Government has given the policy for manufacturing perspective but brand owners need to self-sustain for their brand building process.

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VALUE ADDITION ON APPAREL FABRICS Fashion is for “change” and it changes rapidly every now & then…

Nowadays, fashion is not just limited to a country or a community, it is much beyond that. There are seasons for fashion. The well Avinash Mayekar awaited Fashion MD and CEO shows are happening in every town across all the major fashion hubs. The design collections are born or generated by the icons at these shows and these designs become trendsetters across globe for the entire season.

The designs are transferred to various manufacturing hubs overnight and fashionable clothes are seen in market within short time. Such is the global fashion scenario today.

When it comes to fashion trends at domestic level the fashion is changing rapidly, a particular fashion catches the eye of the users and the trend just flows in. In India, recently one such case of the cold shoulder is being seen.

It started with cold shoulder tees & tops.But today you are seeing this cold shoulder concept in all types of garments from western dresses to Indian traditional kurtis, to saree-blouses and even in the formal shirts. Similarly in case of bottom wears torn jeans fashion is circulating.

Torn jeans are seen in all sizes & shapes. There is no limitation to the extent of torn on denim, on a lighter mode these jeans if were seen by 18th era people they would tag them garments of beggars. As back then only beggars used to wear thrown away ripped clothes. Such is the fashion evolving &revolving today across each & every category of fabric be it apparels or home textiles.

A lot of innovations today are seen from the greener prospective. Fashion has started evolvingbeyond the aesthetic appearance. It’s now considering the impact that apparels are creating on environment. Fashion is now focusing on conserving the natural resources that are available &

is strongly saying ‘NO’ to synthetic or “against the environment materials”. ‘Fashion with Care’ is the new branding today. A certain class of people now prefers organic labeled apparels. The garment made from natural fiber is the new sensible fashion that is happening. This care for mother earth by fashion industry is not only seen in the form of pictures & slogans of saving environment printed or embossed on apparels but it is seen in the choice of apparel itself. Apparels in which everything from fibre to finished product & the processes involved are all greener & eco-friendly. This trend is an indication that the generations today are expressing care & concern so it might be seen in near future that the excessive use of dyes & chemicals might be reduced in textile. In India however there are decades for this revolution to take place but if this Fashion soon becomes the trendsetter then it will be spread like fire & reach to all corners of world be it rural or urban region.

All said & done the apparel prices are almost constant & steady at the international level & the retailers are pressurizing the supplier to reduce the prices and asking for higher demands as far as the quality, environment norms, and infrastructure & fire safety rules. So on one hand a manufacturer has to invest to meet these high demands & on the other side he has to reduce the prices or keep them steady. This major issue on manufacturer’s side can now be resolved with the help of fashion as anything & everything even the fabric faults like “slubs and neps” can be branded as fashion today. The quality aspect can fade away as the deterioration or limitations of technology can be highlighted as fashion.

As the resources today are not cost effective, value addition is the only answer. In India this value addition is been missing for years. Predominately,we have been yarn supplier for entire world holding number 2 position in this category. However, as far as fabric or apparels are concerned we are at a distant position with single digit share in the global market. We are yet to understand the concept of value addition & supplying final apparels to buyers from entire globe in order to reap higher margins. In Indian context, I would like to say value addition in terms of fibre to yarn is almost 50% in case of yarn to fabric it is just 25 -30%. Fabric to process fabric it is another 50% & from process fabric to garment it is almost 30 - 50% & finally at retailer stage it’s in multi-folds. This shows the percentage increase that value addition brings.

In India textile entrepreneurs who are for years are only into spinning business need to expand their activities into more value added products. This change at present is happening with negligible pace. Very few entrepreneurs are coming up with their own units with value addition.

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COVER STORY The value addition is however still missing at a country level, there is a grey or weak area as far as good quality of weaving & finishing processes are concerned. In case of garmenting people are importing fabric and then converting it as they find it more appropriate or cheaper in putting up only conversion line as against having their own in-house integrated plant.

The Textile scenario in India is not completely understandable as we are majorly supplying yarn which is highest capital intensive & haslowest profitability. Whereas when it comes to garmenting or apparels it is the highest profitable industry with lowest capital investment. So we need to understand this business tactics & adopt the strategy of our neighbouring country China who has few decades back,completely stopped their yarn exports & started exporting only the finished garments to the world.

Conclusion: In India we are blessed with abundance of raw materials for textile products. We are almost independent as far as raw materials are concerned. We have abundant cotton

cultivation, viscose & polyester fibre and yarn,all otherfibreswhich arein demand including PET recycled fibers.

We need to convert them into complete value addition chain to produce finished goods. We are having all capabilities to our advantage like good textile culture, highly skilled workforce & knowledge base. With such advantages at our side I feel we must channel our strength for the growth of textiles & focus on innovations than being just followers. So, to create innovations we must lay good foundation & generate qualitative textile institutes, fashion designing courses, skill development programs that will ultimately develop innovative leaders in textiles. Our focus on value added finished products will only help us achieve the dream of becoming global leaders in textiles & apparels.

Taking a clue from fashion, it may happen that the entire mankind may think of not using any dyes and chemicals and we will brand ourselves as “eco-friendly products – say no to dyes and chemicals”.

Let us build up a new image of India as an innovative and committed country...

“CONCEPTUAL STUDY OF HIGH ALTITUDE FABRICS” ABSTRACT This article reports the high altitude nonwoven jacket and its applications. The high altitude clothing mainly used in jacket, waist coat, trousers, glacier cap, rappelling gloves and glacier gloves. The function of high altitude fabric is protection against extreme cold climate, wind chill factor and this fabric gives better comfort.

Keywords: Nonwoven, High altitude,Thermal insulation, Comfort, etc.

INTRODUCTION High altitude clothing is used for very cold climatic conditions like extremely low temperature, high velocity winds,snow fall etc. especially in critical armed forced areas like Siachin.The high altitude clothing needs to meet both purpose and a person’s feelings of grief or distress.

High altitude clothing is also known as extreme cold climate clothing (ECC).The high altitude clothing consists of jacket, waist coat, trousers, glaciercap, rappelling gloves and glacier gloves.

A battery heated jacket has been manufactured using same concept used in heated gloves involving heating tapes, temperaturecontroller and light weight rechargeable battery. The jacket has manufactured which multi- functional layers each is contributing tophysical, mechanical and thermalresistance, and also heat vapor transmission properties.

The highest point on the Earth is Mount Everest. The

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mountain’s peak is so high in the Earth’s atmosphere that the amount of oxygen is much lower than at sea level. The altitude’s combination of little oxygen, strong winds, and frigid temperatures keeps the existence of plant and animal life to a minimum.

In textile field high altitude is nothing but to produce a fabric for controlling such type of evidence and give comfort to human being in extreme conditions. That type of fabric to maintain the continuous body temperature to the normal level. [1, 2, 3] Metabolism of heat with human body: The persons linking and disliking for cold and warm conditions andso the endurance level or point for cold and warm climate may also vary to some extent, but there are certain level or point beyond which all human beings which cannot bear extreme low temperature. A number of studies have been conducted to express this endurance point or level so that clothing,equipment’s,shelter s,etc. may developed accordingly. It has been taken out that the mean skin temperature of human beings at rest position and are thermally comfortable is approximately 33°C, and metabolic heat generation at this point is 150 watts. In cold conditions, body generates morethermal energy by physical efforts and shivering to balance the temperature difference. The effects and causes of high altitude were raised by India in 1965 in the common wealth conference on defenseclothing’ssubsequently, a number of experiments were taken up to understand and under-

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COVER STORY stand these effects.[8, 9] Factors affecting on protection of human body in a cold environment: 1.

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Metabolic heat.

Wind chill.

Thermal insulation.

Air permeability.

Moisture transmission.

1. Metabolic heat:The heat output due to metabolism depends on the body measurements as well as the activity involved. This heat output would be less at rest and high during hard work.

Metabolic heat production calculated from oxygen consumption, dry heat loss measured in a calorimeter, and body temperature measured by telemetry. [8] 2. Wind chill:A still- air temperature that would have the same cooling effect on exposed human skin as a given combination of temperature and wind speed called also chill factor or wind-chill factor.Wind chill depends on the temperature as well as speed of the wind.

3.Thermal insulation:Thermal insulation is the reduction of heat transfer between objects in thermal contact or in range of radiative influence. Thermal insulation can be achieved with specially engineered methods or processes, as well as with suitable objects shapes and materials.

The protection against cold is depends on thermal resistance or thermal insulation of garment or clothing. [11] 4. Air permeability:In general, a wearer would be more comfortable with a fabric of more air permeability than with a fabric of less air permeability. However, the openness of fabric structure would increase the effect of wind chill. The thermal resistance obtained in normal air with a fabric of a particular structure would be unaffected evenin cold wind if the air permeability is more.

5. Moisturetransmission rate (MTR), also water transmission rate (WTR): is a measure of the passage of water vapor through a substance.There are many companies where moisture control is critical. Moisture sensitive foods and pharmaceuticals are put in packaging with controlled MTR to achieve the required quality, safety, and shelf life.

In fabric, MTR as a measure of breathability has contributed to more comfort for wearers of fabric for outdoor use [9].Component Materials for Protective Clothing The protective clothing is generally composite multilayered garments developed in view of different reasons mentioned above. Each of the component materials for these composite garments has a specific role to play and so their roles, requirements and expected performance are necessary to be discussed.

1.1 Outer fabrics: The outermost cover for many of the protective clothing and accessories should create an ob-

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stacle for wind and provide moisture vapor transmission so that the wearer is comfortable and protected from wind chill and related factors. The choice depends onlightweight coated fabrics. The coatings act as a wind obstacle.

After trial with different weight, types and classes of coatings, the polyurethane coated nylon fabric has been found to provide to give the ‘wind obstacle’ effect with flexibility and lightness of the basic fabric. The Gore-Tex which has a breathable micro porous polyurethane coating is also used for special breathable protective clothing.

1.2 Reflective Inner Liner: The experienced were made to check the effect of heat loss with various liners. It was seen that 13 a reflective liner like aluminum foil placed at a distance of 8 mm from woolen gabardine showed reduced in heat losses to the extent of 27%. This has set way for the use of reflective material to increased thermal insulation properties. At present, aluminum foil is becoming famous for such applications. The knitted light weight nylon fabric laminated with aluminum film is used for thermal insulation in the protective clothing.

1.3 Thermal Insulating Materials: The woolen piles and fabrics which are generally useful for other regions are not sufficient to meet the requirements of the extreme cold region. For this purpose, in other countries the down feathers of good quality are successfully used, but the down feathers of Indian birds do not provide the required warmth, more probably due to the climatic conditions prevailing in the area. Acrylic pile fabric is also very useful due to its good dimensional stability, low rate of creep and lower moisture absorption than that of wool. New advancement of fiber technology has introduced a number of synthetic insulating materials IS. Some of them are Thinsulate, Thintech, Prim aloft, Thermo loft,Hydrofoil and Gore-Tex.[8,11] 1.4 Multilayered Clothing: The thermal resistance of a single layered Fabric would depend on the raw material and cumulative resistance effect of the layer of clothing, air aside to textile material, and the air in between skin and fabric layers. When the clothing is made of a multilayered fabric, these effects would get further increased due to the resistance of fabric layers, air entrapped in between various fabric layers and air trapped in between skin and textile assembly. Hence, Single layer fabric gives less protection than multi-layer fabric. The types of layer used are as follows: a. Base layers like merino wool or polyester better warmth and wicking properties for both cold, and hot climate comfort, and are the anchor of your layering system. b. Mid layer scan be used depending on increases and decrease in temperature change. Their primary purpose is temperature maintained. c. Outer Layers are designed to keep the harmful effects of weather, like wind and precipitation (rain and snow) from getting to your warm layers. A belay layer is also

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COVER STORY many times common place for mountains and ice climbing and when individuals are not moving, hence not producing their own warmth. These are normally very large and soft insulated jackets so the stationary belay layer doesn’t get too cold while belaying the climber. [9] Applications: a. Jackets The high altitude jackets are normally three-layers. The inner layer looks like waist coat and it is made of acrylic pile fabric. Second layer is an insulating liner composition of polyester battingand aluminum fabric. For preventing the heat loss of body the aluminized surface is used. The outermost layer is to control the wind and it is made up of polyurethane coated nylon fabric. b. Trousers The high altitude trousers are two-layered clothing. The inner layer is insulating and it is assembly and double layered. It composed of two layers one is of polyester batting and another is of aluminum fabric,siliconised nylon fabric is used for sandwiches both layers.The outermost layer is to control the wind and it is made up of polyurethane coated nylon fabric. c. Caps The fluoro-chemical treated nylon fabric having flame, water and oil repellency is used for made up of outer part of the cap. The inner portion of cap is lined with acrylic pile fabric. d. Gloves In extreme cold condition, three sections of gloves on the principleof the action are more favorable. Heat losses involved in the five fingered gloves are higher due to a number of limit extremities of fingers coming into contact.

The three sections are as thumb, fore finger andremaining three fingers. The outer layer of face side of glove is made up of polyurethane coated nylon. The inner side is made up of soft variety of Napa leather. An inner layer of acrylicpile is used for insulation in these gloves. Polyester batting is used on the face side for further added insula-

tion.[4, 5, 6] REFERENCES: 1. P B Jhala, “High altitude clothing: Design, material & manufacture”, Institute for Plasma Research October, 2012

2. Chao-Yang Wang, “Lithium-ion battery structure that selfheats at low temperatures” Letter Research.

3. G N Mathur , Hans Raj &NishkamKasturiya, “Protective clothing for extreme cold region” Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile ResearchVol. 22, December 1997, pp. 292-296.

4. Giada DAMMACCO; Elena TURCO; Martinia Ira GLOGAR, “DESIGN OF PROTECTIVE CLOTHING” University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology.

5. Deepti Gupta, “Functional clothing— Definition and classification”, Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research, Vol. 36, December 2011, pp. 321-326 6. Jon C. Denner, “A PRIMER ON CLOTHING SYSTEMS FOR COLD-WEATHER FIELD WORK”, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOpen-Pile Report 89-415 7. N. BABU RAO, T.M. KOTRESH AND R. INDUSHEKAR, “Indian Soldiers Warm Up to Cold Weather Clothing” Feature Article, Science Reporter, December 2011.

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Prof. (Dr) S.D. Asagekar, Prof (Dr) U.J. Patil, Mr. Avinash S. Powar* DKTE’S Textile and Engg. Institute, Ichalkaranji

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RELIANCE BRANDS PICKS 12.5% STAKE IN LUXURY APPAREL FIRM FUTURE101.

The acquisition of minority stake is in the nature of strategic investment, it added.

Reliance Brands has acquired 12.5 per cent stake in luxury apparel firm Future101 Design for Rs 9.50 crore. In a BSE filing, Reliance Industries said, “Reliance Brands, a subsidiary of the company, has purchased 12.5 per cent equity stake in Future101 Design Pvt Ltd (Future101) for Rs 9.50

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crore”. The acquisition of minority stake is in the nature of strategic investment, it added. Future101 is engaged in manufacturing, distribution and sale of luxury apparels in India. “Future101 belongs to a similar industry as Reliance Brands. We expect growth in this sector and value creation from this investment,” the company said. Future101 reported an annual turnover of Rs 22.18 crore in 2017-18.

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SELF-CLEANING FINISHES INTO TEXTILE Abstract Nowadays, people do not have time to clean their daily cloths. Nature and textiles havevery close relationship. The concept of self-Cleaning was inspired by the surface of Lotus leaves, which are well known for their ability to self-clean by repelling water and dirt.

Nanotechnology hadopened a door for the scientistto develop self-cleaning surface which can be cleaned itself without using any laundering action. Nanotechnology is a new hope in the textiles field which can give fresh cloths everyday. The application of self cleaning properties on textile surfaces by using the nanotechnology includes a vast potential for the development new products. This study will cover the areas of different methods of self cleaning process, types of chemical used, application on to different fabric and products, Yuryangla Muilung innovation and development, present and future trend of nano self-cleaning, limitations.

SVT & NIFT - Mumbai Student The self cleaning finishes has a great opportunities and has large areas of applications like Hospital garments, Sportswear, Military uniform, Smart textiles, Upholstery, Under garments etc.

Key Words: Self cleaning, nanotechnology, TiO2/ Ag, nanocomposite, PVC, photo-catalyst, pre-treatment, fabrics.

1. Introduction Textiles finishing is a process used in manufacturing of fibre, fabric, or clothing to impart the required functional properties of the fibre or fabric. The study is to understand more about nano finishing textiles, the aesthetics and functional finishes familiar with the textile finishing process and their effects on the fabrics, adverse effects and compromises of many textile finishes. The main purpose of the finishing is to make the fabric more suitable for its intended end used, and it is usually the final processing of the cloth before being cut into apparel partsor made into articles such as draperies, towels, etc.(Price Arthur et. al, 1994).

Nature has already developed an elegant approach that combines chemistry and physics to create super repellent surfaces as well as self-cleaning surfaces. The concept of self-cleaning textiles is based on the lotus plant whose leaves are well-known for their ability to ‘self-clean’ by repelling water and dirt. Nanotechnology provides this concept self-cleaning textiles which give self-cleaning as well as fresh cloths every day, this not only technically benefited but also techno economically benefited.The textilesurface which can clean by itself without using any laundering action.The lotus leaf has two levels of structure affecting this behaviour - micro-scale bumps and nanoscale hair-like structures - coupled with the leaf’s waxy chemical composition.

Nano self-cleaning finishes has a large area of application.

However the previous paper sbarely talks about the existing and invention of new product made of nano selfcleaning fabric. The affects of Nano finishing are in controversy. It is says that nanoparticles are very small that they can easily get inside the skin and may cause skin related disease especially when using nano silver particle

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but no research paper mention about the possible health hazards. Some of the researcher mentioned sunlight is the only best source of light for activating self-cleaning process.If sunlight is the only possible option then the application will be confined only for the outdoor wear.

No laundry sounds like a dream cloths that can clean themselves while they are being worn. Can’t imagine how many little’s of water we waste everyday to wash one garment. It’s not only that but the detergents that we used, energy and time spend. Where there is a will there is always a way to do something. Everything can be possible with the help of the advanced technology. Today Nanotechnology has successfully achieved self cleaning finishes and this will soon replace all the ordinary washing machine. What add interest to do this research is for wider and a better design application by using the self-cleaning fabric.

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Objective of the study

• To study the self-cleaning finishes in textile.

• To understand the application of nanotechnology into self cleaning finishes.

• To design self cleaning finishes product.

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The significance of the study

• Self cleaning finishes in the textile product helps in easy maintenance and environmental protection.

• Using of self cleaning product will save time, material, energy reduction and consequently cost-efficiency during production.

• People need not to suffer from heavy laundry bills and cleaning efforts.

• It will improve ageing behaviour by extended surface purity effect.

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Research methodology

Secondary research: articles, journals And books

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Primary: Informal discussion with the experts and experimental research.

2. Manufacturing Method According to A. Singh and M. Gahlot 2015, the self-cleaning textiles can be manufactured by two ways i. Traditional method: Application of fluorocarbons ii. New method: Application of nanotechnology i. Application of Fluorocarbon Principle This principle work in such a way that if the critical surface tension of solid is more than the surface tension of liquid, then liquid will wet the solid. So if the critical surface tension of solid is reduced than that of liquid, the water repellency can be achieved. The water repellency effect can be imparted on fabric by using fluorocarbons, which are the carbon compounds containing perfluorinated carbon chain. These carbon compounds form thin film around the fibre and possess a very low surface tension of around 10 dyne/cm. So the drop does not adhere to the surface fibres.

Limitation The limitations of application of fluorocarbons are as follows: •

Fluorine compounds may cause skin related problems • Effect will reduce after few washes • Fabric goes yellow with exposure to heat, UV light andhigh relative humidity ii. Nanotechnology Application To overcome the above listed problems due to the application of fluorocarbons, new methods have been developed using nanotechnology, which are suitable for the production of self cleaning surface.

There are basically two types of self-cleaning surfaces involving nanotechnology. In the first place extremely water repellent, microscopicallyrough surfaces: dirt particles can hardly get a hold on them and are, therefore, removed by rain or by a simple rinse in water .The second example is given by photo-catalytic layers: due to a layer of nanocrystalline titanium oxide, fouling organic material is destroyed by solar irradiation The manufacturing of self-cleaning textiles using nanotechnology:2.1.

Using Photo catalyst

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Using microwaves

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Using carbon nanotubes

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Using Metal oxide colloidal

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Using silver nanoparticles

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Using chlorine halamine

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Polyvinylidene Fluoride Film

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Using Photocatalyst

In this process Nano-sized, Titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are used for imparting self cleaning and anti-bacterial properties. Nano-crystalline titanium dioxide sols were prepared by hydrolysis and condensation reaction of 97% titanium tetra-isopropoxidein an acidic aqueous solution (pH 1) of glacial acetic acid and 37% hydrochloric acid wherein the concentration of titanium dioxide (TiO2) precursor varied. The composites were heated at 60°C under vigorous stirring for 2 hours. It is found that the intrinsic low-stress mechanical properties of fabrics change after the self-cleaning coating treatment. The tensile extensibility of coated fabrics decreases and the surface roughness increases (Tung Sze and Daoud A, 2010).

The fabric is coated with a thin layer of titanium dioxide particles heaving 20 manometers diameter. Titanium dioxide is a photo catalyst, when it is illuminated by light of energy higher than its band gap, electrons in TiO2 will jump from the valence band to the conduction band, and the electron (e-) and electric hole (h+) pairs will form on the surface of the photo catalyst. The negative electrons and oxygen will combine to form O2, radical ions, whereas the positive electric holes and water will generate hydroxyl radicals OH. Since both products are unstable chemical entities, when the organic compound (i.e. dirt, pollutants, and micro organisms) falls on the surface of the photo catalyst it will combine with O2’ and OH’ and turn into carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2 O). Since the titanium dioxide acts as a catalyst, so it is never used up.

This is how the coating continues breaking down stains over and over. Zinc oxide is also a photo catalyst, and the photo catalysis mechanism is similar to that of titanium dioxide (E.M. El-Khatib 2012 and Singh A. et. al 2015).

Fig.1 a): Photocatalyticself-cleaning property of Titanium dioxide

b) Working of self cleaning textiles (http://www.technicaltextile.net).

According to E.M. EI- Khatib 2012, the self-cleaning technology in this work uses titanium dioxide photo catalyst that, when triggered by light, it decomposes dirt, stains, and harmful microorganisms and so on. Fabric samples were stained with red wine. After 20 hours of exposure to simulated sunlight, the coated fabric showed almost no signs of the red stain, whereas the untreated fabric remained deeply stained.

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A new technology developed, which make possible to attach nanoparticles to clothing fibres by use of microwaves. So chemicals that can repel water, oil and bacteria are directly bound to the nanoparticles. These two elements combine to create a protective coating on the fibres. This coating both kills bacteria, and forces liquids to bead and run off. The same technology, created by scientists working for the U.S. Air Force, has already been used to create t-shirts and underwear that can be worn hygienically for weeks without washing (Singh A. and Gahlot M. 2015).

The above picture that the two textile surface, one which

2.3. Using carbon nanotubes Artificial lotus leaf structures were fabricated on textiles via the controlled assembly of carbon nanotubes. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and surface modified carbon nanotubes are used as building blocks to bio mimic the surface microstructures of lotus leaves at the nanoscale. Cotton fabrics, which otherwise have perfect water absorption; have been endowed with super hydrophobic properties.

is treated with silver nano particles and other is not treated with silver nano particles. The untreated surface having dust particles, when water droplets rolls over it do not get washed off because dust particles are adhere by textile surface. While treated textile surface do not adheres the dust particles hence when water particles rolls over it dust get washed off (Singh A. and Gahlot M. 2015).

Afterwards water contact angle was increased and found greater than 150 degree (Singh A. and Gahlot M. 2015).

2.6. Using chlorine halamine

Fig.2: Carbon nanotubes (https://www.researchgate.net)

2.4. Using Metal oxide colloidal The fabric is dipped and processed in metal oxide colloidal solution and then it is given heat treatment. Due to that fabrics get surface roughness on nanometer scale.

Afterthat through water repellent treatment, the fabrics has surface with water contact angle above 1500 (Singh A. and Gahlot M. 2015).

2.5. Using Silver nanoparticles Water repellent coating of silver nanoparticles that offer superior resistance to dirt as well as water and require much less cleaning than conventional fabrics. Nano-Tex improves the water-repellent property of fabrics by creating Nano whiskers, which are made of hydrocarbons and have about 1/1000 of the size of a typical cotton fibre.

They are added to the fabric to create a peach fuzz effect without lowering the strength of cotton (Singh A. and Gahlot M. 2015).

Fig3: Working of nanoparticles in textile surface (http://1.

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The technology works by attaching chlorine-containing molecules called halamines to textile fibres. Chlorine in the form of halamines has powerful bacteria-killing properties, used for example to disinfect swimming pools.

Unlike chlorine gas, there are no adverse effects since toxic chlorinated carbon atoms are not generated. By sticking halamines to the cellulose fibres like cotton, the bacteria-killing effect can be bonded to the material and used again and again. Eventually, the chlorine is used up but can be regenerated with a wash in chlorine bleach.

The halamine-treated fabrics kill microorganisms almost instantly on contact, so these materials are best suited formedical uses such as uniforms, wipes, bedding and towels (apparelscience.com).

Fig.4: Halamine treated fibre surface

(a) Untreated textile surface (b) Treated textile surface (Source :A. Singh and M. Gahlot)

2.7. Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) According to the paper of ZhengZhenrong, et. al. 2015, polymer with low surface energy, and resistant to ultraviolet (UV) degradation, atmospheric chemical attacks, and algae and fungal attacks. They are highly flexible and hard to crack, thus easy to handle during installation.

Hence, PVDF is usually used as the topcoat of architectural membrane structures, roof materials of vehicles, tent fabrics, raincoat material, and the cover of outdoor airconditioners. A further modified PVDF film with a superhydrophobic property may be even more superior as the

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2.8. Plasma Technology: Another solution for self cleaning property Plasma treatment is another way to achieve self cleaning property in the textiles. It is a special coating process on which organic molecules are polymerized followed by deposition on textile surface. Ultra hydrophobic coating of nano particles imparts a rough surface morphology to textiles. Use of plasma in textiles is a method of generating multifunctional textile fibres means fibres with fire retardant and water resistance properties (Singh A. and Gahlot M. 2015).

3. Areas of Application The self cleaning textiles have various areas for applications from fabric of home to technical textile of industries. The major areas are Apparels & accessories, medical textiles and hygienic textiles, sports wears, military & defence uniform, upholstery, outdo or textiles and automotives. Some other areas for application are glass windows, road signs and banners, bathrooms & sanitary appliances, flooring and roofing tiles, outdoor surfaces & shades, house walls and paints, ship hulls and plastic wares (Singh A. and Gahlot M. 2015).

due to reduced cleaning efforts • Resource conservation (time, energy and money) • Durable & long lasting • People need not to suffer from heavy laundry bills • Improved ageing behaviour by extended surface purity effect 6. Disadvantages/Limitations • Self cleaning textiles take a long time to clean themselves. More active catalyst are therefore needed to speed up the cleaning process.

• The high oxidation power of the catalyst will not only degrade the stains but will also adversely affect the fibres themselves.

• The mechanical strength (i.e. tearing strength) & durability of fabric get reduced considerably. The catalyst is also skin irritant.

• Carbon nano tubes based self cleaning coatings have limited applicability as they turn dark in colour after the coating.

• Sunlight is the best source of light for activating the selfcleaning process.

6. Design opportunity As research continues and knowledge matures in the area, more exciting developments are expected that will allow self cleaning to expand its frontiers into many as yet unknown and unexplored domains.

Designers have a great opportunity to come up with an innovative design concept in this area. As they can be applied in various areas like

Fig.4: Self-cleaning products 4.Commercially available self cleaning Products The commercially available products in the global market with self cleaning property are such as Mincor® TX TT (Outdoor textiles like tents, umbrellas, sunshades, flags and Sails are major products), Nano Tex (Apparels like men’s shirts, dress materials etc. are main products) and Nano sphere (mainly produced Men’s shirts with self cleaning property) (Singh A. and Gahlot M. 2015).

5.Economic Significance The economic significances of self cleaning textiles are as follows: •

Ease of maintenance and environmental protection

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y Medical textiles e.g. Hospital garments y Sport tech e.g. Athletic wear y Defence textile e.g. Military uniforms y Smart textiles y Upholstery y Undergarments However, for military persons or hikers, who are outside in the sun for long periods of time without the time or means to clean their clothes, self-cleaning fabric would be ideal as the sun is a good source for self cleaning. Further research would be required to test ways of applying nano particles to textiles.

7. Conclusion The opening of new application fields for textiles will lead to a new growth stage.Self cleaning fabrics are not only repellent to water but are also resisting stains, dirt, odour and are antimicrobial as well.Water through these surfaces easily rolls off and completely cleans the surface in the process.Self cleaning effect on textile materials lead to an efficient use of materials and are therefore in agreement with the principles of sustainable development.

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THE FUTURE OF DENIM

hen I started working for the denim industry 20 years ago experiencing nee type of cloth in Indian Market. A lot has changed since then and is still evolving. I do not mean to say that vintage market does not influence the future of our jeans however today there are further dimensions to designing the denim for the future.

Fashion trends mirror what is happening in the world and denim has been a major part of the fashion instrument to reflect the now as well as the future. Value added denim and jeans cannot merely be “sold” unless insight related to cultural values as well as technological advancements become a part of the story-telling. The question that all the industry is asking is what makes a pair of jeans premium and beautiful for the future?

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The reply is its social currency as well as its purpose.

These two aspects merge at the design and manufacturing level and the denim supply chain is at a tipping point where designers and technical product developers collaborate to make it happen.

The social currency of a pair of jeans needs well defining. The jeans need to have the relevancy to the cultural wavelength and change. Thus it is essential to understand what is happening globally in terms of tribal consumer attitudes. In an era of abundance the attitudes shift from ownership to sharing as an open network offers possibilities of shared experiences. The contemporary global issues as well as our prediction of the future also define the purposefulness feature of denim. The denim consumer is no copycat and is aware of the world’s political, environmental and economic setbacks. He wears denim as an expression and not because it is a trendy dress code but because it is a statement. This novel consumer is aware of the global trends, technologically integrated, health

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conscious and desires the sporty elements of a modern life-style.

Depleted resources related to global warming – both cotton and water are set to become luxury commodities – plus a landfill and waste crisis will force the fashion industry to act more responsibly. Sustainability will become a key part of decision-making in consumer purchases and the denim consumer is once again on the front-line. Circular economy will enhance the way the denim industry uses recycling.The sustainability aspect and the relation to nature define the core of the future denim. There is an urge to innovate mimicking the nature as the natural resources get scarier. Synthetic biology provides the means to duplicate what nature offers initially in the lab and then to scale and many industries including fashion have already started to use lab-born products.

Recycled fibers will close the loop and will speak the same language as the environmentally conscious consumers. Lenzing’s Refibra has made an impact at the recent

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DENIM FOCUS denim shows. Re-new cell will go operational in 2018 and will turn use cotton and viscose into new fibers. To create products made from ocean plastic, fashion brands are working with specialist companies including NY-based Bionic Yarn and Italian firm Aquafil.

new focus for the fashion industry linked to maintaining optimum body temperature through the clothes we wear.

The demand for season-less, protective and temperature regulating smart fabrics will grow.

Cocona Inc’s 37.5 – Leaders in Climate-Control Clothing: The body’s optimum core temperature is 37.5°C. US-based CoconaInc’s 37.5 Material Technology uses activated carbon from waste coconut shells and volcanic sand to wick moisture away from the body and maintain that ideal core micro-climate. With impressive results in ‘hard work’ apparel as well as formal office wear, Cocona Inc. currently supplies more than 60 global apparel companies including American work wear brand Carhartt. CoPurposeful design has entered the fashion scene and cona’s aim is for 37.5 Material Technology to be the leadas the supply chain offers options the brands embrace REPORT ing brand name in non-proprietary climate-controlling this concept to meet the current and future needs of fabric delivery systems.

Its marketing highlights the benits consumers. The denim fabric of the future relates TABLE to 136 efits of maintaining this optimum personal micro-climate EXPORT OF TEXTILE ITEMS TO ASEAN COUNTRIES the whole body, the fibers offer the stimulating experithroughout the cycle of work, play and sleep, and we will ences and energetic interactions. The fabrics move with 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 textile innovation – parsee this type of wellbeing-focused the body as the bodyCountries moves with time. The element of Rs Mn. Mn US$ Rs Mn. Mn US$ Rsticularly Mn. Mn US$ Rs Mn. Mn US$ Rs Mn. Mn US$ aimed at the ‘hard’/outdoor work market – evolvcomfort will not cease to exist. Climate change will lead ing to become even smarter over the BRUNEI 119.15 2.19 103.43 1.71 126.25 2.06 119.51 1.83 545.73 8.13 next few years. to a significant rise in the Earth’s temperature, creating a Extreme caused climate CAMBODIA 2079.09 38.18 2109.56 34.87 2369.2 38.74 heat, 2396.55 36.61 by1643.12 24.49change, will call for smart apparel and textiles to regulate body temperature INDONESIA 12850.42 235.96 15403.79 254.61 12585.27 205.81 14146.53 216.11 15066.52 224.57 throughout the working day. Increasingly fluid workplace scenarios demand that LAO PD RP 8.11 0.15 13.19 0.22 43.04 0.7 will30.23 0.46 products 17.37 0.26 are adaptable and multifunctional. The denim industry supply chain lives in MALAYSIA 15887.74 291.73 16596.24 274.32 19207.91 314.11 16426.74 250.94 13974.46 208.29 the future and learns from other industries such as the food industry to be able compete MYANMAR 1235.51 22.69 4467.66 73.85 4877.68 79.77 5424.24 82.86 to 4957.67 73.9 and offer innovation to the tech and fashion savvy consumers. Exponential inPHILIPPINES 3019.32 55.44 3467.59 57.32 3616.53 59.14 2841.14 43.4 3552.41 52.95 novation in fashion is happening, as fabrics get smarter, sustainable, responsive conversational.

It is exciting SINGAPORE 8150.34 149.66 8220.07 135.87 7222.26 118.11 7393.03 112.94 and 6477.8 96.55 times for an exciting industry where technological develTHAILAND 9992.74 183.49 12318.25 203.61 9116.36 149.08 10699.45 163.45 13585.1 202.49 opments, social impact ventures, start-up business modVIETNAM SOC els, concern for the 363.57 environment 16787.38 308.25 26483.27 437.74 33132.01 541.82 23799.33 26222.63 drive 390.86 the motivation and REP inspiration to further collaborate and co-create. Long live Total 70129.8 1287.74 89183.05 1474.12 92296.51 1509.34 83276.75 1272.17 86042.81 1282.49 denim forever.

Adidas has biodegradable sneaker from Spider Silk, August 2017 saw Stella McCartney partner with San Francisco-based Bolt Threads to add further luxury sustainable fabrics to the fashion brand’s collection. The biotech company uses a clean manufacturing process to create material from natural proteins such as a vegan, yeast-based silk.

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CLOTHING FROM MODAL FIBRES

odal is a bio-based fibre made by spinning reconstituted cellulose from the beech trees . Modal fibres were initially developed in the 1930 s for industrial uses in tyres ,conveyor belts and hose pipes .

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A generic name for a modified rayon fibre that has high tenacity and high wet modulus. Additional developments in Japan in 1951 by S . Tachikawa lead to the production of modal fibers. It is quite similar to the polynosic used in older days because of highest wet modulus. In handle and appearance the fiber is somewhat similar to a good quality mercerized cotton . Modal is a new kind of natural fiber developed by Austrian Lenzing Company. Modal is the registered trademark of Lenzing AG, an Austrian company specializing in textiles and fibers. Particularly natural fibers made from cellulose. Lenzing modal has been providing pure softness next to skin for more than 40 years , a record no other fibre can equal. The fibre cross-section illustrates its soft structure

Because of its superior properties , Modal has gained a lot of popularity in the developed world during the last three decades , with the consumption expected to touch 40,000 tonnes this year , says Johann Leitner , Head of Product Development and Technical Marketing for Lenzing Fibres . A significant part of this growth has come from the replacement of polynosic fibres whose production by Japanese companies has been stopped due to economic problems .

Lenzing started promoting modal in India only in the late 1990 s , when economic liberalization became effective and import duties were brought down .

Now the consumption in India is 4000 tonnes till 2007.

Birla Cellulose is offering Birla Modal. Modal as defined

by The International Bureau for the Standardization of Man Made Fibers ( BISFA ) is a distinct viscose fibre genre , which has high wet modulus and satisfies a minimum value of tenacity in the wet stage at 5 % elongation.

Manufacturing process – Modal is a specialty fibre , produced solely by the Austrian company , Lenzing AG .It is made exclusively from the beech wood pulp and consists of 100 per cent cellulose . Naturalness plays a key role in Lenzing Modal . The fiber is made from beech wood , a natural raw material . The pulp used for fibre production is made by Lenzing to guarantee consistent and reliable quality .The secret of the fibres success is pure beech wood . The cellulose produced at Lenzing is extracted from indigenous woods and used for the production of Lenzing Modal. The quality is guaranteed through the control of the whole manufacturing process – from wood to fibre . The standard of the raw material is decisive for the quality and makes Lenzing Modal so unmistakable .

The in – house pulp production department uses beech wood from the region . The raw material helps promote The quality ofLenzing Modal. many of the fibers other characteristic properties are associated with beech wood making Lenzing Modal so unique . the

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pulp and fibre production are conducted in accordance with the principle of sustainability . chemicals and secondary products which occur during the production process are sold as valuable substances . one example of this wood sugar which is further processed to sweeteners .

The standard Lenzing Modal fibre is available in 1.5 D x 39 mm and 1.7 D x 39 mm and 50 mm . The fine Lenzing Modal is also available in a micro variant. .

This extra fine fibre makes textiles even lighter . It feels like ‘ skin on skin ‘ . You can hardly feel MicroModal – it is so pleasant . The MICRO is available in 1.0 D x 34 mm and 39 mm .

Properties of Modal fibre – Modal is currently called the new wonder fibre .This fibre combines the benefits of natural fiber and the fantastically soft feel of modern microforms . it is about 50 % more hygroscopic , or water – absorbent , per unit volume than cotton is . it is designed to dye just like cotton , and is color – fast when washed in warm water . Mint and preserves these properties even after many washing cycles . Modal fibres are dimensionally stable and do not shrink or get pulled out of shape when wet like many rayons. They are also wear resistant and strong while maintaining a soft , silky feel . Modal fabric has softness , good drape and is comfortable for wearing . Modal fabric has good moisture regain and air permeability which is often considered better than cotton fabric , it is a good material for exercise clothing and health suit. , which can serve to benefit physiology circulation and health of the body.

The natural softener of Lenzing Modal means fabrics remain pleasant to the touch even after repeated washing . Hardening of the fabric , which occurs as a result of limestone deposits and traces of detergent , becomes a thing of the past with Lenzing Modal.

Modal fabric has level up surface , fine and smooth and velvet , which have the effect of natural silk . The yarn has the character of high strength . The fabric has good softness and brilliant lustre . The effect of the finished

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SUSTAINABLE FIBRE Modal garment is very good , and the form is steady.

The garment maintains anti-crease properties and has relatively easy care . With the hygroscopity of Cotton and the luster of Silk , it remains soft and lustrous after several washes.

Textiles made from modal do not fibrillate , or pill , like cotton does , and are resistant to shrinkage and fading . they are smooth and soft , more so than even mercerized cotton , to the point where mineral deposits from hard water , such as lime , do not stick to the fabric surface . like pure cotton , modal should ideally be ironed after washing .

Viscose Modal

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Fibrillation Mark 1 1 3 Birla Modal absorbs moisture more quickly than cotton and is doubly as effective as cotton . even after repeated washes , it remains as supple and absorbent as the day it was made.

Blends of Modal fibre - Fabrics made of 100% Modal and blends of Modal/Cotton ,Modal/Spandex , Modal/Lycra , Modal/Wool , Modal/Silk, Modal/Rayon and Modal/ Synthetics .are now being used in India for a variety of products .

It is manufactured by Zhangjiagang Beta Manufacturing & Textiles Co Ltd , Jiangsu , China. Since last 10 years they are doing knitting , dyeing and finishing of Modal fabrics.

The fibre is now being spun into yarn by a number of Indian companies , such as RSWM , Bhilwara manufactures Cotton/Modal blend in 50/50 ratio and count is 2/30 . It can be yarn dyed in package form or piece dyed in fabric form. Raymond, Chindwara makes polyester / modal suiting 67/33 blend which is bleached and dyed

by Snow White process developed by Rossari Chemicals, Mumbai.

Lenzing Modal is particularly well suited to blends with

cotton since both fibers have similar properties. The fibre cross –section of Lenzing Modal is similar to that of cotton ensuring that Lenzing Modal is an optimum blending partner . Lenzing Modal cannot only be blended with cotton to get optimum results. Like no other cellulose fibre , Lenzing Modal harmonizes with other fibres – in a simple and un complicated manner.

In particular , the dyeing performance of Lenzing Modal emulates that of cotton . It is like perfect partnership .

The properties of both of these fibres – Lenzing Modal and cotton are very similar . In particular the dyeing behaviour of Lenzing Modal enables tone – on – tone dyeing in the blend since Lenzing Modal has the same deep dyeing effect as cotton . No other cellulose fibre produces comparable results . Another asset is the fact that Lenzing Modal can be mercerized without any difficulty – an absolute must with blends with cotton .

In blends with cotton , Lenzing Modal improves the yarn regularity and helps to attain a better fabric surface .

Though cotton remains an old favorite blend partner , Birla Modal blends beautifully with almost all textile fibres. Following are the fabric constructions 1.

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Warp – 50 s 100% polyester.

Weft – 60 s 100% Modal.

Warp – 2/50 poly/modal 50/50 Weft - 2/50 poly/modal 50/50.

Warp – 2/60 cotton /modal 50/50.dyed Weft – 40 s cotton/modal 50/50 dyed.

Warp – 2/36 cotton/modal 50/50.

Weft – 2/36 cotton/modal 50/50 Modal lycra 96/4 count 40 s modal x lycra

Uses of Modal fibre - Lenzing modal is the perfect fibre for fabrics worn next to the skin - for day and night , sports and active wear . Among the areas of application which have found favor are knitwear and woven inner and outer garments . In home textiles, it is used for a variety of terry – cloth products. if you are looking for exceptional softness then look no further than lenzing modal .It is used in jersey and other fabrics. China manufactures flat lock stitched underwear made out of Modal fabric. In the United States , pure Modal has begun being used in household linens such as towels , bathrobes and bed sheets , bed bath and beyond . Modal is also the main textile used in manufacturing of panties , sleepwear , casual line , clothing lines and is available in all leading shopping malls. Modal fibres have found a wide variety of uses in clothing ,outerwear and household furnishings.

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YARN REPORT

FIBRE AND YARN EXPORT CONTINUE TO SURGE IN MAY In May shipment of fibre, spun and filament yarn shipment continued its robust march on the low base. In May 2017, textiles exports had declined 30% in volume and 17% in value u nder the adverse impact of demonetisation. Further, exports were also impeded by the newly launched GST regime in July.

Cotton export tapers in May, but still up year on year Indian cotton export, although tapered in May compared to April, but surged 24% year on year with shipment of 7.7 lakh bales (170 kg each) as against 6.2 lakh bales exported in May 2017. Pakistan emerged as the largest importer of Indian cotton in May, followed by Bangladesh and Vietnam.

Overall, unit prices realisation averaged INR119.5 per kg or US cents 81.83 per pound. This compared to domestic spot prices, were slightly higher but much lower, by about US cents 15 compared with global spot benchmark, the Cotlook ‘A’ index for the month. While the global benchmark has risen in May from its previous month’s level, export FOB value moderated in similar comparison.

strict testing procedures.

In the 2017-18 marketing season upto May, export to Pakistan totaled 14.32 lakh bales, 60% more than the figures of 2016-17. Price-wise, it was in line with the average, implying that it was cheaper to import from India than from international markets. While the average FOB to Pakistan works out at US cents 81.86 per pound, the prevailing price, in terms of Cotlook A index, averaged US cents 96.67 per pound.

Cotton yarn export to China increases three folds In May, spun yarns shipment totaled 131 million kg (up 76%) worth US$413 million (up 75%) implying an average unit value realization of US$3.15 per kg, slightly lower by 2 cents compared to last year. Mean-while, the INR against the US$ was weaker at INR66.28 this may which augured well for exports. China was the largest buyer of spun yarns, topping both in terms of volume and value. [For detailed report write to us at sales@textilebeacon.com]

Cotton yarn export was at 107 million kg worth US$345 million (INR2,285 crore). 88% above previous year’s level.

77 countries imported cotton yarn at an average price of US$3.21 a kg, US cent 1 more than previous month and down US cents 9 from a year ago.

During the first eight months of 2017-18 cotton marketing year, shipment aggregated 7.44 million bales as against 5.92 million bales in the corresponding months of previous marketing year. The price realization averaged INR116 a kg or US cents 82.26 per pound in April as against the Cotlook Index ‘A’ at 91.51 per pound and spot Shankar-6 at US cents 81.74 per pound.

Pakistan emerged as the top importer of Indian cotton in May with shipment of 1.97 lakh as against 0.56 lakh bales in the same month a year ago. Export to Pakistan picked up dramatically from January the ban on import imposed by the Pakistan government was lifted in view of crop shortage there. However, the lifting was accompanied by

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China continued to increase its import of cotton yarn from India by almost three folds in volume and value terms. It was followed by Bangladesh with volume and value both rising 15% over the year, but appear to have slowed down. In April it had clocked a growth of 45%.

Egypt and Peru were the other major importers, almost doubling their imports from India. South Korea was the fifth largest destination. 10 countries did not import any cotton yarn from India as they had imported yarn worth US$0.84 million last May. However, they were replaced by 12 other countries which imported yarn worth US$1.22 million.

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100% man-made fibre yarns exports continued to surge both in volume and value in May. MMF yarn ex-ports

Polyester spun yarns were exported to 43 countries at average unit price of US$2.44 a kg. Turkey was the largest importer of polyester yarn, followed by Brazil and Egypt.

Although unit price realization fell com-pared to last month, it was significantly up from last year.

Viscose yarn worth US$8.4 million or INR55 crore was exported at an average price of US$3.34 per kg. Iran emerged as the top importer worth US$1.90 million, followed by Belgium and Turkey. Bangladesh was the fourth largest importer of viscose yarn during the month.

Blended spun yarns worth US$45 million were exported in May, up 39% YoY in value terms. During the month, 7.9 million kg of PC yarns was exported worth US$22 million while 4.8 million kg of PV yarns were exported worth US$142 million. Bangladesh. Colombia and Egypt, were the largest importers of PC yarn from India while Turkey was the single largest importer of PV yarns from India followed distantly by Pakistan.

comprised 5 million kg of polyester yarn, 2.5 million kg of viscose yarn and 1.6 million kg of acrylic yarn. Polyester yarn exports rose 66% in value while viscose yarn exports value increased 45% during the month. Acrylic yarn exports were up 6%.

Shipment of all kinds of filament yarns totaled 67 million kg, up 37% YoY valued at US$122 million.

Source: Textile Beacon Global Info Services

GLOBAL TEXTILE PRICING TREND IN JUNE Cotton In India, firmness continued to prevail in cotton market as prices almost maintained upward march in June.

Spot prices gained INR2,180-4,205 per candy month on month across all varieties and more sharply in finer cotton. Shankar-6 cotton was traded at INR46,625 per candy on the spot market, up INR4,205 from last month. The Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) has revised ending stocks in the year started October to 43.3 lakh bales due to a fall in consumption by the mills. Recently, CAI cut its estimate for 2017-18 (Oct - Sep) closing stock to 16 from 21 lakh bales seen in April.

Cotton sowing was complete over 32.2 lakh hectares as

on 29 June, as against 46.10 lakh hectares in the corresponding period last year. Sowing in Haryana increased a bit, while that in Punjab and Rajasthan has fallen. Maharashtra, however, is likely to witness some rise in the cotton acreage as farmers prefer cotton. In Gujarat, due to the delayed monsoon, the pace of cotton sowing was sluggish at 2.42 lakh hectares as of 25 June, down 64% from last year’s 6.75 lakh hectares from same time.The rainfall deficit till 30 June was at 91 per cent with only 68 mm precipitation as against 831 mm average for the state.

US cotton futures on the ICE marked its worst performance for a month in two years amid concerns over trade war between the US and China. Although futures edged up in the last week of June, it posting its third consecutive weekly losses. The most active cotton contract on ICE Futures US, the third-month December contract, settled at an average of US cents 87.92 per pound up US cents 3.47.

In China, spot cotton market made some corrections, amid insipid trading and sidelined stance. The China Cotton Index although fell in the last two weeks, was up 488 Yuan in June to average 16,384 a ton.Global spot benchmark, the CotlookA index also surged US cent 2.36 on the month to US cents 97.41 per pound.

Cotton Yarn Cotton yarn markets in China moved down from stability late in June amid poor buying interest in downstream.

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YARN REPORT Some spinners reported rise in their inventories amid sales pressure while some traders were under pressure from limited funds. However, gains in early days of the month saw June closing with price up on the month in Yuan terms but down in US$ terms for some coarser specs as the currency weakened sharply during the month. 32s cotton yarn prices moved up to US$3.73 a kg while 40s were up at US$3.90 a kg, both up US cents 4on the month.In India, cotton yarn market prices were stable while transaction was modest over the month as cotton prices continued their upward march. 30s combed cotton yarn for knitting rolled over at INR212.50 a kg (US$3.13, up US cents 21 on the month) in Ludhiana. [For detailed report, write to us at sales@textilebeacon.com or call on 9819915227]

1.38 a kg. In India, PSF prices were flat during the month but are reduced for July as buyers postponed replenishing due to weak demand.In India, PSF prices were at INR93.75 a kg or US$1.39 a kg and 1.4-2D at INR95 a kg (US$1.38 a kg), both down US cent 1, also due to weak INR. Spun polyester yarn markets were stable to down in Chinaand India in June as upstream markets were in seen weakening along with crude oil values. Global cotton markets were although subdued, local spot prices were seen gaining but did not have much impact on polyester markets. In China, polyester yarn prices were stable to down in Shengze, with 32s polyester yarn offers were at 14.21 Yuan a kg (US$2.19 a kg) while 60s were at 16.40 Yuan a kg (US$2.53 a kg) and 21s at 13.15 Yuan a kg (US$2.03 a kg). In India, polyester yarn prices generally rolled over given stable demand in domestic as well as export markets. 30s polyester knit yarn prices were flat at INR132 a kg (US$$1.94 a kg, down US cent 1 due to weak INR) in Ludhiana.

Polyester raw material, PTA prices rose 2% in Asia while MEG was cheaper by 5% in June. PTA markers averaged US$840.50a ton CFR China while offer from Taiwan/Korea were at US$850.50 a ton, both up US$18-19 on the month. The last week has seen prices surging somewhat recovering earlier losses completely.

Polyester chain pricing Polyester staple fibre prices were sluggish in China this June and weak Yuan pegged values down in US$ terms.

Although the markets were supported by rising MEG cost which continued to go up while PTA markets firmed up, PSF makers were unable to take advantage of this cost support. PSF makers held offers stable in Zhejiang while markets in Shandong and Hebei also held stable. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, offers for 1.4D direct-melt PSF were down US cents5 at US$1.33-1.37 a kg, while the same in Fujian and Shandong were down in the range of US$1.33-

MEG market fluctuated upward in Asia in June and prices continued to trend. Offers for July deliveries were higher than spot values in late June, but turned flat from spot numbers later.The CFR China markersaveragedUS$900a ton and CFR South East Asia to US$888.50 a ton, down US$46-51 month on month.

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NEWS

WELLMAN DEVELOPING SEVERAL NEW PRODUCTS IN PSF SUB-SECTOR. Ireland-based Wellman International Ltd, which manufactures polyester staple fibres (PSF), is developing new products for adult incontinence hygiene uses and medi-

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cal applications, lighter weight solutions for the nextgeneration automotive and aerospace applications, selected composites and niche high-performance apparel, according to company CEO Donal Breen. The company recycles around 2.7 billion polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles per year, Breen told Fibre2Fashion in an interview. The latest innovations in the PSF industry include next-generation PET BICO fibres, micro-splittable fibres, fibres with significantly enhanced hydrophilic/hydrophobic properties, fibres with tailored elastomeric properties and fibres based on renewable resources, he added.

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SURAT REPORT Nylon yarn prices further rises upto Rs.8/Kg. The prices of various deniers of nylon yarn are continuous rising in Surat local market. The manufacturers have further increased yarn prices up to Rs.8/Kg in July. Industry sources said front and second-line spinners had increased nylon yarn prices by almost Rs. 40 per kilogram since January, while polyester yarn prices increased up to Rs. 20 per kilogram.

The spinners are arguing that because of high raw material caprolactum, chip prices and operating cost the prices of nylon yarn are increasing. Also, strong dollar has further raise the raw material price up to 10%. On the other hand, power loom sources said the rally of yarn prices is going on since last six months. Power loom weaving sector, which is reeling under the after effects of implementation GST, has been pushed to the wall because of the increasing nylon and polyester yarn prices. The GST Council had reduced GST on yarn from 18 % to 12 %. Despite this, the fact is that yarn prices are continuous increasing. The weavers are likely to file a complaint with Anti-profiteering Authority over the continuous rise in yarn prices as they believes a ‘yarn cartel’ is behind the spike.

Market sources said, Upstream nylon or polyamide chip prices trend up as raw material caprolactum spot and contract markets are expected to remain elevated. Ongoing shortages associated with firm raw materials and other production issues will push prices up amid rising buying interest for nylon.

Textile Industry demands waiver of e-way bill system The textile industries has demanded exemption of e-way bill system for textile sector in the state. The Confederation of All-India Traders has wrote state GST commissioner, stating state govt. still continuing with city-limit e-way bills, which is proving to be a transport bottleneck for textile industry. It demands follow other states in implementing district-level e-way bills for goods in transit for textiles sectors.

Pramod Bhagat, president of CAIT’s Gujarat chapter said, Gujarat is the hub of the textile sector in India. Tamil Nadu has exempted textile products like yarn, job work services, fabrics etc. from generating e-way bills. We want the Gujarat government to implement the same for the textile sector. CAIT also demanded that e-way bill limits be increased from Rs 50,000 worth of goods to Rs 1 lakh.

Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have implemented the Rs 1 lakh limit for e-way bills. This means that only traders dispatching goods worth more than Rs 1 lakh need to generate e-way bills.

Reduce power tariff in textile sector: Entrepreneurs urge to state ind. commissioner “The Power tariff for textile industries is very high in Gujarat as compare to Maharashtra and Rajasthan. The textile units in Surat have been paying Rs.7.5 per unit for electricity usage, while the units in Maharashtra pay Rs. 3.75 per unit. Because of the tariff structure, fabrics manufacturing cost is high upto 20 per cent in Surat. The govt. should reduce power tariff in textile sector to make fabrics manufactured in Surat competitive to those made in Maharashtra and Rajasthan”. Textile entrepreneurs have made representation to state industries commissioner Mamta Verma who was in Surat to hold discussions on the new textile policy to be implemented by the state government in October.

In a program organized at Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI), the industry owner feels fear that if govt. will not think on high power tariff, the weaving and other small scale industry will shift in other state. SGCCI president Hetal Mehta said, The new textile policy should address the issues of power tariff, capital subsidy, interest subsidy and investment on top priority.

If the government fails to address such important issues, then Surat’s textile industry would be in trouble. Textile entrepreneurs, who had made investmens under Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS), are yet to get subsidy amount of Rs 400 crore for the last two years from the government. This hampered the growth of TUFS and stalled modernization in the textile sector.

The powerloom industry demands funds allocation for two yarn banks, which was started in 2015. The textile entrepreneurs also pointed out that unfinished fabrics manufactured in Surat reach Vietnam and China via Kolkata and Bangladesh. The finished fabrics from Vietnam then is dumped at cheap rates in India. Mamta Verma said, the new apparel & textile policy will implement in october-2018. The government is ready to listen to the issues of the entrepreneurs here. The new policy will be framed after taking the opinion of textile sector into consideration. She made a presentation of new garment policy and ask the industry owner to avail the benefits of various capital and interest subsidy.

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ECONOMY UPADATE

LURKING RISKS CAUSE NERVOUSNESS SHY OF PANIC The theme for the market in June was none other than “Rupee”which fell to all time low of 69.09 amidst stiff fall in EM FX, especially Chinese Yuan and rising crudeoil price. In June OPEC meeting, OPEC and its non-OPEC partners, including Russia, have agreed to increase oil production. The production increase will start in July by Mr. Abhishek Goenka “measurable” supply (CEO & Founder : IFA Global) boosts, but without specific numbers being given.

Key highlight of the OPEC meeting was predictable stark disagreement between OPEC de facto leader Saudi Arabia and regional rival Iran, OPEC’s third largest producer, which likely led to no specific output numbers being agreed upon. Most OPEC members cannot increase output, even if they wanted to. The oil market may only see 600,000 bpd of extra supply. Apart from Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Angola are raising doubt on output due their economic, political or global level concern. In back of this, Crudeoil prices reacted exactly opposite to market expectation of easing supply cut. WTI Oil prices posted straight second week of gain and it is up by almost 15% from the bottom of $63.60. Uncertainty is there whether nations would buy crude from Iran. Drawdowns have been high and at the same time demand is quite high. This suggests limited downside for the oil prices. A culprit currency- Chinese Yuan registered a straight third week of loss; posted 1.80% weakness for this week to touch lowest level Since Dec-2017. This week, PBoC cut RRR by 50bps for selective banks to inject liquidity. The cut is seen as a preemptive stimulus against the slowdown that may result in the economy due to US imposed tariffs.

Several recent developments on the global and domestic front are causing investors to take some risk off the table but investors have not quite pressed the panic button yet. The flight of interest rate sensitive flows has spooked debt and currency markets but equities have been fairly resilient so far, especially the benchmark indices. Gradual withdrawal of USD liquidity and rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve has caused cracks to appear in several EM economies, especially those with weak current account positions and looming political concerns. The Argentine Peso, Brazilian Real, Mexican Peso, Turkish Lira, Russian Ruble and more recently the South African Rand have all depreciated significantly. Many central banks have responded by hiking rates to combat the outflows and some are considering and in fact would be compelled to do so. IFA GLOBAL TREASURY RESEARCH ACADEMY|

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www.ifaglobal.net | www.treasuryelite.com| Blog: www. abhishekgoenka.com The Rupee too has seen significant depreciation pressure. Putting last 3months flows together, FPIs have pulled out net USD 6.25Bn and USD 3.1Bn out of debt and equity markets. FPI limits in debt that were close to full utilization now stand at 76%. The RBI has used its FX Reserves well so far to ensure that a runaway move does not happen in the Rupee. It has intervened with intent in OTC as well as exchange traded futures to crush speculative longs. This explains why the vols have not spiked up to the extent they usually do and as has been seen on instances when Rupee has depreciated in the past. The RBI in its June monetary policy managed to restore the confidence of market participants as it hiked the repo rate by 25bps while keeping the policy stance neutral. The hike is preemptive in nature considering inflationary pressures mainly on account of higher crude prices and hikes in MSPs and is consistent with the RBI’s inflation targeting framework.

“The Prime minister announced that the Union Cabinet would approve the implementation of minimum support price of 150 percent of the input cost, in its forthcoming meeting, for the notified crops of Kharif season 2018-19”. – PMO statement Funding the twin deficits at this point is the major challenge on the domestic front. The CAD for FY19 is likely to be around USD 70Bn. FPI outflows and slowdown in FDI and foreign currency borrowing is likely to leave a hole of around USD 15-20 Bn in BOP (unless the tide turns and capital again starts flowing back into EM economies). This is the major risk for the Rupee.

On the fiscal front, as we head into election year, the government can ill afford to cut down on spending. Government spending was the major contributor to the Q4 GDP growth that came in at 7.7%. With GST revenues not yet stabilized and Air India divestment not likely to go through, there are risks of fiscal slippage. Nationalized banks have not been buying duration as they would not want to squander away the precious resolution capital in MTM losses. Private banks’ demand for duration could also reduce as the RBI has increased the FALLCR carve out from SLR. FPIs too are not utilizing their debt limits to full capacity. The concern therefore is how will the supply be absorbed. (The yield on the 10y benchmark touched 8% briefly recently and is 175bps above the repo rate).

To sterilize liquidity as a result of FX intervention and manage sentiment in the G-sec market, “Banker’s Bank”RBI came up with an OMO for Rs 10000 cr in mid June.

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ECONOMY UPADATE policy meeting minutes which suggested that members voted to hike so as to ensure that inflation remains contained within the band given up side pressure from rising crude prices and hike in MSPs. RBIs decision to change valuation of SDLs to market linked rates from flat 25bps over corresponding tenor G-sec could reduce demand for SDLs as well, further widening the supply-demand gap.

Whether the concerns on both the above deficits exacerbate or recede would depend to a large extent on where crude prices head from current levels. On a positive note, with the output gap closing and supply chains getting repaired post the shocks of demonetization and GST, we can see a pickup in private CAPEX and exports. Quick resolution of NPAs is vital to ensure that capital is available for banks to be able to lend to fund this CAPEX. On the global front, trade related tensions, developments in Spain and Italy, and Brexit related headlines would continue to set the tone for risk sentiment.The US has extended tariffs to its allies Mexico, Canada and EU as well. Any retaliatory tariffs imposed by EU could further escalate trade tensions. In June, US imposed tariffs on USD50Bn worth of Chinese goods and further threatened to impose tariffs of another USD 200bn worth of Chinese imports if China retaliates to tariffs. This has fairly affected commodity linked currencies like AUD and NZD, down by 4.5% to 5%.

The BoE left rate unchanged in June meet by a 6-3 vote but painted an optimistic picture of the economy. The chief economist Haldane turned hawkish and voted in favor of a hike. There was a short squeeze in Sterling post the rate decision. On Brexit front, the UK government managed to tilt the vote in its favor by giving the parliament a meaningful say in the withdrawal process from the EU. The government’s position which was under the cloud seems safe as of now. In the recent EU two-day summit in Brussel EU

leaders strike deal on migrants and this has stabilized the German government. Any headlines showcasing solidarity amongst EU members would boost the Euro further higher. But this summit did not fetch anything good for Pound as Brussels chiefs warned the UK to “accelerate” and “intensify” Brexit talks in conclusions published following talks, which lasted just minutes during the final day of the two-day summit. EU leaders and the UK government were hoping that they would have completely agreed a deal by this November. If they fail to do so, then chances of No deal Brexit increase and uncertainty looms on financial market.

The right-wing parties Northern League and M5S together formed a government in Italy. The pickup in expenditure and tax cuts due to populist policies of this government would risk destabilizing the EU. The Spanish parliament toppled Prime Minister Rajoy through a no confidence vote and the new PM Pedro Sanchez is a socialist. Any departure from fiscal prudence in peripheral economies would not go down well with Germany or Brussels.

It would be important to track the yield spread between Italy and other peripheral nations against the yield on corresponding maturity German Bunds.

To summarize, on the domestic front, The RBI has been preemptive and has ensured that Rupee depreciation does not hit headlines and create panic. It intervened aggressively even before Rupee sustain well below all-time low. Whenever Rupee depreciation has been out of whack with other Asian/EM currencies, the RBI has intervened to align the Rupee with its peers. The RBI may endeavor to keep the Rupee somewhere in the middle of the EM pack and may allow gradual depreciation of the Rupee if global USD strength continues. Technically, 67.70 is an important support. Break of ~69.10 -last week’s high for the Dollar-Rupee pair would be key level to watch, above which it will create panic in the market.

NEWS MR. SANJAY INGLE PROMOTED AS A VICE PRESIDENT MARKETING IN BOMBAY RAYON FASHIONS LTD.,MUMBAI Mr.Sanjay Ingle Has Taken Charge As A Vice President - Marketing From June 2018 Effectively.

At Present He Is Handling Fabric Sales And Marketing Activities For Branded Readymade Garments Customers (Mens And Womens Wear Products) Since Last 8 Years In Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd. Mr.Sanjay Ingle Qualified As A Textile Technologist With Management And Marketing Education Started Fabric Sales And Marketing Job From Year 2010 In Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd., Mumbai .During His Eight Years Job He Had Visited Cloth Markets Statewise Throughout India Where He Has Given Good Sales Target With Best Rela-

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His Valuable Research In Trends In Various Markets With New Development In Fabrics Had Given Good Exposure In Domestic Market. He Efficiently Handled Marketing, Branding And Publicity Activities During His Eight Years Job. Hence He Was Promoted As A Vice President - Marketing In Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd. In Conversation With Mr.Sanjay Ingle Told That He Will Be Taking Responsibility For Marketing Of Dress Material Fabrics Along With Shirting Fabrics.He Told That He And His Team Will Concentrate On Strong Retailer Network Throughout India Through Distributors Channel.

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REQUIREMENT OF FIBRE FORMATION 1 Terminologies

Linear polymer

1.1 Fibre

The growth of the polymer takes place in only length-wise direction.

The unit of matter characterised by flexibility, fineness and high length to diameter ratio (For textile grade fibre length to diameter ration is 1000: 1.

1.2 Yarn The yarn is an assembly of fibre twisted/bound together to form a continuous strand.

Branched polymer The growth of the polymer takes place in two directions e.g. Plastic sheet.

Cross-linked polymer (3D polymer)

1.2.1 Staple yarn

The growth of the polymer takes place in three directions.

Linear polymer is suitable for the production of fibre.

The yarn made of out of fibre which has limited length.

1.5 Thermoplastic

1.2.2 Filament yarn

When appropriately heated, the thermoplastics melt or fuse and exhibit continuous flow preferably under pressure and most of them can be dissolved in appropriate solvents. Cellulose acetate rayon, nylons, vinyl chlorideor vinylidene chloride-vinyl chloride copolymers, glass fibre etc. are examples of thermoplastics.

It is the name given to a fibre of continuous length.

1.3 Monomer A single unit in the polymer is called as a monomer.

1.4 Polymer Monomer Many monomer molecules Have linked together to form a polymer (molecule).

1.4.1 Types of polymerization With this type of polymerization, the monomers add or join end-to-end without liberating any by-product on polymerization. Examples of fibres consisting of addition polymers are acrylic, modacrylic, polyethylene or polyethene, polypropylene or polypropene, poly-vinyl alcohol (PVA) and the chlorofibres, namely polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride.

Example: CH2=CH2 + CH2 = CH2 + CH2=CH2 + ...

-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2 (Ethylene)

(Polyethylene)

Condensation polymerization

1.6 Non-thermoplastic Non-thermoplastic begin to decompose on heating before exhibiting plastic flow and they can be seldom dissolved in solvents. All natural fibres together with viscose and cuprammonium rayons (regenerated cellulose), wool and asbestos fall in this category.

1.7 Degree of polymerization (n) A number of the repeating unit of the monomer is called as the degree of polymerization.

The length of the polymer is most important. All fibres, both man-made and natural, have long to extremely long polymers. The length of a polymer can be obtained by determining its degree of polymerization. This is often abbreviated OP and defined by the following mathematical expression: D.P. =(Average molecular weight of polymer)/(Molecular weight of the repeating unit in the polymer)

With this type of polymerization, the monomers join end-to-end and liberate a by-product. This by-product is usually a simple compound- generally water, but may be hydrogen chloride or ammonia, depending upon the specific monomers. Examples of fibres consisting of condensation polymers are elastomeric, nylon and polyester.

Example: HO(CH2)5COOH+ HO(CH2)5COOH HO(CH2)5CO.O(CH2)5COOH + H20 (Hydroxy acid) 1.4.2 Types of polymer

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1.8 Molecular weight of fibre Molecular weight is the sum of atomic mass of each constituent and the molecular weight of fibre can be given as follows:

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BACK TO BASIC Molecular weight of fibre = Molecular weight of mer unit ×Degree of Polymerization

graded by chemicals.

Figure 1.2 Molecular arrangements in fibres

1.9 Orientation The alignment of the long molecular chain. relative to the fibre axis is called orientation.

1.12 Molecular structure

1.10 Crystalline region It is the region where molecules are regularly and closely packed. In this constituent elements/ molecules have fixed positions in space relative to each other. This accounts for the solid structural rigidity. It gives stiffness to the structure. Gives durability to the fibre structure. It gives strength to the fibre. If any fibre is having higher crystalline region then that fibre is stronger, more durable, less easily degraded by chemicals, less plastic, resist being distorted, less absorbent as well as pliable and stiffer handle.

The spatial arrangement of atoms within the molecule or configuration.

1.13 Supermolecular structure

Figure 1.1 crystalline and amorphous regions in molecular structure of fibre a = Amorphous, c = Crystalline

state and the formation of crystallites.

1.11 Amorphous region It is the region of fibre structure where molecular chains are random and loses bonded. It gives flexibility, an extension to the fibre. This region is responsible for absorption of moisture and dye. If any fibre is having higher amorphous region then that fibre is more absorbent, can be dyed easily, more pliable, softer in the handle, weaker, has less durability, plastic, and can easily distort easily de-

The arrangement of the molecules in a condensed

1.14 Morphology The arrangement of crystallites in the fibre.

Ashish Hulle

Assistant Professor, D.K.T.E.’S Textile & Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, Maharashtra.

Email : ashishhulle@hotmail.com

NEWS THE NEW COMMITTEE OF INDIAN SPECIALITY CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION(ISCMA) FOR THE YEAR 2018-2020 IS AS FOLLOWS S.no

Name

Designation

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Shri Vinay D. Patil

President

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Dr. Subhash V. Udeshi

Vice President

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Shri. Gunjan J. Yagnik

2nd Vice President

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Shri. Vinit M. Patel

Hon. Treasurer

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Shri. P.M. Kundalia

Committee Member

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Shri Yashwant Jhaveri

Committee Member

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Ashok Shreyas Pathare

Committee Member

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Anjani Kumar Prasad

Committee Member

Vinay D Patil Elected as a new ISCMA president for the year 2018-2020. Prior to this he was a 1st vice president in ISCMA and a Managing committee members since 2008. He is a Textile Technologist graduate from UDCT in 1985(Now ICT) He is having 32 years’ work experience in textile, chemical & paper industry. Key area working in Marketing, Product De-

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velopment as well as Innovative solutions for pollution control focusing on Textile industry. He is promoting recovery and recycling from textile waste water.Currently he is working as a Director in S.A. Pharmachem Pvt. Ltd Mumbai.

Education:Doctorate - Chemical Engineering, Current position: Director - Jayant AgroOrganics Ltd. Experience: 30 years in the castor oil industry. Work related to development of new products, applications and process improvements. Established R & D laboratory in Mumbai & having recDr. Subhash V. Udeshi ognition from DSIR, Govt. of India.

Member of American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS), American Chemical Society (ACS). External Examiner for M.Tech Students (ICT - Dept. of Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactant Technology).

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CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Sanjay Harane Ex. Sr. Vice President, Nagreeka Exports Ltd.

A) What is Pollution :The contamination of soil, water, or the atmosphere by the discharge of harmful substances is known as the act or process of polluting or the state of being polluted, Generally pollution is an outcome of human activity & impact of other living animals on natural atmosphere.

The textile industry is one of the most pollutants releasing industries of the world. Besides, 20 percent of all fresh water pollution is made by textile treatment and dyeing.

Pollutants released by the global textile industry are continuously doing unimaginable harm to the environment. It is essential to have sharp focus on pollution & pollutants created by Textile industry.

disposal of the garment.

It is said that textile is the second largest polluter (after paper industry) in the world. A general assessment says that, right from the pesticides used in cotton farming, the size used in fabric manufacturing, the toxic dyes used in manufacturing and the great amount of waste generated during disposal of garments. Other supporting systems also generate lots of pollution load which includes coal for steam generation, transportation & packing material. Pollutants released by the global textile industry are continuously doing unimaginable harm to the environment. It pollutes land and makes them useless and barren in the long run.

Surveys show that cotton consumes the highest amount of harmful pesticides and fertilizers. Majority of them fall on land while they are sprinkled on the crop. Similarly, textile manufacturing units release hazardous waste into the nearby land.

B) What are Pollutants :Here we link this word with chemical pollutants. The substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere are known as chemical pollutants.

Pollutants are bifurcated by various methods we will see each one in different tables.

Impact of pollution is observed on Air, Water & Soil.

Process

• It Disturbs the Natural cycles (seasonal changes) in atmosphere.

Sizing Desizing

• Global warming

Scouring & Hydrogen Peroxide, caustic, Soda ash, Bleaching Sodium Hypo chloride, Pero stabilizer, Surfactant, Acetic acid, cotton wax etc.…..

• Ozone layer depletion There are three basic needs that a man possesses food, clothing, and shelter. When we think of pollution, we envision coal power plants, strip-mined mountaintops and raw sewage piped into our waterways. We don’t often think of the cloths on our bodies. The global textile and clothing industry is bound to be huge, as it fulfils the second basic requirement of man. The consumption of textile products is very huge & is increasing day by day due to increase of population & also increase in sq. meter consumption per person. Ultimately the overall impact the apparel industry has on our planet is quite large. Fashion is a complicated business involving long and varied supply chains of production, raw material, textile manufacture, clothing construction, shipping, retail, use and ultimately

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Pollutants & Enzymes, Starch, Waxes, CMC, PVA etc.…..

Mercerizing, Caustic Soda, Cotton wax etc. …

Causticizing Dyeing

Dyes, Salts, Surfactant, Urea, Soda Ash etc. …

Printing

Urea, Dyes, Pigments, Binder, Soda Ash, Thickener etc. …

Finishing

Resins, Formaldehyde, PVA, Waxes, silicones, Polyethylene etc.

Pollutants’ generated during various processes during Textile processing The textile industry is water intensive and produces pol-

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SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT lutants of different forms. The manufacturing operation also generates vapors’ during dyeing, printing and curing of dye or color pigments. Dust emission is associated with Fibre processing / boiler operation. Other than these process operations, textile mills have wood, coal or oil fired boilers and thermic fluid heaters which are point emission sources. Major environmental issues in textile industry result from wet processing. Wet processes may be carried out on yarn or fabric. The transformation of raw cotton to final usable form involves different stages. The various important wet processes involved in the textile industry are as follows Sizing / Slashing: This process involves sizing of yarn with starch or polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) or carboxyl methyl cellulose (CMC) to give necessary tensile strength and smoothness required for weaving.

Desizing: The sizing components which are rendered water soluble during sizing are removed from the cloth to make it suitable for dyeing and further processing. This can be done either through conventional process of acid steeping or through enzymes.

Scouring / Bleaching: This process involves removal of natural impurities such as greases, waxes, fats and other impurities. The desize cloth is taken for scouring. This can be done either through conventional method (kier boiling) or through modern techniques (continuous scour).

Kiering liquor is an alkaline solution containing caustic soda, soda ash, Hydrogen peroxide, Peroxide stabilizer, with small amount of detergent. This process removes the natural coloring materials and renders the cloths white.

Mercerizing: The process of Mercerization provides luster, strength, increases dye affinity and abrasion resistance to fabrics. It is generally carried out for cotton fabrics only for easy dyeing. Mercerization can be carried out with the help of highly concentrated caustic soda (250 to 300 GPL) with alkaline stable wetting agent.

Dyeing & Printing: This is the most complex step in wet processing which provides attractive color on the product. Dyeing is carried out either at the fiber stage, yarn stage, or at fabric stage. For dyeing process, hundreds of dyes and auxiliaries are used. In textile industry, various types of fibers are used which leads to different process & various Dyes & chemicals printing paste add to the load of pollution drastically.

Finishing: Finishing process is a specialize process which leads to use of various specialized chemicals & ultimate pollution load is increased. The finishing chemicals are more harmful to human health & also are environmental hazards.

The combination of all above processes used in textile manufacturing, large volume of water with various pollutants is generated & it need to be treated in Effluent treatment plant. There are two ways to reduce pollution load

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Type of Chemical Hazard

Physical hazard

Human health hazard

Environmental hazard

Impact of Hazard ·

Cause fire

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Explosive

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Corrodes equipment, plant & machinery

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Causes violent reac ons when used with other chemicals in process

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Cause allergies

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Affect fer lity & reproduc on

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Contaminates soil, air & ground water

Precau ons to be taken

Proper storage of chemicals

Use of proper Personal Protec ve Equipment’s

Avoid the use of C Chemicals

1) By treating effluent in correct manner with correct discharge norms. 2) By avoiding / reducing use of chemical hazards in process.It is fact that, textile industry is highly

water consuming industry. In addition to this, the effluent characteristic and effluent quantity vary according to the processes involved, chemicals used and the scale of operation. Therefore, quality of effluent from one industry varies from the industry. As the textile manufacturing units use different type of raw materials, chemicals and processes. As per market demand, textile units change their product mix & lead to variation in effluent characteristics which leads difficulties in treatment at ETP. To avoid use of hazardous chemicals is the only solution for pollution prevention.

There are three types of Chemical hazards Chemical hazards are further categorized by its chemical nature into 11 priority groups as under; • APEO • Phthalates • Azo Dyes • Brominated & Chlorinated Flame retardants • Chloro-phenols • Chlorinated aromatics

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SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT • Chlorinated solvents • Organotin Compounds • Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffin’s (SCCPs) • Heavy metals • Per-fluorinated Chemicals (PFCs).

The restrictions on these chemical groups were imposed as & when its severity was identified. Above pic shows the year when particular hazard was banned (Pic is from IKEA brand) In order to reduce the use and impact of harmful substances in the industry, it is essential to focus on entire supply chain starting from fibre generation to end consumer. This includes suppliers of raw material & chemicals, production houses, accessories manufacturers, packaging material suppliers, screen-printers, laundries etc…

RSL & MRSL:Restricted Substances are chemicals whose use or presence is banned in a particular end-product such as finished article or garment. Restricted Substances List or RSL is a comprehensive list of all chemicals that are restricted of banned from use on products. RSLs are developed by individually by Brands, Eco-labels or legislations and are continuously updated based on international, federal and local governing bodies. MRSL is a next step to control the use of restricted substances right from manufacturing stage. The MRSL differs from a RSL because it

restricts hazardous substances potentially used and discharged into the environment during manufacturing, not just those substances that could be present in finished products. The MRSL takes into consideration both process and functional chemicals used to make products, as well as chemicals used to clean equipment and facilities.

It addresses ANY chemical used within the four walls of a manufacturing facility. Thus MRSL has broaden the area of RSL. A typical RSL manual contains the following: 1) Substance name 2) CAS Number 3) Limit Values of each restricted group 4) Terms such as Not Detected and Detection Limit 5)Test Method 6) Regulations under which the chemical group is restricted.

RSLs Focus on End-Product: Certain chemicals used at different stages of production are released in the environment through waste water, air or sludge. RSLs are focused only on restricted substances in the end product and do not monitor the presence of these chemicals in waste water or sludge. RSL compliance is monitored only through random testing on the samples of finished product. But, this is like solving the problem after the damage has been done! Due to these limitations, Brands have shifted focus from RSLs to Manufacturing RSLs or MRSLs. One need to understand the difference between RSL & MRSL.

EVENT UPDATE ONLINE VISITOR REGISTRATION FOR ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 OPENS The sixth combined ITMA ASIA + CITME exhibition is gearing up for another huge showcase in Shanghai, China. It is expected to attract a trade visitorship of around 100,000 from around the world.

We are looking forward to welcoming large numbers of visitors from both inside and outside of China to the combined show, and we would like to encourage our visitors to plan their trip early and purchase their badge online now to beat the onsite queues. Registering ahead of time on the show website provides visitors with useful information for preparing their trip and finding out the details on the exhibitors,” said Mr Fritz P. Mayer, president of CEMATEX. pecial rates are available to visitors who purchase their badge online at www.itmaasia.com and www.citme.com. cn from now until 30 September 2018. The early bird badge rates are RMB 60 for a five-day badge and RMB 30 for a one-day badge. The standard badge rates cost RMB 100 for a five-day badge and RMB 50 for a one-day badge.

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their visa application early to avoid possible disruption to their trip. additional space booked to meet demand Said Mr Wang Shutian, president of China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA), “The strong demand for space attests to the effectiveness and popularity of the combined show. We had a long waiting list for space by the deadline for applications. Therefore, we made the decision to book the additional space available in the venue.”

Held from 15 to 19 October 2018, ITMA ASIA + CITME 2018 is owned by CEMATEX and its Chinese partners - the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT (CCPIT-Tex), China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) and China Exhibition Centre Group Corporation (CIEC). It is organised by Beijing Textile Machinery International Exhibition Co Ltd and co-organised by ITMA Services. The Japan Textile Machinery Association (JTMA) is a special partner of the show.

The exhibition is expected to feature some 1,700 local and international textile machinery makers from 28 economies who will showcase the latest machinery, as well as products that boost automation and energy-saving features.

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EVENT UPDATE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NONWOVEN TECHNICAL TEXTILES NONWOVENS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE APPLICATIONS & USA and woven market is stabilizing & going down.

India has a great hope for export more than domestic.

Lastly, he thanked Radeecal for organizing the nonwoven exhibition even after the ban.

Technical Session I – “GROWTH POTENTIAL & LATEST TECHNOLOGY OF NONWOVEN INDUSTRY” The following presentations were made during this session.

The Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) organized a one day “International Conference on Nonwoven Technical Textiles” with a focused theme on “Nonwovens for High-Performance Applications” held on 6th June, 2018, during the Non Woven Tech Asia 2018, organized

by Radeecal, which was held from 6-8 June, 2018 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. The conference received over whelming response from the industry.

INAUGURAL SESSION Dr. Anup Rakshit, Executive Director, ITTA, welcomed all the dignitaries, delegates and speakers on behalf of ITTA and Radeecal. He said that the topics were chosen as per the theme of the conference covering High-Performance Applications of nonwovens, spreading over 11 presentations by eminent speakers from Industry & COEs. Mr. Sanyal Desai, CEO, Radeecal Communications and Mr. Suresh Patel, President, INDINON spoke about the issue of Ban on Nonwoven Bags in Maharashtra and how it is affected the nonwoven roll goods and bag manufacturing industry. Dr. Anjan Mukhopadhyay, Director, BTRA highlighted how the nonwovens are used in different high-tech areas like insulation material, protective suit, waste water treatment, etc. He also briefed about the R&D, testing and training facilities available at BTRA as a COE-GEOTECH. Mr. Pramod Khosla, Chairman, ITTA, in his inaugural address, talked about the Nonwoven Tech Asia Exhibition and highlighted about the letter from Shri. Nitin Gadkari, Honorable Minister of Road Transport and Highways to Government of Maharashtra on the reverse of Ban on Nonwoven bags. He hopes that Government will not equalize nonwovens to plastics. He emphasized that nonwovens are mostly used in automotive, packaging, industrial sectors, etc. Nonwoven market is growing in Europe

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1. Emerging Opportunities in India for Nonwoven Technology and Products by Mr. Ravishankar Gopal, K’s Technical & Management Consultants emphasized about the emerging technologies for Nonwoven Industry. He highlighted the different technologies i.e. Spunmelt – Spunbond, Spunlace, Thermobond, Needlepunch, Wetlaid, Airlaid, etc. He talked about the Nanofibre Spinning/ Electro Spinning and new possibilities with Needlepunch.

New development such as Geodetect, Wetlaid nonwoven system, etc. Investment estimates in Machinery are Meltblown Webs: 1-3M $, Melt Blown Filter and Laminating: 1-2M $, Nanofiber Webs: 2-3M $, Wetlaid Nonwovens: 5-8M $, Air Laid Nonwovens: 5-10M $ &Geocells: 2-5M $.

2. Light Weight Mobility Solutions through Nonwoven Fabrics by Dr. PKC Bose, Saertex India Pvt. Ltd. talked about the Saertex Group, leaders in advanced technical textiles made of Glass, Carbon & Aramid and have major applications in Wind Energy, Automobiles, Marine, Aerospace, Industrial and Infrastructure. He briefed about the non-crimp fabrics, difference between non-crimp and crimp fabrics and its advantages. Light weight mobility solutions where used by Saertex in many of their products such as composite bus and truck body, container, carbon composite used in solar vehicle, Mercedes, thruster for roll Royce, marine and railway sector and mainly used in defence industry for submarine parts, armour applications, etc.

3. Supply Chain for Nonwoven and Technical Textile by Mr. Viren Mehta, Group CEO, KP Tech Nonwoven & Bookmyparts.com. He explained about the supply chain for nonwoven & technical textile industry where nonwoven supply chain elements are materials, engineering, inventory, sales, logistics and customer. He highlighted that KP Tech has the machineries for different nonwoven products used in Packtech, Meditech, Agrotech & Hometech and Bookmyparts.com is the supplier for machine spare parts. KP Tech Group is working on the project to Produce PLA – Poly lactic Acid – the environment friendly plastics.

Technical Session II – “FILTRATION, COATING & PROTECTIVE TEXTILES”

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EVENT UPDATE The following presentations were made during this session.

1. Mr. Senthil Rajan, Arvind Ltd. Presented the topic on High Performance Nonwoven Filter Media for Hot Gas Filtration. He spoke about the Advanced Materials like FR, woven filtration fabrics, industrial belting fabrics, nonwoven felts, etc. and also the importance of High Performance NW Filter Media. Polypropylene, Homopolymer Acrylic, Polyester, M-Aramid, Polyphenylene Sulfide (PPS), Polyimide & Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) are the fibres used in Dry Gas Filtration. Types of Proprietary Finishes – Superbond & Twintech.

2. Latest Coating & Lamination Technology on Nonwovens by Mr. K. K. Baheti, Shubh Swasan, Chennai. He spoke about huge market potential of the coated and laminated textiles in India. The untapped potential of these products to be explored. First we have to understand the customers’ requirements and then develop products accordingly he said. They have developed number of products using coated textiles. e.g., cold weather sleeping bags, jackets, etc.

3. Nonwovens for Protection against Extreme Climatic conditions by Mr. Vinoth Prabu, Scientist, DEBEL, DRDO, Bangalore. DEBEL prime focus is on developing life support systems and bio-medical systems for the armed forces and they services to the Army, Air Force, Navy, Para Military and NDRF. He highlighted some of the products developed by DEBEL which includes Flame retardant

overall, NATO Suit, Anti Gravitational suit, Combat free fall trooper clothing system, Hydro suit for under water operation. All the products are inducted into armed forces and bulk productionized under various capacities. The other system includes Chemical protective suit, HAPO chamber, electrically heated suit, insoles and gloves, Thermo bonded super absorbent nonwoven and evaporative cooling in Environmental chamber.

Technical Session III - “MEDICAL, HYGIENE PRODUCTS & STANDARDIZATION” The following presentations were made during this ses-

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sion.

1. Innovations in Spunlace Nonwovens by Mr. A. B. Telesang, Welspun India. He highlighted the definitions of Spunlace nonwoven and key properties which makes it differ with other nonwovens. He talked about the Conventional applications such as wipes (core market of Spunlace nonwovens), medical, coating substrate, filters, hygiene and automotive headliner. He also briefed the meaning of Non-conventional (Innovations) and its applications such as refreshing, sunscreen, anti-mosquito & anti-bacterial wipes, etc., dyed/printed – table tops, composite veils, coated nonwovens, filtration, home textiles - after treatment or lamination and disposable nonwovens/ biodegradable. New emerging segment are electrical insulation paper for batteries and electrical vehicles: filters/ insulations/ cable wrapper.

2. Meditech Product Development in India by Dr. Ketankumar Vadodaria, SITRA (COE-MEDITECH) explained about the medical textiles used in the patient (Implantable), outside the patient (Non-implantable), near the patient (Devices & systems) and for the patient (Hygiene).

He highlighted that physical, chemical and biological testing is possible at SITRA. Developed products are Hernia mesh, Bifurcated Vascular Grafts, Barbed, Bi-directional surgical sutures (knotless sutures), Rotatorcuff repair devices for shoulder reconstruction. Wound dressingSpunlace wound dressing and PCL/Herbal drug loaded nanomembrane, surgical bandages and Nanofinished woven surgical gown.

3. Current status of nonwoven Product Standardization & Testing was presented by Dr. Anup Rakshit, ED, ITTA. He highlighted the definition and different types of bonding used for the formation of nonwovens. Standardization of nonwoven is spread across various technical committees based on their applications. At present, the following committees are mainly working on nonwovens: Geosynthetics Sectional Committee, TXD 30, Industrial Fabrics Sectional Committee, TXD 33, Technical Textiles for Medtech Applications Sectional Committee, TXD 36 and Textile Materials Made from Poly olefins Sectional Committee, TXD 23. He spoke about different test methods standards on PP Nonwovens crop covers, bandage rolls, etc., and also important standards under development on nonwovens.

Technical Session IV – “GEOTEXTILES & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES” 1. Growth potential of Nonwoven Geotextiles in India

by Dr. M. K. Talukdar, Kusumgar Corporates. He briefed some of the nonwovens in geotechnical applications i.e. retaining wall, drainage and filtration, drainage prefabricated composite, erosion control, asphalt overlay and landfill. He highlighted the expected global growth of geotextiles from US 5.75 bln 9(Rs 40 lakh cr) in 2017 &US 9.35 bln (Rs 61 lakh cr) in 2022 at a growth rate of 10.2%.

Nonwoven Production process wise is 385 Thousand MT.

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EVENT UPDATE There are also some of the other applications of geotextiles such as pavement overlaying and geotextiles in rail track foundation.

2. Opportunities in Nonwovens in India – Role of DKTE Centre of Excellence in Nonwovens by Mr. Aniket Bhute, DKTE (COE-NONWOVENS). He talked about the nonwoven machineries available at DKTE i.e. Needle punching line, Thermal bonding and testing facilities available at DKTE. The R&D activities of DKTE are nonwoven for drain-

age application, sludge de-watering filter bag, automotive fabric, geotextiles, filter fabric, geobags, Development of silver nano particle based nonwovens for various food processing industry (Especially for Milk filtration application) and Development of insulating layer for Defense application. And also highlighted the training courses available at DKTE.

DR. M.V. NIMKAR ENDOWMENT LECTURE Department of Fibres and Textile Processing Technology of Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, in association with Dr. M. V. Nimkar Foundation had organized Dr. M. V. Nimkar Endowment lecture on 19th June, 2018 in the evening at K. V. Auditorium, ICT. This foundation is currently run by the Mr. Ullhas Nimkar, the Chairman and Managing Director of NimkarTek Technical Services Pvt. Ltd. Along with these lectures, this foundation has supported and encouraged many students by various means.

This was the fourth endowment lecture that took place by the organizers. The first one was held on 16th March 2012 by Prof. M.L. Gulrajani on the topic “Enzymatic Functionalisation of Textiles for Production of Smart Textiles”.

The second lecture was delivered by Mr. Dileep MadhusudanWakankar on 8th August 2013 on the topic “Chemical Management”. In the third endowment lecture on 21st March 2014, Mr. ArvindShikharkhane talked about “Energy Conservation and Effluent Control in Textile Processing”.The theme of these fourth lecture was “Sustainable Chemistry: The Only Way Forward”. Followed by the lecture, there was an official book launch entitled “Textile Doctor: Comprehensive Solutions for Processing” written

by Mr C.N.Sivarama Krishnan, a renowned personality in textile processing field. The programme was concluded with a high tea session where all the eminent persona had a time to discuss over tea.

The programme started with a tea session at 3 p.m. in the afternoon. After this short and refreshing session, the inauguration of the endowment lecture took place. At the outset, the anthem of Institute of Chemical Technology, “Shree Rasayana DevikeVandana” was played. Then the respected dignitaries P admashreeDr. S. Sivaram, Padmashree Prof. G. D. Yadav, Prof. R. V. Adivarekar and Mr. M.V. Nimkar were called upon the stage. The dignitaries were welcomed with basil saplings. Then the introductory speech was delivered by the Head of the Department Prof. R. V. Adivarekar. On his speech, he welcomed the dignitaries, the audiences from various industries, research and educational institutes and the students. His speech also explained about the Dr. M. V. Nimkar Endowment lecture and he conveyed his sincere gratitude to the Chairman of the Foundation Mr. Ullhas Nimkar. After his

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speech, Padmashree Prof. G. D. Yadav, the Vice Chancellor of the Institute, welcomed and introduced the speaker Padmashree Dr. S. Sivaram to the audience. Mr. U. Nimkar, after the speech of Prof. G. D. Yadav, spoke about the Nimkar Foundation. He explained that how this foundation is assisting, encouraging and creating various opportunities to textile students for their total improvement since 2006. With this, the introductory session ended and Dr. S. Sivaram was invited to the dais to deliver his presentation on “Sustainable Chemistry: The Only Way Forward”. In his lecture, Dr. S. Sivaram elaborated the current scenario of chemical industries and how negligence has caused havoc problems to societies and environment.

The sustainability challenges in the chemistry and the associated industry is increasingly becoming complex and multi-dimensional encompassing not only the core chemical but also the manufacturing process, regulatory environment, demands of a circular economy which includes the entire supply chain from the raw materials (upstream) to the consumer (downstream), safety, emissions, water, energy and carbon budget as well as the intrinsic safety of the chemical to humans, wildlife and aquatic organisms. The existing cost structure of the chemical industry poses an immense barrier as it struggles to address these manifold challenges in a meaningful way. The increasing need for stakeholder communications has also given rise to much hype in an attempt to convince the citizens that everything is well and that minor issues, ifany, will be addressed quickly by the innovation agenda of the industry.

He explained that how malpractices and improper handling of dangerous chemicals, continuous utilization of pesticides, uncontrolled manufacturing and usage of plastics, etc. have imprinted some permanent detrimental effect on the environment. On his presentation, he also stated that how the pseudo-sustainability causing more problems for the future generations. He strongly recommended the need of a universal regulation body which can act better than currently existing local regulatory bodies. He also pointed out pathways that can lead to sustainable processes.

Padmashree Dr.S. Sivaram deliveredthe 3rdDr. M.V. Nim-

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EVENT UPDATE kar Endowment Lecturein K V Auditorium on Tuesday, June 19th , 2018 from 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. This was followed by a formal book launch entitled “Textile Doctor: Comprehensive Solutions for Processing” written by Mr C.N.Sivarama Krishnan. Programme was concluded with a high tea session.

• Dr Kamat – Pidilite Industries • Dr Siva Pariti, Dystar India • Dr Neha Khurana – Faculty member of VJTI • Staff members from CIRCOT, Matunga • Staff members from Nirmala Niketan

The topic of the lecture was“ Sustainable Chemistry: The Only Way Forward”. In his lecture, Dr. S. Sivaram elaborated the current scenario of chemical industries and how negligence has caused havoc problems to societies and environment. He also pointed out pathways that can lead to sustainable processes.

Mr. Ullhas Nimkar represented Dr. M.V. Nimkar Foundation. Mr. N. K. Parekh, Vice Chairman, Pidilite Industries graced the programme as Chief Guest for the book release session. Honourable Vice Chancellor of Institute of Chemical Technology Padmashree Prof. G. D. Yadav delivered a speech about the programme and introduced the speaker.

Professor R V Adivarekar , Head, presided over the lecture.

The programme was compeered by Ms. Geetal Mahajan and Mr.Dilip Raghawan and vote of thanks proposed by Dr R D Kale.Dr.Sandeep More, Dr. Kedar Kulkarni and Dr. Aranya Mallick assisted in coordinating this programme.

The lecture was attended by about 120 participants including faculty members and both under graduate and post graduate students of the various departments of the institute. Some of the members from other academic institutes and industries were also present.

Following is the indicative list of participants from the above category • Mr Ullhas Nimkar • Dr Vijay Habbu- Reliance Industries ltd.

• Dr Sandeep Deshmukh- Clariant Neelkanth Desai

WORLD OF COMPOSITES TO LAUNCH ALONGSIDE TECHTEXTIL INDIA World of Composites 2019 is all set to launch its specially curated segments for Fibres Reinforced Polymers to make composites mainstream in India. It will take place alongside Techtextil India 2019.

With an aim to tap the potential of composites industry and promote wider application of advanced composites, Techtextil India 2019 slated from 20 – 22 November, 2019 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai launches the World of Composites, a dedicated pavilion that aims to bring the stalwarts of the composite industry from India and across the world. Techtextil India is the leading international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens in India and for the region, offering solutions from the

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entire textile value chain for all industry applications.

Mr Raj Manek, Executive Director and Board Member, Messe Frankfurt Asia Holding Ltd, said “In response to the industry’s growing need for composite solutions and innovative engineering, we are pleased to announce the launch of World of Composites which will take place alongside Techtextil India 2019. While there is a great scope for the composites industry to cater to the global market, the most significant growth driver for the trade and technology of composites is the huge untapped potential of the domestic market which will gain momentum through this platform.”

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EVENT UPDATE Composites are an integral part of modern and advanced manufacturing sectors. From underwater marines to high-performance aircrafts, there is increased demand for lightweight, clean materials across market segments and composite materials have been identified as a key crosscutting technology for manufacturing. The major factors fuelling the growth of the composites market across the globe are the increasing use of composites in the wind energy, aerospace, automobile and defence applications. In India, the composite industry has a strong manufacturing base and with extensive scope of applications in automobile, defence, marine engineering and infrastructure sectors. India has made tremendous progress in wind power sector wherein composite consumption has exceeded in comparison with most developed countries.

The combination of World of Composites and Techtextil

India will open gates to a gamut of opportunities for exploring new business ventures with the most high-potential manufacturing sectors across the country to witness cutting edge technology and end to end solutions.

The Indian composites market is expected to touch USD 2 billion by 2021 with major industry growth drivers being government projects like smart cities development, sanitation and water infrastructure development projects, and renewable energy projects. Industry growth is predicted at a CAGR of 14 per cent. With this nature of demand, the World of Composites will be a top choice for product sourcing for industries like automobile and ancillary manufacturers, wind energy, aerospace and defence, construction, marine, electrical and electronics, etc. which constitute major end user applications of composites covering all the key segments.

HGH INDIA 2018 REFLECTS RISING INTEREST IN INTEGRATED HOME PRODUCT OFFERINGS The power packed Day 2 at HGH India 2018 continued to witness innovations and product launches by leading Indian and international brands and manufacturers. Home Textile, Home Decor, Houseware and Gifting categories continued to attract eyeballs. The Indian and International and suppliers at HGH India are today amongst global leaders and are associated with world’s top brands and retailers. Amongst them, in Home Textile companies like Welspun, Trident, Springfit and GM Fabrics;In Houseware, Corelle, Borosil, Berghoff and Noritake; in Home Decor Marshal, Exel and Sunrise were present at HGH India 2018, offering their world class quality and innovations to Indian consumers. In addition, HGH India presented pavilions with enriching group participation from renowned associations such as AIWA (All India Wallpaper Coverings Association), EPCH (Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts), EVSID (Turkish Houseware Manufacturers and Exporters Association), Golden Seal, HMCM (Handicraft Mega Cluster Mission) and HKTDC (Hong Kong Trade Development Council) among others.

Visitors were able to find latest and unique products from leaders in mattresses, table & kitchen linen, wall papers, blinds and window dressings, home décor accessories, fragrances & spa products, handicrafts, artefacts, gifts, cookware, tableware, kitchenware, kitchen appliances, storage among general houseware.

Home Textiles Home Textiles and furnishing fabrics continue to be the largest selling categories in India’s home products market. With a consumption growth of 15-20% CAGR, they are creating increasing opportunities for existing as well

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as new retailers. Hundreds of new home textile stores are coming up across India every year. Many specialty stores like Jagdish Stores, Bharat Furnishings, Skipper, Darpan, Pride in cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad who are fast becoming national chains with 5-20 stores, were seen at the show.

The top categories under home textile that saw traction were bed sheets, bed covers, decorative beddings, towels, bath linen & bath accessories, furnishing fabrics, curtains & blinds with their accessories, decorative made-ups, mattresses & pillows, rugs & carpets, bath mats, table & kitchen linen and coir & jute products - all housed at Hall 1 of the trade show.

Houseware This year the Houseware segment, which has been witnessing consistent growth at HGH, moved to a bigger Hall 3. With rising incomes, Indian consumer demand in all sub-categories of houseware has been growing annually between 20-25%. New specialty retailers were seen sourcing products ranging from kitchenware, tableware, cookware, kitchen appliances, home appliances to security, bath accessories, storage, maintenance, cleaning & hygiene and outdoor & garden products. An important trend noticed was integration of houseware with home décor and home textiles at retail level due to changing buying habits of consumers, leading to increased demand from home textiles and home décor retailers for houseware.

Hall 3 was populated with prominent brands like Versace (Italy), Corelle (USA), Clay Craft, Lock-n-Lock (Korea), Berghoff (Belgium), Borosil and Baltra among others.

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EVENT UPDATE Homedecor This year, there was a dedicated Home Decor segment set up in Hall 2. Home décor products like wallpapers, decorative synthetic & wooden flooring, wall décor, table tops, murals, artifacts, paintings, decorative clocks, photo frames, figurines, flowers, fragrances, decorative candles & candle stands, decorative mirrors & lights; handicrafts and a variety of decorative furniture and accessories were seen as priority items for home retailers to attract and retain customers. HGH India offers opportunity for its home décor exhibitors to create national brands in this category, where products are almost entirely sold as unbranded commodities. Visitors experienced a complete voyage of discovery for their stores in hall 2, with widest ever range of exquisite handicrafts, artifacts and modern machinemade decorative accessories.

Wallpaper In the Home Decor segment, wallpaper deserves a special mention with 20 brands and distributors showcasing the widest ever range of wallpapers imported from all over the world, in an exclusive Wallpaper Pavilion organized by All India Wallpaper Coverings Association (AIWA). India is one of the fastest growing global markets for wallpaper where the demand is growing by 100% per annum. Yet, the country doesn’t have any domestic producer of base wallpapers and the entire demand, in premium as well as basic category, is met through import. Some of AIWA’s members exhibiting through the Wallpapers Pavillion include Marshalls, Gratex, Excel Wall Interiors, H & H Wall Covering, Adornis, STC Wallpaper, Atco Interiors, Artisan Furnishing, Daga Wallpapers, Creative Wallpaper, W.S. India, Royal Wallpapers, InDesign, K2 Impex, S. C. Sheth & Sons, Sweet Home, Design Wrap and UDC.

for consistently providing us the opportunity to showcase our new concepts and merchandise to strengthen our rapport with visitors on all three days of the trade show.

So far, the response to our offerings has been great and we hope for the same tomorrow.”

Over 600 exhibitors from India and abroad showcased their innovative products from across categories which included designer, branded and mass produced goods.

This includes over 100 new and unique domestic and international exhibitors across the home products segment. The list includes TTK Prestige (cookware & kitchen appliances), Baltra (kitchen appliances), Stallion Barware (Barware), Decorex (Blinds), Divine (wallpapers & soft furnishings), Marcopolo (decorative flooring), Peps (mattresses) and Archies (Gifts) from India and TSV (cookware) from Italy, Uscan Plastik (household & kitchenware) from Turkey and many more companies participating in the Turkish, Chinese and Taiwanese Pavilions. However, the backbone of the trade show has been the returning exhibitors which include most prominent names in the industry.

Commenting on the action packed second day, Mr. Arun Roongta, Managing Director, HGH India, said, “We are happy to see the continued visitor attraction in the home products industry. The exclusive wallpaper pavilion with manufacturers and brands across the globe primarily from countries like china, Korea, Turkey, USA, UK, Italy saw great interest. India as one of the most important emerging markets for them and they are keen to expand their distribution and retail network here. HGH India is glad to help retailers to keep pace with the fast changing scenarios in wallpaper trade. The home textile and houseware segment also witnessed significant growth from the previous year and the response from exhibitors and trade visitors have been tremendous. ” One of the Exhibitors, Rajesh Mahajan, Chairman of Maspar, expressed his views saying, “We have been with HGH India since its first year, and are thus overjoyed to be part of the show again. We look forward to meeting retailers and consumers from different regions, cities and interior towns of the country. In my opinion, this is the perfect platform to achieve the same. I believe that this industry is still evolving and therefore, I am thankful to HGH India

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NEWS

BOMBAY DYEING LAUNCHES ELEGANT THEME DESIGNS AND CUSTOMISED BEDSHEETS Bombay Dyeing, the flagship company of the Wadia Group, launches THEME designs & customised bedsheets at HGH today.

Ethnicity is a magnificent use of luxurious colours, lanterns, ornamental jewels for the liberty of flatbed printing.

The rhythmic Strike a Stroke adores the textures created with the movement of a brush with a modern look. Bring home royalty with Reverie our smart geometric, classic European and sophisticated textures and patterns. Bombay Dyeing also launches the most awaited concept of “Customised bed sheets”, anticipating the GeNext digital era..

This new concept will transform the entire outlook of the Home Décor industry. Customers no longer will have to adjust to the available colours and designs. They will now have access to a larger array of colours that perfectly match their curtains and walls.

For Customised bedsheets, all they have to do is, “click” what they like and upload it on the Bombay Dyeing website …… Et Voilá! Your bedsheet is delivered to you at your doorstep within 30 days… for just Rs 1999/-.

Aloke Banerjee, CEO, Bombay Dyeing said, “Customer is the King. We have done a thorough research regarding customers choices & we are very happy to give what our customers are looking for“.

hence we decided to launch these THEMES here” adds Mr Banerjee.

More about the themes: Ethnicity: Ethnicity is a magnificent take on designs for the liberty of flatbed printing. Luxurious colors, lanterns, mandalas, architectural influences from all around the world. Ornamental jewel being our highlights.

Strike a Stroke: We as designers are so very art driven in all aspects of life. One such contribution to the work of art, we present to you, ‘Strike a Stroke’. We adore the texture that a pressure of hand can create with a brush. The rhythm; the movement; the splash, all depicted by just a stroke.

Reverie: Bring home royalty with our smart geometric, classic European and sophisticated texture and pattern.

We offer you Reverie, our wide basket of products.

“HGH provides a focused marketing platform for retailers, distributors and institutional buyers across India and

TANTU TEXTILE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TANTU announces Sixth annual seminar on “The Art of Shirt Making” to be held at India International Center, Max Muller Marg, New Delhi on 15th September 2018.

Men’s shirt probably remained the rare product to be least affected by fashion over last half a century. It is also one of the most standardised product worn in school as uniform as well as in board meetings as power dressings. Manufacturing process of shirt is a staple example in fashion colleges across India and considered as basic qualification for a men’s tailor. From ‘Rombus’, the first indigenously mass-produced quality men’s shirt brand in India by Stencil Apparel in NCR, Indian manufacturing came a long way dressing up Indian men with some of the finest shirts. Today, according to Technopak domestic shirt market is estimated at $ 5754 million and Men’s shirt is almost 94% of same.

Yet, Indian export of Men’s shirt is abysmal; most of the world renowned dress shirt brands do not source from India. A two decade old research indicated low productivity of shirt manufacturers, though quality of Indian branded Men’s shirts is not bad either. What is stopping

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Indian manufacturers to capture the lucrative global shirt market, estimated to be $ 50 billion in 2018. Is it quality, productivity, raw material or technology that is strapping Indian shirt manufacturers? In the first of it’s kind tale a tell panel discussion, experts will be discussing the manufacturing technology and process including pattern making, fit and construction technique. While the experts from leading manufacturing and sourcing organisations from South East Asia will grace the panel discussion, the raw material and technology suppliers will present their innovative and latest offerings to augment the value of Shirt.

TANTU is the alumni association (North India chapter) of two textile colleges of West Bengal. As a group of core professionals serving textile and allied industries, TANTU brings together experts and working professionals on a common platform to discuss, debate and deliberate on issues related to textile industry so that the industry accrue optimum benefit from the services of professionals and sustain in the competitive market.

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NEWS BIRLA CELLULOSE NOW PARTNERS WITH ANKUR TEXTILES, WOMEN’S WEAR DIVISION OF ARVIND LIMITED WITH A RANGE OF MULTI FIBER FABRICS FOR WOMENSWEAR Birla Cellulose, has collaborated with Ankur Textile, lifestyle division of Arvind limited to launch a wide range of LIVA Fabrics with 100% modal, 100% viscose & viscose blends as an alternate to traditional fabric for new age Indian women who deserves high position as well as comfort in her apparel needs.

through their wide range of distribution with an assurance of high quality fabrics which are nature based and fluid. This is just the beginning; we are looking forward to a long term collaboration with Ankur Textile.”

These fabrics will be available across retail points throughout the country in a range of colors, textures and prints.

This will enable not just the retail consumers but boutique owners, designers, small retailers to access LIVA’s fluid fabric to create their own fluid designers.

LIVA range of fabrics are introduced under Ankur Textile fabric brands- Zoya, Blossom & Glam & Glory. This range has been carefully crafted to meet the requirement of western & ethnic womenswear.

Speaking at the launch, Mr. Brijesh Bhati, CEO, Ankur Textiles, (A Division of Arvind Limited) said, “The launch of this collection marks our expansion into multi-fibre fabrics as a fashionable alternative to cotton. Our expertise in textile fabrics, combined with the use of technology, has enabled us to develop fabrics that offer both styles with comfort for consumers. Our in-house design team will continue to introduce more such trendy collections in future to delight our customers.”

Speaking on the collaboration, Mr. Manohar Samuel, President – Marketing, Birla Cellulose, expressed, “Collaborating with likeminded brands is part of our business strategy and we are happy to partner with Ankur Textiles.

This association allows us to reach millions of women

LENZING LEADS SUSTAINABILITY DIALOGUE IN THE NONWOVEN INDUSTRY WITH ITS NEW VEOCEL™ BRAND •

VEOCEL™ is Lenzing‘s new specialty brand for the nonwoven industry, which provides fibers that are certified clean and safe, biodegradable, from botanic origin, and produced in an environmentally responsible production process • VEOCEL™ fibers are used in various daily care applications under VEOCEL™ Beauty, VEOCEL™ Body, VEOCEL™ Intimate and VEOCEL™ Surface

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New VEOCEL™ Lyocell Fiber with “Quat” Release technology will be added to VEOCEL™ Surface brand to drive sustainability dialogue in the surface cleaning segment for complete news, please visit : www.textilevaluechain. com

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CITI WELCOMES HIKE IN MSP OF COTTON BUT REQUESTS DIRECT SUBSIDY SYSTEM Mr. Sanjay K. Jain, Chairman, CITI, welcomes 28% hike in Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Cotton announced by the Government of India. The Government has taken the decision to ensure farmers get at least 50% profit of their actual cost of production. According to Mr Sanjay Jain, “At one level, the move would certainly increase farmers’ income, leading to an increase in domestic consumption that would eventually support the overall Indian economy. However, we need to examine the event from different perspectives and understand that the lakhs of farmers gain should not impact the USD 120 billion industry which employs directly and indirectly more than 10 crore people”.

From 2009-10 to 2017-18, MSP increased by Rs.1320/ quintal and in 2018-19, it has been increased by Rs.1130/ quintal. The impact is huge and possibly unprecedented.

The Textile & Clothing being an integrated industry, the proposed hike in MSP based on 1.5 times the A2+FL costs would impact each segment along the supply chain raising the final price of the product. Further, this intervention would also make Indian cotton fibre relatively expensive with respect to international prices. As T&C exports are still reeling under the pressure to perform, absorbing a hike of 28% would be difficult for the entire textile Industry. Although, China has imposed an additional 25% import duty on American cotton and the rupee has also depreciated against the dollar, still cotton and yarn would face headwinds.

Mr Jain emphasised that the real impact depends on the movement of international prices of cotton. In case, prices stay above MSP, there will be no issue. However, if prices fall below it, the impact would be severe. The industry is fully integrated with the global market and India being a significant player, cannot work in isolation. Post 2008 recession, Indian MSP was higher than international prices which finally led to a huge loss to the industry and exports dipped significantly.

Mr. Jain pointed out that higher MSP would further compel huge cotton procurement by the state-run Cotton Corporation of India (CCI). In the past, for instance, the Centre raised cotton MSP (medium staple) by a record 39% in 2008-09, driving up CCI’s procurement to an alltime-high of 8.9 million bales. Industry hopes that a clear CCI Policy is spelt out, so that in case they need to make massive procurement, the industry gets regular offering from them throughout the season at international parity

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prices (system linking offered prices to ICE may be formulated).

He pointed out that while it is very important that farmers earn reasonable profit above their costs, it’s also important to ensure that the industry gets internationally competitive raw material. The Industry has been requesting for a direct subsidy scheme for farmers to be considered at least partly, so that, while 50% profit over the so-called A2+FL cost is assured to the farmers and the Industry also remains competitive by cotton fibre prices being determined by demand and supply. This would ensure that employment in the labour-intensive T&C industry isn’t affected and the growth targets of output, export and employment are met.

It is pertinent to mention here that a few years back, China had also increased their buying price from farmers significantly which made their domestic prices much higher than the international prices leading to Chinese Government accumulating almost 50% of the global cotton which it is still liquidating even after 5 years. This led to the cotton yarn industry becoming unviable and imports of cotton yarn zoomed from India, Vietnam and Pakistan. The Chinese Government realised that holding cotton by buying at higher price isn’t a solution and hence, a couple of years back, it shifted to a direct subsidy route which has made the Chinese cotton industry again competitive and also reduced the Government burden of stocking high priced cotton and then selling it at a loss.

We hope our Government, would devise some direct subsidy route so that interests of both farmers and the largest industrial employer are equally protected for a win-win situation. Textile industry has the huge potential to provide employment to the masses, especially rural women, if it increases its export competitiveness to effectively compete with Bangladesh and Vietnam (their garment exports are almost double than that of India).

China recently announced concessions on 8000 items under APTA, however, none of the Indian textile products got any relief – hence, the industry is not getting a level playing field in any of the major markets.

Thus, while hike in MSP is indeed a welcome move, yet textile industry requests the government to put in place a delivery mechanism so that industry that is already reeling under the pressure gets the raw material at reasonable prices.

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YARN EXPO AUTUM

YARN Expo Surat / India https://issuu.com/textilevaluechain/docs/ yarn_expo_2018_brochure

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Knit Show Tirupur/ India knitshow@gmail.com

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Australian Cotton Conference Queensland/ Australia www.australiancottonconference.com.au

Inter Dye & Textile Printing Istanbul/ Turkey www.interdyeprinting.com

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GARTEX INDIA 2018 Delhi/ India www.gartexindia.com

Global Cotton Conclave Goa/ India www.teflas.com

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Wan Chai,Hong Kong info@hongkong.messefrankfurt.com ITMA ASIA +CITME 2018 Shanghai, China http://www.itmaasia.com

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Gentex expo Colombo/ Sri Lanka www.gentexfair.com

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International Apparel & Textile Fair Dubai/UAE http://internationalapparelandtextilefair.com/

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Yarn Fabric Accessories (YFA) Ludhiana/ Punjab www.yfatradeshow.com

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Intex South Asia 2017 Colombo/ Sri Lanka www.intexfair.com/

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Big Fab 2018 Dhaka / Bangladesh https://www.redcarpet365.com

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VTG Ho Chi Minh City/ Vietnam www.vtgvietnam.com

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Cinte-Techtextil Shanghai/ China http://cinte-techtextil-china.hk.messefrankfurt.com/

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14th International Conferences on Apparel and Home Textiles New Delhi / India www.ogtc.in

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TTG EXPO Taipei / Taiwan www.ttgexpo.com.tw/en

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19th TexTech Bangladesh 2018 Dhaka / Bangladesh www.textechonline.org/textechbd

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Filtrex Asia Shanghai/ China http://2016.filtrationasia.com MTG YCC / Myanmar www.myanmar-expo.com/mtg

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Heimtextil Russia 2018 Moscow / Russia heimtextil-russia.ru.messefrankfurt.com

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SOURCE INDIA 2018 SURAT/INDIA sourceindia.srtepc.in

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SITEX Surat/ India www.sitex.sgcci.in

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TEMTECH 2018 Bhilwara / Rajasthan www.temtechindia.com

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DTG Dhaka / Bangladesh www.bangla-expo.com/dtg/

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Yarnex Tirupur India http://yarnex.in

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GTTES Mumbai/India www.gttes.india-itme.com

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14th International Conference on Nonwovens Cannes, France http://www.technical-textiles.online

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INTERVIEW BUTTONED FOR EXCELLENCE INTRO: Today, if a person wishes to get his shirt custom tailored or fitted, the first option that typically comes to his mind is the friendly neighbourhood tailor or darzi. However, there are obvious shortcomings to this kind of basic service like being unor-

MR. NIKESH LODHA, DIRECTOR OF HUBERT OZZ ganised with standard set of choices, old-school customization options and sometimes, faulty tailoring that may spoil the material. If the material is expensive, one would opt for a more expensive local designer or a bespoke couturière. However, while one lacks quality and choice, the other is often expensive and choices are led by the designer’s inputs. Thus the advent of Hubert Ozz, a brand which has recently been launched to address this need for precise, custom tailoring without any hassle. Having personally experienced the problems of accessing affordable, experienced and stylish custom menswear, the makers of Hubert Ozz have mixed modern technology with contemporary cuts and styles, high quality Giza cotton and Linen fabrics, and over 600 design options to create the perfect custom-fit shirt. The fabrics are manufactured in India from imported Egyptian yarns at the inhouse, state-of-the art facility in Maharashtra to ensure high quality control. Today, after opening over eight outlets in India and with 20 more in the foray, Hubert Ozz is quickly becoming the preferred destination for custom fitting for men’s shirts. We spoke to Varun Sharma, Marketing Manager, Hubert Ozz to tell us more about this unique enterprise...

Tell us a little about your history.

We started this company about mid to late last year with the thought that clothes should be made and designed around our unique body types and not the other way around like one is typically used to in the current scenario. In the world of readymade shirts, there are standard

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sizes and fits, and we need to ‘fit in’ to what best suits us. When it comes to custom clothing, there are other inconveniences. With all the new things one is getting to experience in this technology led age, we thought that there was a great opportunity to converge these two thoughts into one and that’s the idea behind launching Hubert Ozz. Also, the founders of Hubert Ozz came with decades of industry experience in textile and retail that helped in designing our product even better. Our highend manufacturing facility in Maharashtra ensured that quality control, and the variability of modern design was in our hand so that helps too. We import Egyptian Giza Cotton and Linen yarns and manufacture them into topquality material in our facility to ensure that we keep our promise of reliability and excellence while making it affordable and convenient for consumers.

What do you specialise in? How do you define the brand with respect to the competition?

As of now, we have only launched customisations with regards to men’s shirts however, looking at the demand and overwhelming response we have received so far, we will soon be widening our offerings to men’s kurtas, festive wear and later, trousers and accessories. Currently, we offer almost 90 customization options for shirts, wherein one can select a fabric from over 600 options, in varied quality in cotton and Linen and create a custom fit shirt from choosing cuffs, collars, button, elbow patches, epaulettes, fits in the stitch and design one would prefer.

All this is available at our ‘tech-stylist’ – a user-friendly kiosk wherein one can simply choose and click on the options best suited to our liking. Our¬ attendants present in all our stores aid and suggest the best options as per customer preference.

With respect to competition, there are several brands which do customizations today but however, we feel that they are restrictive as they only cater to a certain segment of the target group, do not provide such an exhaustive list of customization as we are providing and customer service facilities wherein we alter any defects free of charge. We, like any new brand, are young and are evolving and every quarter promise to introduce new designs, new styles and newer customizations to always meet with current trends.

Elaborate on the range that is available with you all today. Tell use a little about the ‘exceptional’ factor of your collection Like I mentioned above, we provide only 100 per cent Egyptian Giza cotton, 100 per cent linen, a blend of cotton linen and plain cotton as fabric options in our range.

Price range starts from ₹1499 and goes up to ₹7699 in-

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But the best part is unlike our competitor’s there is no additional charge for any number of customisation selected by the customer for his shirt. Also, we have a seven-day dispatch promise wherein we promise to dispatch the ordered shirt within seven working days, and provide free alterations for the first time inclusive of reverse logistics charges in India.

What sets us apart is the way we relate to fabrics. We import yarn from Giza and spin those yarns in our factory in Maharashtra in our own manufacturing unit to make our own fabric, so the quality is under control. And the customer can be sure that what they are paying for is top notch.

How do you define the manufacturing process and how are the fabrics weaved to excellence?

Once we receive the order, the tailored shirt is dispatched within seven working days from our facility in Mumbai.

We always stay well-equipped with our fabrics and customization options, so that as soon as an order is placed we can start making it for our customers without any delay. One advantage that the customer gets with us is that they can create a profile the first time they visit us and there is no need to give measurements each time one is placing an order. Once their order is locked, we keep all choices listed within the customer’s profile. So the next time they visit, they do not have to begin working with the customization from the scratch. This helps create a personal scrap book for each customer we have.

How with your support have the business expanded over the years (you can talk about increasing the number of showrooms, staff, and product portfolio) What we are doing right now is giving out franchisees, pan India and looking at opening more stores aggressively.

We already have set foot beyond India and are opening two franchisees in the US - one in New York, and one in Chicago. And pan India, we are looking at every possible

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region as we feel that most of India has the disposable income and affordability to buy such shirts. We are currently present in Andhra Pradesh, Telengana where we have six stores with seven more on the way. We have opened two new stores in Mumbai and one in Coimbatore. Our other stores are in the pipeline and will be opening soon in Ahmedabad and Rajkot in Gujarat. Apart from that, we have got several enquiries from Rajasthan and Punjab.

Right now, we are 18-20 stores strong. We have received an overwhelming response from both the consumers and the franchisees alike so we know that we are well accepted amongst our target base.

What are the franchise costs?

We have three formats/ modules that we offer to franchisees – a ‘Shop-in-Shop’ model wherein the minimum floor space requirement is a 100 sq ft carpet area. The second format is an ‘Express Store’ with a minimum requirement of 150 sq ft carpet area, which is a dedicated store. And the third option is a ‘Studio’ where we are looking at a 250 sq ft and above carpet area.

What are your future plans for both the business?

Our current focus is stabilizing our online and offline offerings based on the response we have had and the feedback from customers to make our platform even better. We are concentrating on marketing our brand to both franchisees and customers alike so that they get used to our format. Also, like I mentioned, we are getting aggressive with our penetration plans in India and internationally. What sets us apart from the rest is our way of doing business and how we believe in turning a regular customer’s imagination about his shirt into reality.

Shirts to you mean……..

A formidable weapon that instils a sense of confidence in a person. Our endeavour is when you wear a shirt, you should get the right look that you really want and not adhere to set standards. And it should be comfortable of course.

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