Monofilament Extrusion Lines By Starlinger GmBH

Starlinger has built its position as world market leader in tape and textile yarn extrusion. To further develop this headship company has launched two new monofilament extrusion lines. The starEX 1500DM - doublehead mono - and the starEX 1500DEM, with two parallel extruders for simultaneous production in two different colours, complement the extrusion technology successfully introduced several years ago with Starlinger's starEX G, M, and TM series. The monofilament fibre market is a growing sector both in quantity and in scope. Trends in modern stadium construction and the demand for sports surfaces that perform regardless of season and weather...

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Electrospinning Past Present And Future

Courtesy: NovaComp Inc. 2006 In recent years, the term "nanotechnology" has spread across the globe like wildfire. Millions of dollars in research grants and investments are being devoted to making products less than 100 nanometers in size. Unlike many other aspects of the traditional textile industry in the United States which is said to be on death's door, "nanotechnologies" are generating quite a bit of interest. Within the past decade, it has been "rediscovered" that you can produce extremely small fibers (nano-fibers) using a process called electrospinning. Electrospinning is not by any means a new discovery. Its roots go back to the...

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SEL Manufacturing To Invest Rs 500 Crore In Integrated Textile Park

The park would be set up in 100 acres of land and would generate employment for about 10,000 people Apparel firm SEL Manufacturing said that they will invest about Rs500 crore for setting up a textile park in Himachal Pradesh. The park would be set up in 100 acres of land and would generate employment for about 10,000 people, SEL Manufacturing said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Further, the company has sought approval under the Union Textile Ministry’s Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP), which aims at providing the industry with infrastructure facilities for setting up units. As per the SITP scheme, the Ministry of Textiles would implement the project through special purpose vehicles (SPV), which would provide manufacturing process for the technical textile products,...

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Capability Of Indian Textile Machinery Accessories And Components Industry

The Indian textile engineering industry, which is more than five decades old, is ranked first among the capital goods sector of the engineering industry. The textile engineering industry has expanded rapidly and its annual installed capacity is Rs.38, 000 million per annum, employing more than 50,000 workers. Though the utilisation of capacity has increased to 72% as compared to 55% in the preceding year, there is ample scope for increasing the capacity utilisation. The entire range of textile machinery including the latest generation machines are produced by the industry. Many units manufacturing textile machinery are under technical collaborations and some are both under technical and financial collaborations facilitating transfer of updated and new technology to the Indian entrepreneurs....

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Textile-Machine Exports Stagnate

The exports of the textile machinery are estimated to be remain steady at Rs 485 crore in fiscal 2007-08 as against Rs 489 crore in fiscal 2006-07 as the demand for textile machinery has come down, according to the Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (TMMA). Exports remained stagnant over the last 3 years due to high domestic demand and tough competition in the export market. “The textile machinery industry did not do well in 2007-08. The slowdown in the textile industry during 2007-08 affected the growth of the textile engineering industry (TEI) considerably, as it has come down from 26% to only 7%. There is likely to be negative growth during 2008-09,” Sridhar Varadaraj, chairman, TMMA said. The production of textile machinery, parts and accessories, has increased from Rs 2,799...

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Pakistan - Textile Machinery Imports Down By 42 Percent

Importers said that imports of textile machinery declined by 42 percent during the first month of FY09, due to persistent crisis in textile sector and high cost of doing business in the country. Also said that industrialists are reluctant to import machinery under the current circumstances and have adopted wait and see policy after the negligent attitude of the government for last one year."Despite several assurances given by federal ministers and the government, there is no relief in sight for the ailing textile industry, importers said. Industrialists are not expanding their operations and units due to uncertain situation and are waiting for a long-term textile policy, they said.They said that textile industry is in crisis for last two years and the main problem is high cost of doing business....

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