Textiles Intelligence - UK and Fibre2fashion - India are proud to announce a strategic alliance between their organisations

Robin Anson, Managing Director of Textiles Intelligence in the UK, and Dr PR Roy, Director of Fibre2Fashion in India, are proud to announce a strategic alliance between their organisations. The aim of the alliance is to provide the South Asian textile and apparel industry with research-based information to support their strategic planning. The alliance will take effect from April 2011.

Mr Anson and Dr Roy share the view that, with the current shift of the textile and clothing industry to Asia, it was logical for both organisations to join together in order to provide the necessary insight and strategy advice to assist the needs of emerging markets in South Asia. Dr Roy is excited to have Textiles Intelligence, a global knowledge leader in the field, as a partner of Fibre2Fashion.

Companies in South Asia will be able to gain access to research-based knowledge and information through two new printed publications, namely Textile and Apparel Outlook South Asia and Technical Textiles and Performance Apparel South Asia.

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Members of UCMTF to attend Techtextil 2011

The French machinery manufacturers group, which considers itself as part of the technical textiles industry, will welcome technical textiles and nonwovens producers at TECHTEXTIL 2011 (Frankfurt, May 24-26)

“We understand the unique needs of the technical textiles producers and the importance of providing them tailored solutions to address their specific requirements. Our main objectives are to help them design new marketable products and produce them in a safe and cost efficient way. That’s why we encourage our members to attend TECHTEXTIl next May in Frankfurt” states Evelyne Cholet, Secretary General of the French Association of Textile Machinery Manufacturers (UCMTF).

French textile machinery manufacturers are often world leaders on their specialties. Their strategy is to offer tailor made solutions to solve customers’ needs and be their long term
partners. This strategy is particularly fitted to the nonwovens and technical textiles sectors in which the machinery manufacturers are really integrated. This is how new markets for the technical textiles can be opened.

Thanks to this strategy, France is the 6th machinery exporter, particularly strong in weaving preparation, nonwovens machinery, spinning machinery, and finishing machinery. The total turnover is slightly over 1 billion Euros (1.3 billion US$), nearly all of it being exported all over the world.

These markets are complex and limited in size. They do not attract the new and large machinery manufacturers from such countries as China.

Not to work on technology innovations behind the closed doors of the machinery manufacturers’ laboratories but very closely with the customers to understand their needs and offer them solutions is particularly important for the technical textile applications which require real partnerships to design the specific technologies to produce new marketable end products.

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Gujarat the Investment Hub for Technical Textiles

The Gujarat textile sector attracted investments amounting to around Rs 252 billion at the recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat Summit - 2011. In all 139 MoUs were inked at the 2011 summit out of which 34 MOU's are from the emerging Technical Textiles sector. The total investment in Textiles sector is expected to create employment opportunities for around 140,448 people.

The major portions of the investments were made in the Spinning sector, followed by Technical Textiles and rest was accounted for by textile parks, fabric processing and apparel sector. The total investment in technical textiles sector totaling to Rs 45.50 billion (USD 1 billion), which in turn will generate employment for around 12,340 people.

Among the major overseas investors is Finland-based Ahlstrom Fiber composites, a leader in medical textiles and which already has an operational Nonwovens plant in Mundra and is now planning to invest another Rs 400 million. Another Austrian investor is TenCate Geosynthetics Austria Gmbh, which is investing Rs 1 billion and will generate employment for around 100 people.

From amongst the domestic textile investors are Welspun India which is investing Rs 7 billion, Chiripal Poly Films Ltd is investing Rs 10 billion to produce BOPP and BOPET and similar expansion in both (film/yarn for application in technical textile) and Alok Industries is investing Rs 6 billion in expansion of existing capacities and processing for technical textiles.

Others include Narmada Thermal Power Ltd in a Polyester Film (BOPET) plant at a cost of Rs 4 billion; Sumilon Polyester Ltd is investing Rs 2.5 billion in a Pet Film and Metalised Polyester Film unit and GIT Textiles Manufacturing Limited is setting up a technical textiles weaving unit by investing Rs 1 billion.

Shubh Polyfilms Pvt Ltd is investing Rs 2.09 billion to produce BOPET Films, Modern Denim Ltd is investing Rs 1.98 billion to produce protective and sportswear fabrics and a technical textiles park is being setup by Hi Tech Technical Textile Park India at a cost of Rs 1 billion.



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Suppliers Connect with your buyers on Technical Textile B2B Marketplace

Today’s dawn brings forth an exciting, spanking new, innovative and full of freshness B2B portal for the globally vibrant technical textiles sector. Fibre2fashion the worlds largest B2B textile, apparel and fashion website has unveiled www.technicaltextile.net which will introduce and provide an entire gamut of services to the initiated as well as the uninitiated into the fascinating world of technical textiles.

Technicaltextile.net would provide knowledge based information on a global perspective of an emerging sector, which is expected to dominate future trends and technologies in textiles. It will also deliver value-added global business services and in the process facilitate sourcing and marketing requirements.

A 24x7 platform, technicaltextile.net carries key information for suppliers, buyers, consultants, institutes and associations through news, articles, white papers, trade fairs & conferences happening around world. The portal would strive to disseminate quality and authentic information for the sustainable development of the technical textiles sector by providing information about key policy changes affecting domestic as well as international business.

Among the key services provided by the portal to the global technical textiles sector are -

• Sourcing help desk.

• A complete knowledge bank for the entire supply chain in technical textiles.

• Assistance in inking strategic alliances with companies.

• Connecting with Ministry of Textiles in India. .

• Branding & promotion solutions through online as well as print media in the target markets.

• In-house creation of product specific project reports.

• Online trade fairs.

• Strategic alliance with Textiles Intelligence to deliver key market reports for the industry.

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