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January 01, 2015
Volume 2, Issue 1
GRW Newsletter “HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015 FROM GRW”
SKYPE:
If you communicate
With a GRW client
on SKYPE then
please add
grwglobal to the
conversation
whether GRW is
open or not or
copy the whole
skype
conversation and
email to GRW
THANK YOU
or your point of
interest here.
“If you fail to
plan, you are
planning to fail!”
― Benjamin
Franklin
Give us a call at: 01-619-399-7714 USA
Dear Sir, This is to acknowledge the receipt of the December News Letter. I found it very educational and really broadening my horizon. It also has the prospect of offering business opportunities for agencies. I Will endeavour to take advantage of the openings. Regards GRW agency Ghana
Dear Sir, I confirmed that I have received and read the December 2014 GRW
AGENCY COMMENTS:
WARNING TO FIVE GRW AGENCIES:
By way of this article we
are giving warning to five
un-named GRW agencies
that termination of your
GRW agency is about to
happen. Please take this
seriously if you wish to
continue as the GRW
agency. Reason: You ---
1. Do not log in a
minimum of once
a week as per
agency contract
rules
2. Do not send in
monthly reports
by the fifth of
every month and
Newsletter. Thanks for having this newsletter that it will help to GRW agencies especially for me as a beginner regarding this work. MORE POWER. Philippines GRW agency
Dear Mr. Ray Porter,
Thank you as always for
your continuous support and inspiration. Your monthly
newsletters are always filled
with new information,
reminders, advises,
encouragements and most importantly motivational
highlights. I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to
read your monthly
newsletter as it picks me up with a heavy dose of energy
with renewal and robust
inspiration in the continuous efforts to promote GRW
Maryland, USA. Thank you again for your
time, effort and selflessness
in sharing such valuable support with your monthly
newspaper. May the Allah bless you and
your family
GRW AGENCY MARYLAND
Thank you as always for your continuous support
and inspiration. Your
monthly newsletters are always filled with new
information, reminders,
advises, encouragements and most importantly
motivational highlights. I
sincerely appreciate the
opportunity to read your monthly newsletter as it
picks me up with a heavy
dose of energy with renewal and robust
inspiration in the
continuous efforts to promote GRW Maryland,
USA.
Thank you again for your
time, effort and
selflessness in sharing
such valuable support with your monthly
newspaper.
May the Allah bless you and your family with
good health, peace and
prosperity GRW AGENCY MARYLAND USA
our Agency Affairs
Manager
repeatedly is
forced to email
you asking where
is your monthly
report.
3. Do not answer
emails that we
send you
4. Show us no
evidence of your
setting up a
marketing plan for
your country.
5. Rarely if at all ask
us for product
quotes from
www.grwglobal.co
m for your
country.
6. Rarely if at all
bring any direct
producer product
for our promotion
to our clients
Please be forewarned that
you are on the verge of
being terminated as a GRW
agency and a new one
assigned for your country.
Thank you to all the other
GRW agencies that do
follow all the GRW
agency contract rules.
people interested in
purchasing a product or in
requesting your service.
JANUARY GRW NEWSLETER 2015 Page 2 of 28
Every GRW agency in
keeping with the continuity of
the GRW name should always
put “GRW Agency (Country
Name)” after your name on
emails to GRW clients
Please read the suggested
methods to market the 4N
Houses, at end of this article.
SAY GOODBYE TO
BRICK AND CONCRETE
4NATURE HOUSES ARE EASY – FAST – SAFE – ECONOMICAL MODULAR DESIGN – A HOUSE CAN BE ERECTED WITHOUT HEAVY MACHINERY. There is extremely short
building time. You can
4N HOUSING FEATURE:
& ecologically friendly buildings at very affordable prices, for both rural and urban developing areas. The construction time using 4N technology is reduced by over 10 times compared to conventional building methods like brick and concrete.
4N HOUSING ARTICLE CONTINUED FROM ABOVE.
--customized to suit your needs. 4N has complete solutions for institutions with our products being modular, innovative and sustainable. It can be an individual
4N HOUSING ARTICLE CONTINUED FROM ABOVE
move in matter of days.
4N is Resistant to natural
disasters, earthquakes,
storms, fire, flood, insects
and termites.
They are very affordable.
You save significantly on your building costs. 4Nature has indigenously
innovated modular building concepts based on sandwiched technology, elements made of solid wood, high density Mg0 building boards, insulation wool & other components. The elements allow construction of safe, durable (continue below)
and ecologically friendly buildings at very affordable prices, for both rural and urban developing areas. The construction time using 4N technology is reduced by over 10 times compared to conventional building methods like brick & concrete.
4Nature has indigenously innovated modular building concepts based on sandwiched technology elements made of solid wood, high density MgO building boards, insulation wool,
The 4Nature has ready made offerings of building material & solutions for real estate developers, individual buyers of homes , healthcare industry , hotels & the resorts industry. 4Nature specializes in building solutions for hurricane , earthquakes, & other
disaster hit areas. 4N structures are certified to withstand earthquake tremors up to 8.9 on the Richter scale & wind speeds up to 160 km per hour. SOLUTIONS: Modular element structures (continue below)
Modular element structures
. 4Nature has readymade offerings of building material & solutions for Real estate developers, individual buyers
planning to build a home or institutions like mining companies, hospitals, schools, offices, scouting around for structures to manage their requirements.
Also for when hotels & tourism companies,investors & real estate developers need real-time solutions.
Continue on page 7
real-time solutions
4Nature offers technical expertise based on
t
JANUARY GRW NEWSLETTER 2015 Page 3 of 28
This is the first newsletter
for 2015 from GRW. I am
going to talk in firm
language as it is
imperative that we filter out
the GRW agencies that do
not follow the most simple
GRW rules and protocols.
But first I want to state we
are so blessed to have so
many sincere and
dedicated and loyal and
honest GRW agencies
across the world. I
personally, and all GRW
management are so
appreciative and proud to
have you in our Union of
GRW Agencies
Worldwide. In the
J.L. BRADLEY / C.E.O.
to the Agency Quotation
Form. Please request it
from GRW. I want to
remind everyone that the
Producer Section of the
form should be filled out
properly and your name
should not be put in that
section as it is for the
producer that you are
getting the product from
for resale to GRW clients.
The producer information
is kept in your file and not
given to others.
You will find special
articles on COTTON
TWILL & 4N HOUSING in
J.L. Bradley Article continued from above
SPECIAL PRODUCT:
GREECE: HONEY with
edible gold leaf 24 ct.in it.
Email: [email protected] or [email protected] for more information
last few weeks we have
terminated several GRW
agencies and assigned
new ones in those
countries. We gave those
terminated agencies every
opportunity to correct their
violation of the GRW
agency contract rules.
They could not follow
simply rules of sending in
their monthly report by the
fifth of every month and by
logging in to the private
agency site
www.grwagency.com a
minimum of once a week.
How hard is it to do that?
Well, those agencies
terminated could or would
not do it and now we have
new agencies in those
countries.
Cement is needed for
construction across the
world. Rice is one of the
top edible products in the
world. GRW wants to see
more requests from it’s
GRW agencies for these
products. You are missing
an opportunity for making
sales by not developing a
marketing plan and
finding buyers for these
products. You can find
“info” on the GRW public
website . Agency
Quotation Form:: We
have some slight
revision— continue below
SIGNING YOUR NAME
AS GRW AGENCY …. ON
YOUR EMAILS DEALING
WITH GRW BUSINESS
GRW IN AND OUT
PROGRAM
If someone does not reply
to emails, or send in
monthly reports or log in
then no monthly
newsletters will go to
them.
The purpose of a
newsletter is to provide
specialized information to
a targeted audience.
Newsletters can be a great
way to market your
product or service, and
also can create credibility
and build your
organization’s identity
among peers, members,
employees, or
vendoSHOrs.
First, determine the
audience of the newsletter.
This could be anyone who
this January 2015
newsletter. It is our desire
that you investigate the
prospects of buyers in
your country for these
products. You want to
make money then this is
one way to do it, by
following thru on these
products for your buyers
in your country.
Language Converter:
You are already aware
that we have a language
coverter to convert all of
our web sites to just about
any language in the world.
You click the language on
the home page and it
changes the whole web
site to your language. You
can use this to have your
clients review the web site
in their own language. It
could very well help you
make sales in your
country.
We cannot over
emphasize your following
the GRW In and Out
program
A VERY HAPPY NEW
YEAR 2015 TO YOU.
You can also research
articles or find “filler”
articles by accessing the
World Wide Web. You can
write about a variety of
topics, but try to keep your
k or graphic.
JANUARY GRW NEWSLETER 2015 Page 4 of 28
Cotton Twill Article by Tanveer Ansari
“Do not let your fire go out,
spark by irreplaceable spark,
in the hopeless swamps of the
not-quite, the not-yet, and the
not-at-all.
Do not let the hero in your soul
perish in lonely frustration, for
the life you deserved and have never
been able to reach. The world you desire
can be won. It exists. It is real.
It is possible. It is YOURS”
--Ayn Rand
FACTS – PAKISTAN COTTON TEXTILES
On August 14, 1947 when
Pakistan got its
independence
from the British
Rulers and from
the Indian
Cotton Twill Feature
In international market, over
90% cotton of
coarse count is
consumed, while
fine counts (80
counts and
above) is used
for particular
been the only industry that has
generated huge
employment for
both skilled and
unskilled labor.
The textile industry
continues to be
the second
largest
employment
Cotton Twill continued from above
Cotton Twill continued from above
.”
The GRW newsletters are for
GRW agencies only and not
for providing to your
clients.You can copy certain
data out of it if you wish and
provide to your clients.
Rulers, Pakistan
got agricultural
fields, soil of the
fields was
appropriate for
the cotton crop
from which over
90% coarse
count cotton
(from 5 to 30
counts) could be
produced,
whereas Indian
soil was
appropriate to
produce fine
count cotton
(100 counts and
above).
Continue Below
In international
market, over
90% cotton of
coarse count is
consumed, while fine counts (80
counts and
above) is used
for particular
cotton textiles,
and the
consumption of
which is less
than 10% of the
world’s
requirements.
The Textile
industry is the
largest
manufacturing
industy
manufacturing
industry in
Pakistan. It has
traditionally,
after
agriculture,been
the only industry
that has
generated huge
employment for
both skilled and
unskilled labor.
The textile industry
continues to be
the second
cotton textiles,
and the
consumption of
which is less
than 10% of the
world’s
requirements.
The Textile industry is the
largest
manufacturing
industy
manufacturing
industry in
Pakistan. It has
traditionally,
after agriculture,
Continue Below
been the only industry that has
generated huge
employment for
both skilled and
unskilled labor.
generating
sector.
Pakistan is the 8th largest
exporter of
textile products
in Asia.
This sector contributes 8.5%
to the GDP.
The Textile
sector provides
employment to
about 15 million
people or
roughly 30% of
the 49 million
workforce of the
country.
Pakistan is the 4th largest
producer of
cotton in the
world.
Continue on Page 12
Pakistan is the third largest
spinning
capacity in Asia
after China and
India and
JANUARY GRW NEWSLETTER 2015 Page 5 of 28
I WANT TO SAY HAPPY
NEW YEAR 2015 TO ALL
OF OUR GRW
AGENCIES.
I know it was stated in the
December 2014
newsletter that certain
things would be in this
January 2015 newsletter.
GREECE ARTICLE:
Unfortunately we could
not do the Greece article
this month and it is our
plan for it to be in the
February 2015 issue.
KIRIBATI SOLAR
GENERATOR
This will be in the
February 2015 issue.
RAY PORTER/ PRESIDENT
I know all GRW agencies
studied the product section
of the December 2014
newsletter to see which
items you could promote in
your country.
There were three GRW
agencies that did not
confirm to me as I asked
for all to do, that they
received and read the
December 2014
newsletter. Those
agencies have their files
on our Agency Committee
Manager’s desk for review.
I have a strong feeling we
will be seeing several
more new GRW agencies
Ray Porter continued from above:
“Cherish your vision and your dream as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements” .----Napoleon Hill, American author
PLEASE READ THE BELOW ATTENTIVELY & CLOSELY
JESSE CHAVEZ
ARTICLE
This too will be in
February 2015 newsletter.
In this January 2015
newsletter you have two
product articles.
One is on the 4N Housing
and the other one is on
Cotton Twill from
Pakistan.
We send these articles to
you with the goal of your
going out and developing
a marketing plan and
promoting them thru out
the whole country to
various potential buyers.
If you read the articles and
you do not promote them,
then obviously you will not
receive any orders for
them.
We know you will take an
active approach and study
the information on them,
develop a marketing plan
and contact the potential
clients for the products.
I notice a lot of new GRW
agencies coming on
board. Our CEO was
serious about clearing out
the GRW agencies that
did not follow GRW
contract protocols and
assigning new motivated
GRW agencies in those
countries.. (continue
below)
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c
newsletter is to provide
specialized information to
a targeted audience.
Newsletters can be a
great way to market your
product or service, and
also can create credibility
and build your
organization’s identity
among peers, members,
employees, or vendors.
First, determine the
audience of the
newsletter. This could be
anyone who might benefit
from the information it
contains, for example,
employees or people
interested in purchasing a
product or in requesting
your service.
You can compile a mailing
list from business reply
cards, customer
information sheets,
business cards collected
soon in those countries.
We use to get so many
that wanted us to convert
things on our websites
into Spanish, or Arabic, or
French or some other
language so they could
give it to their clients. Now
you can get it yourself off
our websites in just about
any language. Or you
could give the website
address to your clients to
read it themselves. You
should have no fear of
giving your clients our
web sites as you have the
exclusive contract of GRW
agency for your country
subject to the protocols of
the GRW agency contract.
MENTORING PROGRAM:
I am thankful that so many
of you finished the four
step Mentoring program
with me and gave me
weekly updates. There are
a few who did not finish
the program and they
(continue to page 6)
contents of the story and
Ray Porter / President .
PAGE 6
GRW KNOWS THAT EACH OF YOU WILL READ THE DATA ON THE 4N HOUSING AND THE COTTON TWILL. WE KNOW YOU WILL GIVE REAL CAREFUL THOUGHT TO HOW THESE CAN BE MARKETED IN YOUR COUNTRY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WITH THESE PRODUCTS, THEN WE KNOW YOU WILL GO BACK TO THE MARKETING PLAN ARTICLE MR ANSARI WROTE IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS GRW NEWSLETTERS, AND THAT YOU WILL DO THE RESEARCH NECESSARY TO FIND BUYERS FOR THESE PRODUCTS IN YOUR COUNTRY. YOU HAVE TO PLAN YOUR WORK AND WORK YOUR PLAN. THESE NEWSLETTERS ARE HERE TO HELP YOU WITH PRODUCTS TO PROMOTE IN YOUR COUNTRY AND WITH IDEAS TO UTILIZE TO MAKE SALES, AND GIVE YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.
If you are in the process of
closing a sale of a product
or service of GRW then it
is very important you read
all the data on the private
GRW agency web site to
know the GRW Way on
closing procedures to
follow. Things like the
RAY PORTER /
CONTIUED
are no longer with us, and
the ones that did not
complete the Mentoring
Program that are still with
us are under watchful eye.
GRW IN AND OUT
PROGRAM:
We say it so often, but
What is the GRW Way? Ray Porter Article continued from above
Ray Porter Continued:
the Contact Us button on
the private site. Please
remember to put your
country name on the
Contact Us button, your
Changes to Contact Us on private agency site www.grwagency.com
PHONE:
(619) 399-7714 USA
E-MAIL: From Africa:
[email protected] Everywhere Else:
[email protected] President:
[email protected] Monthly Reports:
Public :
www.grwglobal.com
Private:
www.grwagency.com
that he was making sure
that only the GRW
agencies that were
honest, loyal, dedicated,
motivated and that
followed all GRW agency
rules and protocols will
remain in our Union of
GRW Agencies
Worldwide.
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In a few words, it should
accurately represent the
contents of the story and
draw readers into the
story. Develop the
headline before you write
the story. This way, the
headline will help you
keep the story focused.
Examples of possible
headlines include Product
Wins Industry Award, New
Product Can Save You
Time, Membership Drive
Exceeds Goals, and New
Office Opens Near You.
One benefit of using your
newsletter as a
promotional tool is that
you can reuse content
from other marketing
materials, such as press
releases and market
studies.
While your main goal of
distributing a newsletter
might be to sell your
product or service, the key
to a successful newsletter
is making it useful to your
readers.
again there are some
agencies that concentrate
on only what they can sell
out of their country and do
nothing on promoting
GRW product from
www.grwglobal.com into
their country. These
GRW agencies will not be
with us for long as our
CEO made a promise to
his father, (our founder)
GRW name to be on the
Sales Contract and our
website address even if
the product is being sold
direct to the GRW buyer
by the producer. There
are other things involving
sales or purchasing
procedure on our private
agency site and if you
have not done so already,
then we recommend you
read them all so you know
the proper GRW WAY.
In 2015 you will start
noticing changes on
(continue below)
While your main goal of
distributing a newsletter
might be to sell your
product or service, the key
to a successful newsletter
is making it useful to your
readers.
A great way to add useful
content to your newsletter
is to develop and write
your own articles, or to
include a calendar of
upcoming events or a
special offer that promotes
a new product.
You can also research
articles or find “filler”
articles by accessing the
World Wide Web. You can
write about a variety of
topics, but try to keep your
articles short.
email address and click
“Send” so it will go in your
file showing the weekly
log in as per the agency
contract rules.
I want you all to know
that we at GRW Main
appreciate all of you
GRW agencies greatly
and we ask the
Almighty to watch over
and bless you
.greatly.
Think about your article
and ask yourself if the
picture supports or
enhances the message
you’re trying to convey.
Avoid selecting images
that appear to be out of
context.
Microsoft includes
thousands of clip art
images that you can
choose and import into
your newsletter. There are
also several tools you can
use to draw shapes and
symbols.
Happy 2015
to all of you
Page 7 Continued from Page 2 4N Housing 4N modular structures are an easy,fast and economical option. 4Nature’s turnaround time for installation is almost magical ! ! !
AFFORDABLE & ECOLOGICAL HOUSING
Example floor plans
GRW AGENCIES CAN CONTACT GRW for prices, and designs, however 4N can work also according to clients requests/diagrams
ADDITIONAL / TRANSPORT / LOGISTICS:
4Nature is absolutely a natural product and easy to be recycled, hence better environment. Very easy to transport 4Nature house 18sqm 10 in 40 foot HC ctr 4Nature house 37sqm 6 in 40 foot HC ctr 4Nature house 55sqm 5 in 40 foot HC ctr 4Nature house 73sqm 2 in 40 foot HC ctr 4Nature house 92 sqm 1 ½ in 40 foot HC ctr this is saving on the Co2 production of transports Please note: we can do also houses in 2 Floors. Using the boards of 4NATURE in your next project, you will realize advantages of 4NATURE. Also you will meet the demand of keeping environment as protected as possible, also meet the standards for recycling.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PAGE 8
Page 10 PRODUCTION
4Nature production facility is strategically located in the port of Hamina, Finland, with direct access to trains trucks and ships. Our factory is located in the special manufacturing zone to facilitate easy exports & imports. 4N’s current production capacity is 50 000 sq meter per month scalable to 500 000 sq meter per month.
LOGISTICS 4Nature logistics is best in the business. We work with a consortium of logistics service providers thus covering all the major & minor ports across the globe. We have developed an innovative packaging technique to transport & ship our homes in semi knocked condition, anywhere in the world. Given the fact that we are located on the harbour of Valko-Finland, our logistical operations are efficient & safe & in compliance with global safety standards.
ASSEMBLY AT SITE. 4Nature homes are manufactured as elements in the factories & are assembled at the customer site. This is the technology that has revolutionized the speed of construction many folds compared to conventional brick & concrete. Assembly onsite also offers advantages such as: > A clean & safe construction environment, > High degree of precision in terms of engineering & design > On an average 10 times faster
JANUARY GRW NEWSLETTER 2015 Page 11 of 28
XXXXX XXXXX
HOW TO MARKET 4N HOUSES IN
YOUR COUNTRY:
If you market the 4N houses properly
and take this project seriously, we
guarantee you a very good profit
margin in a very short period of time.
We are saying all this, because our
factory has a capacity to produce from
50,000 square m scalable to 500,000
square m per month and installation is
MAGICAL!
You can promote the 4N houses to:
Individuals who are planning to build
their new home,
Institutions like Mining companies,
Hospitals, Clinics, Offices, Schools,
Hotels, Holiday complex, Real Estate
investors, Contactors, Army buildings
etc
Please note that we have ready
solutions for individual homes, farm
houses, schools and even floating
houses, however we are flexible and
produce our 4N houses as per client’s
designs.
You are one step away from starting
something fruitful for your Company,
so please do not hesitate to contact us
for more details
NOW IT IS UP TO YOU GRW AGENCIES TO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY IN MARKETING THE 4N HOUSING IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR COUNTRY. WE ARE COUNTING ON YOUR PROMOTING THIS PRODUCT AND ALSO THE COTTON TWILL PRODUCTS MENTIONED IN THIS NEWSLETTER TOO.
THIS CONCLUDES THE 4N HOUSING ARTICLE
Page 12 COTTON TWILL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
Pakistan is the third largest spinning capacity in Asia after China and India and contributes
5% to the global spinning capacity.
At present, there are 1,221 ginning units, 442
spinning units, 124 large spinning units and
425 small units which produce textile
products.
The Textile Industry is dominated by Punjab Province.
3% of USA imports of clothing and other form of textiles is covered by Pakistan.
Textile exports in 1999 were $5.2 billion and rose to become $10.5 billion by 2007.
Textile exports managed to increase at a very
decent growth of 16% in 2006. In the period
July 2007 – June 2008, textile exports were
US$10.62 billion.
Textile manufacturing Industry is based on the
conversion of three types of fiber into yarn then
fabric, then textiles. These are then fabricated into
cloths or other artifacts. Cotton remains the most
important natural fiber, so is treated in depth. There
are many variable processes available at the spinning
and fabric-forming stages coupled with the
complexities of the finishing and colouration
processes to the production of a wide ranges of
products. There remains a large industry that uses
hand techniques to achieve the same results.
Processing of cotton
Cotton Manufacturing Processes
Bale Breaker
Blowing Room
Willowing
Breaker Scutcher
Batting
Finishing
Scutcher Lapping
Carding
Carding Room
Silver Lap
Combing
Drawing
Slubbing
Intermediate
Roving
Fine Roving
Mule Spinning - Ring Spinning
Spinning
Reeling
Doubling
Winding
Bundling
Bleaching
Weaving shed
Winding
Beaming
Cabling
Warping
Gassing
JANUARY GRW NEWSLETTER 2015 Page 13 of 28
Sizing/Slashing/
Dressing
Spooling
Weaving
Cloth
Yarn (Cheese)- -
Bundle Sewing Thread
Cotton is the world's most important natural fiber. In
the year 2007, the global yield was 25 million tons
from 35 million hectares cultivated in more than 50
countries.
There are six stages as below:
Cultivating and harvesting
Cotton is grown anywhere with long, hot dry summers with plenty of sunshine and low humidity. Indian cotton, gossypium arboreum, is finer but the staple is only suitable for hand processing. American cotton, gossypium hirsutum, produces the longer staple needed for machine production. Planting is from September to mid November and the crop is harvested between March and June. The cotton balls are harvested by stripper harvesters and spindle pickers, that remove the entire ball from the plant. The cotton ball is the seed pod of the cotton plant, attached to each of the thousands of seeds are fibres about 2.5 cm long. Ginning
The seed cotton goes in to a Cotton Ginning.
The cotton gin separates seeds and removes
the "trash" (dirt, stems and leaves) from the
fibre. In a saw gin, circular saws grab the
fibre and pull it through a grating that is too
narrow for the seeds to pass. A roller gin is used with longer staple cotton. Here a leather
roller captures the cotton. A knife blade, set
close to the roller, detaches the seeds by
drawing them through teeth in circular saws
and revolving brushes which clean them
away. The ginned cotton fibre, known as lint,
is then compressed into bales which are about
1.5 m tall and weigh almost 220 kg. Only
33% of the crop is usable lint. Commercial
cotton is priced by quality, and that broadly
relates to the average length of the staple, and
the variety of the plant. Longer staple cotton
(2½ in to 1¼ in) is called Egyptian, medium
staple (1¼ in to ¾ in) is called American
upland and short staple (less than ¾ in) is
called Indian. The cotton seed is pressed into
a cooking oil. The husks and meal are
processed into animal feed, and the stems
into paper.
Preparatory processes - preparation of yarn
Ginning, bale-making and transportation is done in the country of origin.
Opening and cleaning
Platt Bros. Picker
Cotton mills get the cotton shipped to them in
large, 500 pound bales. When the cotton
comes out of a bale, it is all packed together
and still contains vegetable matter. The bale
is broken open using a machine with large
spikes. It is called an Opener. In order to
fluff up the cotton and remove the vegetable
matter, the cotton is sent through a picker, or
similar machines. The cotton is fed into a
machine known as a picker, and gets beaten
with a beater bar in order to loosen it up. It is
fed through various rollers, which serve to remove the vegetable matter. The cotton,
aided by fans, then collects on a screen and
gets fed through more rollers till it emerges
as a continuous soft fleecy sheet.
Blending,
Mixing & Scutching: Scutching refers to the
process of cleaning cotton of its seeds and other
impurities. The first scutching machine was
invented in 1797, but did not come into further
mainstream use until after 1808 or 1809, when it
was introduced and used in Manchester,
England. By 1816, it had become generally
adopted. The scutching machine worked by
passing the cotton through a pair of rollers, and
then striking it with iron or steel bars called
beater bars or beaters. The beaters, which turn
very quickly, strike the cotton hard and knock the
seeds out. This process is done over a series of
parallel bars so as to allow the seeds to fall
through. At the same time, air is blown across the
bars, which carries the cotton into a cotton
chamber.
Carding
Carding machine
A Combing machine
Carding: the fibres are separated and then
assembled into a loose strand (sliver or tow)
at the conclusion of this stage. The cotton
comes off of the picking machine in laps, and
is then taken to carding machines. The
carders line up the fibres nicely to make them
easier to spin. The carding machine consists
mainly of one big roller with smaller ones
surrounding it. All of the rollers are covered
in small teeth, and as the cotton progresses
further on the teeth get finer (i.e. closer
together). The cotton leaves the carding
machine in the form of a sliver; a large rope
of fibres.
Note: In a wider sense Carding can refer to
these four processes: Willowing- loosening
the fibres; Lapping- removing the dust to
create a flat sheet or lap of cotton; Carding-
combing the tangled lap into a thick rope of
1/2 in in diameter, a sliver; and Drawing-
where a drawing frame combines 4 slivers
into one- repeated for increased quality.
Combing is optional, but is used to remove
the shorter fibres, creating a stronger yarn.
Drawing the fibres are straightened
Several slivers are combined. Each sliver will
have thin and thick spots, and by combining
several slivers together a more consistent size
can be reached. Since combining several
slivers produces a very thick rope of cotton
fibres, directly after being combined the
slivers are separated into rovings. These
rovings (or slubbings) are then what are used
in the spinning process.
Generally speaking, for machine processing,
a roving is about the width of a pencil.
Drawing frame: Draws the strand out
Slubbing Frame: adds twist, and
winds onto bobbins
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Intermediate Frames: are used to
repeat the slubbing process to produce
a finer yarn.
Roving frames: reduces to a finer
thread, gives more twist, makes more
regular and even in thickness, and
winds onto a smaller tube.
Spinning - yarn manufacture Cotton – Spinning Machinery
Most spinning today is done using Break or
Open-end spinning, this is a technique where
the staples are blown by air into a rotating
drum, where they attach themselves to the
tail of formed yarn that is continually being
drawn out of the chamber. Other methods of
break spinning use needles and electrostatic
forces. This method has replace the older
methods of ring and mule spinning. It is also
is easily adapted for artificial fibres.
The spinning machines takes the roving, thins
it and twists it, creating yarn which it winds
onto a bobbin.
In mule spinning the roving is pulled off a
bobbin and fed through some rollers, which
are feeding at several different speeds. This
thins the roving at a consistent rate. If the
roving was not a consistent size, then this
step could cause a break in the yarn, or could
jam the machine. The yarn is twisted through
the spinning of the bobbin as the carriage
moves out, and is rolled onto a cylinder
called a spindle, which then produces a cone-
shaped bundle of fibres known as a "cop", as
the carriage returns. Mule spinning produces
a finer thread than the less skilled ring
spinning.
The mule was an intermittent process,
as the frame advanced and returned a
distance of 5ft.It was the descendant
of 1779 Crompton device. It produces a softer less twisted thread that was
favoured for fines and for weft.
The ring was a descendant of the
Arkwright water Frame 1769. It was a
continuous process, the yarn was
coarser, had a greater twist and was
stronger so was suited to be warp.
Ring spinning is slow due to the
distance the thread must pass around
the ring, other methods have been
introduced.
Sewing thread, was made of several threads
twisted together, or doubled. Checking This is the process where each of the bobbins is rewound to give a tighter bobbin. Folding and twisting Plying is done by pulling yarn from two or more bobbins and twisting it together, in the opposite direction that in which it was spun. Depending on the weight desired, the cotton may or may not be plied, and the number of strands twisted together varies. Gassing
Singe & Textiles and Gassing (textile
process). Gassing is the process of passing
yarn, as distinct from fabric very rapidly
through a series of Bunsen gas flames in a
gassing frame, in order to burn off the
projecting fibers and make the thread round
and smooth and also brighter. Only the better
qualities of yarn are gassed, such as that used
for voiles, poplins, venetians, gabardines,
many Egyptian qualities, etc. There is a loss
of weight in gassing, which varies' about 5 to
8 per cent., so that if a 2/60's yarn is required
2/56's would be used. The gassed yarn is
darker in shade afterwards, but should not be
scorched.
Mule spinning
Mule spinning
Ring spinning
Ring spinning
Measurements
Units of textile measurement.
Cotton Counts: The number of pieces of
thread, 840 yards long needed to make up
1 lb weight. 10 count cotton means that
10x840 yd weighs 1 lb. This is coarser than
40 count cotton where 40x840 yards are
needed. In the United Kingdom, Counts to
40s are coarse (Oldham Counts), 40 to 80s
are medium counts and above 80 is a fine
count. In the United States ones to 20s are
coarse counts.
Hank: A length of 7 leas or 840 yards
Thread: A length of 54 in (the circumference
of a warp beam)
Bundle: Usually 10 lb
Lea: A length of 80 threads or 120 yards
Denier: this is an alternative method. It is
defined as a number that is equivalent to the
weight in grams of 9000m of a single yarn.
15 denier is finer than 30 denier.
Tex: is the weight in grams of 1 km of yarn.
The worsted hank is only 560 yd
Weaving-fabric manufacture
The weaving process uses a loom. The length way
threads are known as the wrap, and the cross way
threads are known as the Weft. The warp which must
be strong needs to be presented to loom on a warp
beam. The weft passes across the loom in a shuttle
that carries the yarn on a pirn. These pirns are
automatically changed by the loom. Thus, the yarn
needs to be wrapped onto a beam, and onto pirns
before weaving can commence.
Winding After being spun and plied, the cotton thread
is taken to a warping room where the
winding machine takes the required length of
yarn and winds it onto wrappers bobbins
Warping or beaming
A Wrapper
Racks of bobbins are set up to hold the thread
while it is rolled onto the warp bar of a loom.
Because the thread is fine, often three of
these would be combined to get the desired
thread count.
Slasher sizing machine needed for
strengthening the warp by adding starch to
reduce breakage of the yarns.
Sizing
Drawing in, Looming
The process of drawing each end of the warp
separately through the dents of the reed and
the eyes of the healds, in the order indicated
by the draft.
Pirning (Processing the weft)
Pirn winding frame was used to transfer the
weft from cheeses of yarn onto the pirns that
would fit into the shuttle
Weaving
Power Looms
At this point, the thread is woven. Depending
on the era, one person could manage
anywhere from 3 to 100 machines. In the mid
nineteenth century, four was the standard
number. A skilled weaver in 1925 would run
6 Lancashire Looms. As time progressed new
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mechanisms were added that stopped the
loom any time something went wrong. The
mechanisms checked for such things as a
broken warp thread, broken weft thread, the
shuttle going straight across, and if the
shuttle was empty. Forty of these Northrop
Looms or automatic looms could be operated
by one skilled worker.
A Draper loom in textile museum, Lowell,
Massachusetts
The three primary movements of a loom are
shedding, picking, and beating-up.
Shedding: The operation of dividing
the warp into two lines, so that the
shuttle can pass between these lines.
There are two general kinds of sheds-
"open" and "closed." Open Shed-The
warp threads are moved when the
pattern requires it-from one line to the
other. Closed Shed-The warp threads
are all placed level in one line after
each pick.
Picking: The operation of projecting
the shuttle from side to side of the
loom through the division in the warp
threads. This is done by the over pick
or under pick motions. The over pick
is suitable for quick-running looms,
whereas the under pick is best for
heavy or slow looms.
Beating-up: The third primary
movement of the loom when making
cloth, and is the action of the reed as
it drives each pick of weft to the fell
of the cloth.
The Lancashire Loom was the first semi-
automatic loom. Jacquard looms and Dobby
looms are looms that have sophisticated
methods of shedding. They may be separate
looms, or mechanisms added to a plain loom.
A Northrop Loom was fully automatic and
was mass produced between 1909 and the
mid-1960s. Modern looms run faster and do
not use a shuttle: there are air jet looms,
water jet looms and rapier looms.
Measurements
Ends and Picks: Picks refer to the weft, ends
refer to the warp. The coarseness of the cloth
can be expressed as the number of picks and
ends per quarter inch square, or per inch
square. Ends is always written first. For
example: Heavy domestics are made from
coarse yarns, such as 10's to 14's warp and
weft, and about 48 ends and 52 picks.
Associated job titles
Piecer Scavenger
Weaver
Tackler Draw boy
Pirner
Issues
When a hand loom was located in the home, children
helped with the weaving process from an early age.
Piecing needs dexterity, and a child can be as
productive as an adult. When weaving moves from
the home to the mill, children are often allowed to
help their older sisters, and laws have to be made to
prevent child labor becoming established.
Knitting- fabric manufacture
A circular knitting machine.
Close-up on the needles.
Knitting be machine is done in two different ways;
warp and weft. Weft knitting (as seen in the pictures)
is similar in method to hand knitting with stitches all
connected to each other horizontally. Various weft
machines can be configured to produce textiles from
a single spool of yarn or multiple spools depending
on the size of the machine cylinder (where the
needles are bedded). In a warp knit there are many
pieces of yarn and there are vertical chains,
zigzagged together by crossing the yarn. Cotton
Warp knits do not stretch as much as a weft knit, and
it is run-resistant. A weft knit is not run-resistant, but
stretches more. This is especially true if spools of
spandex are processed from separate spool
containers and interwoven through the cylinder with
cotton yarn, giving the finished product more
flexibility and making it less prone to having a
'baggy' appearance. The average t-shirt is a weft knit.
Finishing- processing of textiles
The woven cotton fabric in its loom-state, not only
contains impurities, including warp size, but requires
further treatment in order to develop its full textile
potential. Furthermore, it may receive considerable
added value by applying one or more finishing
processes.
Desising: Depending on the size that has been used, the cloth may be steeped in a
dilute acid and then rinsed, or enzymes may
be used to break down the size.[27]
Scouring: Scouring, is a chemical washing
process carried out on cotton fabric to
remove natural wax and non-fibrous
impurities (e.g. the remains of seed
fragments) from the fibres and any added
soiling or dirt. Scouring is usually carried in
iron vessels called kiers. The fabric is boiled
in an alkali, which forms a soap with free
fatty acids (saponification).
A kier is usually enclosed, so the solution of
sodium hydroxide can be boiled under
pressure, excluding oxygen which would
degrade the cellulose in the fibre. If the
appropriate reagebts are used, scouring will
also remove size from the fabric although
desizing often precedes scouring and is
considered to be a separate process known as
fabric preparation. Preparation and scouring
are prerequisites to most of the other
finishing processes. At this stage even the
most naturally white cotton fibres are
yellowish, and bleaching, the next process, is
required.
Bleaching
Textile Bleaching; Bleaching improves
whiteness by removing natural coloration and
remaining trace impurities from the cotton; the
degree of bleaching necessary is determined by
the required whiteness and absorbency. Cotton
being a vegetable fibre will be bleached using an
oxidizing agent, such as dilute sodium
hypochlorite or dilute hydrogen peroxide. If the
fabric is to be dyed a deep shade, then lower
levels of bleaching are acceptable, for example.
However, for white bed sheetings and medical
applications, the highest levels of whiteness and
absorbency are essential.
Mercerising
Mercerized Cotton: A further possibility is
mercerizing during which the fabric is treated with
caustic sodasolution to cause swelling of the fibres.
This results in improved lustre, strength and dye
affinity. Cotton is mercerized under tension, and all
alkali must be washed out before the tension is
released or shrinkage will take place. Mercerizing
can take place directly on grey cloth, or after
bleaching. Many other chemical treatments may be
applied to cotton fabrics to produce low
flammability, crease resist and other special effects
but four important non-chemical finishing treatments
are:
Singeing
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Singe & Textiles: Singeing is designed to burn off
the surface fibres from the fabric to produce
smoothness. The fabric passes over brushes to raise
the fibres, then passes over a plate heated by gas
flames.
Raising: Another finishing process is raising.
During raising, the fabric surface is treated
with sharp teeth to lift the surface fibres,
thereby imparting hairiness, softness and
warmth, as in flannelette.
Calendering: Calendering is the third
important mechanical process, in which the
fabric is passed between heated rollers to
generate smooth, polished or embossed
effects depending on roller surface properties
and relative speeds.
Shrinking (Sanforizing): Finally,
mechanical shrinking (sometimes referred to
as sanforizing), whereby the fabric is forced
to shrink width and/or lengthwise, creates a
fabric in which any residual tendency to
shrink after subsequent laundering is
minimal.
Dyeing: Finally, cotton is an absorbent fibre
which responds readily to colouration
processes. Dyeing, for instance, is commonly
carried out with an anionic direct dye by
completely immersing the fabric (or yarn) in
an aqueous dyebath according to a prescribed
procedure. For improved fastness to washing,
rubbing and light, other dyes such as vats and
reactives are commonly used. These require
more complex chemistry during processing
and are thus more expensive to apply.
Textile Printing
Printing, on the other hand, is the application
of colour in the form of a paste or ink to the
surface of a fabric, in a predetermined
pattern. It may be considered as localised
dyeing. Printing designs onto already dyed
fabric is also possible.
Economic, environmental and political
consequences of cotton manufacture
The growth of cotton is divided into two segments
i.e. organic and genetically modified. Cotton crop
provides livelihood to millions of people but its
production is becoming expensive because of high
water consumption, use of expensive pesticides,
insecticides and fertiliser. Genetically Modified
products aim to increase disease resistance and
reduce the water required. The organic sector was
worth $583 million. Genetically Modified cotton, in
2007, occupied 43% of cotton growing areas. Cotton
is farmed intensively and uses large amounts of
fertilizer and 25% of the world's insecticides. Native
Indian varieties of cotton were rainwater fed, but
modern hybrids used for the mills need irrigation,
which spreads pests. The 5% of cotton-bearing land
in India uses 55% of all pesticides used in India.
The consumption of energy in form of water and
electricity is relatively high, especially in processes
like washing, de-sizing, bleaching, rinsing, dyeing,
printing, coating and finishing. Processing is time
consuming. The major portion of water in textile
industry is used for wet processing of textile (70 per
cent). Approximately 25 per cent of energy in the
total textile production like fibre production,
spinning, twisting, weaving, knitting, clothing
manufacturing etc. is used in dyeing. About 34 per
cent of energy is consumed in spinning, 23 per cent
in weaving, 38 per cent in chemical wet processing
and five per cent in miscellaneous processes. Power
dominates consumption pattern in spinning and
weaving, while thermal energy is the major factor for
chemical wet processing. Before mechanisation,
cotton was harvested manually by farmers in India
and by African slaves in America. In 2012
Uzbekistan was a major exporter of cotton and uses
manual labour during the harvest. Human rights
groups claim that health care professionals and
children are forced to pick cotton.
Processing of other vegetable fibres
Flax: Flax is a Bast Fibre, which means it comes in
bundles under the bark of the Linum usitatissimum
plant. The plant flowers and is harvested.
Retting Breaking Scutching Hackling or Combing
FLAX is now treated like cotton.
Jute: Jute is a Bast Fibre which comes from the
inner bark of the plants of the Corchorus genus. It is
retted like flax, sundried and baled. When spinning a
small amount of oil must be added to the fibre. It can
be bleached and dyed. It was used for sacks and bags
but is now used for the backing for carpets. Jute can
be blended with other fibres to make composite
fabrics and work continues in Bangladesh to refine
the processes and extend the range of usage possible.
In the 1970s, jute-cotton composite fabrics were
known as jutton fabrics.
Hemp
Hemp is a Bast Fibre from the inner bark of
Cannabis sativa. It is difficult to bleach, it is used for
making cord and rope.
Retting
Separating
Pounding
Other bast fibers: These bast fibers can also be used: Kenaf, Urena, Ramie, Nettle. Other leaf fibers. Sisal is the main leaf fiber used; others are: abaca and henequen. Processing of protein fibers
Wool
comes from domesticated sheep. It forms two
products, woolens and worsteds. Sheep has two sorts
of wool and it is the inner coat that is used. This can
be mixed with wool that has been recovered from
rags. Shoddy is the term for recovered wool that is
not matted, while Mungo comes from Felted wool.
Extract is recovered chemically from mixed
cotton/wool fabrics.
The fleece is cut in one piece from the sheep. This is
then skirted to remove the soiled wool, and baled. It
is graded into long wool where the fibers can be up
to 15 in, but anything over 2.5 inches is suitable for
combing into worsteds. Fibers less than that form
short wool and are described as clothing or carding
wool.
At the mill the wool is scoured in a detergent to
remove grease (the yolk) and impurities. This is done
mechanically in the opening machine. Vegetable
matter can be removed chemically using Sulphuric
Acid (carbonising). Washing uses a solution of soap
and Sodium Carbonate. The wool is oiled before
carding or combing.
Woollens: Use noils from the worsted combs, mungo and shoddy and new short wool
Worsteds Combing: Oiled slivers are wound into laps, and placed in the circular comber. The worsted yarn gathers together to form a top. The shorter fibres or noils remain behind and are removed with a knife.
Silk: The processes in Silk production are similar to
those of cotton but take account that reeled silk is a continuous fibre. The terms used are different. Opening bales. Assorting skeins: where silk is sorted by colour, size and quality, scouring: where the silk is washed in water of 40 degrees for 12 hours to remove the natural gum, drying: either by steam heating or centrifuge, softening: by rubbing to remove any remaining hard spots. Silk throwing (winding). The skeins are placed on a reel in a frame with many others. The silk is wound onto spools or bobbins.
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Doubling and twisting. The silk is far
too fine to be woven, so now it is
doubled and twisted to make the
warp, known as organzine and the
weft, known as tram. In organzine
each single is given a few twists per
inch (tpi), and combine with several
other singles counter twisted hard at
10 to 14 tpi. In tram the two singles
are doubled with each other with a
light twist, 3 to 6 tpi. Sewing thread is
two tram threads, hard twisted, and
machine-twist is made of three hard-
twisted tram threads. Tram for the
crepe process is twisted at up to 80 tpi
to make it 'kick up'.
Stretching. The thread is tested for
consistent size. Any uneven thickness
is stretched out. The resulting thread
is reeled into containing 500 yd to
2500 yd. The skeins are about 50 in in
loop length.
Dyeing: the skeins are scoured again,
and discoloration removed with a
sulphur process. This weakens the
silk. The skeins are now tinted or
dyed. They are dried and rewound
onto bobbins, spools and skeins.
Looming, and the weaving process on
power looms is the same as with
cotton.
Weaving. The organzine is now warped. This
is a similar process to in cotton. Firstly, thirty
threads or so are wound onto a warping reel,
and then using the warping reels, the threads
are beamed. A thick layer of paper is laid
between each layer on the beam to stop
entangling.
Processing of synthetic fibers Discussion of types of synthetic fiber
Synthetic fibers are the result of extensive development by Scientists to improve upon the
naturally occurring Animal and plant fibers. In
general, Synthetic Fibers are created by forcing, or
extruding, fiber forming materials through holes
(called spinnerets) into the air, thus forming a thread.
Before synthetic fibers were developed, Cellulose
Fibers were made from natural Cellulose, which
comes from plants.
The first artificial fiber, known as Art Silk from
1799 onwards, became known as Viscose around
1894, and finally Rayon in 1924. A similar product
known as Cellulose Acetate was discovered in 1865.
Rayon and acetate are both artificial fibers, but not
truly synthetic, being made from wood. Although
these artificial fibers were discovered in the mid-
nineteenth century, successful modern manufacture
began much later in the 1930s. Nylon, the first
synthetic fiber, made its debut in the US as a
replacement for Silk and was used for Parachutes
and other Military uses.
The techniques used to process these fibers in yarn
are essentially the same as with natural fibers,
modifications have to be made as these fibers are of
great length, and have no texture such as the scales
in cotton and wool that aid meshing.
TWILL PHOTOS, STRUCTURE,
CHARACTERISTICS
A twill weave can be identified by its diagonal lines. This is a 2/2 twill, with two
warp threads crossing every two weft threads.
Structure of a 2⁄2 twill. The offset at each row forms the diagonal pattern.
A twill with ribs in both sides, called herringbone.
Diamond twill, with weaving edge (left), blue warp, red weft.
Twill is a type of textile weave with a pattern of
diagonal parallel ribs (in contrast with a satin and
plain weave). This is done by passing the weft thread
over one or more warp threads and then under two or
more warp threads and so on, with a "step" or offset
between rows to create the characteristic diagonal
pattern. Because of this structure, twills generally
drape well.
Structure
In a twill weave, each weft or filling yarn floats
across the warp yarns in a progression of interlacings
to the right or left, forming a distinct diagonal line.
This diagonal line is also known as a wale. A float is
the portion of a yarn that crosses over two or more
yarns from the opposite direction.
A twill weave requires three or more harnesses,
depending on its complexity. A twill weave is the
second most basic weave that can be made on a
fairly simple loom.
Twill Characteristics
Twill fabrics technically have a front and a back
side, unlike plain weave, whose two sides are the
same. The front side of the twill is the technical face;
the back is called the technical back. The technical
face side of a twill weave fabric is the side with the
most pronounced wale; it is usually more durable,
more attractive, most often used as the fashion side
of the fabric, and the side visible during weaving. If
there are warp floats on the technical face (i.e., if the
warp crosses over two or more wefts), there will be
filling floats (the weft will cross over two or more
warps) on the technical back. If the twill wale goes
up to the right on one side, it will go up to the left on
the other side. Twill fabrics have no up and down as
they are woven.
Soil and stains are less noticeable on the uneven
surface of twills than on smooth surfaces, such as
plain weaves. Thus, twills are often used for sturdy
work clothing or durable upholstery. Denim, for
example, is a twill.
The fewer interlacings in twills allow the yarns to
move more freely, and thus they are softer, more
pliable, and drape better than plain-weave textiles.
Twills also recover from wrinkles better than plain-
weave fabrics do. When there are fewer interlacings,
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yarns can be packed closer together to produce high-
count fabrics. In twills and higher counts, the fabric
is more durable and air- and water-resistant.
There are even-sided twills and warp-faced twills.
Even-sided twills include foulard or surah,
herringbone, houndstooth, serge, sharkskin, and twill
flannel. Warp-faced twills include cavalry twill,
chino, covert, denim, drill, fancy twill, gabardine,
and lining twill. Examples of twill fabric are chino,
covert, denim, tweed, ganardine, drill and serge.
COTTON / BLENDED TWILL EXPORTS
FROM PAKISTAN
1. The offered Twill is normally bought by the
buyers for making garments (gents, ladies, kids).
2. Buyers either import Twill at their ends where
they make the required garments and then get the
garments dyed, some of the manufacturers first get
the Twill dyed and then start making the garments.
3. Some of the buyers ask Pakistan suppliers to ship
the Twills direct to garments manufacturing units
operating in other countries for making the garments
in Buyer's style and design and getting them dyed
and ship as a value added garments to the original
buyers of Twill from Pakistan.
4. PFD stands for 'Prepared for Dying', PFD quality
is Mill Dying.
5. PFGD stands 'Prepared for Garments Dying', this
quality is Garments Dying.
BASIC INFORMATION ON COTTON IN
RELATION WITH
COTTON/BLENDED TWILL EXPORTS FROM
PAKISTAN
In international arena, American cotton is considered as finest quality. The US offers
its cotton free of any contamination.
Egyptian cotton comes 2nd
in quality.
Pakistan’s number 3rd
which produces coarse cotton, which contains contamination.
Pakistan origin cotton used to produce up to 30-counts, however Pakistan is producing
cotton up to 80-counts, but in limited
quantity due to major cotton crop produceds
coarse counts 30 count and less.
Cotton crop is cultivated mainly in Punjab
province and Sindh Province.
India’s cotton starts from 100-counts.
Cotton consumption in the world is around 5% of fine counts (80 and above), whereas
around 95% world’s consumption is of
coarse counts.
QUALITIES OF COTTON USED IN
PAKISTAN
1. Punjab Province (Pakistan),
2. Sindh Province (Pakistan), and
3. American / India origins.
CONSTRUCTION OF COTTON TWILL IN
PAKISTAN
Yarn counts
Example: 20CD x 18+70D /103 x 54 / 55-56
inches
Warp Weft Reed Pick Width
PFD stands for 'Prepared for Dying', and this quality
is known as Mill Dying.
PFGD stands 'Prepared for Garments Dying', and
this quality is known as Garments Dying.
PEACH OR MINCO SANDED: Velvet feel dyeing.
DYING PROCESS IN PAKISTAN VAT: It is a double dying process. First Pat dying
then Chemical-Pat dying.
VARIETIES OF PAKISTAN ORIGIN TWILL NORMALLY
TRADED IN INTERNATIONAL MARKET
1. 100% Cotton
2. Poly Cotton (98% Cotton + 2% Spandex)
3. Poly Cotton Lycra (97% Cotton + 2%
Spandex + 1% Lycra)
PACKING MODE
1. Roll for processed material. 125 / 150 / 175
meters per roll.
2. Bale for Grey Cloth. 400 / 500 / 600 meters
per bale.
CONTAINER MAXIMUM STUFFING CAPACITY
(APPROXIMATE)
20-FT 40-FT 40-FT HC
Rolls 150 285 315
Bales 60 115 130
FINISHED PRODUCTS – FABRICS
MANUFACTURING UNITS MAKING GARMENTS
SUGGESTIONS / RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARKETING PAKISTAN ORIGIN TWILL
1. It is humbly suggested to those GRW
Agencies worldwide, which are seriously
interested to give a try to market and make
sales of Pakistan origin cotton/blended twill
in their territories, to read the article under
the following name, as published in the GRW
Newsletter, December 01, 2014 issue.
“SUGGESTIONS FOR MAKING AN EFFECTIVE MARKET PLAN”
2. In addition to the suggestions and
recommendations as discussed in the
aforesaid article, following tips could also be
beneficial for the agencies, which the GRW
agencies should implement before take an
action in the areas of marketing and sale.
First of all, agencies will have to ascertain whether
the respective territory has following basic
ingredients available required for importing twill
into that particular territory:
i) Manufacturing units are available in the respective territory, which are operative and
making garments for ladies, gents and kids
from cotton and blended cloth;
ii) Exports of garments is also one of the regular items exports from the respective territory;
iii) Garments manufacturers and traders
(importers) have been importing twill into the
respective territory from different origins.
3. It is suggested to those GRW Agencies, which are new in the Twill business, they
must conduct a brief market survey limited to
check the garments, dresses for all ages and
genders made from cotton and blended
fabrics, being sold from retail outlets, which
are made locally (that country origin), so that
you could be sure that particular territory has
garments produced locally. During the brief
survey you would also know what sorts of
imported garments and cloths are available in
the market, and when you discuss with
around 10-shopkeepers (retailers) in different
areas (one city), you would also gether
information about the market share of locally
manufactured garments and clothing against
imported stuff plus price difference between
imported articles and locally produced
articles.
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4. Get the total numbers of manufacturing units
being operated in each respective territory,
then divide them in 3-catagories (first those
units that hold combined 50% market share,
second which hold 30% market share and the
third which hold balance 20% share). Once
this exercise is done, then it is suggested to
initially attack those small to medium
manufacturing units which hold 20% market
share, because it would be much easier to
meet them and to obtain small orders (one
full container load) from them comparing to
those manufacturing units which have been
enjoying around 80% market share jointly.
Once you are penetrated in that particular
territory, you would be able to reach
gradually to those manufacturing units which
are enjoying 80% market share.
5. To save time and energy, try to get detailed
specifications of twill which manufacturing
units have been regularly importing, so that
Pakistan could concentrate in respect of
quality and prices, only on those material
which are more consumed in that particular
territory, in order to be competitive against
other origins already available in that
particular territory.
6. It would be very important to have following
information too:
a. List of importers importing twill or
fabric from different overseas
countries;
b. Names of exporting countries from
where twill or fabric is being
imported;
c. Annual import value in USA $ of
twill or fabric (meant for making
garments);
d. Which are number 1 and number 2
countries from where major import of
twill
is being made.
7. The offered sheets are normally bought by
buyers to make garments (gents, ladies, kids).
8. Buyers either import sheets at their ends
where they make the required garments and
then get them dyed, some of the
manufacturers first get the sheets dyed and
then start making the garments.
9. Some of the buyers ask Pakistan suppliers to
ship the sheet to garments manufacturing
units operating in other countries for making
the garments in Buyer's style and design and
getting them dyed and ship the value added
garments to the original buyers of sheets
from Pakistan.
DIFFERENT TYPES AND KINDS OF FINISHED GARMENTS MADE FROM TWILL AND FABRIC
Ladies dresses
blouses, bias skirt, Bermuda, jackets, tops, night-wears, under-garments, sports wear, T-shirts,
polo shirts, and many other items in solids, yarn
dyed and prints, Viscose/Linen, Ramie/cotton,
Viscose/georgette, chiffon, Linen/cotton, 100% Ramie, etc.etc.
Men’s Wear
men’s shirts and shorts, night wears, under-
garments, sports-wear, T-shirts, polo shirts, in Viscose/Linen, Ramie/cotton,
Viscose/georgette, chiffon, Linen/cotton, Ramie,
Other products Bed linens. Pillow covers, Bedspreads.Table cloths,
Table mats, Napkins. Kitchen linens. Kitchen
Towel, Aprons, Gloves, Potholder. Cushion covers,
Throws, Coaster, Pot-warmer. Bath-Mat, Shower curtains, Bath robe, Bath
towels. Outfits for Girls and Women and for KIDS
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OTHER ARTICLES INCLUDING BED SHEETS, TERRY TOWELS, COMFORTERS, ETC.
Compiled by GRW Representation Pakistan
Dated: Tuesday – December 16, 2014
Place: Karachi (Pakistan)
Additional detailed information, photos and data on Pakistan origin Cotton and its products are available with GRW Main, which can be forwarded to the interested GRW Agencies and Clients on specific request. WE KNOW THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE COTTON TWILL ON THIS JANUARY 2015 NEWSLETTER, BUT IT GIVES PHOTOS, BACKGROUND AND MUCH MORE TO GIVE YOU ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO COPY THE DATA AND GIVE INFORMATION TO YOUR POTENTIAL CLIENTS.
SOME CLOSING WORDS BY OUR FOUNDER, R.E BRADLEY:
“
“I always thought of myself as a down to earth simple
man with strong opinions about my fellow man. I would communicate by email with clients and even GRW agencies, but I could tell when I sat in front of them eyeball to eyeball if I could really trust them or not. I have flown on private jets of world famous people, but I prided myself on never thinking too highly of myself or of being conceited on my stature in life. I could always hear the voice of someone and by hearing their voice, I could develop my own opinion if we would be friends or not. In my days it was a handshake that sealed a deal, but nowadays, contracts seals the deal but even contracts do not guarantee honesty as it is the person behind the contract that determines the honesty.” In memory of R.E. Bradley, Founder of GRW 50 YEARS AGO. He Passed away on January 04, 2014. THIS CONCLUDES THE JANUARY 2015 GRW NEWSLETTER. WE CLOSE BY SAYING HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015 TO YOU AND WISHING YOU ALL THE SUCCESS IN THE WORLD, ALONG WITH PEACE AND HAPPINESS. DID YOU CONFIRM TO [email protected] THAT YOU RECEIVED AND READ THIS NEWSLETTER.?