Tie-ups : Beginning of a new success

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July 2016E-magazine for our customers

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02... From the Director

03... Special Feature

07... Milestones

08... A.T.E. Connect

08... Revisiting College

09... Service & Maintenance Tips

10... Technology Update

11... Market Update

11... News Capsule

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Dear Customers,

Against the backdrop of muted global economy, India’s economy has been a consistent out-per fo rmer. Ind ia is expected to be the f a s t e s t g r o w i n g economy with expected GDP growth of 7.5% in 2016-17. This is quite a credible performance in the backdrop of two s u c c e s s i v e f a i l e d monsoons and decline in exports. The available

data shows a 5.7% year on year growth in eight of the key core sector industries, against 2.3% last year. The Q4 FY16 figure of GDP growth of 7.9% has surprised everyone. This momentum is expected to continue as an effect of the 7th pay commission, OROP, and pick up in rural demand post good monsoon. Government has started initiating investment in infrastructure projects such as roads and railways which is giving the much awaited impetus to the economy. Brexit and TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) are the two developments which might have some impact on the economy, especially TPP would pose a serious threat to our textile exports in the years to come.

The monsoon so far has been quite good and has spread over the country. A good monsoon prediction by the Indian Meteorological Department is also contributing to the positive sentiment prevailing in the industry at this juncture. India’s cotton production, however, is estimated to decline by 10-15% during the current cotton season of 2015-16 (ending September 2016). The Cotton Association of India has pegged the cotton output of the season at 33.8 million bales (against 38.6 million bales of last year). The decline in cotton acreage area by 7% due to preference of the farmers for food crops and lower sowing in Gujarat coupled with tight supplies in physical market have resulted in considerable increase in the cotton prices over the last few months. The cotton prices which are on rise since June have touched a high of Rs 50,000/candy and now settled at around Rs 47,000/candy after good rains and softening of international prices. Since traders are holding the cotton stocks for speculative gains, the prices are moving upwards which is seriously affecting the spinning industry as yarn prices are not moving up in the same proportion. According to India Ratings and Research, the profitability of ginners and spinners is expected to see at least 15% fall due to a sharp rise in cotton prices.

The positive news for the textile industry has been the announcement of a special package of Rs 6000 crores by the Modi government for the textile and apparel sector. This is expected to help in employment generation and export promotion. The package includes a slew of measures which are labour friendly and would help in employment generation in garment sector. The steps taken will lead to cumulative increase of USD 30 billion in exports and investment of Rs 74,000 crores over the next 3 years. Majority of the new jobs are likely to go

to women, which will go a long way in triggering a social transformation through women empowerment. The newly appointed textile minister, Mrs Smriti Irani, has a tough task ahead to revive the country’s textile exports which are on decline since the last two years.

This issue of CommunicATE is focusing on A.T.E.’s entry into new areas of business. The biggest tie-up has been with Savio Macchine Tessili, Italy, for automatic winders, two for one twisters, open end spinning machines, and yarn bulking machines. Savio has been a technology leader world over for quite some time enjoying a big market share in winders and twisters. Now, with joining hands with A.T.E. from 1 April 2016, Savio group will make a big mark in the Indian textile industry in the years to come. With the launch of new automatic winder EcoPulsarS during ITMA 2015, Savio has marched ahead of the competitors in terms of technology, productivity, and quality. The Savio two for one twisters made by the Indian company Savio India Ltd have already established the market leadership through two most successful models Cosmos and Sirius.

Another new tie-up has been with Texpa Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, for fully automatic cutting and sewing, folding and packing lines for home textiles. Texpa has been a worldwide market leader in this segment for many decades and its joining hands with A.T.E. will give Texpa a wide market coverage and also a strong service support to the Indian customers. I am also happy to share with you about our tie-up with Danti Paolo E C, srl, Italy, for surface finishing machines. Danto Paolo is specialised in making full range of fabric finishing machines for woven and knitted fabrics covering sueding, brushing, shearing, raising, and polishing.

In garment sector, our tie-up with Rotondi Group srl, Italy, will bring in the high-tech pressing solutions for jackets, trousers, jeans, and shirts to the apparel sector.

This issue also covers some important milestones achieved by A.T.E. over the last few months in completing some big projects successfully and bagging some prestigious orders. This issue also covers maintenance tips for the Ramisch Guarneri calendering machines, which I am sure, will be very helpful to the maintenance teams of our customers.

While writing this note, I am delighted to read the news about Indian model Rohit Khandelwal winning the title of Mr World for the first time in the history. In Miss World competition, India has already made its mark a number of times. Perhaps with this positive development, India has strongly announced its entry into the global fashion arena. Can our textile and apparel industry, which is part of the global fashion trade, remain far behind? Perhaps the winds of change are already around in our industry, which is striving hard for gaining its due position in the world textile trade in spite of the shaky past. This reminds me of a famous quote by a Greek philosopher SOCRATES which goes as follows, “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new”.

Gurudas Aras

Director

Spinning:

Savio Macchine Tessili, Italy

Starting April 2016, A.T.E. joined hands with the well-known post-spinning machine manufacturer, Savio Macchine Tessili, Italy.

A 105 year old organisation, Savio has grown to become the world renowned textile machinery manufacturer that it is today. It has factories in four locations across the world – Italy, China, India, and the Czech Republic, with 1550 skilled resources, a turnover of around Euro 400 million and holds 40% winding market share globally.

Savio entered the Indian market in 1990 and since then has installed more than 120,000 automatic cone winding drums across different plants.

Here is an overview of Savio’s product lines:

Automatic Cone Winder

After introducing Orion, the first fully electronic winder, during the Paris ITMA in 1999, Savio launched the most successful model Polar during 2006. This ‘fit it and forget it’ engineering marvel, packed with numerous novel features, is still ruling the world of post-spinning even after 10 years of its introduction.

In 2015 Savio introduced the drum-less winder model Multicone. It is a precision winder mostly required for producing dyeable ‘soft’ package in parallel winding technology. The sophisticated, electronically controlled traverse mechanism, perfected the production of dyeable package directly from ring frame bobbin, thus eliminating a process of re-winding.

During ITMA 2015, Savio introduced EcoPulsarS. This winder features a unique concept of individual suction management in each drum. This is a quantum leap in cone winding technology. It introduced an entirely new concept that has overcome the existing structural limitations, and results in better efficiency with a smoother winding process and overall superior package and yarn quality and helps in saving power bill of up to 30%.

Two for One Twister

Savio has been a manufacturer of quality TFO since the last three decades. The manufacturing of TFO from Italy shifted to China first and subsequently to India (Coimbatore) since 2008.

Its two models of TFO are:

COSMOS: A basic TFO with tangential belt drive.

Package nozzle Suction fan OFF

Pneumatic transportation

Suction fan ON

Suction box

Bobbin nozzle

Every single suction fan collects its spindle yarn waste and dust in a dedicated suction box

The individual spindle waste is evacuated when required through a pneumatic transportation, to guarantee the cleaning with the lowest energy consumption

EcoPulsarS suction pump

Polar

July 2016

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A.T.E., committed to provide the best solutions to our textile customers in India, continuously endeavours to add latest

technology products to its portfolio. A.T.E. has now joined hands with Savio Group, Danti Paolo, and Rotondi from Italy, and

also with Texpa from Germany.

Tie-ups : Beginning of a new success story

EcoPulsarS

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Dear Customers,

Against the backdrop of muted global economy, India’s economy has been a consistent out-per fo rmer. Ind ia is expected to be the f a s t e s t g r o w i n g economy with expected GDP growth of 7.5% in 2016-17. This is quite a credible performance in the backdrop of two s u c c e s s i v e f a i l e d monsoons and decline in exports. The available

data shows a 5.7% year on year growth in eight of the key core sector industries, against 2.3% last year. The Q4 FY16 figure of GDP growth of 7.9% has surprised everyone. This momentum is expected to continue as an effect of the 7th pay commission, OROP, and pick up in rural demand post good monsoon. Government has started initiating investment in infrastructure projects such as roads and railways which is giving the much awaited impetus to the economy. Brexit and TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) are the two developments which might have some impact on the economy, especially TPP would pose a serious threat to our textile exports in the years to come.

The monsoon so far has been quite good and has spread over the country. A good monsoon prediction by the Indian Meteorological Department is also contributing to the positive sentiment prevailing in the industry at this juncture. India’s cotton production, however, is estimated to decline by 10-15% during the current cotton season of 2015-16 (ending September 2016). The Cotton Association of India has pegged the cotton output of the season at 33.8 million bales (against 38.6 million bales of last year). The decline in cotton acreage area by 7% due to preference of the farmers for food crops and lower sowing in Gujarat coupled with tight supplies in physical market have resulted in considerable increase in the cotton prices over the last few months. The cotton prices which are on rise since June have touched a high of Rs 50,000/candy and now settled at around Rs 47,000/candy after good rains and softening of international prices. Since traders are holding the cotton stocks for speculative gains, the prices are moving upwards which is seriously affecting the spinning industry as yarn prices are not moving up in the same proportion. According to India Ratings and Research, the profitability of ginners and spinners is expected to see at least 15% fall due to a sharp rise in cotton prices.

The positive news for the textile industry has been the announcement of a special package of Rs 6000 crores by the Modi government for the textile and apparel sector. This is expected to help in employment generation and export promotion. The package includes a slew of measures which are labour friendly and would help in employment generation in garment sector. The steps taken will lead to cumulative increase of USD 30 billion in exports and investment of Rs 74,000 crores over the next 3 years. Majority of the new jobs are likely to go

to women, which will go a long way in triggering a social transformation through women empowerment. The newly appointed textile minister, Mrs Smriti Irani, has a tough task ahead to revive the country’s textile exports which are on decline since the last two years.

This issue of CommunicATE is focusing on A.T.E.’s entry into new areas of business. The biggest tie-up has been with Savio Macchine Tessili, Italy, for automatic winders, two for one twisters, open end spinning machines, and yarn bulking machines. Savio has been a technology leader world over for quite some time enjoying a big market share in winders and twisters. Now, with joining hands with A.T.E. from 1 April 2016, Savio group will make a big mark in the Indian textile industry in the years to come. With the launch of new automatic winder EcoPulsarS during ITMA 2015, Savio has marched ahead of the competitors in terms of technology, productivity, and quality. The Savio two for one twisters made by the Indian company Savio India Ltd have already established the market leadership through two most successful models Cosmos and Sirius.

Another new tie-up has been with Texpa Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, for fully automatic cutting and sewing, folding and packing lines for home textiles. Texpa has been a worldwide market leader in this segment for many decades and its joining hands with A.T.E. will give Texpa a wide market coverage and also a strong service support to the Indian customers. I am also happy to share with you about our tie-up with Danti Paolo E C, srl, Italy, for surface finishing machines. Danto Paolo is specialised in making full range of fabric finishing machines for woven and knitted fabrics covering sueding, brushing, shearing, raising, and polishing.

In garment sector, our tie-up with Rotondi Group srl, Italy, will bring in the high-tech pressing solutions for jackets, trousers, jeans, and shirts to the apparel sector.

This issue also covers some important milestones achieved by A.T.E. over the last few months in completing some big projects successfully and bagging some prestigious orders. This issue also covers maintenance tips for the Ramisch Guarneri calendering machines, which I am sure, will be very helpful to the maintenance teams of our customers.

While writing this note, I am delighted to read the news about Indian model Rohit Khandelwal winning the title of Mr World for the first time in the history. In Miss World competition, India has already made its mark a number of times. Perhaps with this positive development, India has strongly announced its entry into the global fashion arena. Can our textile and apparel industry, which is part of the global fashion trade, remain far behind? Perhaps the winds of change are already around in our industry, which is striving hard for gaining its due position in the world textile trade in spite of the shaky past. This reminds me of a famous quote by a Greek philosopher SOCRATES which goes as follows, “The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new”.

Gurudas Aras

Director

Spinning:

Savio Macchine Tessili, Italy

Starting April 2016, A.T.E. joined hands with the well-known post-spinning machine manufacturer, Savio Macchine Tessili, Italy.

A 105 year old organisation, Savio has grown to become the world renowned textile machinery manufacturer that it is today. It has factories in four locations across the world – Italy, China, India, and the Czech Republic, with 1550 skilled resources, a turnover of around Euro 400 million and holds 40% winding market share globally.

Savio entered the Indian market in 1990 and since then has installed more than 120,000 automatic cone winding drums across different plants.

Here is an overview of Savio’s product lines:

Automatic Cone Winder

After introducing Orion, the first fully electronic winder, during the Paris ITMA in 1999, Savio launched the most successful model Polar during 2006. This ‘fit it and forget it’ engineering marvel, packed with numerous novel features, is still ruling the world of post-spinning even after 10 years of its introduction.

In 2015 Savio introduced the drum-less winder model Multicone. It is a precision winder mostly required for producing dyeable ‘soft’ package in parallel winding technology. The sophisticated, electronically controlled traverse mechanism, perfected the production of dyeable package directly from ring frame bobbin, thus eliminating a process of re-winding.

During ITMA 2015, Savio introduced EcoPulsarS. This winder features a unique concept of individual suction management in each drum. This is a quantum leap in cone winding technology. It introduced an entirely new concept that has overcome the existing structural limitations, and results in better efficiency with a smoother winding process and overall superior package and yarn quality and helps in saving power bill of up to 30%.

Two for One Twister

Savio has been a manufacturer of quality TFO since the last three decades. The manufacturing of TFO from Italy shifted to China first and subsequently to India (Coimbatore) since 2008.

Its two models of TFO are:

COSMOS: A basic TFO with tangential belt drive.

Package nozzle Suction fan OFF

Pneumatic transportation

Suction fan ON

Suction box

Bobbin nozzle

Every single suction fan collects its spindle yarn waste and dust in a dedicated suction box

The individual spindle waste is evacuated when required through a pneumatic transportation, to guarantee the cleaning with the lowest energy consumption

EcoPulsarS suction pump

Polar

July 2016

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A.T.E., committed to provide the best solutions to our textile customers in India, continuously endeavours to add latest

technology products to its portfolio. A.T.E. has now joined hands with Savio Group, Danti Paolo, and Rotondi from Italy, and

also with Texpa from Germany.

Tie-ups : Beginning of a new success story

EcoPulsarS

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July 2016

SIRIUS: A premium TFO with all advanced features plus EDS (Electronic Drive System). This unique feature is meant for producing dyeable package directly from TFO.

With this optional attachment, every parameter (speed, twist, warp angle, etc.) of the TFO can be controlled from a computer without machine stoppage.

Open End Machine

Savio introduced the fully automatic rotor spinning machine – FlexiRotor 3000 – during 2007. It is capable of producing finished package upto 6 kg. The maximum 360 rotors can be installed in a single machine with 4 no. robots, flexible to move on either sides of the machine. Two different material types can be processed on either sides without any mixing. The rotor comes from Suessen, Germany, the pioneers of the twin disc drive technology. The machine is capable of running at 160,000 rpm.

Yarn Bulking Winder

This special purpose machine known as Volufil is used in the acrylic industry. This machine clubs three different processes in a single machine. Cone to hank winding, shrinking and bulking in a heating chamber, and finally forming the cone from bulked yarn in hank form. Savio recently launched this winder on the Multicone platform with a much bigger package to feed the carpet industry.

Savio has a large presence in India and has partnered many leading textile mills in the country in their growth and success, such as:

Trident Group

Savio’s association with Trident Group started with its 1st spinning unit in Barnala, Punjab, with the Savio winders, model Espero.

Subsequently, it went in for Savio’s world famous, Gemini TFO, and Savio’s automatic cone winders and also the new models Orion and Polar. Its link winding plant in Barnala is equipped with Savio Polar I DLS winders supplied during 2009.

Savio supplied the TFO model, Sirius, from its manufacturing unit at Coimbatore to Trident’s terry towel unit at Budhini, M.P., during 2012.

Thereafter, Savio installed 20x70 Polar L, link winding model Polar I DLS, and also two cone-to-cone winders at its specialised sheeting unit in Budhini in 2014. Trident has 162 winders and 62 TFOs from Savio spread over different locations.

Sutlej Group

Savio’s association with Sutlej Group started since early 90’s. It supplied winders, models Espero, Orion, and Polar. The group has also purchased 10 newly introduced EcoPulsarS of 80 drums each for its upcoming melange plant at Rajasthan Textile Mills. Sutlej Group has a total of 205 winders.

Ramco GroupSavio’s relationship with this group began in the 90’s with the first purchase of Savio winders. Savio has supplied so far 159 winders, at its multiple locations.

Ambika Mills

Savio has been a key partner of Ambika Mills and has supplied more than 40 automatic cone winders in last couple of years.

There are many other Indian textile groups which have grown with Savio. Some of them are

Garg Acrylics: 172 winders

ST Cottex: 64 winders and 46 TFOs

Nitin Spinners: 62 winders and 38 TFOs

Vardhman Group: 51 winders and 22 TFOs

Technical ServiceService is the backbone of Savio’s success in India. Savio India has 38 highly trained engineers who not only take care of erection and commissioning, but also help clients’ technicians in trouble shooting. Apart from main service stations at Coimbatore and Ludhiana, Savio India has service stations at Guntur, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, and Kolhapur. Engineers stationed at these locations are always available to reach customers’ premises at a short notice.

A PCB repairing center located at Coimbatore has 18 highly skilled technicians who are adept at repairing failed PCBs of old winders, thus providing a very low cost service to its customers.

Training

There are two training centres located at Coimbatore and Ludhiana. Training courses are conducted from time to time for the mill technicians with supporting videos, lectures, drawings, and with simulators for real conditions. Savio’s motto is to train as many technicians as possible, so that they can take care of machines to optimize their performance and increase their life span.

With the A.T.E.-Savio partnership, A.T.E. now offers a major range of spinning products including post-spinning for the Indian spinning sector.

Processing:

Texpa Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

A.T.E. has joined hands with Texpa to bring the world class cutting and sewing technology to India. Texpa is a leading manufacturer for

fully automatic lines for cutting, sewing, folding, and packing of home textiles, with over 50 years of experience. A.T.E. is responsible for the marketing and sales of Texpa’s products in India, effective from June 2016.

Texpa’s range of products in home textiles are:

Terry towel sector

Length cutting lines

Length hemming lines

Cross hemming lines

Table linen sector

Length cutting lines

Length hemming lines

Cross hemming lines

Bed linen sector

Flat sheet lines

Duvet cover lines

Pillow case lines

Fitted sheet lines

Texpa is strong in permanent product innovation, un-compromised design for efficiency, and rich experience in automation technology. Texpa works on the philosophy, “your efficiency is our business”. Texpa has a strong presence in the Indian market in terry towel and home textiles. With the addition of Texpa, A.T.E. can now offer end to end solutions for home textiles.

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Cross section of the Volufil

1 Feeding creel

2 Overfeed roller coming out from the heating chamber

3 Overfeed pulley going into the heating chamber

4 Yarn distributor unit

5 Winding head

6 Automatic doffing

7 Steaming distribution system

Bed linen length cutting installation

Pillow case cover closing installation

Terry cross hemming installation

FlexiRotorS

Sirius

Cosmos

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July 2016

SIRIUS: A premium TFO with all advanced features plus EDS (Electronic Drive System). This unique feature is meant for producing dyeable package directly from TFO.

With this optional attachment, every parameter (speed, twist, warp angle, etc.) of the TFO can be controlled from a computer without machine stoppage.

Open End Machine

Savio introduced the fully automatic rotor spinning machine – FlexiRotor 3000 – during 2007. It is capable of producing finished package upto 6 kg. The maximum 360 rotors can be installed in a single machine with 4 no. robots, flexible to move on either sides of the machine. Two different material types can be processed on either sides without any mixing. The rotor comes from Suessen, Germany, the pioneers of the twin disc drive technology. The machine is capable of running at 160,000 rpm.

Yarn Bulking Winder

This special purpose machine known as Volufil is used in the acrylic industry. This machine clubs three different processes in a single machine. Cone to hank winding, shrinking and bulking in a heating chamber, and finally forming the cone from bulked yarn in hank form. Savio recently launched this winder on the Multicone platform with a much bigger package to feed the carpet industry.

Savio has a large presence in India and has partnered many leading textile mills in the country in their growth and success, such as:

Trident Group

Savio’s association with Trident Group started with its 1st spinning unit in Barnala, Punjab, with the Savio winders, model Espero.

Subsequently, it went in for Savio’s world famous, Gemini TFO, and Savio’s automatic cone winders and also the new models Orion and Polar. Its link winding plant in Barnala is equipped with Savio Polar I DLS winders supplied during 2009.

Savio supplied the TFO model, Sirius, from its manufacturing unit at Coimbatore to Trident’s terry towel unit at Budhini, M.P., during 2012.

Thereafter, Savio installed 20x70 Polar L, link winding model Polar I DLS, and also two cone-to-cone winders at its specialised sheeting unit in Budhini in 2014. Trident has 162 winders and 62 TFOs from Savio spread over different locations.

Sutlej Group

Savio’s association with Sutlej Group started since early 90’s. It supplied winders, models Espero, Orion, and Polar. The group has also purchased 10 newly introduced EcoPulsarS of 80 drums each for its upcoming melange plant at Rajasthan Textile Mills. Sutlej Group has a total of 205 winders.

Ramco GroupSavio’s relationship with this group began in the 90’s with the first purchase of Savio winders. Savio has supplied so far 159 winders, at its multiple locations.

Ambika Mills

Savio has been a key partner of Ambika Mills and has supplied more than 40 automatic cone winders in last couple of years.

There are many other Indian textile groups which have grown with Savio. Some of them are

Garg Acrylics: 172 winders

ST Cottex: 64 winders and 46 TFOs

Nitin Spinners: 62 winders and 38 TFOs

Vardhman Group: 51 winders and 22 TFOs

Technical ServiceService is the backbone of Savio’s success in India. Savio India has 38 highly trained engineers who not only take care of erection and commissioning, but also help clients’ technicians in trouble shooting. Apart from main service stations at Coimbatore and Ludhiana, Savio India has service stations at Guntur, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, and Kolhapur. Engineers stationed at these locations are always available to reach customers’ premises at a short notice.

A PCB repairing center located at Coimbatore has 18 highly skilled technicians who are adept at repairing failed PCBs of old winders, thus providing a very low cost service to its customers.

Training

There are two training centres located at Coimbatore and Ludhiana. Training courses are conducted from time to time for the mill technicians with supporting videos, lectures, drawings, and with simulators for real conditions. Savio’s motto is to train as many technicians as possible, so that they can take care of machines to optimize their performance and increase their life span.

With the A.T.E.-Savio partnership, A.T.E. now offers a major range of spinning products including post-spinning for the Indian spinning sector.

Processing:

Texpa Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

A.T.E. has joined hands with Texpa to bring the world class cutting and sewing technology to India. Texpa is a leading manufacturer for

fully automatic lines for cutting, sewing, folding, and packing of home textiles, with over 50 years of experience. A.T.E. is responsible for the marketing and sales of Texpa’s products in India, effective from June 2016.

Texpa’s range of products in home textiles are:

Terry towel sector

Length cutting lines

Length hemming lines

Cross hemming lines

Table linen sector

Length cutting lines

Length hemming lines

Cross hemming lines

Bed linen sector

Flat sheet lines

Duvet cover lines

Pillow case lines

Fitted sheet lines

Texpa is strong in permanent product innovation, un-compromised design for efficiency, and rich experience in automation technology. Texpa works on the philosophy, “your efficiency is our business”. Texpa has a strong presence in the Indian market in terry towel and home textiles. With the addition of Texpa, A.T.E. can now offer end to end solutions for home textiles.

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Cross section of the Volufil

1 Feeding creel

2 Overfeed roller coming out from the heating chamber

3 Overfeed pulley going into the heating chamber

4 Yarn distributor unit

5 Winding head

6 Automatic doffing

7 Steaming distribution system

Bed linen length cutting installation

Pillow case cover closing installation

Terry cross hemming installation

FlexiRotorS

Sirius

Cosmos

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July 2016

Danti Paolo E C, srl, Italy

Effective from June 2016, A.T.E. has joined hands with Danti Paolo, Italy, one of the leading manufacturers of finishing machines. Backed by a vast experience of over 80 years, Danti Paolo manufactures state-of-the-art brushing/sueding machines, raising machines, shearing machines, and polishing machines.

Danti Paolo manufactures all its machines in its plant at Montemurlo, Italy, where they are fully tested in operating conditions, before final delivery to customers. The company makes use of latest technologies to create innovative solutions and advanced products. All the machines are equipped with modern network connection for remote troubleshooting. The use of the best brands of components makes the machines extremely reliable and durable.

With this tie-up, A.T.E. can now supply a full range for finishing machines for woven and knitted fabrics.

Garments:

Rotondi Group srl, Italy

A.T.E has tied-up with Rotondi Group srl, Italy, specialised in producing hi-tech pressing equipment for men’s and ladies jackets, trousers, jeans, and shirts.

Rotondi pressing machines are installed in 156 countries in 5 continents throughout the world. The range covers over 800 different pressing machines from the vacuum table to the air-operated press and totally automatic carousel.

Some of the important products that have been launched in India are:

For jeans and casual trousers

Vertical trouser topper-model TF/AL: The new machines of the

TF series have been designed to iron jeans and not-pleated casual-wear pants made from any material.

Vacuum ironing table-series 1980/A Pneumatic pressing machines for ironing jackets, over-coats,

pants, etc.

Fully automatic shirts finisher: Model : SR-3000 V

Shirts collar and cuff press: Model : BL / CLP

The tie-up is sure to benefit the Indian garment manufacturers as it combines A.T.E.’s domain knowledge in the field, backed with all India sales and service support, and the hi-tech products from Rotondi Group.

Details of shearing unit

1 Panel control

2 Electrical connection

3 Air compressed

4 Steam connection

5 Steam condensate

6 Pedal check

Right side Front Left side

Milestones

Creative textiles partners A.T.E. for the expansion plan of bed linensCreative Textiles has entrusted A.T.E. with its project order for wet processing machines. The project order includes Osthoff singeing, Goller bleaching, mercerizing, washing & pad steam range, Monfort’s e-control, sanforizer, Monforts Fong's stenter, curing range, Ramisch Guarneri calender, Mahlo weft straightener, Color Service dispensing systems, and A.T.E. Envirotech’s zero liquid discharge ETP. The project is already under execution and a few of the ranges are already in operation. A.T.E. has rich experience in seamlessly managing and executing projects to the utmost satisfaction of its customers.

Himatsingka chooses A.T.E. again for its bed linen expansion projectHimatsingka is expanding its production capacity of processing machines by adding stenter, shrinking range, and E-control range from Monforts, singeing machines from Osthoff and print-paste dispensing system from Colour Service.

New concept from Monforts for denim finishing at ArvindArvind has recently commissioned its new denim finishing range, supplied by Monforts which includes eco- applicator, double shrinker and double palmer. The range is capable of running above 70 m/min. The eco-applicator, helps in saving energy considerably. Also, because of its high speed, it reduces the labour cost compared to conventional ranges. With India’s focus on denim, this concept for denim finishing from Monforts would surely lead the way forward.

Welspun installs Monfongs’ stenter and Zimmer’s digital printer for its terry towel projectWelspun has recently increased its terry towel production capacity. After conducting various trials, Welspun was convinced to go ahead with Zimmer’s digital printer for printing terry towels. Zimmer has just delivered its new version Colaris 3 digital printer, and will also deliver its loop steamer soon.

Recently, Welpsun also installed 5 stenters from Monfongs at its Vapi plant for terry towel finishing. Also, more stenters were booked for its bed-sheeting project at Anjar.

A.T.E. commissioned Zimmer coating unit at D Décor Zimmer has recently supplied coating unit to D Décor, Mumbai, which is a premium supplier of home furnishing fabrics. The Zimmer coating head was commissioned recently, which is being used for various finishing applications.

Zimmer going strong on the business of rotary printing machinesZimmer has booked orders for 10 printing machines in India . The few key customers are Welspun, Morarjee, Wintry, Arvind, etc.

A.T.E. registers breakthrough order for Color ServiceColour Service, a well-known supplier for dispensing systems, has bagged orders for print-paste dispensing systems and dyes and chemical systems from Himatsingka Linens (Hassan), SRG (Tirupur), and Creative Textiles (Vapi).

Steep growth for Goller business in IndiaGoller has become a very strong player in the global market. After joining hands with A.T.E., Goller has delivered more than 12 ranges in India. Recently, we have bagged two project orders from MI Industries (Delhi) for apparel fabrics and Creative Textiles (Vapi) for bed-sheeting. Recently, A.T.E. has also bagged orders from Nandan (Ahmedabad) for bleaching range and Bharat Vijay Mills (Ahmedabad) for merceriser. The fast scaling footprint of Goller includes two Goller ranges at Arvind Mills (Ahmedabad) and Goller relaxation range at Vardhman.

Ramisch Guarneri’s successfull installationsRamisch Guarneri has successfully installed its first Multiflex calender at Morarjee Mills (Nagpur). Also, a special purpose calender for technical textiles is installed at Khosla. Two more Ramisch Guarneri NIPCO calenders are currently under installation at VHM (Nagpur) and Creative Mills ( Vapi).

A.T.E. Envirotech books new businessesAfter the ZLD project of 2.6 mld capacity at Creative Mills (Vapi), A.T.E. Envirotech has now received orders from Vishal Fabrics (Ahmedabad) and RSWM (LNJ - Bhilwara). A.T.E. Envirotech has also supplied RO disk system from Huber, Germany to Dicitex Home Furnishing (Mumbai).

A.T.E. bags prestigious orders for Hangzhou Huahong loomsA.T.E.'s weaving team has recently bagged 6 prestigious orders for a total of 42 Hangzhou Huahong looms from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. This consists of 28 terry rapier looms of GA738 series equipped with either bottom dobby or jacquard and 14 fabric rapier looms of GA738/ GA798 series.

Hangzhou Huahong terry and fabric rapier looms of GA799 and GA738 series are already working successfully in Maharashtra, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu. These customers are very happy with the loom performance, quality of products and service support extended by A.T.E.

Many weaving customers from Maharashtra and South India who visited these units were highly impressed to receive positive first hand feedback from the customers about the satisfactory performance of the rapier looms.

Nipco calender

Shirt finisher

Vertical trouser topper

Shirt collar and cuff press

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July 2016

Danti Paolo E C, srl, Italy

Effective from June 2016, A.T.E. has joined hands with Danti Paolo, Italy, one of the leading manufacturers of finishing machines. Backed by a vast experience of over 80 years, Danti Paolo manufactures state-of-the-art brushing/sueding machines, raising machines, shearing machines, and polishing machines.

Danti Paolo manufactures all its machines in its plant at Montemurlo, Italy, where they are fully tested in operating conditions, before final delivery to customers. The company makes use of latest technologies to create innovative solutions and advanced products. All the machines are equipped with modern network connection for remote troubleshooting. The use of the best brands of components makes the machines extremely reliable and durable.

With this tie-up, A.T.E. can now supply a full range for finishing machines for woven and knitted fabrics.

Garments:

Rotondi Group srl, Italy

A.T.E has tied-up with Rotondi Group srl, Italy, specialised in producing hi-tech pressing equipment for men’s and ladies jackets, trousers, jeans, and shirts.

Rotondi pressing machines are installed in 156 countries in 5 continents throughout the world. The range covers over 800 different pressing machines from the vacuum table to the air-operated press and totally automatic carousel.

Some of the important products that have been launched in India are:

For jeans and casual trousers

Vertical trouser topper-model TF/AL: The new machines of the

TF series have been designed to iron jeans and not-pleated casual-wear pants made from any material.

Vacuum ironing table-series 1980/A Pneumatic pressing machines for ironing jackets, over-coats,

pants, etc.

Fully automatic shirts finisher: Model : SR-3000 V

Shirts collar and cuff press: Model : BL / CLP

The tie-up is sure to benefit the Indian garment manufacturers as it combines A.T.E.’s domain knowledge in the field, backed with all India sales and service support, and the hi-tech products from Rotondi Group.

Details of shearing unit

1 Panel control

2 Electrical connection

3 Air compressed

4 Steam connection

5 Steam condensate

6 Pedal check

Right side Front Left side

Milestones

Creative textiles partners A.T.E. for the expansion plan of bed linensCreative Textiles has entrusted A.T.E. with its project order for wet processing machines. The project order includes Osthoff singeing, Goller bleaching, mercerizing, washing & pad steam range, Monfort’s e-control, sanforizer, Monforts Fong's stenter, curing range, Ramisch Guarneri calender, Mahlo weft straightener, Color Service dispensing systems, and A.T.E. Envirotech’s zero liquid discharge ETP. The project is already under execution and a few of the ranges are already in operation. A.T.E. has rich experience in seamlessly managing and executing projects to the utmost satisfaction of its customers.

Himatsingka chooses A.T.E. again for its bed linen expansion projectHimatsingka is expanding its production capacity of processing machines by adding stenter, shrinking range, and E-control range from Monforts, singeing machines from Osthoff and print-paste dispensing system from Colour Service.

New concept from Monforts for denim finishing at ArvindArvind has recently commissioned its new denim finishing range, supplied by Monforts which includes eco- applicator, double shrinker and double palmer. The range is capable of running above 70 m/min. The eco-applicator, helps in saving energy considerably. Also, because of its high speed, it reduces the labour cost compared to conventional ranges. With India’s focus on denim, this concept for denim finishing from Monforts would surely lead the way forward.

Welspun installs Monfongs’ stenter and Zimmer’s digital printer for its terry towel projectWelspun has recently increased its terry towel production capacity. After conducting various trials, Welspun was convinced to go ahead with Zimmer’s digital printer for printing terry towels. Zimmer has just delivered its new version Colaris 3 digital printer, and will also deliver its loop steamer soon.

Recently, Welpsun also installed 5 stenters from Monfongs at its Vapi plant for terry towel finishing. Also, more stenters were booked for its bed-sheeting project at Anjar.

A.T.E. commissioned Zimmer coating unit at D Décor Zimmer has recently supplied coating unit to D Décor, Mumbai, which is a premium supplier of home furnishing fabrics. The Zimmer coating head was commissioned recently, which is being used for various finishing applications.

Zimmer going strong on the business of rotary printing machinesZimmer has booked orders for 10 printing machines in India . The few key customers are Welspun, Morarjee, Wintry, Arvind, etc.

A.T.E. registers breakthrough order for Color ServiceColour Service, a well-known supplier for dispensing systems, has bagged orders for print-paste dispensing systems and dyes and chemical systems from Himatsingka Linens (Hassan), SRG (Tirupur), and Creative Textiles (Vapi).

Steep growth for Goller business in IndiaGoller has become a very strong player in the global market. After joining hands with A.T.E., Goller has delivered more than 12 ranges in India. Recently, we have bagged two project orders from MI Industries (Delhi) for apparel fabrics and Creative Textiles (Vapi) for bed-sheeting. Recently, A.T.E. has also bagged orders from Nandan (Ahmedabad) for bleaching range and Bharat Vijay Mills (Ahmedabad) for merceriser. The fast scaling footprint of Goller includes two Goller ranges at Arvind Mills (Ahmedabad) and Goller relaxation range at Vardhman.

Ramisch Guarneri’s successfull installationsRamisch Guarneri has successfully installed its first Multiflex calender at Morarjee Mills (Nagpur). Also, a special purpose calender for technical textiles is installed at Khosla. Two more Ramisch Guarneri NIPCO calenders are currently under installation at VHM (Nagpur) and Creative Mills ( Vapi).

A.T.E. Envirotech books new businessesAfter the ZLD project of 2.6 mld capacity at Creative Mills (Vapi), A.T.E. Envirotech has now received orders from Vishal Fabrics (Ahmedabad) and RSWM (LNJ - Bhilwara). A.T.E. Envirotech has also supplied RO disk system from Huber, Germany to Dicitex Home Furnishing (Mumbai).

A.T.E. bags prestigious orders for Hangzhou Huahong loomsA.T.E.'s weaving team has recently bagged 6 prestigious orders for a total of 42 Hangzhou Huahong looms from Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. This consists of 28 terry rapier looms of GA738 series equipped with either bottom dobby or jacquard and 14 fabric rapier looms of GA738/ GA798 series.

Hangzhou Huahong terry and fabric rapier looms of GA799 and GA738 series are already working successfully in Maharashtra, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu. These customers are very happy with the loom performance, quality of products and service support extended by A.T.E.

Many weaving customers from Maharashtra and South India who visited these units were highly impressed to receive positive first hand feedback from the customers about the satisfactory performance of the rapier looms.

Nipco calender

Shirt finisher

Vertical trouser topper

Shirt collar and cuff press

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July 2016

A.T.E. Connect

Revisiting College

Seminar on Textile Value Chain Industries at Guntur Textile Park

A.T.E. participated in the seminar on Textile Value Chain Industries on 30 April 2016, at Sri Venkateswara Vignana Mandir, Guntur.

Guntur is one of the major hubs for textiles in country, with 84 lakh bales of the cotton crop (in the combined state), thousands of ginneries, and hundreds of modern spinning mills. To complete the value chain, Guntur Textile Park in association with AP Spinning Mills Association, AP Cotton Association, Guntur Cotton Ginners Welfare Association, AP Chamber of Commerce, and other textile parks such as Tarakeswara, Gautama Buddha, and Mohan Spintex, organised a one day seminar to promote modern weaving and garment industries.

Mr Kiran Hanchate, Regional Head (Hyderabad), and Mr Navin Agrawal, General Manager (Weaving & Circular Knitting), made a presentation on the latest technologies available for fabric forming, including products from Karl Mayer warp preparation. More than 400 delegates including prospective customers from Andhra Pradesh attended this event, in which almost all the leading suppliers of weaving, preparation, and utilities presented their products.

Denim seminar “A Democracy of Fashion” at Ahmedabad

Diagonal Consulting India organised a denim conference at IIM Campus, Ahmedabad, on 19 and 20 February 2016, attended by all major denim players. Mr Hans Wroblowski of Monforts (Germany) presented a paper on Eco-Line for denim finishing. It is a unique configuration with Eco-applicator by which the finishing chemicals

can be applied to the desired level. It’s possible to adjust the carry over of moisture between 10%-70%. Since the moisture is applied to the minimum level, it is possible to eliminate the drying range. Monforts has already installed a few ranges which are working at 70 m/min.

Monforts, Mahlo, and Goller present their innovations at TAI Conference, Mumbai

Recently, the Textile Association of India had organised a conference on the theme of "Innovations @ ITMA 2015, Milan". Market leaders Monforts, Mahlo, and Goller have presented their innovations introduced at ITMA Milan 2015. It generated a lot of interest among the audience and there was also good interactions during the session.

Textile Calculations

Fibre Fineness, Yarn Counts, and Conversions

Micronaire Value (Cotton): The unit is micrograms per inch. The average weight of one inch length of fibre, expressed in micrograms (0.000001 gram)

Denier (Man-made fibres): Weight in grams per 9000 metres of fibre

Micron (Wool): Fineness is expressed as fibre diametre in microns (0.001 mm)

Conversions:

Denier = 0.354 x Micronaire value Micronaire value = 2.824 x Deniere

Yarn Counts

It is broadly classified into:

Direct system:

Tex count Denier

Indirect system:

English count (Ne) French count (Nf) Metric count (Nm) Worsted count

Service & Maintenance tips

Mr S Rajendran, Vice President (A.T.E.), receiving the momento from Textile Commissioner, Ms Kavita Gupta (I.A.S.)

Daily activities

The steel roller surface must be cleaned properly without applying pressure by soft cloth with alcohol or polish paste before starting the

machine

Check and clean if any particles or dirt is present between rollers

Clean the safety barriers with alcohol before starting the machine

Check sensitivity of the metal detector for healthy operation

Check seam detector and set length for healthy operation2 Check fabric guider and set air pressure to 1.5kg/cm

Check all safety limits and rip cords

Check finger protection and roll distance of batching

Check cold water circulation pump and delivery water pressure

Check hydraulic pack temperature and cooling system

During heating and cooling phase the rollers must be in moving condition

Check function of hydraulic solenoid valves in I and L mode

Check hydraulic cylinder of batching unit

Clean external cooling fan of main drive motor

Check cooling of panel AC and clean if required

Weekly activities

Check all the safety devices

Check for water leakages of chiller unit

Check hydraulic pack oil level and top up if necessary

Check all hydraulic hoses for oil leakages

Check the lubrication cycle of steel roller bearings LH and RH and ensure

lubrication as per schedule

Monthly activities

Check oil presence and level in hydraulic unit

Check distance between rollers

Check for motor rotations

Clean screen filters and radiators of chiller

Clean plate type heat exchanger for proper cooling

Important notes:

Before starting the calender, ensure that the operator’s footboard and the fabric passage is clean, to avoid any kind of waste material

coming in the way of the fabric, as this could damage the rollers

Once in three months check and ensure that all screws and all components are tight

It is compulsory to stop the heating system when the operator is not present. It is strictly prohibited to leave the calender at a

temperature above 60 degree centigrade alone without an operator

Operator working on machine should not wear loose fitting clothes and jewelleries (including finger rings)

Do not mix mineral oil with synthetic oil

Maintenance tips for Ramisch Guarneri calender machines- contributed by the Customer Support Group of A.T.E.

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July 2016

A.T.E. Connect

Revisiting College

Seminar on Textile Value Chain Industries at Guntur Textile Park

A.T.E. participated in the seminar on Textile Value Chain Industries on 30 April 2016, at Sri Venkateswara Vignana Mandir, Guntur.

Guntur is one of the major hubs for textiles in country, with 84 lakh bales of the cotton crop (in the combined state), thousands of ginneries, and hundreds of modern spinning mills. To complete the value chain, Guntur Textile Park in association with AP Spinning Mills Association, AP Cotton Association, Guntur Cotton Ginners Welfare Association, AP Chamber of Commerce, and other textile parks such as Tarakeswara, Gautama Buddha, and Mohan Spintex, organised a one day seminar to promote modern weaving and garment industries.

Mr Kiran Hanchate, Regional Head (Hyderabad), and Mr Navin Agrawal, General Manager (Weaving & Circular Knitting), made a presentation on the latest technologies available for fabric forming, including products from Karl Mayer warp preparation. More than 400 delegates including prospective customers from Andhra Pradesh attended this event, in which almost all the leading suppliers of weaving, preparation, and utilities presented their products.

Denim seminar “A Democracy of Fashion” at Ahmedabad

Diagonal Consulting India organised a denim conference at IIM Campus, Ahmedabad, on 19 and 20 February 2016, attended by all major denim players. Mr Hans Wroblowski of Monforts (Germany) presented a paper on Eco-Line for denim finishing. It is a unique configuration with Eco-applicator by which the finishing chemicals

can be applied to the desired level. It’s possible to adjust the carry over of moisture between 10%-70%. Since the moisture is applied to the minimum level, it is possible to eliminate the drying range. Monforts has already installed a few ranges which are working at 70 m/min.

Monforts, Mahlo, and Goller present their innovations at TAI Conference, Mumbai

Recently, the Textile Association of India had organised a conference on the theme of "Innovations @ ITMA 2015, Milan". Market leaders Monforts, Mahlo, and Goller have presented their innovations introduced at ITMA Milan 2015. It generated a lot of interest among the audience and there was also good interactions during the session.

Textile Calculations

Fibre Fineness, Yarn Counts, and Conversions

Micronaire Value (Cotton): The unit is micrograms per inch. The average weight of one inch length of fibre, expressed in micrograms (0.000001 gram)

Denier (Man-made fibres): Weight in grams per 9000 metres of fibre

Micron (Wool): Fineness is expressed as fibre diametre in microns (0.001 mm)

Conversions:

Denier = 0.354 x Micronaire value Micronaire value = 2.824 x Deniere

Yarn Counts

It is broadly classified into:

Direct system:

Tex count Denier

Indirect system:

English count (Ne) French count (Nf) Metric count (Nm) Worsted count

Service & Maintenance tips

Mr S Rajendran, Vice President (A.T.E.), receiving the momento from Textile Commissioner, Ms Kavita Gupta (I.A.S.)

Daily activities

The steel roller surface must be cleaned properly without applying pressure by soft cloth with alcohol or polish paste before starting the

machine

Check and clean if any particles or dirt is present between rollers

Clean the safety barriers with alcohol before starting the machine

Check sensitivity of the metal detector for healthy operation

Check seam detector and set length for healthy operation2 Check fabric guider and set air pressure to 1.5kg/cm

Check all safety limits and rip cords

Check finger protection and roll distance of batching

Check cold water circulation pump and delivery water pressure

Check hydraulic pack temperature and cooling system

During heating and cooling phase the rollers must be in moving condition

Check function of hydraulic solenoid valves in I and L mode

Check hydraulic cylinder of batching unit

Clean external cooling fan of main drive motor

Check cooling of panel AC and clean if required

Weekly activities

Check all the safety devices

Check for water leakages of chiller unit

Check hydraulic pack oil level and top up if necessary

Check all hydraulic hoses for oil leakages

Check the lubrication cycle of steel roller bearings LH and RH and ensure

lubrication as per schedule

Monthly activities

Check oil presence and level in hydraulic unit

Check distance between rollers

Check for motor rotations

Clean screen filters and radiators of chiller

Clean plate type heat exchanger for proper cooling

Important notes:

Before starting the calender, ensure that the operator’s footboard and the fabric passage is clean, to avoid any kind of waste material

coming in the way of the fabric, as this could damage the rollers

Once in three months check and ensure that all screws and all components are tight

It is compulsory to stop the heating system when the operator is not present. It is strictly prohibited to leave the calender at a

temperature above 60 degree centigrade alone without an operator

Operator working on machine should not wear loose fitting clothes and jewelleries (including finger rings)

Do not mix mineral oil with synthetic oil

Maintenance tips for Ramisch Guarneri calender machines- contributed by the Customer Support Group of A.T.E.

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July 2016

Market Watch

News Capsule

Cotton:Indian cotton prices continued to surge upward during June first half as forecasted earlier. The domestic cotton scenario depicts short supply and that is leading to a jump in fibre prices. Scarcity of quality cotton has helped the prices to move upward while demand from the local spinning mills improved. At the same time, estimated cotton production was higher than actual production and arrivals were slow as fibre prices were non-remunerative in the earlier part of the current cotton season. All these factors lead to a substantial hike in cotton prices in the local markets and buyers are finding it difficult to source quality fibre. Cotton prices both local and international may remain strong and even grow further in the coming weeks.

Polyester Staple Fibre (PSF):PSF prices witnessed marginal decline and traded volumes remained average during the first fortnight of June. The decrease in PTA and MEG prices and weaker demand has compelled the PSF manufacturers to lower prices. Since, traded volumes were low and inventory building up, some producers have offered bigger discounts. However, the fibre prices are unlikely to go below the current level as margins were wafer thin or in negative. In the Chinese local markets, the demand for PSF was weak and price dwindled further. In the Indian local markets, PSF demands continue to be weak and suppliers have marginally revised prices and volume buying comes with a price discount.

POY, PTY, and Flat Yarn:Polyester Filament Yarn prices witnessed weakness and declined during June first half. The polyester raw material prices witnessed marginal corrections during the fortnight under consideration which has compelled the yarn suppliers to revise prices. Also, weak downstream demand and high inventory kept the pressure on polyester filament yarn producers. In the Chinese local markets, traded volumes of filament yarns have remained weak in the last fortnight but inventory levels have grown. In India too, prices of polyester filament yarns were weak as filament yarn weaving sector was operating half of its capacity. Therefore, prices of polyester filament yarns were weak as filament yarn weaving sector was operating half of its capacity.

Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF):Viscose fibre prices remained stable but in Chinese local markets prices have witnessed marginal upward movement as demand was good. Current offered prices from China is less than the offers originating from Indonesia. VSF prices are expected to show stable trend in the coming fortnight.

(source: Textile Excellence)

Government announces special package for textile and apparel sectorThe Government has approved a Rs 6000 crore special package for textiles and apparel sector to create one crore new jobs in 3 years, attract investments of $11 bn and generate $30 bn in exports. The special package for textile and apparel sector was approved by the Union Cabinet. The package is a strategic decision that would strengthen and empower the Indian textile and apparel sector by improving its cost competitiveness in the global market.

Salient features of the package announced are:

Additional incentives under ATUFSThe new package breaks new ground in moving from input to outcome based incentives by increasing subsidy under ATUFS from 15% to 25% for the garment sector as a boost to employment generation. This is also made mandatory that disbursement of capital subsidy would be done only after the expected jobs are created.

Enhanced duty drawback coverageIn a unique move, the government is going to introduce a new scheme which would refund the state taxes on goods in case of exports. Also, drawback on all industries rate will be given for domestic duty paid inputs even when fabrics are imported under Advance Authorisation Scheme.

Employee Provident Fund scheme reforms

Union Government shall bear the entire 12% of employers' contribution to the Employers Provident Fund (EPF) Scheme for new employees of garment industry for the first 3 years for the employees earning less than Rs 15,000/- per month

Increasing overtime caps

Overtime hours for factory workers not to exceed eight hours per week in line with ILO norms and this would lead to increased earnings for the workers.

Introduction of fixed term employment

Considering the seasonal nature of the textile and clothing industry, fixed term employment shall be introduced for the garment sector. A fixed term workman shall be considered at par with permanent workman in terms of working hours, wages, allowanced and other statutory dues.

Enhanced scope of Section 80JJAA of Income Tax Act

Further to the amendments made in Section 80JJAA of Income Tax Act in the FY 2016-17, for the garment industry, the provision of 240 minimum numbers of days of employment in a year, has been relaxed to 150 days looking at the seasonal nature of the industry. (source: Indian Textile Journal and Textile Excellence)

The cotton spinning sector faces challenging timesThe domestic cotton spinning sector continues to be under pressure, even as the market has witnessed some meagre signs of improvement following prices of the commodity firming up a bit in the last 2-3 weeks. On the demand-supply side, there is a distinct case of over supply. Exports of cotton yarn from the country have declined for the last 2 consecutive years. China whose share in the Indian cotton yarn exports would account for around 48%, has witnessed its imports from India coming down considerably ever since it decided to end its 3 year long progamme to stockpile raw cotton. On one hand the industry is adding to the capacity relentlessly (the pace of which has moderated lately), on the other, the domestic consumption has not seen commensurate increase and thus resulting in an over-supply condition. (source: Textile Excellence)

Huber, Germany offers effective solutions for sludge handling of textile effluent treatment plants

Huber solar active dryer SRT is a state-of-the-art sludge drying solution that harnesses solar energy for sludge drying, offering unmatched benefits:

Continuous drying process

Unique combination of sludge turning and transport

The special sludge turning system of the Huber SRT performs spreading, granulation, turning, and mixing of sludge

Sludge bed height is adjustable via the electrical control system

Even distribution of the sludge feed

Odourless due to complete re-stacking of the sludge

Huber ROTAMAT® sludge thickeners are state-of-the-art. Their robust German design and construction, and excellent energy efficiency are proven in hundreds of installations the world over with unmatched benefits. The Huber ROTAMAT is in a class of its own!

Lower foot print and low civil construction cost at site

Lower power, polymer, and wash water consumption

Sludge volume reduction > 85%

Throughput capacity up to 40 m/hr

Typical sludge thickening results > 7% dry residue (DR)

Typical separation efficiency > 97%

Automatic operation

No noise pollution < 68 dB(A)

Completely encased assembly suitable for strong smelling sludge

In-house installation possible

KARL MAYER's Multi-Matic, a revolution in warp sampling and production warp

The Multi-Matic® produces sample warps and medium-length warps and guarantees top quality as well as maximum efficiency, when used for the right application. With its technical configuration, this automatic short, medium and sample warping machine operates optimally for short and quality pattern warps.

The advantages of the Multi-Matic® at a glance:

The Multi-Matic® is as flexible as a sample warping machine, but the possibility of working in parallel when loading packages onto a fixed creel, or of using a parallel creel means that the creel setting-up times are reduced, which is advantageous when processing short and medium length production warps. Another advantage is that the warping process runs automatically.

The Multi-Matic® also helps in saving labour and yarn material costs, as well as storage costs, because of the compact yarn management system.

The Multi-Matic® is also extremely accurate. When producing the warp, the yarns are laid by means of yarn-laying devices onto the feed belts of the rotating warping drum at an accuracy of 5/100 mm. This system, which is controlled by linear motors, therefore operates about four times more accurately than other well-known sample warping machines. The high-precision yarn-laying devices are also used for leasing of the dividing cords.

A new feature is that the yarn feed belt operates at different speeds and can be adapted to different yarn densities and counts and various pattern requirements. Yarns which do not run on the warping drum because they are not needed for the pattern are taken off by the patented central cord and held under tension.

The result of this well-thought-out yarn feed arrangement on the Multi-Matic® is that the yarns are placed accurately on the warping drum and the colour can be changed correctly, even at maximum operating speed.

Technology Update

10 11

July 2016

Market Watch

News Capsule

Cotton:Indian cotton prices continued to surge upward during June first half as forecasted earlier. The domestic cotton scenario depicts short supply and that is leading to a jump in fibre prices. Scarcity of quality cotton has helped the prices to move upward while demand from the local spinning mills improved. At the same time, estimated cotton production was higher than actual production and arrivals were slow as fibre prices were non-remunerative in the earlier part of the current cotton season. All these factors lead to a substantial hike in cotton prices in the local markets and buyers are finding it difficult to source quality fibre. Cotton prices both local and international may remain strong and even grow further in the coming weeks.

Polyester Staple Fibre (PSF):PSF prices witnessed marginal decline and traded volumes remained average during the first fortnight of June. The decrease in PTA and MEG prices and weaker demand has compelled the PSF manufacturers to lower prices. Since, traded volumes were low and inventory building up, some producers have offered bigger discounts. However, the fibre prices are unlikely to go below the current level as margins were wafer thin or in negative. In the Chinese local markets, the demand for PSF was weak and price dwindled further. In the Indian local markets, PSF demands continue to be weak and suppliers have marginally revised prices and volume buying comes with a price discount.

POY, PTY, and Flat Yarn:Polyester Filament Yarn prices witnessed weakness and declined during June first half. The polyester raw material prices witnessed marginal corrections during the fortnight under consideration which has compelled the yarn suppliers to revise prices. Also, weak downstream demand and high inventory kept the pressure on polyester filament yarn producers. In the Chinese local markets, traded volumes of filament yarns have remained weak in the last fortnight but inventory levels have grown. In India too, prices of polyester filament yarns were weak as filament yarn weaving sector was operating half of its capacity. Therefore, prices of polyester filament yarns were weak as filament yarn weaving sector was operating half of its capacity.

Viscose Staple Fibre (VSF):Viscose fibre prices remained stable but in Chinese local markets prices have witnessed marginal upward movement as demand was good. Current offered prices from China is less than the offers originating from Indonesia. VSF prices are expected to show stable trend in the coming fortnight.

(source: Textile Excellence)

Government announces special package for textile and apparel sectorThe Government has approved a Rs 6000 crore special package for textiles and apparel sector to create one crore new jobs in 3 years, attract investments of $11 bn and generate $30 bn in exports. The special package for textile and apparel sector was approved by the Union Cabinet. The package is a strategic decision that would strengthen and empower the Indian textile and apparel sector by improving its cost competitiveness in the global market.

Salient features of the package announced are:

Additional incentives under ATUFSThe new package breaks new ground in moving from input to outcome based incentives by increasing subsidy under ATUFS from 15% to 25% for the garment sector as a boost to employment generation. This is also made mandatory that disbursement of capital subsidy would be done only after the expected jobs are created.

Enhanced duty drawback coverageIn a unique move, the government is going to introduce a new scheme which would refund the state taxes on goods in case of exports. Also, drawback on all industries rate will be given for domestic duty paid inputs even when fabrics are imported under Advance Authorisation Scheme.

Employee Provident Fund scheme reforms

Union Government shall bear the entire 12% of employers' contribution to the Employers Provident Fund (EPF) Scheme for new employees of garment industry for the first 3 years for the employees earning less than Rs 15,000/- per month

Increasing overtime caps

Overtime hours for factory workers not to exceed eight hours per week in line with ILO norms and this would lead to increased earnings for the workers.

Introduction of fixed term employment

Considering the seasonal nature of the textile and clothing industry, fixed term employment shall be introduced for the garment sector. A fixed term workman shall be considered at par with permanent workman in terms of working hours, wages, allowanced and other statutory dues.

Enhanced scope of Section 80JJAA of Income Tax Act

Further to the amendments made in Section 80JJAA of Income Tax Act in the FY 2016-17, for the garment industry, the provision of 240 minimum numbers of days of employment in a year, has been relaxed to 150 days looking at the seasonal nature of the industry. (source: Indian Textile Journal and Textile Excellence)

The cotton spinning sector faces challenging timesThe domestic cotton spinning sector continues to be under pressure, even as the market has witnessed some meagre signs of improvement following prices of the commodity firming up a bit in the last 2-3 weeks. On the demand-supply side, there is a distinct case of over supply. Exports of cotton yarn from the country have declined for the last 2 consecutive years. China whose share in the Indian cotton yarn exports would account for around 48%, has witnessed its imports from India coming down considerably ever since it decided to end its 3 year long progamme to stockpile raw cotton. On one hand the industry is adding to the capacity relentlessly (the pace of which has moderated lately), on the other, the domestic consumption has not seen commensurate increase and thus resulting in an over-supply condition. (source: Textile Excellence)

Huber, Germany offers effective solutions for sludge handling of textile effluent treatment plants

Huber solar active dryer SRT is a state-of-the-art sludge drying solution that harnesses solar energy for sludge drying, offering unmatched benefits:

Continuous drying process

Unique combination of sludge turning and transport

The special sludge turning system of the Huber SRT performs spreading, granulation, turning, and mixing of sludge

Sludge bed height is adjustable via the electrical control system

Even distribution of the sludge feed

Odourless due to complete re-stacking of the sludge

Huber ROTAMAT® sludge thickeners are state-of-the-art. Their robust German design and construction, and excellent energy efficiency are proven in hundreds of installations the world over with unmatched benefits. The Huber ROTAMAT is in a class of its own!

Lower foot print and low civil construction cost at site

Lower power, polymer, and wash water consumption

Sludge volume reduction > 85%

Throughput capacity up to 40 m/hr

Typical sludge thickening results > 7% dry residue (DR)

Typical separation efficiency > 97%

Automatic operation

No noise pollution < 68 dB(A)

Completely encased assembly suitable for strong smelling sludge

In-house installation possible

KARL MAYER's Multi-Matic, a revolution in warp sampling and production warp

The Multi-Matic® produces sample warps and medium-length warps and guarantees top quality as well as maximum efficiency, when used for the right application. With its technical configuration, this automatic short, medium and sample warping machine operates optimally for short and quality pattern warps.

The advantages of the Multi-Matic® at a glance:

The Multi-Matic® is as flexible as a sample warping machine, but the possibility of working in parallel when loading packages onto a fixed creel, or of using a parallel creel means that the creel setting-up times are reduced, which is advantageous when processing short and medium length production warps. Another advantage is that the warping process runs automatically.

The Multi-Matic® also helps in saving labour and yarn material costs, as well as storage costs, because of the compact yarn management system.

The Multi-Matic® is also extremely accurate. When producing the warp, the yarns are laid by means of yarn-laying devices onto the feed belts of the rotating warping drum at an accuracy of 5/100 mm. This system, which is controlled by linear motors, therefore operates about four times more accurately than other well-known sample warping machines. The high-precision yarn-laying devices are also used for leasing of the dividing cords.

A new feature is that the yarn feed belt operates at different speeds and can be adapted to different yarn densities and counts and various pattern requirements. Yarns which do not run on the warping drum because they are not needed for the pattern are taken off by the patented central cord and held under tension.

The result of this well-thought-out yarn feed arrangement on the Multi-Matic® is that the yarns are placed accurately on the warping drum and the colour can be changed correctly, even at maximum operating speed.

Technology Update

July 2016

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Maharashtra ginning units functioning at 50% capacityA majority of the cotton ginning and pressing factories in Maharashtra are functioning at 50% capacity because of low arrivals of cotton in the market. Farmers have sold only 40% of their stocks in the ongoing season and are still holding on to 60% of their stocks in the ongoing season and are still holding on to 60% of their produce. There is a lot of disparity in the market as a result of which ginning and pressing units are finding it difficult to keep their units up and running. Maharashtra has over 1100 units and only 450 units are functioning at 50% capacity. (source: Asian Textile Journal (ATJ))

Bangladesh to become top cotton importerBangladesh is set to become the world's largest cotton importer, with China's cotton consumption waning and its South Asia rival expanding its textile manufacture. Bangladesh's apparel and textile industry is boosting its spinning capacity to handle the growth. The latest statistics suggest Bangladesh will soon overtake China as the world's biggest importer of cotton fibre. Over the last 8 years, the number of spinning mills in Bangladesh has increased by more than 50%, while that of installed spindles has nearly doubled. Expansion in the spinning sector is driven by a boost in textile and garment exports, which have nearly tripled in the same period. (source: WTIN – Knitting International)

Karl Mayer joins carbon fibre concrete R&D projectKarl Mayer Technishce Textilien, a subsidiary of Karl Mayer, has joined an R&D project sponsored by the German government designed to help establish the country as the world's leading provider of carbon fibre reinforced concrete. The largest building research project currently running in Germany aims to develop a new composite material made from a carbon fibre reinforcing material and high-performance concrete. Karl Mayer's contribution to the project is to focus on the production of biaxial textile structures for reinforcing concrete components. These biaxial textiles have a grid-like construction and the load-bearing, carbon fibre material is arranged at an angle of 0 degree as warp yarns and at an angle of 90 degrees as weft yarns. The structure is fixed by means of knitted stitches, while the weft can be inserted in line with the stitches or not in line with the stitches. (source: WTIN – Knitting International)

Global cotton use to exceed production in 2016-17For the second consecutive season, global cotton consumption will expand slightly and surpass production in 2016-17. Compared to world cotton production forecast of 104.4 mn bales in 2016-17, cotton mill use is projected at 110.8 mn bales. After a slight decrease in 2015-16, world cotton mill use is projected to rebound due to modest growth in global gross domestic product (GDP) and the lagged effect of lower cotton prices. On the production side, a modest increase is expected after a 16% reduction in 2015-16 that resulted from inclement weather and pest damage in a number of producing countries. Despite reduced global area expectations in 2016-17, a yield rebound is responsible for the crop increase. India, China and the United States are expected to account for a combined 63% of global cotton production in 2016-17, compared with 64% in 2015-16. (source: Knitting Views)

Overall shipments slightly down in 2015Shipments in some of the textile machinery segments experienced declines in 2015. Deliveries of new short-staple spindles fell by nearly 8% from 2014 to 2015. Shipped long-staple spindles and open-end rotors decreased by 61% and 6 % respectively. The number of shipped draw-texturing spindles fell by 26 percent and shipments for new circular knitting machines by 6% year-on-year. In contrast, deliveries of shuttle-less looms increased by 14% in 2015

and shipments of flat knitting machines rose by 52%. (source: Indian Textile Journal)

Mills demand special package for home textilesThe Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) said that made-ups and home textiles segment produces very high-end products and exports to all major markets, especially the European Union (EU) and US. This segment could not achieve the potential growth rate as the products attract equal tariff on a par with garments in most of the major international textile markets. Indian made-ups and home furnishing exports have been facing severe challenge from Pakistan as it enjoys duty free access in EU and few other markets. The Indian manufacturers pay much higher conversion charges for the fabric when compared to garment manufacturers. (source: Global Textiles & Apparels)

Textile park, textile tourism in Arunachal PradeshThe Centre has assured Arunachal Pradesh of funds for establishment of a textile park in the state. The state government is advised to submit a detailed project report to the Centre at the earliest. The government expressed willingness to establish a weaver service centre in Itanagar so that the poor weavers of Arunachal Pradesh are benefitted. The ministry would release the second installment under the North Eastern Textile Promotion Schemes shortly after completing the required formalities. (source: Textile Excellence)

Indian MMF industry seeks quick steps to control Chinese importsAlleging that Chinese exporters are under valuing their man-made fibre (MMF) produces and dumping cheap synthetic fibre in the Indian market, industry bodies of MMF makers have sought immediate action from the Union government to curb the practice. A strong demand has been made to the government to levy 20% anti-subsidy duty based on a list of over 20 subsidy schemes that are offered to Chinese exporters who are resorting to under valuation of fabrics as they get duty benefits from Chinese government. The total installed capacity of synthetic fibre in India is 5 mn tonnes, while China has a surplus of nine mn tonnes. Due to slowdown in China, the country has been dumping the surplus into India on the back of subsidies offered by the government. (source: Textile Excellence)

Demand for domestic cotton seeds growingDesi cotton is likely to make a comeback this year. After the failure of BT cotton across several states, farmers seem to prefer planting the native varieties for the upcoming Kharif season. Domestic cotton seeds were in demand the northern states and were sold out in a couple of days which means that farmers are looking for sustainable alternatives. Central Institute of Cotton Research has been permitted to develop straight line varieties of BT cotton that could bring down the seed cost of cotton sharply. (source: ATJ)

Energy savings of upto 35% with new Eco Booster HRCFollowing developments of its integrated heat recovery system, Monforts - ever aware of ensuring increased energy savings for its range of Montex stenters - has introduced the new Eco Booster HRC: ensuring energy savings of upto 35% and fully automatic operation to eliminate maintenance standstill times. At the same time, the newly integrated heat recovery Eco Booster module removes upto 65% of the particle load in the exhaust air from the stenter. Depending upon the size of the system some of the gas, insoluble in water, can be filtered out with an additional exhaust air cleaning module. The optimum efficiency of the Eco Booster HRC allows process cost to be further reduced. (source: ATJ)