Year: 2020

Material handling involves the movement of materials, manually or mechanically in batches or one item at a time within the plant. The movement may be horizontal, vertical or the combination of these two, says R Senthilkumar.

Textile mills face a number of issues with the movement of raw materials such as cotton, yarn, and fabric from one department or machine, or floor to another.

Jhankar Dutta, Managing Director, B&R Industrial Automation, India, explains trends in textile manufacturing in India and importance of automation and digitalisation in textile industry.

CITI organised an interactive meeting with Ravi Capoor, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India with the office-bearers of 48 textile Associations in South India representing the entire textile value chain.

Without modernisation of its entire value chain, India can never become global champion in textile sector.