China, the world's largest cotton importer, accounting for more than 60 per cent of total raw cotton exports from India, has upset the calculations of Indian cotton sector following a marked fall in demand from that country.
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“Indias increasing imports of looms from China is an interesting trend”, says Kanti Prakash Brahma, Senior Consultant, Fashion-Textile & Apparel at Technopak Advisors.
Ketan Sanghvi, Partner and Director at Laxmi Textile Stores, which also manufactures looms that are nearly 100 per cent indigenous, spoke to the Editor of ITJ, in an exclusive interview.
SM Industries, with its head office located at Islampur, Sangli district in Maharashtra, has been involved in the manufacturing of fabrics. Today, the company has about four Chinese loom manufacturers under its fold.
Allma Volkmann, a Saurer Group company, has been leading in the respective fields. For decades, Allma has been constantly setting milestones in the production of twisting and cabling machines
SETEX (Schermuly Textile Computer GmbH) has become one of the leading specialists for automation systems in dye houses and finishing plants. Leading technological competence is behind this phenomenal success
Polyester filament yarn (PFY) has always posed various problems in India due to different lobbies from the textile industry acting in their own interests. A national fibre policy could have led the industry to a solution but so far, it has been only a far cry.