Fashion, retail and textile players widely recognise the need to disrupt the status quo. In a recent study by the Economist Intelligence Unit and the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, 60 percent of executives picked sustainability as a top strategic priority for their organisation.
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Founded in 1915, Yaskawa is one of world’s largest manufacturers of motion control products for industrial automation and OEMs. Yaskawa’s journey in India began with the business of PLC in1980 and AC drives in 1990 and steadily expanded to accommodate growing customer needs. Yaskawa India addresses innovation in drives and motion control and robotics automation. Arjun Gopal, Senior Manager, Key Account Development – HVAC, Water & Textile Business, Yaskawa India discusses the requirement of textile industry with respect to drives and motors and the latest innovations in this field.
The global apparel demand is expected to boost at a steady CAGR of 5 per cent to grow from the current $1.9 trillion to reach $2.6 trillion by 2025.
India’s technical textile industry, still in its nascent stage, is witnessing growing domestic as well as global demand. Can increasing disposable incomes, growing investment, and the government’s power boost turn this into a $5 trillion economy in the next few years?
On November 11, 2020, the Union Cabinet gave its approval to extend the PLI scheme to textile products along with nine other new sectors entailing additional financial outlay of Rs 1,460 billion over a five-year period.
Outbreak of COVID 19 has caused catastrophic global economic downturn not seen any time during The Indian Textile Journal’s 131 years of existence. Factories had to remain closed for several days due to government’s lockdown orders and when allowed to reopen, they are running at just 30-40 per cent capacity due to lack of demand.
The textile industry is keeping its fingers crossed over the emerging threat of coronavirus in the months to come.