TR EXCLUSIVE

• "India is strong in raw material and man power"
• Dr. M. S. Mathivanan
  Chairman - College of Engineering Komarapalayam, Tamil Nadu

ANALYSIS

• Tatting: 19th Century Treasure!
• Chidambaram Rameshkumar
  Department of Textile Technology, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam
  Dr. N. Anbumani
  Department of Textile Technology, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
  
• Evolution in Cotton Testing Instruments
• V. Parthasarathi
  Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore
  

SPECIAL STORY

• Functional Finishing of Textiles
• Prof. S. Kathirvelu
  Prof. Dr. Mrs. Bhaarathi Dhurai
  Prof. Dr. L. D'Souza
  Department of Textile Technology, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore
  
  

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TREXCLUSIVE

• "India is strong in raw material and man power"
  
  
• Dr. M. S. Mathivanan
  Chairman - College of Engineering. Komarapalayam, Tamil Nadu
  
  

Dr. M.S. Mathivanan (popularly known as MSM) is a well known personality within the weaving industry of Tamilnadu. Dr. Mathivanan holds Masters Degree in Commerce and is awarded Doctorate for his research thesis on "Export of Home Furnishing Fabrics - A Study on Problems and Prospects" by the Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore in the year 2007. Besides his involvement as Chairman, Powerloom Development & Export Promotion Council, he is also various heading industry and trade associations as well as academic institutions. He is also serving as Member with several government as well as trade / industry Advisory Committees, including Planning Commission, Government of India. Dr. Mathivanan has also represented India at various occasions in national and international platforms / exhibitions. He was instrumental in conducting various textile conferences and exhibitions for promotion of Indian textile industry. He recently shared his perception about the future of Indian textile sector to TEXT ILE REVIEW.
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ANALYSIS

This article is jointly contributed by Shri Chidambaram Rameshkumar and Dr. N. Anbumani. This article explains about the "Tatting". Authors' says that "Tatting is an age old art of the last century. It needs innovative mind to develop verities of articles". "It requires very little outlay of materials or tools to make beautiful and decorative outlook. Expertise will come through regular experience" they added.

This article updates the TEXTILE REVIEW readers about the evolution in Cotton testing instruments. "TECHNIQUES" the method of doing or performing something. As far as, latest fiber testing techniques are concerned, latest fiber testing (method of doing) is clearly explained in this paper. The global spinning industry is currently undergoing big changes, not least towards the use of more modem and faster spinning machinery and computer system. These high speed machines require much cleaner raw material, therefore they constantly challenge the testing machinery developers to provide faster and more accurate testers and quality controllers. The techniques described in this paper are mainly related with cotton fiber testing.

This paper deals with the following topics - Concepts In Bale Management, Latest Fibre Testing Instrument, Principle Of Fibre Testing Using HVI, Advanced Fibres Information System (AFIS),Fibre Contamination System (FCT),Integrated Indices For Fibre Quality, Different Methods Of Maturity Measurement, Image Analysis, Different Methods Of Fineness Measurement, Advantageous Of Latest Fibre Testing.

SPECIALSTORY

This article is contributed jointly by Prof. S. Kathirvelu, Prof. Dr. Bhaarathi Dhurai and Prof. Dr. L. DSouza. This article explains in detail about the Functional Finishing of Textiles. Finishing is the final step in the fabric manufacturing process, the last chance to provide the properties that customers will value. Finishing completes the improvement of fabric's performance and gives it special functional properties including the final 'touch'.
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NEWPROJECTS

This section provides the information about the new projects:

• SEL Manufacturing has reported progress on its expansion programme at its Ludhiana textile unit in Punjab.
• Shri Laxmi Cotsyn is expanding its Fatehpur terry towel production unit in Uttar Pradesh.
• Cheslind Textiles is expanding its combed cotton yarn unit at Hosur in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu.

NEWSSNIPPETS

A regular feature covering news on the topics - Arvind swings exclusive deal for PVH brand IZOD, Now you will have herbal innerwear, A'bad, Surat emerging as powerloom hubs, Gokaldas set to dress up Olympians, Centre mulls to curb cotton exports, says minister, PM assures rupee-hit textile cos of all help, Govt. to address concerns of Re-hit textile industry, etc..

STATISTICS

A regular feature deals with the statistics covering:

• Availability of Man Made Fibres
• Shift Towards Higher Value Items
• Total Textile Exports At A Glance From April '06 to April '07

TEXTILE STOCKSCAN

Under the regular column, experts Dilip and Rushik Bhatt discus about the Nanad Exim Ltd. Nanad Exim Ltd was promoted by Mr. Vedprakash Chiripal and Mr. Brijmohan Chiripal in 1994 as a private limited company for manufacturing, trading and export of 100% cotton piece dyed fabric, blended cotton fabric and denim. Nandan Exim Limited has been fully equipped by dynamic infrastructure to manufacture superior quality gray cotton fabrics, khakhis and denim. The product range includes denim, twills, stretch, bull denim, broken twills which finds application in various outfits and garments. Nandan Exim has strong presence in domestic as well as global market for finished denim fabric and weaving of grey fabric. Nandan Exim has been providing fabric to domestic giants like Pantaloons, Shopper Stop, Westside, Wills Lifestyle etc.

As far as financial performance is concern Nandan Exim gives better and better performance QoQ and YoY. It has healthy growth of 60% in topline and appx. 20% in bottomline YoY. Authors' says that "Nandan Exim has been generating appx. 60% of revenue from exports at this juncture, if we consider US slowdown and rupee appreciation as a major cause of concern for the textile business of emerging economies. We feel significant slowdown in demand which directly affects the margin front of such a business". "Financial market also come down significantly in last couple of months (Jan-Feb'08) and indices fallen by 30% from recent high. Nandan Exim also coupling the market movement and stock price is down to earth at Rs. 2.64 from recent high of Rs. 9.85" they added. "We consider "SELL" at every rise and anybody stuck at higher level don't try to average at this point of time" they advice.

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