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25 Nov '11
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He said, “Since cotton competes with food crops for the same arable land, there are very few indicators of rise in global cotton output in the future. At the same time quantum of arable land is also going down. Harvested area of cotton also keeps going up and down, without any noticeable increase in last few years.
“Considering that cotton value chain consumes a huge amount of water, getting adequate water in the future could also prove to be a strain”.
He added, “Polyester is the fibre of the future, but with consumers looking for moisture management and absorbent fabric clothing, cellulose fibre fabrics will be in great demand. The gap between demand and supply for fibres can be filled up only by manmade textile fibres”, he summarized by saying”.
The inaugural ceremony included special addresses by guests of honour - Mr RD Udeshi – President (Polyester division), Reliance Industries Ltd, Mr KK Maheshwari – Director, Grasim Industries and Mr SN Modani – MD, Sangam (India) Ltd.
Mr Udeshi emphasized by saying, “Asia constitutes for 80 percent of global polyester output and China and India will be the main growth drivers for the fibre. The Indian market holds high optimism for growth in per capita consumption of fibres, since in India it is only 5 kg compared to 20 kg in China and 35 kg in North America.
“Changing consumer preferences will be the main growth drivers for increasing fibre consumption in India, with favourable government polices, growing urbanization, rising incomes, fashion awareness and growth of organised retail, lending a helping hand”.
Mr KK Maheshwari noted – “There was a huge decline in usage of viscose staple fibre (VSF) between 1970 and 1999, a period which witnessed share of VSF among other textile fibres falling from 9 percent to just 3 percent and was under threat of extinction”.
He added, “However it turned a full circle and rose like a phoenix 2000 onwards and grew at a CAGR of 8 percent in the last decade”. He attributed this phenomenon to 'Hand of God' and to new environment friendly technologies, innovation in downstream technologies, development of latest generation VSF fibres, paradigm shift from cost to value and many others.
The next guest of honour to address the delegates was Mr Modani, who gave a presentation on the Bhilwara textile industry. He said, “Bhilwara is the largest polyester/viscose blended yarn production hub in India, accounting for 26 percent of overall P/V yarn output".
He added, "The Bhilwara textile industry which was growing at 3–4 percent during the last five decades has now accelerated to an annual growth rate of 11-12 percent to make the industry a 'Sunrise' sector”.
The first presentation in the first session came from Mr Andreas Engelhardt, MD, Fiber Year GmbH and author of the world famous “Fiber Year” book. He said, “Manmade fibre usage skyrocketed 1997 onwards and has outstripped that of cotton in recent years and future bottlenecks in cotton supply will further accelerate this expansion”.
“Considering that cotton value chain consumes a huge amount of water, getting adequate water in the future could also prove to be a strain”.
He added, “Polyester is the fibre of the future, but with consumers looking for moisture management and absorbent fabric clothing, cellulose fibre fabrics will be in great demand. The gap between demand and supply for fibres can be filled up only by manmade textile fibres”, he summarized by saying”.
The inaugural ceremony included special addresses by guests of honour - Mr RD Udeshi – President (Polyester division), Reliance Industries Ltd, Mr KK Maheshwari – Director, Grasim Industries and Mr SN Modani – MD, Sangam (India) Ltd.
Mr Udeshi emphasized by saying, “Asia constitutes for 80 percent of global polyester output and China and India will be the main growth drivers for the fibre. The Indian market holds high optimism for growth in per capita consumption of fibres, since in India it is only 5 kg compared to 20 kg in China and 35 kg in North America.
“Changing consumer preferences will be the main growth drivers for increasing fibre consumption in India, with favourable government polices, growing urbanization, rising incomes, fashion awareness and growth of organised retail, lending a helping hand”.
Mr KK Maheshwari noted – “There was a huge decline in usage of viscose staple fibre (VSF) between 1970 and 1999, a period which witnessed share of VSF among other textile fibres falling from 9 percent to just 3 percent and was under threat of extinction”.
He added, “However it turned a full circle and rose like a phoenix 2000 onwards and grew at a CAGR of 8 percent in the last decade”. He attributed this phenomenon to 'Hand of God' and to new environment friendly technologies, innovation in downstream technologies, development of latest generation VSF fibres, paradigm shift from cost to value and many others.
The next guest of honour to address the delegates was Mr Modani, who gave a presentation on the Bhilwara textile industry. He said, “Bhilwara is the largest polyester/viscose blended yarn production hub in India, accounting for 26 percent of overall P/V yarn output".
He added, "The Bhilwara textile industry which was growing at 3–4 percent during the last five decades has now accelerated to an annual growth rate of 11-12 percent to make the industry a 'Sunrise' sector”.
The first presentation in the first session came from Mr Andreas Engelhardt, MD, Fiber Year GmbH and author of the world famous “Fiber Year” book. He said, “Manmade fibre usage skyrocketed 1997 onwards and has outstripped that of cotton in recent years and future bottlenecks in cotton supply will further accelerate this expansion”.
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