One of the most common industries in almost all countriesaround the globe is Textile industry. Recently this textile processing segmenthas witnessed shift in base from the West to the East and this trend isaccelerated with the lifting of quota restrictions under WTO. In India several large Textile mills made huge investments in anticipation of increase indemand from the overseas market. The recent global recession and financial meltdown is forcing textile processor to seek ways of shortening processing routes,minimizing energy costs and increasing production capacities for achieving costeffectiveness.
This industry comprises a diverse, fragmented group ofestablishments that receive and prepare fibers, transform into yarn, convertthe yarn into fabric and then dye at various stages of garment manufacturing.The growth of consumption and export of fabrics and garments implies a correspondinggrowth in the consumption of textile specialty chemicals and dyes used for coloration.The processing of such a huge volume of fabric and clothing is carried out indifferent locations belonging to the hand processing units, composite mills andindependent process houses of various sizes.
The coloration of textiles is an important aspect of theproduction process and adds value to it, be it by dyeing or printing. Thespecific requirement of color shade/ hue and its fastness properties is a majorquality parameter demanded by the end users. So, the contribution of dyestuff industryin wet processing operations is enormous.
The global production of dyestuffs is somewhere in theregion of 1.2 Mio metric tonnes per annum, out of which production in India is 130,000 metric tonnes per annum. The market size of the Indian dyestuff industryis approximately US$ 3.5 bn, of which US$ 1.3 bn is export. In global dyestuffmarket size, Indias share is about 6%, while leading contributor is China with 25% share.
Source:Technical Service, Atul Ltd (Colors Division), Atul - Valsad, Gujarat, India
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