Dyeing and printing plant worth $35 million unveiled

28 Jun '05

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Manama Textile Mills has unleashed a new $35 million dyeing and printing plant. The new plant will be used for the production of sheets, curtains, kitchen items and tableware.
The new plant has the capacity to manufacture 600,000 sheet sets a month.

These products will be eventually sold at major brand stores in the US and Europe under the brand name Made in Bahrain.

According to Naveed Qari, Region and Corporate Manger, this one of its kind plant will reaffirm Bahrain's position as important player in the finished textile products industry.

MTM management described this project as a challenge due to heavy water consumption.However, the management went ahead with the project after analyzing its feasibility. The plant has a modern water treatment and recycling plant that will supply its water requirements and take care of disposal in an environment friendly way.

The plant's machines take care of around 80pc of its production and only the special embellishment part is done on the manual machine set-up. The plant virtually eliminates human contact that can result in stains on the final product

"Thus the investment of $7m, which is huge compared to a conventional manual set-up, ensures higher production capacity, reduction of labour costs and superior quality standards," said Mr. Qari.

Allocation of space for further expansion could increase dyeing capacity by 100pc and printing capacity by 150pc.

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