'India a potential leader in cotton yarn production'

17 Feb '16

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Ikea has been sourcing in India for almost 30 years and despite many challenges the company developed suppliers in sustainable compliance what Ikea calls its Iway.

“Many Indian mills today also suffer from unreliable energy sources, something which is vital for the value chain in yarn production,” he observed.

David McAlister, of Uster Technologies, pointed out that mills were now having to operate in a consumer-led marketplace, rather than merely offering up an existing product range to their customers.

“Consumers now define the type of products they like and the performance they need, but it is not possible for a spinning mill to switch overnight from one fibre type to another,” McAlister noted.

“But China, for example, had an issue in staying competitive with cotton, so they moved towards synthetics and man-made fibres,” he remarked.

According to Uster's Iris Biermann, it is important to design a yarn according to the end-product requirements, not forgetting vital parameters such as pilling behaviour.

“Too often, know-how is restricted to mill production personnel, so sales efforts are focused heavily on price, followed by raw material and yarn count after which quality parameters come under discussion,” she too added.

The high-level panel dialogue was part of the three-day Uster Quality University, which also featured a series of workshops and presentations.

“These sessions are targeted at improving the knowledge, performance and future prosperity of the sector in increasingly demanding and competitive markets,” Uster too noted.

“In the course of the event, it became clear that Indian spinning mills are well-equipped to keep textiles in India as a growing industry, with special importance attached to sustainable products and profits,” Rathnam observed. (AR)

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