Industry

BTMA Seeks Urgent Policy Reversal To Avert Textile Sector Crisis

Textile Insights July 10, 2025

Bangladesh’s primary textile industry is on the brink of a major disruption, warns the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA), urging the government to roll back recent fiscal measures that threaten the survival of domestic spinning mills. In letters sent to key policymakers including the

Machinery

Saurer: The Perfect Polo Shirt With Autoairo 11 Air-spinning

July 10, 2024

The ideal solution for the production of classic polo shirts is Belairo air-spun yarn, produced on the Autoairo 11 air-spinning machine. It fulfils all customer requirements in terms of durability and environmental compatibility and significantly reduces the costs of spinning mills. Polo shirts, the stylish combination of casual and business, are celebrating a comeback,

Cotton

TASMA Urges CCI to Maintain Cotton Supplies

June 26, 2024

The Tamil Nadu Spinning Mills Association (TASMA) has appealed to the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) not to divert unsold cotton stocks to traders. In a letter reported by The Hindu, TASMA President AP Appukutti emphasized the resurgence of spinning mills due to increased garment orders and expressed confidence in procuring CCI’s cotton by August’s […]

Machinery

Uster Highlighting Fiberq & RSO 3D At ITM 2024 Exhibition

Textile Insights May 23, 2024

At the upcoming ITM 2024, Uster will highlight its Uster FiberQ and RSO 3D, both of which offer an attractive ROI in Hall 7, Booth 714B. “They also help spinners control the most expensive stages in the mill process, cutting waste and boosting profits,” the Swiss company said in a press release. According to Uster, […]

Industry

Can We Add Value To Our Normal Job Activities?

May 10, 2024

Value addition wasn’t just about numbers—it was about passion, pride and the threads that bound us all, observes Murugan Santhanam “Why do you think value addition (VA) is important in a spinning mill?”, I recently asked the GM of a renowned spinning mill near Rajapalayam. He is a well-celebrated by textile technologists in our area […]

Cotton

“Avoid Panic Cotton Buying” – SIMA Advises Spinning Mills

Textile Insights March 2, 2024

Following a steep increase in cotton prices, particularly the Shankar-6 variety in the last two weeks, the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) advised spinning mills to avoid panic buying. According to Dr SK Sundararaman, Chairman, SIMA, cotton prices have increased by 10-12 percent within 15 days and created a panic situation across the textile value […]

Machinery

TeraSpin Adopts Lean Manufacturing on Spindle Insert Assembly Line

Textile Insights February 7, 2024

In October 2023, TeraSpin, a manufacturer of spinning drafting components inaugurated its lean manufacturing line, a spindle inserts assembly line, which completely follows principles of ‘Lean Manufacturing’. TeraSpin, a business unit of A.T.E Group is in to manufacturing of spinning drafting components like top arm, top roller and spindles and supply these components to

Financial Results

Rieter Group Sales Drop 6% To CHF 1,418.6 Million In 2023

Textile Insights January 24, 2024

The Rieter Group released its unaudited figures for financial year 2023 in which its sales dropped around 6 percent to CHF 1,418.6 million as against CHF 1,510.9 million in 2022. The Business Group Machines & Systems recorded sales of CHF 965.0 million, a decrease of 7 percent year on year, while sales at the Business […]

Machinery

Suryalata Spinning Picks Indo Texnology’s Automatic Cone Packing

Textile Insights January 10, 2024

Suryalata Spinning Mills has embraced automation with Indo Texnology’s automatic cone packing system, resulting in remarkable improvements in productivity. The Coimbatore-based Indo Texnology has been able to transform the packing process and enhanced overall efficiency at Suryalata Spinning Mills. Initially purchasing one system as a trial, the company’s positive

Industry

Operating Profits Of Cotton Spinners To Plummet 250-350bps

Textile Insights December 8, 2023

Operating profits of Indian cotton yarn spinners will plummet 250-350 basis points from 10-10.5 percent in the previous fiscal to decadal lows of 7-8 percent in the ongoing fiscal. Crisil Ratings has attributed this to shrinking spread between cotton and cotton yarn, inventory losses and slower than expected pickup in downstream demand. Revenue too, will […]