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Pakistan's NTU develops energy-efficient dyeing
machine
National Textile University (NTU),
based in Faisalabad (Pakistan), has
developed a new dyeing machine
which consumes 20-30 per cent less
energy.
The detailed research and
hectic efforts of Dr. Yasir Nawab
and Muhammad Ayub Asghar,
connoisseurs of the university, have
resulted in an innovative heating
and dyeing system in the form of a
newly developed dyeing machine
with an aim to save energy and
carry out the processes of sizing
and dyeing in the textile sector
more efficiently.
“One of the most important
aspects of dyeing, processing and
sizing of the products is heating
which consumes huge energy and
enhances the cost of the products.
Industry Association (APSIA) and
Faisalabad Chambers of Commerce
& Industry Association (APSIA) and
Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce
and Industry (FCCI) to devise a way
for changes in the existing sizing
industry for energy saving.
The new machine will prove vital
in making the operational system
more efficient and safe for the staff
concerned,” said Dr. Nawab.
Developed with funding from the
Pakistan Science Foundation,
the machine is the need of the
textile industry as the increasing
trend in the cost of production of
cotton fabrics is a serious issue.
Furthermore, the university has
also decided to join hands with
the private sector, especially
with the All Pakistan Sizing
“We are inviting the concerned
managers of the private sector in
the sizing and processing units
to visit the weaving department
of NTU with an aim to join hands
to make sizing industry cost and
energy efficient,” added Dr. Nawab.
He further claims that various
private sectors involved in the
sizing sector have contacted them
for making changes in their heating
system with the replacement of the
machine and heating system evolved
by the NTU.
Chinese T&C major to expand operations
in Malaysia
China-based Daiyin Textile and
Garment Group will be investing
about US $ 124.2 million to further
expand its operations in Malaysia
this year to meet the rising demand
for textile- and garment-related
products.
The investment will be made in two
phases, mentions Steven Cheng,
Director and General Manager of
the company while stating that US
$ 74.4 million would be allocated
for the expansion project at its
existing plant (Sedenak industrial
estate here) which will increase the
current production capacity of pure
cotton yarn from 20 million kg to 40
million kg yearly.
The remaining US $ 50 million
would be invested to set up a
new jeans manufacturing plant,
for export to the United States.
It is expected that the expansion
project would create about 1,100
job opportunities for the local
population.
The Malaysian subsidiary of Daiyin
Textile and Garment Group – D&Y
Textile, started operations in
March 2014, and currently employs
around 300 workers; making it the
company’s second manufacturing
facility outside of China.
It may be mentioned here that
according to the Malaysian Deputy
International Trade and Industry
Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan,
export of made-in-Malaysia textile-
and garment-related products
surged to US $ 1.7 billion in the
first-half of 2016 compared to US
$ 1.5 billion in the same period
last year, with the United States,
Canada, and the European
Union amongst the key export
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destinations. He further adds
that prospects for the textile and
garment industry are good, with
projected global demand of US $
160 billion by the end of 2018.