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TRANSIT TO POLYESTER IS NOT ESSENTIAL
Be it knits or woven , most of the companies doing garmenting in Ahmedabad are majorly into cottonbased garments and they have no interest or plan to focus on polyesterbased or blended garments . Will it not make them lose the growth happening in this segment as it is developing fast ? Local industry does not think so . Suresh justifies such a stand saying , “ Companies like
Casual shirts by CA Patel Textiles , ‘ ITALFIC ’ brand
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ours are already full with orders of cotton-based fabric and garments , we don ’ t have even time to think about polyester . Surat is already strong in polyester and there is no need for Ahmedabad to divert in similar direction .”
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE MORE …?
Industry accepts that bringing overseas buyers to Ahmedabad is comparatively difficult , but events
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Strong Apparel Manufacturers in Ahmedabad
• Arvind Mills
• Ashima Group
• Komal Texfab
• CA Patel Textiles
• Artex Apparels
• Aura Herbal Textiles
• Sunstar Apparels
• Rajka Design
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like Textiles India will be definitely helpful in this regard . For fabric , already a chunk of overseas buyers keep coming to the city . Companies have understood that at this level , they need to put extra fuel to go overseas and meet buyers . “ We have to think of getting buying houses of Delhi-NCR and Bangalore to visit Ahmedabad frequently as it is very important to grow in export ,” adds Suresh . He stresses that better price and improved service can also be solutions in this aspect . Suresh himself is very much keen about R & D . Most of the apparel export from Ahmedabad is into Middle East countries rather than US , EU or other countries . One of the reasons for this is that Ahmedabad is not quite viable since competitive exporting countries have duty advantages in US and EU . But local exporters feel that with the growing apparel manufacturing capacities , more and more companies of Ahmedabad will also be able to cater to bulk buyers . It can be taken as a positive indication that some entrepreneurs accepted and insisted that the city needs to change its mind set , skill set for export specifically , only then it will be able to challenge other established apparel exporting hubs in India . |