Apparel Online India Magazine April 1st Issue 2018 | Page 18

HUB UPDATE
CHANGING DYNAMICS OF
LUDHIANA’S APPAREL INDUSTRY
• Newness in product categories
• Expansion and diversification
• Extensive market reach
H
aving the strength of raw
material to final products,
push for continuous automation
and zeal to fight with the
established as well as emerging
challenges, Ludhiana – North
India’s biggest hub for knitted
garments, is continuously moving
ahead. Covering most of the
segments in textile value chain,
Ludhiana’s garment industry is
full of new developments. Garment
manufacturers are very proactive
– investing into new technologies,
expanding, adding new products,
going into new markets, adopting
tools like lean… Team Apparel
Online was recently in Ludhiana and
met many apparel manufacturers to
understand the undercurrent of the
industry. It was heartening to find
that a majority of the industry is on
the right track, though the pace of
growth needs to be speeded up.
Vivek Lakra, Director, Superfine Knitters
NEW PRODUCTS…
The climatic changes resulting in
lighter winter in recent years has
already moved many companies
towards semi-winterwear products.
Now the next stage of development is
to move towards those products which
have neither been the strength of the
city, nor the focus of any company,
so far. Not only established and top
players, but even the middle-level
companies are also going for new
products. Existing strong client-base,
availability of funds, in-house fabric
support and technical know-how
are some of the reasons that have
given confidence to the companies
to add new products. To mention a
few, Superfine Knitters, one of the
biggest names in Ludhiana, is setting
up a lingerie and jacket facility and
has purchased Yamato machines for
the same. The production capacity
LB Maurya, MD, Maurya Exports (WEARA)
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Energy
saving
RB Knit Exports is taking
active steps towards
savings after carrying
out energy audit by
introducing low energy
consumption devices
like LEDs and wood-
fired boilers and Col. K
Christopher, AC (Retd.)
is of the opinion that the
Government now needs
to do its bit. Canvas
Clothing is also planning
for solar panel. Currently,
it has power load
connection of 250 KW
and is targeting to get
100 KW through solar. It
may take a year and the
project cost is near Rs.
70-80 lakh.
of the new unit will be nearly 5,000
pieces (in lingerie) and 3,300 (in
jackets) pieces per day. Currently,
the company is mainly into tees and
kidswear. Vivek Lakra, Director
of the company shared reasons for
initiating new products: “Besides
helping us to diversify our products’
range, lingerie demand is increasing
worldwide and also in India. So, we
are adding the same in our offerings.”
Currently the capacity of the company
is nearly 5 lakh pieces per month.
Simultaneously, PS Group of
Companies is going to start
undergarments’ manufacturing and
has installed 90 stitching machines
for the same initially. As of now, it has
a knitting capacity of nearly 20 tonnes
per month and is also manufacturing
bottomwear for domestic market
using its own 100 stitching machines.
Baljit Singh, Proprietor attributes
his buyer for giving the push to
Arrpiit Guptaa, Digital Marketing & Business Development Head, NG Apparels