Apparel Online India Magazine July 1st Issue 2018 | Page 14

SUSTAINABILITY TO ADVERTISE GOING TO A GOOD EVENT? Contact Rani Mahendru [phone] (512) [email protected] Send your industry gossip, photos and news to [email protected] F r e e l o o k Fa s h i o n s Saving through sustainability I n a garment, the average cost of dyeing is nearly 8 to 10 per cent of the total cost, but it adds a lot of value to the final product. Simultaneously, it can be a huge saving point also. Anugraha Fashion Mill, Tirupur, a vertically integrated export house with group turnover of Rs. 250 crore, is able to save more than Rs. 51 lakh per year through best sustainable practices in its dye house (Freelook Fashions). Started in 2007 at SIPCOT in Perundurai, this ISO 14001/OHSAS 18001 certified dye house has a capacity of 12 tonne per day for knitted fabric processing. The chemical management system implemented at the dye house has an average ‘right-first-time’ rate of 97.4 per cent and average rework is just 1.2 per cent, a benchmark that all dye houses should set as their goal. The dye house is the brainchild of D Subaash Kumaar, VP, Anugraha Fashion Mill, who is having diploma in textile processing from S.S.M Institute of Textile Technology and an MBA (Marketing) from Manipal University. Sharing his journey, Subaash highlighted how the company’s green dye house management set-up, including the use of processes practices, materials, products and energy proved beneficial from both cost as well as sustainability point of view. It also avoided and minimised the creation of pollutants and wastes, reducing the overall risk to human health and environment. This reduction in costs and improvement on savings, has al