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INDIA CANVAS
6th edition of TANTU discusses
technical, business aspects of
shirt making
The 6th edition of TANTU seminar was successfully held in Delhi recently. The seminar revolved
around the technical challenges faced during shirt making with panellists discussing about the
solutions. The seminar witnessed presence of apparel industry experts from across the world.
D
r. Prabir Jana, President,
TANTU and Seminar
Chairman opened the session
briefing about the low productivity of
shirt manufacturers in India in spite
of the quality of Indian branded
men’s shirts not being something
that could be termed as ‘bad’.
The first panel discussion themed
The Art of Shirt Making, marked
presence of Abhishek Tiwary,
Technical Consultant, Hugo
Boss, Switzerland; Sajed Seraj,
Deputy Managing Director, Elite
Garments, Bangladesh; Kushal
Singh Mahal, Group Manager,
Technical, Aditya Birla Fashion
Retail Limited, India; Raveendra
Radhakrishna, Head Industrial
Engineering, PT Ungaran Sari
Garments, Indonesia; and
Jagadish BE, Head of Operations,
Arvind Exports, India.
The discussion was moderated by
Prabir Jana and the informative
discussion covered the topics such
as type of back pleat, sleeve pleat
and its position, buttonhole and
collar band in the manufacturing of
shirt. All the panellists agreed that
the whole purpose of the pleat in
shirt is to give room for body parts
movement as well as to make a shirt
look good aesthetically.
After the first panel discussion,
renowned technology suppliers
demonstrated about how they
assist the apparel industry through
their innovations and cost-effective
solutions. The presentations
were given by Kamaljit Singh,
Business Development Manager,
Freudenberg, India; Laszlo
Szabo, Managing Director, DataS,
Romania; and Anshuman Dash,
Marketing Director, SAKHO –
Martin Group, India.
Team TANTU with Prabir Jana (second from right)
The second panel discussion revolved
around the theme: ‘The Technology
of Shirt Making’, which carried the
fusing and interlining aspect in the
process. While talking about the
interlining in the shirt front placket, it
was observed that in the front placket
of shirt, there should be no interlining.
Even if there is one, it requires more
fabric consumption and the placket
width should be around 2.5 to 3 cm
in a normal shirt and 4 or 4.2 cm in
shirts with 40 plus sizes.
The panellists in the second
discussion were: Efren Pineda,
Head of Technical & Quality,
Laguna Clothing, India; Didit
Handoyo, Head Quality Assurance,
PT Ungaran Sari Garments,
Indonesia; Gurucharan Kaur, Head
of Technology, Marks & Spencers,
India; and Prashanth TS, Head –
IE/Process Improvement & QMS,
Arvind Exports, India.
Followed by the discussion were
the presentations by Ram Sareen,
Founder, Tukatech, USA; and Sri
ESSENTIALS
According to
Technopak, shirt
market in India is
estimated at US
$ 5,754 million and
men’s shirt shares
94 per cent of the
same. Further,
manufacturing in
India has come
a long way in
dressing up the
Indian men with
some of the finest
high-end shirts.
Ramaswamy, Regional Manager,
Veit Hong Kong Limited, India. Ram
emphasised on the ‘fit’ issue in shirts
and explained how 3D technology
could rectify this problem. On the
other hand, Sri demonstrated the key
role of fusing in shirt.
Last but not the least, the seminar
witnessed a quite interactive panel
discussion on ‘The Business of Shirt
Making’ moderated by Ila Saxena,
Editor, Apparel Resources. The
panellists included Pallab Banerjee,
Pro Bono Strategic Advisor, Pearl
Global, India; Gaurav Kumar,
Director Marketing, Aquarelle,
India; Mridul Dasgupta, General
Manager, Macy’s Merchandising
Group, India; and Roopak Malik,
Director, Textile Sourcing
Limited, India.
Every panellist agreed on the point
that India’s strength lied in high-end
shirts and it should keep focusing on
producing value-added shirts, else
the country could lose more market in
near future.
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