Garment Machinery

    India : Textile & Garment covers the sector overview, industry size and value, production, exports and policy framework. It also covers the market trends and outlook for the industry which include new products, expansion strategies, major incentives and schemes, industry forecast, plus the profile, financial highlights and SWOT analysis of the industry leading players.

Garment Machinery

       “In 2011-12, India’s GDP is estimated to grow at 6.9% after having grown at a rate of 8.4% in the last two years. India’s GDP growth in 2012-13 is expected to be 7.6%. Though the global crisis had affected India, it still remains among the front runners in economic growth. The slowdown is primarily due to deceleration in industrial growth.

Garment Machinery

     India’s textile sector can be broadly categorized into jute, sericulture, wool & woolen, man-made fiber and filament yarn industry. The textile industry contributes substantially to the country’s exports earnings, which consists of cotton yarn and fabrics, man-made yarn and fabrics, wool and silk fabrics and a variety of garments. Since USA is the single largest importer of textiles and clothing items, the Indian rupee vis-a-vis US dollar movement has a significant impact on the Indian exports. 

Garment Machinery

   To help modernize the Indian textile industry, a number of equipments are being fully exempted from basic customs duty, such as automated shuttle looms, while lower customs duty is being proposed for some other items used by the textile industry under the Union Budget 2012-13. The government has implemented various schemes, such as Textile Upgradation Fund and Scheme for Integrated Textiles Park (SITP) to help domestic businesses. For instance, under the SITP, 40 textile park projects have been approved thus far with another 21 parks scheduled under the 12th Budget Plan.

Garment Machinery

   The procedure for garment manufacture involves spinning, weaving, dyeing and printing, and finally production of garments. Spinning of yarn can be done with the help of machines and by hand. The next step, i.e. weaving of fabrics can be done with the help of weaving machines or looms. Various textile printing machines are available in the market that helps in the prepared fabric to be dyed and printed. Preparing garments from cloth or textiles can be done by sewing machines.

Garment Machinery

   Various types of textile machineries are used during the manufacture of garments. Spinning machines, machines for weaving and knitting, machines for printing, machines for dyeing, sewing machines, and various parts of machineries are available in the market. The best textile machines for the manufacture of clothes come from the European countries like Italy, France, and Germany. With the passage of time, a number of technologies have also come to be integrated with these machineries. Such technologies make the machines all the more efficient. Researchers are making maximum efforts to improve the machineries available in the market further.