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THE TEXTILE MAGAZINE
AUGUST 2011
ing Director, Dokobo, Japan.
Subsequently another 100 per cent
EOU, Rajapalaiyam Textiles, was set
up in 1996. The yarn manufactured
by this unit was well accepted by the
quality conscious consumers in Japan.
In 1988, the company celebrated
its Golden Jubilee. The celebrations
were inaugurated by G.K. Devarajulu.
It was presided over by G. Ramanu-
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celebrated the birth centenary of
Ramasamy Raja on April 24, 1994.
The function was presided over by R.
Venkataraman, former President of
India.
With the removal of the quota sys-
tem for export of yarn from the be-
ginning of 2005, the textile industry
expected good export demand, and
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capacity by 25,000 spindles. This unit
commenced commercial production
in 2006. In order to improve the yarn
quality, the company invested in the
compact spinning system from Sues-
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dia in a big way.
In 2008, a state-of-the-art spinning
mill was commissioned with advanced
compact spinning system from Rieter
(K441), Switzerland, with fully auto-
mated link coners from Savio, one of
the latest technologies implemented
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ported back process machineries to
produce yarn, which is untouched by
hand. Meanwhile, an automatic Savio
open-end spinning mill was set up in
Andhra Pradesh in 2008 with 1,800
rotors.
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