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THE TEXTILE MAGAZINE
AUGUST 2011
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Express Travellers at ITMA 2011. This is a breakthrough
technology which has set industry benchmark in perfor-
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keting, LRT.
At ITMA, LRT will be displaying the entire range of
ring travellers and application tools. Mr. Balaji says: “As
LRT is the largest manufacturer of ring travellers in the
world, the main focus at ITMA would be to connect with
the customers better and provide solutions to our custom-
ers to further enhance the productivity and quality of yarn
by understanding the customer needs better”.
Express travellers are manufactured with unique pro-
cess for better and uniform microstructure. Further, an
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This combination facilitates attainment of higher speeds,
better glidability, lesser heat generation, improved wear
resistance hence longer life, enhanced corrosion protec-
tion and helps in achieving maximum speed in synthetics
quickly.
LRT, part of the LMW Group, started its operation in
1974. LRT has two units manufacturing ring travellers, one
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Lrt to strengthen market leadership
with express travellers
The company is currently expanding
its capacity by setting up a new plant.
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manufacturing facility by setting up a
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should be operational by the end of
this year. We foresee a good growth
in future, and hence to meet the cus-
tomer requirements in time we are ex-
panding our facilities”, says Mr. Balaji.
LRT is clearly the dominant player in
the ring traveller segment with a 76 per
cent market share in the Indian market and 30-
70 per cent market share in most of the other countries in
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is from exports to over 40 countries, and travellers manu-
factured by the company are working in over 45 million
spindles worldwide. “Our objective is to be the preferred
source for ring travellers in all countries we operate in. At
present we are either number 1 or 2 in most of the export
markets”, adds Mr. Balaji.
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market leadership for slub and core yarns in India with
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and core attachments.
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fashion yarn, especially in denims, home furnishing fab-
rics, shirtings, women fabric and knitting products. In fact,
variations of slub yarn are the basic inputs for fabric in
almost all the denim products in the market. The interna-
tional market for slub yarn is currently pegged at around
2-3 per cent of all yarn produced in the world. Demand
is expected to grow to double digits in the next few years.
Value-added products like slub yarn command a good
premium compared to the normal yarn. In today’s highly
competitive market where margins are very thin for the
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into fashion yarns. India by default has a huge potential
to supply fashion yarn to the world market. In the near
future India will be one amongst the leading suppliers of
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Mr. J.M. BALAJI,
Head - Marketing, LRT
exCLuSIve
By K. Gopalakrishnan