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just fve weeks, and the mill was
able to export to Europe high qual-
ity cotton yarn of less than 5% Uster
statistics. This was a signifcant
event that would shape the even-
tual growth of India as the largest
exporter of cotton yarn in the world
and as a country that could meet ex-
acting standards of yarn buyers in
Europe.
That such a pioneering and vision-
ary investment was made in the non-
private sector simply underlined the
fact that the way ahead was not lost
to policy makers in the country. A
fully automated waste collection
system with automatic baling was
among the many features in Nav
Maharashtra Co-op Spinning Mills
that offered a template which rede-
fned the cotton spinning industry in
India.
Marzoli has since supplied spin-
ning machinery to several important
Indian customers such as Raymond,
Mafatlal, KPR Mills, CLC Spentex,
Loyal, Supreme, etc.
As early as in 1983, Marzoli had
a licence agreement with Machin-
ery Manufacturers Corporation, a
Mahindra Group company. This
company at Mysore manufactured
and sold over 1,000 ring frames.
These ring frames – Model RC1,
with their unique design and tu-
bular construction – fnd admirers
even today. Mahindra and Mahin-
dra, eventually opted to move out
of the textile industry and close the
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