Italian training, technology centre coming up at Ichalkaranji

DKTE-ACIMIT agreement signed

TM-Dec-12-140_1DKTE’S Textile & Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji, and the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) have signed an agreement for the establishment of an Italian training centre at Ichalkaranji and the Italian Technology Centre for the textile sector.

The project includes provision for free use of textile machinery by interested manufacturers for a maximum period of three years, training activities provided by the same Italian textile machinery companies adhering to the initiative, distribution of ACIMIT’s digital technology manual containing Italian state-of-the-art technology, and awarding of scholarships to three students selected by a committee of DKTE’S faculty in order to help them pursue their professional training.

The project will be co-ordinated by a steering committee representing ACIMIT, which has agreed to participate in all engagements held both in Italy and India, and an Indian counterpart, Raretech, which will be responsible for co-ordinating all onsite activities.

The technology training center is a part of a larger initiative called Machines Italia, financed by the Ministry for Economic Development (MiSE), which has entrusted its organization to Federmacchine, the Federation of Italian Manufacturers of Capital Equipment. Machines Italia in India aims to lend its support to the internationalization efforts of companies in the sector in one of the world’s most intensely developed industrial regions.

The General Director for Internationalization Policies and the Promotion of Exchanges of MiSE, Pietro Celi, expressed satisfaction over the realization of the Technology Center, “an expression of the desire and capabilities of the private and public sectors to interact and operate in a complementary way in order to support Italian businesses, and to strengthen competitiveness in global markets.”

Mr. Prakash Awade of DKTE’S Textile & Engineering Institute, has promised all the help and support for the successful implementation of the project and expressed the hope that this training centre, equipped with state-of-the-art Italian textile machinery, would go a long way in catering to the needs of the textile industry in India and strengthening the ties between India and Italy.

ACIMIT represents around 300 companies employing close to 12,400 people and producing machinery for an overall value of 2.7 billion euros, with exports amounting to 80 per cent of total sales. The quality of Italian textile technology is evidenced by the high number of countries in which Italian machinery is sold: around 130 countries worldwide. Creativity, technology, reliability and quality are the characteristics which have made Italy a global leader in textile machinery manufacturing.

DKTE’S Textile & Engineering Institute, founded in 1982, enjoys a unique and prominent place amongst institutions engaged in technical, education, training, research and consultancy. Presently it is catering to 10 undergraduate programmes (five in textiles and five in engineering), three diploma programmes in textiles, five P.G. programmes (three in textiles, two in engineering), a doctorate program in textile engineering and two management studies programs.