With ongoing globalization, the textile industry has moved from Western countries to the Asian region. In this changing scenario, India plays a vital role. But to survive in an era of competition, there is need to improve product quality, productivity and speed with minimum cost by adopting modern techniques and technologies.
To keep pace with the changing industry trends and to bring manufacturers and ancillary units under one roof, the Central Government introduced a unique scheme for the overall development and upgradation of the Indian textile industry with 70 high-tech textile parks all over India.
Purna Global Textile Park Ltd. is one such park located in the heart of the cotton-rich region of Maharashtra, at Basmathnagar in Hingoli district, 40 km from Nanded. The Parbhani-Hingoli-Nanded belt contributes to about 20 lakh bales of Bunny cotton. Nearly 60 per cent of agricultural land is being used for producing cotton.
Basmathnagar is a non-industrial area having no industries within a radius of 200-250 km from Basmath. However, local labour is abundant.
Purna Park is truly one of its kind commissioned in the non-industrial area. Availability of raw material is not a concern anymore, and with an in-house ginning facility, the park is a boon for textile investors. Now speaking about the other aspects of this mammoth and ambitious project which is sprawling over a 54 acres of land currently consisting of 57 members, each with their own weaving or garmenting unit.
More than 40 sheds constructed so far are working well for the past 36 months. The park has appointed IL & FS as the project management consultant. The engineering and designing of individual factory sheds and common facilities and compound wall, construction of factory building, site development construction of roads, water supply scheme, sewerage, rain water drain are all in place.
The project includes land, land development, roads, water supply, electrical distribution, labour quarters, training centre for skill development, common amenities and individual factory sheds. Nearly 60 per cent of the total project space is available for potential investors seeking business expansion or new start-ups.
The promotors of the Purna Textile Park are prominent textile entrepreneurs. Mr. Vinod Jhawar is the Chairman and Mr. Santosh Jhawar, Director. For many decades the family has been involved in cotton trading and took the step forward in 2009 and set up its own ginning factory known as Omkar. The ginning unit, within the park, has a capacity of 50,000 bales per season, which is consumed by spinners all over India.
“Our goal, besides business, is to make healthy relationships with our vendors and partners. Our customers decide what they need and when, and we make sure that the required standards are delivered to them,” said Mr. Vinod Jhawar.
With an annual production of 20 lakh bales of cotton, the State offers excellent scope for setting up cotton yarn, cotton fabric, denim and other cotton textile projects as well.
Some of the key USPs of the Purna Global Textile Park are the abundant local workforce, 30 per cent Central capital subsidy under TUFS, 10 per cent capital subsidy on machineries offered by the State Government, seven per cent subsidy on term loans, uninterrupted power supply at subsidized rates and VAT refund of upto 70 per cent of the total project cost.
Under the scheme, when the project was taking shape, it was time to finalize the looms. The promotors toured all over India and China to fix their requirements within the limited budget. Finally RIFA was shortlisted after receiving quotations from nine different Chinese loom makers.
Shandong RIFA Textile Machinery Co. is a China-based manufacturer of quality weaving equipments. Incorporated as one of the earliest shuttle-less loom producers in the domestic market, RIFA offers quality air jet looms, rapier looms and terry rapier looms. Its flagship products include the RFJA series air jet looms, RFRL20, RFRL30/31 and GA731-II series rapier looms, as well as HST40/50, RFTL60 terry rapier looms.
RIFA looms are highly versatile and are comparable with over 20 types of materials, including flax, jute, silk, ramie, denim, towel, cotton, slub yarn, worsted yarn, filter cloth, jacquard pattern, trademark pattern, special mesh fabric, large-width upholstery fabric, etc.
RIFA’s sales network covers more than a dozen countries around the globe, and over 10 thousand sets of looms have been distributed in Europe, Asia and Africa.
“We are very happy with RIFA machines, one of the best VFM products in the segment. No problems faced in the last 36 months of operation. Over and above, their Indian agent, Voltas Ltd., was the main inspiration for choosing RIFA looms for this project”, said Mr. Santosh Jhawar in an exclusive interview to The Textile Magazine.
In India, RIFA began its journey in 2006-07 when it joined hands with Voltas Ltd., as its Indian agent. From then on there was no looking back for the Chinese loom maker. RIFA enjoys a strong relationship with Voltas as both the parties give utmost importance to customer satisfaction. Sales of RIFA machines in India have grown considerably over the last few years, making it the second biggest market for its products, outside China.
Voltas has played an important role in RIFA’s Indian success story. Using decades of experience in the textile industry to its advantage, Voltas started selling RIFA looms across the nation. It has dedicated an experienced team to look after marketing activities along with trained engineers who offer top-notch service to the weaving customers in India.
“We make sure our customers face no hurdle right from commissioning to smooth operation of machines. Our service team is strategically placed across the nation to reach and resolve any issue at the earliest”, said Mr. Deepak Sabarad, Sr. Sales Manager, Voltas.
The project of Purna Global Textile Park consists of 300 rapier looms and 96 airjet looms, of which 250 rapier machines have been installed successfully. The park also has a full-fledged warping and sizing unit feeding to existing loom sheds. There are also fully functional two garmenting units. The second phase of expansion will be taken up soon, and the promotors are in the process of finalizing the next set of machines for the newly added members.
Presently production achieved on the RIFA looms is 30,000 m/per day and the fabric woven ranges from fancy fabrics, shirtings, suitings, cords and sheetings, all 100 per cent cotton in greige form + linen fabrics. The park targets 80,000 m/day production by the end of the second phase. The management is also keen on exports and is on the look-out for potential buyers.
A process house is the missing link in the value-chain, which is also under consideration in future projects in the Park.
For more information on Purna Global Textile Park, visit their website or contact the team at The Textile Magazine.