A state-of-the-art Brückner multi-purpose coating line for technical textiles has been successfully operating since the beginning of 2018 at Sri Venkatalakshmi Spinners (P) Ltd. (SVS) at Udumalpet, a textile town about 70 km from Coimbatore City. SVS, set up in 1980, now focuses primarily on spinning of different yarn qualities, manufacturing of various types of fabrics by weaving, circular knitting and warp knitting and turning at different coated materials and technical textiles with a very modern coating line. SVS strives to maintain its environmental sustainability efforts by generating electric power through the grid-connected wind mill.
After a careful study of today’s business and the change in the technological environment, SVS has established a very modern world-class coating infrastructure to become an integrated value-added manufacturer of technical textile products.
The company started its technical textile production in December 2017 under the name of SVS Advanced Fabrics (SAF). The project is one of the most modern and advanced production units in India. The company specializes in high-tech preparation for digital printing, automotive fabrics, functional textiles for sports and leisure as well as fabrics for architectural purposes.
Mr. Gopinath Bala, who is in charge of product development and marketing activities, leads the company together with a strong and experienced management team. He holds several university degrees in Textile Technology, Polymer sciences as well as Business Administration and worked several years in the US for NASA and the Department of Defense (DOD-DARPA). He is also a Board member, Council of Administration – South Indian Textile Research Association (SITRA).
Mr. Raja, Operations Director, who is in charge of the production, started his career with CHT – BEZEMA a German multinational specialty dyes and chemical manufacturing company as Technical Manager in 1999. He worked for 18 years in fields like pre-treatment, dyeing, finishing, printing & coating, etc.
SAF has partnered with Brückner Textile Technologies (Germany) to ensure that the machine will be customized exactly to the needs. Brückner’s local partner, Voltas Ltd. (Textile Machinery Division), supports the customer with an extraordinary local service for trouble-shooting and spareparts supply.
The modern Brückner coating line is equipped with the best-in-class heat consistency available on the market throughout, is environment friendly heated with LPG fuel. An integrated Zimmer, Austria coating head with a high precision magnet roller coating head and a screen coating and printing facility ensures in combination with a Mahlo (Germany) QMS weight measurement system that the coated products (mainly preparation for printing) always meet the specifications consistently at high levels.
Mr. Bala explains why SAF decided to move forward in this project together with Brückner. SVS choose Brückner because it was the clear leader and a strong knowledge partner with a very long history of experience in the technical textile industry. Brückner had adapted to technical textiles and started providing machinery to the industry way back when Europe started its ventures in technical textiles.
SAF is a new company venturing into technical textiles, having a strong knowledge partner in various spectrum of products and processes to support it was the main reason for partnering with Brückner. Additionally, Brückner’s equipments are of very high quality, precisely engineered and consume the lowest energy.
The SVS – SAF management team has strong experience and background in technical textiles applications and polymers as well as conventional dyeing and printing. Together with business partners they provide complete solutions, support and guidance. 40 years of experience in manufacturing yarns and in manufacturing various types of fabrics give them the ability to foresee global and domestic trends and stay ahead of the curve.