Anjar, a small sleepy town in the hinterlands of Gujarat, is now a buzzling city. Till 2004 it was just barren lands with not
muchindustrial development. It was in 2004 that Welspun decided to set up a large-scale manufacturing unit for its textile and steel business. Today, Anjar can be called the Welspun City. This is the best example of what an industrial project initiated by a responsible corporate can do the economy around it, providing employment opportunities and livelihood to thousands of families.
Welspun, one of the world’s leading home textile manufacturers, has unveiled the company’s vision for 2020. Welvision 2020, an iconic event, was recently organised at Anjar which was attended by suppliers and partners from all over the world. Many in the industry felt that this was the first time that an event of this magnitude has been organised in the history of the Indian textile industry. Mr. S.S. Aich, Director, Welspun India Ltd. (WIL), and his team had put together an event comparable to global standards and conducted in a most professional manner.
Welcoming the guests, Mr. Aich said: “Innovation has always been Welspun’s forte and a major driving force to emerge as a key home textile player in the global arena. This conclave is Welspun’s attempt to further develop knowledge and understand the emerging textile technologies and applications that will shape the futu
manufacturers in the world and the largest home textile company in Asia. With a distribution network in 32 countries and manufacturing facilities in India, it is the largest exporter of home textile products from India. Supplier to 14 of top 30 global retailers, the company has marquee clients like Wal-Mart, J C Penny, Macy’s, to name a few. Last year, the company was rated the No.1 home textile company in the US. This is a remarkable achievement as the US is one of the biggest and most competitive markets.
Over the last several years, Welspun has achieved global manufacturing scale with integrated facilities and a diversified product portfolio, making itself a one-stop shop for home textiles. The extensive product mix has enabled the company to reach out to a larger consumer base. The technological superiority, along with its full-fledged Design Studio, has enabled Welspun to deliver world class quality products with a wide range to meet the rising consumer needs.
Further, the company’s efforts to bring the textile business under a single umbrella have already started yielding results. Its vision to become a fully integrated player will further improve performance and enable it to consolidate itas position as one of the top home textile suppliers globally.
Mr. Rajesh R. Mandawewala, Managing Director, Welspun Group, delivered one of the best and most inspirational extempore speeches witnessed in recent years. He started saying: “Change is the only constant. Everything in this world changes around us and has an impact on one business after the other. Those who failed to recognise the change are no more present in the competition. In the early 90’s, most of the big businesses in the developed economies failed to see that the world was ready to offshore manufacturing of textiles to the east, particularly to the Asian countries. At that time, we did not find anyone to partner us in our decision to expand our business. This is the when our chairman, Mr. B.K. Goenka, decided to set up our own plant at Vapi in Gujarat in 1993. Due to the good efforts of my colleagues, who are in the organisation since its inception, we are today the largest producers and sellers of towels in the world”.
Unveiling the Vision for 2020, Mr. Rajesh said: “We are targeting a turnover of $2 billion by 2020. Our first target is to achieve a 
turnover of $1 billion by 2016 from the current level of around $700 million. We want to be the world’s No.1 manufacturer of home textiles”.
Most of the $700 million turnover that the company does in textiles comes from home textiles segment. The company is investing Rs. 2,500 crores over the next three years to further increase the capacity across the entire manufacturing value chain from spinning to finishing. All these investments will propel the company’s future growth to achieve the vision it has set for itself.
Welspun is well set to achieve the 2016 target through the existing expansion and business growth. The challenge will be to double the turnover from $1 billion to $2 billion by 2020. The big question is whether the home textile segment alone could help achieve this ambitious target. The company realises the need for expanding its domestic distribution network, entering new product segments and resort to diversification to achieve the vision. Accordingly, in 2013 Welspun invested in manufacturing carpets and identified this as an important growth segment with an initial investment of Rs. 250 crores.
The next important segment which the company is actively exploring is technical textiles, particularly in nonwovens, like wipes, automotive textiles and a few other products. This is still in the initial stage of development.
Based on the products developed and the market potential and acceptance, it will decide on the way forward for this business. Welspun is also focussing on expanding its distribution footprint in India. The domestic business currently contributes three-five per cent of the total business, and this is expected to increase to 20 per cent by 2016.
Talking about the global scenario, Mr. Rajesh said the US and Europe account for two-thirds of the world consumption of home textiles and 75 per cent of what they consume comes from China, India and Pakistan. China which had a 16 per cent market share in the US home textile market in 2005 has now raised it 32 per cent. India, with 11 per cent share in US imports of home textiles has increased it to 35 per cent in the same period, overtaking China in 2013. Today China, with its escalating cost, expensive labour and growing population and per capita income, consumes most of its produce in-house. The world is finding fewer propensities to export out of China and is looking for other destinations to source its merchandise.
Pakistan’s share of global home textiles business has gone down, and Bangladesh is suffering from its own challenges like political stress, 
human rights violation and reckless pollution of the environment. India’s market share in global home textile exports has been continuously increasing over the last few years. The market share growth is expected to continue, supported by factors such as surplus cotton in the country, competitive factor costs and the supportive policy regime.
‘This decade belongs to India’
Mr. Rajesh further observed: “This is the decade for Indian textiles, particularly cotton and, more importantly, home textiles where India has built a global scale with world class technology, skills, understanding customers and innovating new products. I am very optimistic and strongly believe that this decade belongs to us. Today, 45 per cent of the towels and 50 per cent of the bedsheets imported into America are from India. Welspun accounts for 40 per cent of all towels exported out of India and 22 per cent share in the towels imported by America. Today we are the second largest cotton crop producing country in the world and the only nation having surplus after consumption. We stand single in terms of self-sufficiency and export almost 25 per cent of cotton and 30 per cent of cotton yarn produced in the country. China, Pakistan and Turkey import a major portion of their consumption. There is a clear advantage of raw materials in the country for the next 12-15 years, and Indian companies need to take advantage of this and invest in technology”.
Investing for the future
As a company, Welspun has made large investment in creating capacities across the entire textile manufacturing, from spinning to 
weaving to dyeing, processing and finishing. “We have committed to invest Rs. 2,500 crores in the next three to four years to develop our business. Today, we have a capacity to manufacture 40,000 tons in towels and 45 million metres flat sheeting fabric which we wish to grow to 60,000 tons and 72 million metres respectively in the next three years. We are adding 2,50,000 new spindles, apart from modernising all the existing spindles. We also plan to invest in automation processes to make ourselves more efficient. We have signed a $100 million contract with HP for IT solutions. We have invested over Rs. 200 crores for the welfare of our people for constructing huge dormitories, staff and workers colony, schools, colleges and world class medical facilities in the next three to five years”, said Mr. Rajesh.
Welspun is currently executing a major expansion of its spinning capacity by adding another 170,000-spindle project in Anjar, making it possibly the single largest facility under one roof in the country. The company is planning to add another 60,000 spindles in Anjar and more spindleage in Vapi. It recently added 140 looms in Anjar and is planning to add another 130 looms in 2014-15. Addition of another 100 looms for towels is also under study.
Post this capex, the company’s captive supply of yarn and greige fabric is expected to grow to 75 per cent from the current level of 30-35 per cent, thus reducing its dependence on external suppliers. Apart from ensuring quality and availability of key intermediate products, the backward integration will also contribute to improving the profitability of Welspun significantly.
Welspun strongly believes in the India growth story. In the domestic retail space, it operates through its brands Welhome and Spaces for the towels and home textile range. Currently the domestic market constitutes five per cent of the company’s total turnover, growing at 25-30 per cent year on year. “By 2020, the domestic market would constitute 20 per cent of our total turnover”, said Mr. Rajesh.
The company did venture into the retail market with its own retail stores across the country but wound up all its stores a couple of years ago due to losses. Now the company is working on the store-in-store concept with major retailers like Shoppers Stop, Pantaloons and many others.
Carpets
Globally, carpets is as good, or in some markets much bigger than home textiles. In the US, for example, the market size for towels is $3-4 billion compared to carpets which is nearly $6 billion. Identifying an opportunity in this segment, Welspun has forayed into manufacturing carpets and has invested Rs. 250 crores in setting up a dedicated manufacturing line for rugs and carpets. It is fully integrated, thanks to the BCF line at Welspun Syntex, which gives it a competitive edge.
Welspun has capacity to manufacture 20,000 tonnes between rugs and carpets, producing 25 million units annually. The company is already utilising 50 per cent capacity. “We are already working closely with potential global customers and the response has been very encouraging. We are confident that this will be an important part of our future business”, added Mr. Rajesh.
Technical textiles
Further, seeing the tremendous potential in the Advanced Textiles market, the company forayed into this segment starting with the 
non-woven category. It has put up a new plant which has started production in October 2012. In a short span of time it got itself certified to J&J, Covadian, Rocklin and Reckitt Benckiser.
Some of the specialised products that WIL is currently manufacturing in Advanced Textiles are top end baby care wipes, hygiene wipes, filtration cloth and automotive nonwovens. The company is well placed with high-end global scale capacity, skilled workforce, product knowledge & expertise and co-ordinated marketing approach to capitalise on the technical textile growth. It is thus well placed to strengthen its position as a global player.
Mr. Rajesh further disclosed: “We are quite new to this segment. Right now we are wetting our feet to understand what the nonwoven and industrial textiles business is all about. This will take another year to mature; we will then take a final decision. Currently we are doing more of commodity products. As we mature and grow, we will define the areas which we will focus on. Automotive and industrial filtration systems could be segments to look at”.
Welspun has so far invested Rs. 150 crores on the technical textiles project and plans another Rs. 75-crore investment in needle punch lines during 2014-15.
Asked about inorganic growth opportunities, he said that Welspun is not averse to such opportunities. The company did acquire a couple of businesses globally, out of which the most successful has been the UK towel brand Christy, which has given the company a dominant share in many global markets, including the US, the UK, Europe and Asia. The company has also been exploring the possibility of setting up manufacturing facilities outside India, which might have favourable trade agreements with the US or the EU. But, for now, it feels there is enough opportunity in what it is doing right now.
Referring to the potential threats for business, Mr. Rajesh said: “The biggest threat to 
any business out of India is trade blocks. When our competing countries get preferential access to markets like the US and the Europe, that puts us in a disadvantage. For example, Pakistan has duty-free access to the EU and the US for a period of 2 to 3 years….if this becomes permanent, then over a period of time it will become difficult for Indian manufacturers to compete if we don’t sign similar contracts. Another major challenge will be manpower. We understand that the world is changing, the aspirations of the people are changing. As principal employers, if we don’t understand this and don’t take corrective action, it is impossible to run a factory with a workforce of 20,000 people. It is not the factories we set up but it is what we do with the people who are working with us which will differentiate us from the rest. We are doing a lot to improve the overall quality of living of all our employees. If we don’t take care of our employees we will be out of business”.
In fact, the Welvision 2020 event conducted at Anjar was part of the company efforts to give global exposure for its employees, providing an opportunity for them to hear and interact with their global suppliers and partners. Welspun is planning many such events in the future, for which it has built state-of-the-art infrastructure comprising a convention center of global standard and conference halls. All these are housed under a grand memorial built in memory of the company’s founder, the late G.R. Goenka, fondly known as Babuji.
Mr. Rajesh concluded on a highly optimistic note by saying that, “with an incredibly favourable policy environment, skilled manpower, a burgeoning middle class and rising disposable income which will make it the second largest market in the world probably in the next 20 years, Welspun is all set to achieve its vision for 2020 and beyond”.
A.T.E.’s strong and successful partnership
A.T.E. has been having a strong and successful relationship with Welspun for more than two decades. Due to its strong 
presenceacrossthe textile value chain A.T.E. has been fortunate to be invited to participate in almost all the projects of Welspun. It partnered with the group in its first spinning project at Vapi in 1993.
A.T.E. supplied Truetzschler spinning preparatory equipment, Zinser spinning machinery and Volkmann twisting machines from Germany, followed by its participation in further expansion of the plant in spinning, weaving and processing. At Welspun’s Anjar plant, it supplied spinning machinery from its European principals and processing equipment from Monforts, Osthoff, Stork, etc. It also supplied the warp preparation of Karl Mayer at both the plants.
Recently, as Welspun expanded the carpet and rug manufacturing facility at Vapi, A.T.E. provided it with Cobble tufting machines and Zimmer chromo jet digital printing and coating equipment. It also facilitated availability of Truetzschler nonwovens for its nonwovens project at Anjar.
While dealing with Welspun all these years, A.T.E. experienced sheer professionalism at all levels. Especially due to the vision and clear business focus of Mr. B.K. Goenka, Chairman, Welspun Group, ably supported by his team, the group could take bigger strides in home textiles and take advantage of the emerging opportunities in the global markets.
A.T.E. is hopeful that it will continue to partner with the Welspun Group in all its future endeavours as an able technology partner. Welspun also benefits from the knowledge of A.T.E.’s vast pool of technical people having domain knowledge in different verticals of textile processes.
Archroma helps Welspun focus on sustainability and innovation
Archroma is extremely proud to have been associated with Welspun for the past 15 years. Archroma specializes in colours and performance technologies and is committed to fostering sustainability and innovation in the textile industry. This is why companies such as Welspun turn to it in their own quest for more innovative and eco-friendly textile products.
Welspun has introduced impressive high-end towels and bed sheets in a very competitive market. It has earned special reputation as a highly innovative company dedicated to meeting the highest quality standards.
Archroma provides process solutions to Welspun which aim at improving the environmental profile of its own production process with no compromise on efficiency, for the pre-treatment and finishing of terry towels and home textiles. It also provides high fastness dyes and optical brightener agents.
Archroma is a natural partner for the development of carpets and technical textiles. Thanks to its experience in these applications and a full range of products and services, it is in a position to work closely with Welspun’s experts from the very beginning of new projects, starting from product development.
The company has built an excellent partnership with Welspun over the years with its trustful and open relations resulting in many successful developments. It is to be a supplier to, and partner of Welspun, and is keen on taking up new developments and challenges together.
Picanol weaving Welspun success story
Picanol’s association with Welspun started with the supply of its new generation Summum airjet machines last year. Its experience in 
working with Welspun has been enriching, to say the least. Welspun’s sincere, co-operative and methodical approach has resulted in achieving top class performance of Picanol’s new gen machines which are in use at the Anjar plant producing top quality bed sheeting fabrics.
Picanol started its Indian operations in 2008 with the sole purpose of being closer to its customers and providing them with best of service. It has a local team of trained technicians who take care of the erection and commissioning of the new machines and aftersales service. Picanol has a fully-equipped electronic prints repair station in New Delhi where all the prints are repaired locally. The company technicians attend to customer complaints immediately so as to avert losses.
Picanol has a full range of weaving machines which can cover the wide range of fabrics which Welspun is venturing into. Its machines are suitable for bed sheeting, terry towel as well as technical applications such as automotive textiles.
Picanol believes that it can offer complete solution to Welspun and be one of its key partners in its journey to achieve its Vision 2020.
Saurer’s high-end solutions
Saurer has been supplying high-end machinery to Welspun for the past 30 years. Its co-operation with the group started with winders, followed by ring spinning lines and later on with rotor spinning frames.
Saurer is proud to be associated with a company like Welspun which has a clear vision and is very well managed by a professional team. The products manufactured by it are of the highest quality and cater also to markets like Japan, the US and the UK.
Saurer and Welspun have a very cordial business relationship based on mutual interest. Welspun runs 
about 20,000 Zinser ring spindles, 4,000 ACO open end spindles and 4,500 winder positions from Saurer Schlafhorst. Saurer service stations in India are located in close proximity to its customers. Its service engineers respond immediately to customer requests and take regular visits to them for periodic checks and technological support.
Saurer has supplied Welspun with its latest model in rotor spinning, ACO 8, which offers high productivity. On the ring spinning side Saurer is the leading provider of solutions, from roving to winding for all yarn applications.
Rising wages and quality demand are making automation a must in the production process. The Schlafhorst product range offers automation, from roving frame up to the winder, to bring clear benefits to customers.
Welspun is also running the latest version of the Schlafhorst winding machine ACX 5 linked to the ring spinning frames. Both ACO 8 and ACX 5 are state-of-art technology making Welspun excellently positioned for 2020.
Huntsman echoes Welspun’s spirit of innovation
Huntsman Textile Effects has a successful, collaborative relationship with Welspun spanning for over 13 years. The company is a progressive partner that prides itself on product innovation, quality and sustainability. It has always been supportive in adopting new technologies. It is this spirit of innovation, excellence and collaboration that has positioned Welspun at the forefront of the textile industry and a global leader in home textiles.
As a global business partner, Huntsman Textile Effects has harnessed its cutting-edge technology, strong technical support and know-how to help Welspun improve its efficiency, drive higher standards in environmental sustainability for its mill and to increase cost optimization. This strong partnership has made a difference to the textile industry and has helped Welspun achieve their business objectives.
Huntsman is the global leader in developing total textile solutions across all aspects of the textile chain. The company is committed to developing sustainable, high-performing processing and effects chemicals that have low environmental impact and enable significant reductions in energy and processing time. With Welspun expanding into carpets and technical textiles, we see more opportunities to offer our cutting edge research and technology to develop value-added solutions and innovative products with intelligent effects that meet their business needs.
Huntsman believes that innovative technology is the key to offering better service and in improving economic and environmental sustainability. It will continue to work closely with Welspun to bring in new technologies, total solutions and provide robust technical support that will help the company achieve its 2020 vision.
DyStar helps Welspun cater to the demanding global requirements
DyStar has been associated with Welspun since 2005. The company feels that the innovation and commitment of Welspun to markets 
across the world and to its customers is a key factor for the company to become a global leader in home textiles. Welspun’s state-of-the-art manufacturing plants, systems and processes have helped it achieve this leading position.
DyStar is a leading provider of products and services for the global textile industry. With a heritage of over 100 years in product and application innovation, the company is closely working with Welspun to run its e-control process effectively to maximize output with consistency and reproducibility of shades and working on achieving first-time results in the Pad Dry Pad Steam continuous application process.
DyStar also helps Welspun achieve new demands from the markets on the requirements of highest wash and wet rub fastness in bed sheetings and bleach safe requirements in terry towels for the US markets.
With DyStar’s global presence, innovative products and technical knowhow it can be a long-term partner of Welspun in establishing the technical textiles and carpets projects. Welspun has its complete focus on textiles and aims to emerge a global leader.
LUWA’s decade-long relationship with Welspun
Luwa’s relationship with Welspun began a decade ago in 2004 at a time when Welspun had laid the foundation for its new greenfield plant at Anjar, to become the world’s largest home textile manufacturer. For most of Welspun’s air engineering needs, Luwa is its trusted partner for providing the right type of system to attain maximum performance out of its production machines at a competitive cost.
Welspun, being one of the most important customers, Luwa has supplied its complete range of products, starting from air-conditioning to humidification systems for the company’s spinning plants, TexFog high pressure humidification system for the nonwoven plant, air-conditioning system for the synthetic fibre BCF unit to Loomsphere systems for its terry towel and sheeting plants, air conditioning systems for its motor cooling in the steel plant and ventilation for its thermal power plants.
There are many areas where Luwa will be working as an important partner for Welvision 2020. Plant efficiency audits, energy audit, technical seminars and training for the technical and maintenance team are the areas where Luwa is working closely with the Welspun team. It plans to have various interactive and training sessions with Welspun’s engineers at its different sites so as to impart proper training to get maximum operational efficiency from the existing Luwa products.
The philosophy of Welspun to provide world-class products and services to its customers and attain market leadership in all its businesses reflects its proper and detailed planning of investments. Decisions are made very thoughtfully considering all the factors, including the technical and commercial aspects, on a long-term basis. The Welspun focus on empowering its employees whom it considers as its biggest asset is also benefiting it to a great extent. Luwa, with its vast global network, will jointly work out the best solutions for any of its future requirements and for its overseas investments.
Van de Wiele Group’s long standing partnership
Bonas India’s association with Welspun is for almost two decades, from 1996 onwards. Since then it has been moving with the group in 
its mission of emerging as a global leader.
In 1996, Mr. B.K. Goenka, Chairman, Welspun, personally placed his first order for 12 jacquard heads with Bonas. The company now has 62 jacquard heads at its Vapi unit and eight jumbo jacquard heads at Anjar, installed on air-jet and rapier weaving machines.
Welspun is Bonas’ biggest customer in the terry towel sector, and the name helped it to establish leadership in the jacquard terry towels market. The company has invested in state-of-the-art equipments to manufacture polypropylene yarns widely used in woven and tufted carpets. It has a Cobble carpet tufting machine and Titan over edging machines which are part of the Van de Wiele Group, the world leader in carpet and velvet weaving machines. The company also has plans to set up an extrusion plant to manufacture polypropylene yarn, to become one of the key partners in Welspun’s carpet venture.
Welspun has a dedicated team of experts committed to get the best out of the new generation electronic jacquards and the professional approach towards the weaving process. Bonas feels that Welspun’s mission of serving with passion, growing with speed, innovating with quality, excelling with ethics and sharing good profits with the shareholders could be the factors behind its success as a leading global home textile manufacturer. The company hopes to continue helping Welspun attain its vision for 2020.
650 Tsudakoma airjet looms in operation at Welspun
Tsudakoma has been partnering with Welspun for nearly 12 years. The company has been supplying airjet looms for both sheeting and terry weaving for its home textiles division.
Working with Welspun is a matter of great pride and satisfaction for Tsudakoma. Its experience at Welspun has been very enriching, and inputs from the operations team of Welspun have also helped the company enhance its technology.
Tsudakoma has supplied nearly 650 sets of wide-width airjet looms to Welspun’s Vapi and Anjar units. The keen interest and deep involvement of the promoters of the company at both macro and micro levels, backed by a strong technical and marketing team, are the key factors behind the Welspun success.
Tsudakoma aspires to go hand in hand with Welspun in its journey towards 2020 and beyond. As one of the leading manufacturers of weaving and weaving preparatory machines in the world in the apparels and technical textiles field, it hopes its partnership with Welspun will only grow stronger year on year.
Tsudakoma has been represented in India by Inditech International. Apart from the looms, Inditech has supplied Barudan cross hemming machines. In addition, the company has supplied the polyester and nylon spinning plants at Silvassa.
Beck-Packautomaten makes Indian foray with Welspun
Beck-Packautomaten’s association with Welspun dates back to 1990s through Christy of the UK, which Welspun acquired in 2006. 
However, the first business with Welspun was concluded in December 2012 along with its associate for the Indian sub-continent, Teconnect India. Beck-Packautomaten has pioneered many developments in the field of automatic film packaging and shrink wrapping in finding customized solutions for highly demanding applications in home and technical textiles.
Beck-Packautomaten has never before ventured into India, and its first experience with Welspun has been delightful and encouraging. Its entire team in Germany and its associates in India have started to focus on expanding business and make their presence felt across the sectors. The success of Welspun, in its view, is attributed to the conduct of its business processes that turns inputs like knowledge and raw materials into products and services that create value for the customers. The company’s customer focus, scale of operations, innovation both in product and process, coupled with management of talent, and stakeholders’ delight constitute the essence of Welspun’s success as a global home textiles player.
Beck-Packautomaten has so far supplied and installed four machines for Welspun, and the next machine is expected to be installed in the next couple of weeks. The company is delighted to know about Welspun unveiling its Vision 2020 and hopes to have a role as a key partner for secondary packaging of goods, may it be home textiles, technical textiles (wipes or automotive textiles) or floor coverings.
EVS’ online inspection system
Elbit Vision Systems (EVS) has been associated with Welspun for more than half a decade. It certainly appreciates the opportunity to 
partner with a company like Welspun, one of the leading players who sets the standard for global textile quality.
EVS has recently installed its latest IQ-TEX4 colour camera online inspection system with shade variation analyser in Welspun’s finished fabric line, which helps in labour reduction, yield enhancement, space saving and better quality. Its automatic inspection systems are far more accurate, consistent and reliable than the best human inspectors.
Using full colour high resolution cameras, LED illumination units and multiple viewing angles, the IQ-TEX4 system can see defects down to fractions of millimetres at speeds well over 80 metres per minute. These cameras do not blink, never turn away or fall sick. By knowing the location, size, type and severity of each defect contained in a finished lot prior to cutting, an optimized cut map can be created with a simple click of a button. This optimized map will automatically control the high speed de-batching table and instruct each operator on what defects to flag or remove, and where to make roll cuts.
Utilizing these proven methods yield enhancements could increase up to three per cent by doing nothing more than making smarter and better informed decisions. The shade variation analyser provides online shade variation using the CIE L*A*B* standard for measurement with built-in 5-5-5 colour matching program.
The company’s online inspection system is already an integral part of Welspun’s quality monitoring department in Advanced Textiles.
EVS has spent the past 20 years developing the best vision inspection and process monitoring solutions for the textile market, and today it is very proud to have its solutions confirmed by the leading global supplier of these goods. EVS looks forward to being a key supplier to Welspun in its vision for 2020 and beyond!
Inspiron’s heat recovery solutions
Inspiron supplied the Motex, Model B340, 10F Combi Chain Type, in September 2004 to Welspun. This machine is now being overhauled with modern features and automation, reflecting the company’s professional approach with regard to upkeep of plant & machinery. The machine has been playing a significant role in the growth of Welspun.
Welspun also intends to contribute significantly to environment protection through energy saving. Inspiron is supplying 10 KAPrec heat recovery units to save the energy let out to the environment and recirculate and reheat the MOTEX stenter at the Anjar facility. This is expected to result in 10-12 per cent energy saving in the drying process, 15 to 18 per cent in the drying and heat setting process and 22-25 per cent in the heat setting process. This will drastically reduce the load on fuel consumption, thereby contributing to reduction in carbon footprint.
Novozymes partners Welspun in offering environment friendly technologies
Novozymes has been associated with Welspun from 2011. Welspun has always encouraged and adopted all new technologies which can help them upgrade their quality as well as ensuring that their CSR are upheld. This openness and vision, along with its continued focus on constantly updating the skill and knowledge of its employees has been instrumental in Welspun achieving success globally and creating a new benchmark for Indian textile companies.
Being a pioneer and world leader in enzyme technology, Novozymes has the complete range of enzymatic solutions for processing 
textiles. It is working closely with Welspun’s R&D team to offer the company new solutions that can help in improving product quality and provide value-added offerings to the end customers through in-house innovations.
Novozymes anticipates huge demand for environmental friendly products with special emphasis on savings in basic utilities like water, power and increased productivity. With such requirements becoming a necessity, Novozymes could foresee big scope for enzymatic solutions being adapted to the home textiles segment in the near future.