French Technology to Boost Indian Textile Industry’s Competitiveness
The French textile machinery manufacturers invited Indian textile producers to a series of two Indo-French seminars – “French Technology to boost the Indian Textile Industry’s Competitiveness” – which were held in Mumbai and Ludhiana on 20th and 23rd April 2010, respectively. The main aim of these seminars was to promote Indo-French partnerships in order to address the challenges of globalization.
The seminars proved successful with the participation of more than 150 companies in Mumbai and close to 200 in Ludhiana. The event presented the French technology and how it can help Indian textile producers to enhance their position by providing sustainable competitive advantages in the markets from Recycling – Non wovens – Technical textiles – Yarn preparation and Yarn treatment to Modern weaving – Knitting – Dyeing and Finishing – Air conditioning of textile plants.
According to Evelyne Cholet, the Secretary General of UCMTF, the French Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association, “Organization of such seminars in India is very important at present especially when the Indian Government realizes the importance of new investments in textile machinery to stimulate this strategic sector. The technical textiles sector for which France has an expertise is another sector which has great potential in India”.
The seminars were held under the patronage of the office of the Textile Commissioner – Ministry of Textiles, Government of India and were supported by the CII-Western Region, TAI Mumbai Unit & PHC Unit, TEXPROCIL, as well as Technopak advisors amongst others. The seminar at Ludhiana was sponsored by the State Bank of India (SME Business Unit-1), Chandigarh.
