MIXING COTTON AND BALE MANAGEMENT

MIXING (COTTON)

Cotton is a hygroscopic material , hence it easily adopts to the atmospheric airconditions. Air temperature inside the mixing and blowroom area should be more than 25 degree centigrade and the relative humidity(RH%) should be around 45 to 60 %, because high moisture in the fibre leads to poor cleaning and dryness in the  fibre leads to fibre damages which ultimately reduces the spinnability of cotton.

Researching tomorrow's innovative textiles

Researching tomorrow's innovative textiles

Although textiles have a tradition extendng back thousands of years into antiquity, there still remains room for innovation today, and the aim of this year's Fiber Society conference was to sound out the opportunities on offer in this regard. The society was founded in 1941 to encourage and support scientific progress in the field of fibers and fiber products, and the conference motto, "Fiber Research for Tomorrow's Applications", was therefore entirely appropriate. The aim is to emphasize the message that "Textiles have an unbroken potential," as Rudolf Hufenus, of Empa's Advanced Fibers Laboratory and one of the conference organizers, put it in his welcoming address.

Innovation in this field generally takes place as a result of partnerships between groups drawn from various scientific disciplines. Just as important is the intensive cooperation between research institutes and industry, in Hufenus' opinion. The Fiber Society Spring Conference, which took place from the 23rd to 25th of May, represented the ideal platform for the exchange of ideas and know-how necessary to initiate and plan collaborative projects. The conference was held at Empa's St Gallen site, which has traditionally been heavily involved in innovative work in the textile field.

There was enormous interest in the event, and the organizers received about twice as many suggestions for expert presentations as they were able to consider. Altogether over 200 scientists from 20 countries attended the event. "The conference deals with the practical applications of today's fiber research," explained Hufenus, whose own work involves developing novel fibers with his team. One such example is a fiber for making protective jackets which, although acting like armor to shield the wearer from heavy blows, is still pliant and supple so that the jacket is comfortable to wear.

The symposium showed that there is a general trend for textiles to find use in new areas of application with high added value, for example in the medical field where implants made of textiles are being used to replace blood vessels or heart valves. The latest developments in conductive fibers are leading to a fusion of electronics and textile technology, with an appropriately large potential for the monitoring of bodily functions and applications in telemedicine.

Empa is itself working intensively on a range of solutions in this very promising area; in all eight Empa staff members presented the latest results of their work during the conference, one being in the area of electrospinning – a process by which fibers of both polymer and purely inorganic material, as well as composites of both, can be manufactured with diameters in the nanometer range. This makes it possible for example to create novel nonwoven textile-based materials for applications in medical and filter technologies, and in catalytic processes.

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SETUP A GARMENT BUYING HOUSE AND ITS FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

[HOW TO SETUP A GARMENT BUYING HOUSE AND ITS FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES]

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One such query is how to start an apparel buying house? Instead of mailing notes to individuals, I am posting it here for all interested would be entrepreneurs. It is all about how you can materialize your dream of setting up a small buying house for garment sourcing.

I had a discussion with one successful entrepreneur of a buying house on this topic. I had also gained knowledge when I was working with number of buying houses, during my job in a garment export house. I will share few points those are essential for starting a buying office. And I hope these notes might be helpful information for your business start up. Actually all the followings points are primary requirement for starting a successful business.

An office: 

Initially you don’t need a big office; you can start your business with 3-4 room office. It is essential to prove your existence in the business and a communication address.

Product development cell: 

You need to set a product development facility that may include designer(s), a sampling room and show room to display your products and developments. Develop your product range (product profile) with your creative team to attract your buyers.

Minimum working team: 

Develop a team with merchants, technical department and Quality Assurance team. Technical team would help your designer to develop products and sampling. Merchants will be required to day to day communication with your buyers and suppliers. Their job can be extended for sample development from supplier factories, sourcing of materials, providing approval to suppliers. Don’t forget to consider quality aspect of samples and production.

Supplier base development: 

Develop supplier base in your region or low cost clusters. Make your suppliers’ list as big as possible. There are many reasons of having large suppliers contact. You will get competitive price for production, you can cover wider range of products, have larger capacity for production for big buyers etc. In your supplier base include small supplier as well as medium to large manufacturer for social compliance point of view.

Sample development services for buyers: 

Many small buyers look for sample development facility in buying houses. You can do this job for buyers. Actually you don’t need to set up sampling room for this service. For buyer’s samples like FIT and SMS (salesman sample) instead of developing yourselves, go for samples are made by your suppliers, from where you are going to procure the order. Supplier would not disagree for the sampling, provided you would give them production orders. Tactic of earning from sampling services. For small number of samples, suppliers would not charge you. But you can charge for those samples from buyers.

Offer buyers full package of sourcing orders. 

Buyer prefers buying houses those provide complete solution for garment sourcing. Like

• Product development
• sampling, 
• quality assurance and shipment inspection
• Logistics and shipment

Good relation with buyers:

When you are going to start buying house, I assume that you have contact / good relationship with some buyers. And you might know well about buyer’s behavior. Prepare yourself accordingly. I mean

• Fabrics preferences
• Product range
• Costing procedures and achievable cost
• Colors for various seasons

No contact with buyers?

If you have no contact with buyers, you can proceed with following method

• Develop your product range
• Create a list of buyers those are sourcing similar to your product range
• Contact buyers and show them your product range
• Start your business

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