Page 72 - August-September-2017

72
Vision have applied the power of high speed cloth product is transported to the consumer). The tool can
inspection to slow moving webs at a commercially be accessed at
realistic price level to detect defects in cloth at an https://watercalculator.dnvgl.com/Home/Form. The
early stage and limit the severity to manageable Global Network for Resource Efficient and Cleaner
levels. This means that machine vision systems can Production (RECPnet), supporting organizations in over
be fitted to every loom to eliminate long running and 60 developing countries, will facilitate the use of the tool,
repetitive defects. In addition, defect maps are which primarily targets small and medium-sized
created that can be used to efficiently find repairable companies. It will guide companies on the use of the
defects in high value cloth. The system claims to: tool and interpretation of results. In Pakistan, the
• Reduce in waste material being scrapped. RECPnet network member is National Cleaner
• Complete orders on time. Production Centre (NCPC) Foundation, Rawalpindi
• Increase throughput of repaired cloth. (http://www.ncpc.com.pk/). The tool consists of:
• Transmit reliable quality data to the next process, or • Introduction step: provide background information
customer. about your business: company size production, annual
production, raw material (fibre type), product, relevant
Textile Wet Processing: Water Calculation Tool manufacturing processes, water source and treatment.
Water scarcity affects more than 40 per cent of the • Water data: provide process specific data of water
global population, a number which is projected to consumption and quality, based on batch or
rise. While about 2.5 per cent of the world’s water is continuous processing, depending on the availability
of data (estimation, process control, measured data)
• Chemicals and discharge: provide information on
used chemicals and amount and quality of
discharged waste water
• The resulting report gives you an overview of your
water consumption, and compare it with regional
available indicators of best practice.
UNIDO is the specialized agency of the United
Nations that promotes industrial development for
poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and
freshwater, only 0.5 per cent of that amount is made
available to satisfy society’s needs. Water is also an
important resource in manufacturing processes,
including in the textile sector. Reducing water
consumption by establishing sustainable production
processes can therefore be an advantage for environmental sustainability. UNIDO meets the
companies as well as the communities they operate industrial development needs of its Member States
in. This is widely reflected in the United Nations’ through a variety of highly specialized and
Sustainable Development Goals, which aim, among differentiated services that promote social inclusion,
other things, to ensure sustainable production by economic competitiveness and environmental
companies and water access for all by 2030. sustainability, as well as cross-cutting activities in the
fields of industrial statistics, research and policy, and
UNIDO and DNV GL - Business Assurance have the promotion of knowledge networks and
joined forces to develop and implement projects in institutional partnerships.
the field of water footprint measurement and
promotion of water management best practices. DNV GL enables organizations to advance the safety
Foreseen projects include developing a water and sustainability of their business. It provides
footprint self-assessment tool to assist small and classification, technical assurance, software and
medium size enterprises (SMEs) in developing independent expert advisory services to the maritime,
countries to evaluate their water footprint in restricted oil & gas and energy industries. It also provides
stages of a product life cycle, specifically the certification services to customers across a wide
so-called ‘cradle-to-gate’ assessment from range of industries. Operating in more than 100
agricultural production through processing and countries, with experts dedicated to help customers
production up to the factory gate (i.e. before the and make the world safer, smarter and greener.
August/September 2017
73
opportunities in the textile industry. At the same time, Bettenndorf; American Cotton Producers
Ehsan Malik, Chief Executive Officer of the Pakistan representatives Nathan Reed (Board of Directors,
Business Council, gave a keynote speech at the National Cotton Council) and Brent Nelson (Secretary
Quality Conference with an overview of the Pakistani Treasurer, Plains Cotton Growers Association);
business environment and opportunities to improve Matthew Ryan, ICE Senior Director, Global Soft
business relations between Pakistan, the U.S. and Commodities, Marc Lewkowitz, Supima President &
other important markets. Other participants of the CEO; and Mazhar Mirza (CCI/Sypher President
conference from Pakistan were; Yasin Siddik Pakistan).
(Premium Textile Mills), Shahid Tata (Tata Group),
Tariq Mehmood (Pak Kuwait Textiles), Asif Inam Welcome Remarks, at the start of the event were
(Diamond International Corporation Ltd), Anees given by Eduardo Esteve, President, Cotton Council
Khawaja (Mahmood Group Of Industries), Haroon International which was followed by the welcome
Ellahi Shaikh (Ellcot Spinning Mills), Jamil Qassim remarks and key notes from the local industry
(Zaman Textile Mills Ltd), Khurram Inam (N. P. Cotton representatives. There was also a session about the
Mills), Hasnain Inam (N. P. Cotton Mills), Sajid Haroon “World Cotton Production, Supply and Demand
(Al-Karam Textile Mills), Naveed Ahmed (Indus Overview” at the conference that was addressed by
Group), Kashif Riaz (Sun Rays Textile Mills), Shahid Jeff Johnson, Chairman, American Cotton Shippers
Hussain (Nafeesa Textiles), Yahya Saleem (Nishat Association.
Chunian Limited), Naseem Rehman (Fazal Cloth
2017 COTTON USA Quality Mills), Perwez Ahmed (Feroze1888 Textile Mills), The Supima Outlook was presented by Marc
Adeel Shafiq Alam (Alam Cotton Mills), Zaheen Uddin Lewkowitz, the President of Supima, followed by the
Conference in Dubai (Al-Muqeet Textile Mills), Farooq Saeed (Mahmood & Tomorrow” where the participants herd from
Qureshi (Saif Textile Mills), Ali Zaman Khan discussion about “U.S. Cotton Fiber Quality – Today
Group/Keyone), Fahim Zakaria Bilwani (Musatqim Keith Lucas from AMCOT. After the refreshment session
COTTON USA Executive Delegation highlights the U.S. Cotton’s Dyeing & Printing Industries), Omair Allahwala Shaikh the director of American Cotton Producer, Brent Nelson
spoke about “Keep U.S. Cotton Clean.” The “COTTON
(Idrees Textile Mills), Ikram Haider (Crescent Textile
Quality to Pakistani Textile Mill leaders in Dubai. Mills), Qaisar Nazir Shiekh (Indus Lyallpur), USA Sustainability” was addressed by Nathan Reed,
Muhammad Farooq (Din Textile Mills), Hassan Wahid Director of American Cotton Producers.
Chheena (CA Textiles), Usman Kausar (Island Textile
The 2017 COTTON USA Quality Conference was industry can improve, the mills mentioned; bale Mills), Waqas Anwar (Amir Umar Industries), Atif S Participants of the conference also heard about “U.S.
held in Dubai on 16th of July 2017. An eight-member packaging, contamination, stickiness with Pima Dada (DadaSons), M Nasir Sohail (Khudabux Cotton Delivery” from Raymond Faus, Vice
Cotton Executive Delegation traveled with Cotton cotton, fiber uniformity, neps, and differences in Enterprises), Rehan Nasir Barkhurdaria (Baber Chairman, American Cotton Shippers Association;
Council International (CCI) to Dubai, UAE, and classing data and cotton received. Impex), Iqbal Khurram (GS Group), Rizwan Ume (Haji and “ICE Futures” from Matthew Ryan, Senior
Qingdao, China, to participate in conferences Khudabux), Rehan Shoukat (Fun Marketing) and Director, Global Soft Commodities, ICE. These briefs
emphasizing U.S. cotton’s quality to China and “The Executive Delegation will use what we learned Yousaf Fareed (TEXtalks International). were followed by an “Ask the Experts” question
Pakistan textile mill leadership and conduct meetings to strengthen our industry’s commitment to supplying answer session where the industry representatives
with key mill partners. our textile mill customers with the Cotton the World The 2017 COTTON USA Executive Delegation shares words about the subject matters.
Trusts,” CCI President Eduardo Esteve said. participants included: Eduardo Esteve, Cotton
The conference encourages the participants to “Take Council International President; Jeff Johnson, ACSA Expected is that such events will generate more
a Closer Look at U.S. Cotton” and have an active Dubai was the first stop of the delegation where the Chairman; Raymond Faus, ACSA Vice Chairman; awareness about moving towards better textile future
dialogue about their experience regarding using U.S. members had a private meeting with the textile
Keith Lucas, AMCOT; Director of supply chain in Pakistan and will bring better business
cotton fiber in their respective mills. The executive leadership of Pakistan, in addition to speaking at the marketing at Cotton Council International, William opportunities at both ends.
delegates gave presentations about different topics Quality Conference. Thirty-one representatives from
including; sustainability, quality, transparency and 27 mills attended the Dubai conference; almost 9
premium value of U.S. cotton. The focus of these export agents were also present at the conference.
presentations was to let the world understand how
the U.S. cotton can help their textile mills. While Bashir Ali Muhammad, the Chairman of Gul Ahmed
asking, from participants from textile mills, who were Textiles, Pakistan shared some words with the event
present at the event, about what area the U.S. cotton participants about the future development and
August/September 2017