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and licensees in the respective markets. We have
developed a new campaign called “COTTON USA
SOLUTIONS®” which comprises of five different “It was very informative, and we have learned a lot on the right track. The textile and garment industries
offerings including the Mill Mastery™ Course. These and the course extends as per our scope. The Mill must move with the times especially given the
all are complementary for our customers as long as Mastery course will help us to improve recovery, challenges of fast fashion, decreased garment
they meet two criteria: (1) the mill should be a strength and yarn quality. We have learned many new prices, and thin margins throughout the value chain.
COTTON USA licensee, and (2) the mill should be a things with quality information. Micronaire, maturity Pakistan is a great position to build on our strengths
member of the new US Cotton Trust Protocol levels, neps and how to manage seed-coat and benefit from the global issues such as the US
program, the US cotton industry’s new sustainability fragments and were very useful sessions. CCI needs taking a hard stand on China, Xinjiang cotton and
program for US cotton.” to advertise this more so that everybody could get their practices with the people of Xinjiang; the US
relevant benefit from it.” and other European brands now want to move out of
Upon asking about what roles the modules play in China. As they moved out of China, hopefully,
the Mill Program, Joerg said, “We having training Pakistan can take a bigger share along with India,
am very thankful to Mazhar Mirza and COTTON USA modules starting with cotton growing, harvesting, Vietnam and Bangladesh.
team for a successful Mill Mastery program. It’s a cotton buying and fiber quality then we go through
great initiative that CCI has started which will help our the entire process starting from the blow room all the out of which 20,000 are allocated purely for US While discussing Pakistan’s cotton and export
team to learn and understand how to improve the way down to winding. We also have included a upland cotton for last three years. With the help of market, Adeel said, “As improvement is a continuous
processes in the mill with the better usage of USA module about industrial engineering, profitability, CCI Mill Mastery™ Course, we have been able to process, that’s what we strive for here in Tata
cotton. The Mill Mastery™ Course has helped us to economics of spinning that all comes totally free of optimize our process by proper allocation of cotton Pakistan, I hope we can keep on improving and
clear out a lot of issues that my team had regarding charge. Depending on the needs of our customers, for weaving and knitting yarns.” expanding gradually. More we expand, will be a
US cotton and hopefully they will now be able to we are also going to customize a tailor-made course bigger market for US cotton as my Father and I am
make a better use of it to get quality yarn. The mill for our customers that can be in person or virtual.” He added, “Now, we are running two different types the biggest champions of US cotton. Overall US
audits again are good initiative by CCI which helped of blends. For knitting end use, we have narrowed cotton is the best cotton. Many customers are
us to improve our own benchmark. After having the range of color parameters like Rd and +B, also already shifted to Pakistan and I think, it’s just a start.
primarily discussion with our team, we have taken out micronaire value to avoid shade variability problem If we can give them the right services, with the right
few points and hopefully we will improve our process.” and for maintaining fabric consistency. For knitting quality and right price, I don’t think they will be
yarns, we started to compromise on staple and GPT. moving back. Everyone is getting up for major
CCI’s global technical team is the foundation of this While, for weaving end use we started using longer expansions and I hope that Pakistan can grow in the
new program which is designed to help customers of staple lengths with better GPT wile opening the range Muhammad Sehban, Vice President of Island Textile textile field.”
US cotton get the maximum performance from US of color and micronaire, as the requirement here is Mills discussed how this program can strengthen our
cotton fibre. The Mill Mastery™ Course presently the good running performance. By this we can cotton practices. “This is a very good initiative by the The hard work and the efforts of the Pakistan’s
includes three modules designed to offer tailor-made reduce one step our twist multiplier by maintaining CCI of having a mill mastery course. We will give spinning industry left a mark on Joerg Bauersachs as
customized solutions for US cotton customers. In the the same parameters of yarn strength. This has been some suggestions to them as well, if they add some he said, “The spinning industry in Pakistan is mature
future, CCI will offer 15 modules of the Mill Mastery™ giving us very good results in increasing our practical examples of this course that they have given as they started in the fifties and during all this time
Course. COTTON USA SOLUTIONS® also feature productivity.” us of advantages of using the USA Cotton. This will the industry has developed strategies and
Adeel Shahid Tata, Director of Tata Textile Mills mill studies, technical seminars, 1:1 mill consults, further add very organized course. The most technologies. I have seen the mills are running at the
expressed his gratitude by addressing “First of all, I and CCI’s Mill Exchange Program. interesting chapter of this mill mastery course for me highest speeds with low ends down on the machines,
was about “short fiber” and how to use short fiber to with very low cut levels on the winders. I have
Joerg Bauersachs, Head of CCI’s Technical Services Coming to the technical management side of the our advantage. The second subject that I loved was travelled to many countries and visited many mills.
explained “we from CCI, are always there for our Tata Textile Mills, Hafiz Imran Aslam, the Vice about “stickiness” in the cotton and how to check for Here I see that Pakistani products are excellent
customers. We are supporting our representatives president also had a few words to say about this it and manage it in our processing”. quality yarn and have high profitability. I am really
training program, “It was very good experience and impressed.”
most importantly, for the Mill Mastery™ Course, all Adeel Tata thinks that USCTP is a good initiative but
the team members of Tata Pakistan belonging to it’s becoming a little confusing, as the brands are At the end, Mazhar Hussain Mirza, CCI’s Pakistan
cotton buying, mills management and the technical also taking their own initiatives. He said that right Representative, thanked to all the participants and
team sit together and having a common now, we have BCI, Inditex, GOTS, OEKO-TEX, CCI overseas trainers for their valuable contribution
understanding on all the parameters to produce Primark, CMI etc. He thinks its overall the same thing especially in these Covid-19 crucial days. He hoped,
different quality yarns like knitting, weaving and and if everybody gets together and comes under one after these Mill Mastery™ Courses, the Mills
From the king of the cotton world, COTTON USA workshops were held at Tata Textile Mills Ltd denim. This is important specially in the days, where umbrella it will be easier for entire chain to be able to
SOLUTIONS® consultancy is famous for helping the (Muzaffargarh) and Ellcot Spinning Mills (Raiwand). the profitability of a mill is very crucial for everyone.” practices. management will have now better understanding
textile industry in over 50 countries turn into proper The Mill Mastery courses, by CCI, were a wonderful regarding cotton parameters which effect the yarn
businesses by lending a helping hand through their experience which has given an opportunity to mills’ Ihsan-ur-Rehman, Technical Director of Ellcot A few members from the technical management The future of Pakistan’s textile industry seems very quality. He also assured to continue these programs
expertise, modern technical solutions and management teams to learn about the advantages of Spinning Mills had a very positive feedback after a department of Tata Mills also gave their insights and bright, especially with the government policies being and to add some more features in coming days.
techniques. Moreover, they are back with a using the top quality sustainable USA cotton and how couple of weeks after course with implementing the reviews about the training program. Adnan Alam,
one-of-a-kind initiative which is, one to several days to utilize it in the best way, in Pakistan’s environment changes, “We have about 62,000 spindles capacity Senior Vice President of Salfi Textile Mills explained,
training, Mill Mastery™ Course. Two of these to get the quality yarn and fabric products.
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