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Truetzschler opened its new
Aptma seeks five-year textile policy to
customer and technology
center for nonwovens in
double exports to $26bn
Egelsbach (near Frankfurt
/Main) to push the
technological innovations of
nonwoven products as well
The big moment has come: starting the lineFrom the Truetzschler family: Dr.
Mr Gohar Ejaz, APTMA Group Leader has sought a textile prices. However if this 26 percent increase in
Michael Schuerenkraemer and Heinrich Truetzschler (pictured on the left and the
as the related manufacturing
right side) From Truetzschler Nonwovens & Man-Made Fibers GmbH: Bodo
five-year textile policy to double the textile exports to quantity had not been achieved the exports would
Heetderks (Director Technology; pictured second left), Dr. Georg Reinhold
processes.
$26bn and create 3mn new jobs in the country. have been less than $8.5bn, the international prices
(Managing Director CEO; pictured in the middle), Marc Wolpers (Managing
Director Sales, pictured second right)
have now recovered.
The way
On the visit of Advisor to Prime Minister on
Information Firdous Ashiq Awan at the APTMA Speaking on the occasion, Chairman Task Force said
Punjab office he appreciated Prime Minister for the task force has started working on a new textile
appointing Mr Ahsan Bashir, former Chairman policy to increase its exports to $25bn by 2024. He
into the
APTMA as Chairman Task Force on Textile and expressed the hope that a comprehensive textile
expressed the hope that the task force would ensure policy would be finalized by December 2019.
consistency in the government policies towards
business. He said the share of Pakistan in the $450bn world
future
garments exports is 1.5pc that needed to be
He said the textile industry has achieved a record increased through investment in the garment sector.
increase of 26pc growth in quantitative terms He said the exports can never touch the magical
The new Customer and Technology Center in Egelsbach – Web forming section
although this did not directly reflect in the dollar figure of $50bn unless Pakistan promotes and
amounts due to a substantial worldwide decrease in develops its small and medium (SME) sector.
Truetzschler’s new
Customer and
New Sales tax return
Technology Center
monitoring software by FBR
for nonwovens
The new Customer and Technology Center in Egelsbach – Web bonding, drying
and winding section
To effectively monitor the sales tax returns, Chairman Federal Board of Revenue Syed Muhammad Shabbar
Zaidi has inaugurated a new software called Centralized Sales Tax & FED Assessment & Processing (CSTAP).

Developed by IR-Operations Wing of FBR, this software has been inaugurated at FBR Headquarters. The
purpose of the software is to identify the tax gaps and to determine actual Sales Tax/ FED liabilities of all
The family-owned company was established in 1888 and is one of the world wide leading manufacturers of
taxpayers. This software will also be used for the purpose of expeditious processing of refund claims.
textile machinery today. The key factors for the success of Truetzschler Group are sustainable technological
innovation, the quality of its machines and its strong customer orientation. Thus, the investment in the new
Ms Seema Shakeel, Member IR-Operations demonstrated the working and application of the new software live.
nonwovens customer and technology center is the logical consequence to further develop the solid status of
today to technology and quality leadership in this segment.
The Chairman FBR was also informed that first batch of 25 officers from field formations are given task to test
run this project from September 11, 2019.
The technology center presents two complete production lines: an inline carding line with thermobonding and
spunlacing equipment and a spunlace-crosslapper line in an industrial working width. Both lines feature a wide
However, after successful test run of this project, the same shall be made available to all field formations
range of possible variations and options to realise innovative end products.
throughout the country.
By opening their new customer and technology center, Truetzschler invite all customers to jointly design the
“way into the future”.

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