Textile firms get international partners for fabric technology, stitch up clothing line for the pandemic
The addition of HeiQ Viroblock to the company's manufacturing processes gives it another "formidable technology in the race to provide high tech, comfortable PPE solutions," Sundararaman said
Hundreds of thousands of migrant labourers who come to the city for work are involved in stocking sarees and dress materials in the godown and in loading the parcels which are sent to other states
The units are mostly operating at 25% capacity, and many of them are making masks and PPEs to cash in on the Covid-19 market
More than 50 per cent of the first quarter is lost from a production standpoint, but the company is hoping that it would be able to resume 100 per cent operations by June
Some plan to operate at 50% capacity, due to huge inventory piled up with distributors and retailers before the lockdown
While the Covid-19 pandemic has completely halted production and new orders, exporters say that payments have also been delayed for the shipments sent before the lockdown.
The demand for textile products and also domestic sales have come down to a grinding halt due to the panic situation created by the outbreak of Covid-19.
ITF had submitted CRISIL Research report with a large sample size of 1,800 Spinning and RMG companies to the Textiles Ministry and requested for a financial restructuring package for needy units
"As the matter is still under consideration of the PM Office and we are hopeful that we will get a positive response at the earliest," HEWA Director Anant Srivastava told PTI
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