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Shri Parakramsinh Jadeja, my col-leagues on the dais, distinguishedguests and friends,

It gives me great pleasure to welcomeyou all to the 51st Annual GeneralMeeting ofTextile Machinery Manufac-turers’ Association (India).

I am glad that Shri ParakramsinhJadeja, Chairman & Managing Direc-tor, Jyoti CNC Automation Pvt. Ltd., isamongst us as the Chief Guest of ourAGM, to share his story with us, andto present TMMA’s Awards for the year2010-2011. I extend a warm welcometo him and am looking forward to aninteractive and informative sessionwith him.

Shri Jadeja has experience of 22 yearsat the grass root engineering level. Hehas been actively engaged in the de-velopment of new products. For ex-ample, he was instrumental in the in-troduction of trouble free gear boxesfor small types of lathes in 1989. Fur-ther, he was instrumental in designingseveral special purpose machines thathelped the entire industry bring aboutsubstantial price reduction in the com-ponents manufactured on such specialpurpose machines. He designed andmanufactured the first CNC turningmachine in Gujarat in 1997 and intro-duced for the first time in India ma-chines with linear motor technology. Hewas selected as a member of Govern-ing Committee of the Central Manufac-turing Institute of Technology, Banga-lore, in the year 2002. He has receivedmany best innovative design awards.

On the basis of these technical accom-plishments he could scale up the com-pany dramatically leading to severalawards. For instance, he received anaward from former President of IndiaDr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in October

Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (India) :Chairman's Welcome Address at the 51st AGM

Following is the full text of the Welcome Address by Shri Anuj Bhagwati, Chairman of theTextile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (India) at the 51st Annual General Meeting heldon Thursday, 14th July, 2011, 6.30 p.m. at “Assembly” Taj President, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai.

Chairman Mr. Anuj Bhagwati delivering his welcome address.To his leftare: Mr. S. Chakrabarty - Secretary General, Chief Guest Mr. ParakramsinhJadeja - Chairman & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Automation Pvt. Ltd.,Mr. S. Hari Shankar - First Vice-Chairman and Mr. Dipak N. Shah - Hon.Treasurer of the Association.

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2005 for the “Best Entrepreneur inSME” category.

Based on his tremendous success in

India, he also made an internationalacquisition, with the purchase of aFrench machine tool leader namedHuron Graffenstaden SAS in 2007.

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Business success today revolvesaround the themes and challenges ofinternationalization and innovation, andit seems to me that Parakramsinhji isa master of both, and so we are verymuch looking forward to listening to himand interacting with him.

But before I hand over to him, let mefirst conclude the official part of todays’meeting.

I would like to begin by briefly touch-ing on the overall economic scenarioin the country, the present status ofthe Textile Engineering Industry, themain activities of the Association dur-ing the year, and the measures neededto enable our industry to really thrive.Then, we will move our Annual Reportand our accounts for adoption, as theAnnual Report for the year 2010-2011including the audited statement of ac-counts of the Association has beencirculated among the members of theAssociation.

Economic Scenario

The GDP growth during 2010-2011 was8.5% as compared to 7.4% during thepreceding year. The Index of Indus-trial Production (IIP) was at 8.2%during 2010-11 as compared to 10.4%during 2009-2010. The foreign ex-change reserves have risen from US$280 billion in 2009-2010 to US$ 305billion during 2010-2011.

However, inflation remains high: it wasat 9.9% as on March 2010, at 8.9% inMarch 2011 and hovering around 9%during June 2011. The capital goodssector which grew by 27.4% in March2010 grew only by 12.9% in March2011.

The manufacturing sector grew by7.9% in March 2011 as against 16.4%in March 2010. So far as Textile Engi-neering Industry (TEI) is concerned,the condition improved during 2010-11due to the better performance of thetextile industry.

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Mr. C. Arunachalam - General Manager-Exports of Lakshmi MachineWorksLtd., Coimbatore receiving TMMA Apex Export Award 2010-11 from ChiefGuest Mr. Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chairman & Managing Director - JyotiCNC Automation Pvt. Ltd.,

Production Trends

As per the survey of the Textiles Com-mittee during 2008-09, the estimatedannual installed capacity of the TEIwas Rs. 8,048 crores per annum.Thetotal provisional production of textilemachinery, parts & accessories dur-ing 2010-2011 had recorded an in-crease of 45% at Rs. 6,150 crores as

against Rs. 4,245 crores achieved dur-ing the previous year, estimated basedon the survey and the reported produc-tion by 130 units.

The utilization of capacity was in-creased to 76% in 2010-11 as com-pared to 53% in the preceding year.Thedemand recession faced by the indus-try had severely affected the capacity

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utilization during the previous years.The capacity utilization might improvefurther during 2011-12.

Import of textile machinery has risenfrom Rs. 4,500 crores during 2009-10to Rs. 5,000 crores (estimated) during2010-11.

Exports

The exports during 2010-11 had beenestimated at Rs. 650 crores as againstRs. 582 crores achieved during 2009-10.With the overall improvement of theindustry, exports are expected to growin the coming years.

Meeting the demand

The welcome spurt in demand from thetextile industry during 2004 to 2007 hadtriggered the TEI to develop and ex-pand the machinery manufacturingcapacity. This was particularly so inthe spinning machinery sector. Unitsin the industry had been striving hardto step up production and shorten thedelivery period. Due to therecessionary pressure in the followingyears the delivery periods were wipedout. At present the demand is againlooking up and it is our earnest endeav-our to meet the demand in quantum,quality and performance coupled witheffective after-sales-service.

Analysis of the Current Situation

The Government’s historical policy ofdiscouraging composite mills during(60s, 70s and 80s) and thereby relegat-ing the weaving and processing indus-try to the decentralized sector was thede-facto encouragement for low tech-nology machinery. Further, the earlierreservation policy of the Governmentin hosiery & garment industries re-sulted in proliferation of small/ low techunits, and also units were encouragedto undertake large scale second handmachinery imports. Even today thepreference of a large section of thetextile industry to import second hand/

Mr. Dipak N. Shah - Director and Mr.Venkat Reddy - Managing Director ofKusters Calico Machinery Ltd., Vadodara receiving TMMA Segment Ex-por t Award 2010-11 for Machinery Sector from Chief Guest Mr.Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chairman & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Auto-mation Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. P.K. Bhagwati - Chairman of Inspiron Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabadreceiving TMMA Segment Export Award 2010-11 for Parts & AccessoriesSector from Chief Guest Mr. Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chairman & Manag-ing Director - Jyoti CNC Automation Pvt. Ltd.

used machinery is affecting the growthof the domestic machinery manufac-turing.

A strong Textile Engineering Industrythat can grow, compete, and export

would be able to provide strong sup-port to the Indian textile industry, tomake it vibrant and competitive. It iswell known that the textile engineeringindustry of India has made a signifi-cant contribution to the phenomenal

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growth of the textile spinning sector. Iam confident that it will be possible forthe TEI to acquire technologicalstrength in many more sectors, like inspinning, provided they are properlysupported by the textile industry andby fair Government policy.

The Government had been giving fullsupport to the textile industry to makeit more competitive in the world mar-ket. However, no steps had been takento develop and nurture the domestictextile engineering industry.

TheTextile Engineering Industry needsfull support from the Government sothat it has a level playing field and theindustry becomes competitive to sup-ply the latest technology machines tothe textile industry.

With this, India could be a manufac-turing hub of textile machinery, parts,components and accessories and thuscontribute to employment, generation& GDP growth and be able to meet 70-75% demand of the Indian textile in-dustry for high tech machinery from thecurrent level of 45-50%.

In the past year, we have also seensignificant uncertainty due to suddenpolicy shifts on account of suspensionof TUFS, and control of cotton and ofyarn exports. I do believe a long-termpolicy environment in these sectors isalso required.

Measures for Growth Orientation

We have been representing to the Gov-ernment to remove fiscal anomalies. Iwould like to highlight some of the sup-port measures needed from the Gov-ernment to promote this industry whichincludes changes in fiscal policy, re-moval of hurdles facing the industryand assistance required for improvingthe technology, production & exports.Briefly,

• Excise duty on all items of textilemachinery at 8%, there should be

Mr. T. Parabrahman - Managing Director of Kirloskar Toyoda Textile Ma-chinery Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore receiving TMMA Special Export Award 2010-11 for Spinning Machinery Sector from Chief Guest Mr. ParakramsinhJadeja - Chairman & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Automation Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sachin R. Chopra, Director of Dhall Enterprises & Engineers Pvt. Ltd.,Ahmedabad receiving TMMA Special Export Award 2010-11 for Process-ing Machinery Sector from Chief Guest Mr. Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chair-man & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Automation Pvt. Ltd.

no exemption.

• Excise duty on all parts, compo-nents and accessories of the tex-tile machinery should be less thancomplete machinery i.e. at the levelof 4%.

• Floor level of customs duty on capi-tal goods should be at 7.5%.

• The rate of duty on raw-materials,parts, components & accessoriesshould be less than that on com-plete machinery, in general, at least

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to 5%.

• Reduce import duty on dedicatedparts, components and accesso-ries of shuttleless looms & otherhi-tech machines which are notmade in India so far, from 5% tozero level.

• Uniform treatment to the domesticsuppliers of machinery to EPCG li-cence holders and 100% EOU asboth are deemed export.

• No subsidy under the TechnologyUpgradation Fund Scheme and itsderivatives namely 20% CLCS and15% CLCS Scheme on the importedsecond-hand textile machinery, inthe name of modernisation.

• Ban on import of second-handshuttleless looms with weft inser-tion rate less than 750 mtrs. perminute.

We hope that the Government wouldact on our proposals.

Development Council for Textile Ma-chinery Industry

The Development Council for TextileMachinery Industry was reconstitutedfor a two-year term and had its firstmeeting on 24th February, 2010 underthe Chairmanship of the Dr.S.N.Dash,Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries& Public Enterprises at New Delhi.

The second meeting was held on 29thMarch 2011 in New Delhi under theChairmanship of Shri Harbhajan Singh,Joint Secretary, Department of HeavyIndustry and Member Secretary,DCTMI.

Officials from the Department of HeavyIndustry, Ministry of Textiles, Ministryof Finance, and Planning Commissionwere present at the meeting.

The Council discussed various mea-sures for the holistic development ofthe TEI.

Mr. R. Jagadeesan -Vice President- Corporate Administration of LakshmiCard Clothing Mfg. Co. Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore receiving TMMA Special Ex-port Award 2010-11 for Parts & Accessories Sector from Chief Guest Mr.Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chairman & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Auto-mation Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Pratik R. Bachkaniwala - Director Palod Himson Textile Machines Pvt.Ltd., Surat receiving TMMA Special Export Award 2010-11 for Small Scale-Machinery Sector from Chief Guest Mr. Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chairman& Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Automation Pvt. Ltd.

Joint Working Group on Textile Ma-chinery Industry

A Joint Working Group (JWG) hadbeen constituted by the Ministry ofHeavy Industries & Public Enterprises

under the Chairmanship of the JointSecretary, Department of Heavy Indus-try, to bring out a comprehensive ac-tion plan and policy initiative tostrengthen the textile machinery manu-facturing eco-system in the country.

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The first meeting of the JWG was heldon 16th November, 2010 at New Delhiunder the Chairmanship of ShriHarbhajan Singh, Joint Secretary, De-partment of Heavy Industry. It was pro-posed that a visit of JWG to some unitsof the TEI in different places be orga-nized in order to have first-hand infor-mation of the manufacturing activitywith a dialogue with the TEI represen-tatives and representatives of the userindustry regarding the problems andsuggestions.

Its second meeting was held under theChairmanship of Shri Harbhajan Singh,Joint Secretary, Department of HeavyIndustry on 4th March, 2011 atCoimbatore along with a visit to LMWplant and meeting with the representa-tives of the local textile industry andSIMA.

In this context it is worth mentioningthat the Association initiated the pro-cess of selecting an expert consult-ant to conduct a detailed study of thetextile engineering industry with thegoal of our Association preparing a Vi-sion Paper for the next 10-15 years.We have zeroed down to Gherzi TextilOrganisation AG, Switzerland for thisstudy. This effort also has the bless-ings of the Department of Heavy In-dustry, Ministry of Heavy Industries &Public Enterprises, and the Govern-ment has agreed in principle to financea part of this project. We expect thatthis report to go a long way in helpingframe the Government policies, andcreating an atmosphere conducive forinvestment and technologyupgradation of the textile engineeringindustry.

Research & Development

As you are aware, the R&D Centre andthe post-graduation course in textileengineering are functioning at the In-dian Institute of Technology, Mumbaiand projects for developments aremade by the post-graduate studentswith the assistance of the concerned

Mr. S. Rajasekarn - Senior Manager- R&D Department of Lakshmi MachineWorks Ltd., Coimbatore receiving 1st TMMA Research & DevelopmentAward 2010-11 for the development of “ Ring Frame LR9” from Mr.Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chairman & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Auto-mation Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Dharmesh V. Desai, of Meera Industries P. Ltd. receiving 2nd TMMAResearch & Development Award 2010-11 for the development of TPRSTwister (twisting plying reverse twisting system) from Chief Guest Mr.Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chairman & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Auto-mation Pvt. Ltd.

faculty. It needs special encourage-ment both from the Government as wellas from the industry to expand its ac-tivities. We are making continuousefforts to obtain grants from the Gov-

ernment to make this centre more ac-tive.

I request members/manufacturers toexploit the textile engineering projects

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developed by the post-graduate stu-dents of the IIT-B.

Textile Machinery Exhibitions

The India-ITME Society will be hold-ing the 9th India-International TextileMachinery Exhibition from 2nd to 7thDecember, 2012 at Bombay ExhibitionCentre, Mumbai.

I would appeal to all members ofTMMA to book through our Associa-tion to take the benefit of its servicesduring the pre and post Exhibition pe-riod.

Action Plan of TMMA

With the overall revival in the industry,we have also been working on an ac-tion plan to better serve our members.Among other efforts, we have orga-nized following programmes/initiatives:

• Invited members to the ExecutiveCouncil meetings in different locations

• Arranged lectures of special interestduring the Executive Council meetingssuch as quality control, intellectualproperty rights (patents) and 5S.

• Organised seminars at different lo-cations.

• Organised visits to member factories.

I hope, that our Association will be-come an ever more useful and efficientorganization, and that it will help eachand every one of our members to thrive.

Acknowledgements

I would like to convey our gratitude tothe Ministry of Heavy Industries &Public Enterprises (Department ofHeavy Industry), the Ministry of Tex-tiles, the Ministry of Finance, Depart-ment of Economic Affairs, the Cen-tral Board of Excise & Customs, theCentral Board of DirectTaxes, the Min-istry of Commerce & Industry, the Min-

Mr. Dipak N. Shah - Director and Mr.Venkat Reddy - Managing Director ofKusters Calico Machinery Ltd.,Vadodara receiving 3rd TMMA Research &Development Award 2010-11 for the development of “ Twin Shaft Chemi-cal Applicator” for bleaching chemical application from Chief Guest Mr.Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chairman & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Auto-mation Pvt. Ltd.

On behalf of Veejay Lakshmi Engineering Works Ltd., Coimbatore Mr. R.Jagadeesan -Vice President- Corporate Administration of Lakshmi CardClothing Mfg. Co. Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore receiving 3rd TMMA Research &Development Award 2010-11 for the development of “ Precision PropellerAssembly Winder” from Chief Guest Mr. Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chair-man & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Automation Pvt. Ltd.

istry of Science &Technology, the Plan-ning Commission, Office of the TextileCommissioner, etc. for their co-opera-

tion and assistance.

I shall be laying down my office as

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Chairman of the Association at theconclusion of this Annual GeneralMeeting. I thank the members of theAssociation for giving me an opportu-nity to serve them as the Chairman. Ithank my co-Office Bearers, Shri S.Hari Shankar, Shri Kirti Rathod and ShriDipak N. Shah without whose activeassistance, I would not have been ableto discharge my duties. I thank mycolleagues on the Executive Councilfor their support. I thank my mentorsin the association, particularly Shri R.Venkatrangappan, Shri Santharam,Shri Rajnikant Bachkaniwala and myfather for their guidance and support. Icongratulate Shri S. Hari Shankar, theincoming Chairman and his co-OfficeBearers, Shri Prakash Bhagwati, ShriJ. Anand and Shri Pratik Bachkaniwalaand wish them a successful tenure.

I would like to thank the Indian TextileAccessories & Machinery Manufactur-ers’ Association for their joint effortsin taking up the problems of the TEIwith the concerned authorities. I wouldlike to express our deep appreciationand sense of gratitude to the India-In-ternational Textile Machinery Exhibi-tions Society for their unstinted sup-port in the activities of TMMA. In par-ticular, I would like to thank ShriRajnikant Bachkaniwala, Chairman,and Mrs. Seema Srivastava, Execu-tive Director, for their co-operation andsupport to the Association.

I appreciate very much the excellentwork rendered by the Secretariat ofTMMA during the year, especially byour Secretary General, Mr. S.Chakrabarty.

Export Promotion and R&D Awards

It is our normal practice to presentExport Promotion and R&D Awards atthe Annual Session of the Association.In this Session, we are giving nineAwards for export excellence and fourAwards for Research and Developmentfor the year 2010-2011. I congratulatethe award winners for putting in great

Chief Guest Mr. Parakramsinh Jadeja - Chairman & Managing Director -Jyoti CNC Automation Pvt. Ltd. addresses the gathering.To his left are: Mr.S.Chakrabarty- Secretary General,Mr.Anuj Bhagwati - Chairman,Mr.S.HariShankar -Firest Vice-Chairman and Mr. Dipak N. Shah, Hon.Treasurer ofthe Association.

Mr. S.Hari Shankar - First Vice-Chairman of the Association proposes aVote of Thanks in the function.To his left are: Mr. S. Chakrabarty- SecretaryGeneral, Mr. Anuj Bhagwati - Chairman, Chief Guest Mr. ParakramsinhJadeja - Chairman & Managing Director - Jyoti CNC Automation Pvt. Ltd.and Mr. Dipak N. Shah, Hon.Treasurer of the Association.

efforts in the development of exportsand research and development madein textile machinery to win the Awards.

I would now request our Chief Guest

Shri Parakramsinh Jadeja to presentthe Awards to the award winners andaddress the gathering.

Thank you all.

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The Association’s Export AwardsScheme covers the following catego-ries of Awards Merit Certificates viz.

1. Apex Export Award.

2. Segment Export Awards for eachof the major Sectors of the TextileMachinery Industry i.e.

- Textile Machinery Sector- Parts and Accessories Sector- Instruments Sector

3. Special (Category-wise) ExportAwards.

4. Two Awards for Small Scale Sec-tor – One for Exporters of TextileMachinery the other for Exportersof Parts and Accessories.

5. Certificate of Merit to Merchant Ex-porters.

The Association also presents Re-search and Development Awards forindigenous development of new tech-nology/processes under different cat-egories in the field of Textile Machin-ery Industry.

Export Excellence Awards :

The Association received eleven nomi-nations for Export Excellence AwardsThese nominations were evaluated bythe Awards Committee of the Asso-ciation and selected the winners

Apex Export Award :

Winner of the Award is : Lakshmi Ma-chine Works Ltd., Coimbatore

During the year 2010-11 Lakshmi Ma-chine Works Ltd. exported TextileSpinning Machinery and Parts to thetune of Rs.221.68 Crores which formed15% of the total turnover. The coun-tries to which they have exported toare China, Indonesia, Bangladesh,Turkey, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Thailand,Egypt etc.

Recipient of the Award is : Mr. C.Arunachalam, General Manager-Ex-ports of the Company.

Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (India) :Citation of the Export Excellence and R&D Awards 2010-11

Segment Export Awards :

Machinery Sector :

Winner of the Award is : Kusters CalicoMachinery Ltd., Vadodara

During the year 2010-11 Kusters CalicoMachinery Ltd. exported Textile Pro-cessing Machinery to the tune ofRs.12.29 Crores which formed 45% ofthe total turnover. The countries towhich they have exported to are Tur-key, Indonesia, China, Bangladesh etc.

Recipients of the Award is : Mr. DipakN. Shah, Director and Mr. VenkatReddy, Managing Director of the Com-pany.

Parts & Accessories Sector :

Winner of the Award is: Inspiron Engi-neering Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad

During the year 2010-11 Inspiron En-gineering Pvt. Ltd. exported TextileMachinery Parts and Accessories tothe tune of Rs.10.89 Crores whichformed 23% of the total turnover. Thecountries to which they have exportedto are Germany, Italy, Netherland,Spain, Indonesia, Brazil, Bangladeshetc.

Recipient of the Award is : Mr. P.K.Bhagwati, Chairman of the Company.

Special Export Awards :

Spinning Machinery Sector :

Winner of the Award is: KirloskarToyoda Textile Machinery Pvt. Ltd.,Bangalore

During the year 2010-11 KirloskarToyoda Textile Machinery Pvt. Ltd. ex-ported Spinning Machinery to the tuneof Rs.29.20 Crores which formed 19%of the total turnover. The countries towhich they have exported to are Ja-pan, Vietnam, Bangladesh etc.

Recipient of the Award is : Mr. T.Parabrahman, Managing Director ofthe Company

Weaving Machinery Sector :

Winner of the Award is: Peass Indus-trial Engineers Pvt. Ltd., Navsari

During the year 2010-11 Peass Indus-trial Engineers Pvt. Ltd. have exportedWeaving Machinery to the tune ofRs.13.75 Crores which formed 23% ofthe total turnover. The countries towhich they have exported to are Indo-nesia, Nepal, Vietnam, China,Bangladesh, Iran, Turkey, Philippinesetc.

Recipient of the Award is : Mr. P.V.K.Nambiar, General Manager of the Com-pany

Processing Machinery Sector :

Winner of the Award is: Dhall Enter-prises & Engineers Pvt. Ltd.,Ahmedabad

During the year 2010-11 Dhall Enter-prises & Engineers Pvt. Ltd., haveexported Processing Machinery to thetune of Rs.8.28 Crores which formed31% of the total turnover. The coun-tries to which they have exported toare Bangladesh, Thailand, Australia,Nigeria and United Kingdom.

Recipient of the Award is : Mr. SachinR. Chopra, Director of the Company

Parts and Accessories Sector :

Winner of the Award is : Lakshmi CardClothing Mfg.Co.Pvt.Ltd., Coimbatore

During the year 2010-11, Lakshmi CardClothing Mfg. Co. Pvt. Ltd., have ex-ported their products Card Clothing andCard Room Accessories worth 14.11Crores which formed 14% of the totalturnover.The regions which they haveexported to are Africa, Asia, Europe,

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Far East, Middle East, South Americaand CIS.

Recipient of the Award is: Mr. R.Jagadeesan,Vice President- CorporateAdministration of the Company

Jute Machinery Sector :

Winner of the Award is: Lagan Engi-neering Co. Ltd., Kolkata

During the year 2010-11, Lagan Engi-neering Co. Ltd., have exported JuteMachinery worth 11.88 Crores whichformed 50% of the total turnover Thecountry which they have exported tois Bangladesh.

Recipient of the Award is: Mr. AnirudhKajaria, Managing Director of the Com-pany

Small Scale Sector –Textile Machin-ery

Winner of the Award is: Palod HimsonTextile Machines Pvt. Ltd., Surat

During the year 2010-11, Palod HimsonTextile Machines Pvt. Ltd., have ex-ported Textile Machinery worth 3.80Crores which formed 29% of the totalturnoverThe countries which they haveexported to are Thailand and Pakistan.

Recipient of the Award is: Mr. PratikR. Bachkaniwala, Director of the Com-pany

Research & Development Awards :

Although 5 nominations were receivedfor R&D Awards of the Association, theJury selected four nominations wereeligible for the Award for the year 2010-11.

First R&D Award winner is: LakshmiMachine Works Ltd., CoimbatoreAwarded for their development of “RingFrame LR9”

“Ring Frame LR9” is a versatile ma-chine with 1632 Spindles.The draftingdrive is designed in a rugged mannerand along with T-Flex is capable ofhandling draft resistant synthetic fibres.

Due to enhanced torque handling, theyarn quality produced is uniform andconsistent even through start and stopof machine. The placement of suctionat both ends of the machine gives op-timum suction and power reduction.

LR9 benefits the customers in wastereduction, capital cost reduction, valueaddition, power, labour and space re-quirement.

The quality and the performance of theproduct was accepted by the custom-ers and has good sales record.

Recipient of the award is Mr. S.Rajasekarn, Senior Manager- R&DDepartment of Lakshmi MachineWorks Ltd.

Second R&D Award winner is: MeeraIndustries Pvt.Ltd., Surat.Awarded fortheir development of TPRS Twister(twisting plying reverse twisting sys-tem)

The quality of the yarn manufacturedthrough TPRS Twister has better qual-ity because of reverse twisting is tak-ing place under the uniform tension ofindividual pre-twisted yarn. Hence theplacing of yarn during final twist ismost uniform than any other process.

TPRS twister benefits the customersin operational cost, capital cost, spacereduction, labour advantage and ex-penses on bobbin will be saved sincethe yarn will be manufactured directlyfrom cops to final package.

The quality and the performance of theproduct was accepted by the custom-ers and has good sales record.

Recipient of the award is Mr.DharmeshV. Desai, of Meera Industries P. Ltd.,Surat.

The jury decided to give 3rd R&D Awardto two contestants they are : KustersCalico Machinery Ltd. Vadodara,Awarded for their development of “TwinShaft Chemical Applicator” for bleach-ing chemical application, and VeejayLakshmi Machine Works Ltd.,Coimbatore Awarded for their develop-ment of “ Precision Propeller Assem-bly Winder”

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Kusters Twin Shaft Chemical Applica-tor for bleaching chemical applicationis developed mainly keeping in viewthe very high chemical consumptionand wastage in convention applicators.

Twin Shaft has trough with lowestchemical holding capacity (23 ltrs.)thereby least chemical wastage andhighest pick of chemical by the web.Fastest chemical replenishment andminimal liquor exchange in the appli-cation trough and at the same time amaximum add on.

The quality and the performance of theproduct was accepted by the custom-ers and has good sales record.

Recipient of the award is Mr. Dipak N.Shah, Director and Mr.Venkat Reddy,Managing Director of the Company.

Veejay Lakshmi Machine Works Ltd.,Coimbatore developed “Precision Pro-peller Assembly Winder” to produce 8”traverse parallel wound package. It canprepare higher dense packages to en-sure optimum utilization inTwo-for-OneTwisting.

More than 30% increase in feed pack-age weight when compared withequivalent 6” feed package. It helps toproduce longer length of knot-free yarnat downstream process especially inTwo-for-OneTwister.

This product benefits the customersin space saving, energy saving, moreproductivity and reduction in labourrequirement.

The quality and the performance of theproduct was accepted by the custom-ers and has good sales record.

Recipient of the award is Mr. R.Jagadeesan,Vice President- CorporateAdministration of the Company ofLakshmi Card Clothing Mfg.Co.P.Ltd.,Coimbatore received the award on be-half of Veejey Lakshmi EngineeringWorks Ltd., Coimbatore

Meera Industries Pvt. Ltd., Surat. Awarded for their development ofTPRSTwister (twisting plying reverse twisting system)

MachineryTranslations

machinery in German is Maschinen, Maschinerie

machinery in Italian is macchinario

machinery in Norwegian is maskineri

machinery in Portuguese is maquinaria

machinery in Spanish is maquinaria

machinery in Swedish is maskiner

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Bio-Data of Mr. S. Hari Shankar -Chairman

Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (India)Office Bearers 2011-2012

Mr. S. Hari Shankar is the Whole-timeDirector of Lakshmi Card Clothing Mfg.Co. Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore since 1997.

Mr. S. Hari Shankar has been electedas the Chairman of Textile MachineryManufacturers’ Association (India)(TMMA) for the year 2011-2012. Hehas been the Member of its ExecutiveCouncil since 2001-2002.

36 years young, Mr. S. Hari Shankarreceived an M.B.A. degree from USAat Philadelphia College Of Textiles &Sciences.

He is on the Board of Directors of M/s.Prathishta Wvg. & Knitting Co. Ltd.,Coimbatore.

He is also a Governing Council mem-ber in The Indian Chamber of Com-merce and Industry, Coimbatore.

Bio-Data Of Mr.Prakash K. Bhagwati– First Vice-Chairman

Mr. Prakash K. Bhagwati, Chairman,InspirOn Engineering Pvt. Ltd.,Ahmedabad has been elected as thefirst Vice-Chairman of the Textile Ma-chinery Manufacturer’s Association (In-dia) (TMMA) for the year 2011-2012.He has been the Member of its Ex-ecutive Council since 1998-1999.

65 years old, Mr.Bhagwati received theBachelor of Mechanical Engineering inLD College of Engineering in 1968 andMaster of Science in Mechanical En-gineering Wichita State University,Kansas, USA in 1970.

He was appointed as Senior VicePresident in Gujarat Chamber of Com-merce & Industry (GCCI). He is amember of Development Council forTextile machinery industry, Ministry ofHeavy Industries & Public Enterprises.He is an Executive Member of GujaratCancer Society. He is a GoverningCouncil Member of Gujarat DiabetesAssociation. He is a Governing BodyMember of Gujarat Law Society. He isa Committee Member of BharatiyaVidhya Bhavan Ahmedabad Kendra.He is also a Committee Member ofAndh Kanya Prakash Gruh, etc.

He has visited several countriesabroad to study latest developmentand export promotion.

Mr. Bhagwati has set up various so-cial involvement such as AssociatedIndustries Rural DevelopmentTrust withmain objective of socio-economic de-velopment in rural areas by initiatingappropriate programmes on sustainedbasis ensuring improved earnings ofvillagers. This trust has adopted vil-

lages in and around Ahmedabad whichworks in four distinct areas such as 1)Agricultural Development; 2) AnimalHusbandry; 3) Health and Hygiene; 4)Education and Community Develop-ment. He also loves Photography &reading.

Bio-Data Of Mr. Jayaraman Anand –Second Vice-Chairman

Mr. Jayaraman Anand, Managing Di-rector, Veejay Lakshmi EngineeringWorks Ltd., Coimbatore has beenelected as the Second Vice-Chairmanof Textile Machinery Manufacturer’sAssociation (India) (TMMA) for the year2011-2012. He has been the Memberof its Executive Council since 2006-2007.

40 years old, Mr. Anand received theBachelor of Mechanical Engineeringand M.S. (Industrial Engineering) fromU.S.A.

Mr.Anand is looking after the manage-ment of all Companies managed by hisfamily viz. M/s. Veejay Lakshmi Engi-neering Works Ltd. – manufacturers ofAutomatic ConeWinders &Two-for-oneTwisters. He is also the Managing Di-rector of Veejay Lakshmi Textiles Ltd.producing cotton yarn, knitted fabrics& garments, Director of Veejay Salesand Services Ltd. and Partner ofVeejay Marketing, which is an engineer-ing ancillary marketing the products ofVeejay Lakshmi Engineering WorksLtd.

Mr. Anand has extensively travelled

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abroad in connection with the businessof the Company and has an experienceof more than 15 years to his credit.

Bio-Data Of Mr. Pratik RajnikantBachkaniwala – Hon.Treasurer

Mr. Pratik Rajnikant Bachkaniwala,Director, Himson Textile EngineeringPvt. Ltd., Surat has been elected asthe Hon. Treasurer of the Textile Ma-chinery Manufacturer’s Association (In-dia) (TMMA) for the year 2011-2012.He has been the Member of its Execu-tive Council since 2009-2010.

Mr. Pratik is the third generation entre-preneur and a family member of theSurat based Himson group.

Mr.Pratik is a Commerce Graduate fromSydenham college of Commerce andEconomics, Mumbai in the year 2001.After graduation, he had opted for aPost Graduate Diploma course at En-trepreneurship Development Instituteof India, Ahmedabad. His course therewas PGD in business and Entrepre-neurship management with a special-ization in Family Business Manage-ment.

Before becoming the whole time Direc-tor at various group companies atHimson, he had taken work experiencefor purchase & vendor development,production planning and marketing &customer services from 2002 to 2004.He has been managing 3 units of the

group independently since 2004.

Mr. Pratik had been instrumental insetting up office and joint venture Com-pany in China in 2008. In 2009, he hadactively assessed and completed theprocedure of takeover of a Companyin similar line of product.

Mr. Pratik has traveled extensively forbusiness and is associated with Euro-pean and Chinese companies at vari-ous levels.

Mr. Pratik has been a sports housecaptain in school and has representedhis school in basketball at All India InterPublic School conferences for 2 years.He also plays tennis regularly.

Mr.Pratik has been the Executive Sec-retary in Surat Management Associa-tion in 2006 and is the member of com-mittee at TAI, Surat.

About TMMAI

The Textile Machinery Manufacturers’Association (India) (TMMA), set up inMay 1958, is the exclusiveorganisation of Indian textile machin-ery manufacturers. From 9 foundermembers it has reached a level of morethan 64 constituents. The productionof its members constitutes more than65% of the total production of the In-dustry in India. Its influence rangesboth in India and in other countries,among the concerned manufacturingand user industries, respective Gov-ernment Departments, and the apex/export promotion organizations.

The TMMA is acts as a catalyst in thepromotion and overall development ofthe textile engineering industry. There-fore, the TMMA keeps itself and itsmembers abreast of the day-todaychanging technological developments.It makes available to its constituentsimportant changes in the fiscal andtrading policies of the Government ofIndia relating to Textile and Textile En-gineering Industries. TMMA compiles

the production data from members aswell as non-members and maintainsimports and export statistics for dis-semination to Government and otheragencies.

Contact details :

S. ChakrabartyThe Secretary GeneralTextile Machinery Manufacturers’ As-sociation (India) - TMMAI53, Mittal Chambers, 5th Floor,Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021Tel : 22023766/22024238/22834622;Fax : 22028017E-mail : tmma@mtnl.net.in; Website :www.tmmaindia.net

S. ChakrabartySecretary Genera - TMMAI

The first rule of any tech-nology used in abusinessis that automation ap-plied to an efficient op-eration will magnify theefficiency.The second isthat automation appliedto an inefficient opera-tion will magnify the in-efficiency.

- Bill Gates

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