Md Mizanur Rahman Himadri –
With environmental issues getting prominence, the global consumption of clothing made with polyester filament and stable fibre has been rising rapidly as against the clothing made with cotton.
André Wissenberg, Vice President, Head of Marketing, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Polymer Processing Solutions Division of Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Company KG, said this while presenting a paper at a reception in the city on Thursday.
Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Company KG, Germany and Oerlikon Textile India Pvt Ltd, India organized the reception to celebrate 100 years completion of “OERLIKON BARMAG” & “50 years of independence of Bangladesh” at the Radisson Blu Water Garden in the city on Thursday.
‘The global consumption of polyester filament and stable fibre is on a rise whereas the clothing made with cotton is on a decline and will have an even harder time in the days to come, said André Wissenberg.
“The investment in the synthetic fibre sector of Bangladesh is expected to grow as buyers are choosing the fabric as a substitute to cotton fibre for sustainability and environmental issues,” said he said. The use of man-made fibre has increased because of higher production of value-added garment items, he further said.
André Wissenberg said that Bangladesh has the potential to switch to the production of synthetic fibre-based textile and apparel to realize greater per unit values in the world market.
With more than 164 million inhabitants, Bangladesh is the eighth largest country in the world in terms of population. This makes it one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Bangladesh’s economic success is primarily based on its textile industry, which shares 10% of the gross national product and 80 per cent of the export earnings, said André Wissenberg.
He also said that Bangladesh is the world’s second largest exporter of textiles. Germany, as the second largest importer of products from Bangladesh, is a close economic partner of the country. This also means that the German economy has the responsibility to work with the governments of both countries to ensure compliance with fundamental social and environmental standards in production. Germany and Bangladesh are therefore in close bilateral dialogue.
According to the International Textile Manufacturer Federation (ITMF), synthetic fibre makes up 78% of the world’s clothing and the remaining 22% is made of cotton fibre.
However, garment exports from Bangladesh constitute 70% of natural cotton apparels, with only 30% made of synthetic fibre, according to ITMF data.
Furthermore, the global man-made apparel trade stood at around $179 billion in 2019 with Bangladesh holding only 5% market share. Vietnam is holding 10% of the man-made apparel trade.
Global fibre consumption is growing, having risen to 108 million tonnes in 2019 from 100 million tonnes in 2016. The share of the synthetic fibres is 63 per cent, and according to an international survey by Lenzing the MMF market will see a steady growth at a rate of 3-4 per cent up to 2024. Experts say the global fibre consumption will rise to 140 million tonnes of which the share of MMF will be 108 million tonnes.
Wood Mackenzie, an international industry-research firm, in 2018 said cotton contributes only 26 per cent of the total fibre consumption, whereas polyester as 56 per cent followed by polypropylene with 4.9 per cent, nylon 4.8 per cent, and acrylic 1.6 per cent.
MMF has versatile use in end-use categories such as sportswear, leisurewear, women dresses, home textiles, automotives, carpets and other industrial sectors. All this makes it an ideal ‘fibre of the future, he added.
According to a report, in the year 2019, the global manmade-apparel trade stood at around $179 billion with Bangladesh holding roughly 5. 00 per cent market share and its main rival, Vietnam, holding 10 .00 per cent share.
Debabrata Ghosh, Vice President and Sales Director of Oerlikon Barmag, responsible for India Bangladesh Sri Lanka and Nepal and based in Mumbai, said Bangladesh has successfully contained the impact of the
corona virus during 2020-2022 period by vaccinating over 120 million population and keeping the engine of the national economy on the right track through taking different steps.
He also lauded the role of the present government under the prudent leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in uplifting the living standard of the people and the country’s economic status.
Citing the statement of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who once termed Bangladesh as ‘bottomless basket’ Debabrata Ghosh, also an Indian Bengalee, said “Bangladesh is a new Asian tiger,” The country celebrated 50 years of independence last year.
The tiger embodies some of the qualities that he believes characterize the Bangladeshi economy, such as strength, energy and agility.
Ghosh said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been working relentlessly to turn this country into ‘Sonar Bangla’
Bangladesh has maintained growth rates of 7.00—8.00 or more over the past 10-12 years, lifting per capita income to about $2600 dollars. The country achieved middle income status by 2021.
Deepok Baral, Chairman and Managing Director of DSM Commodities, also spoke on the occasion.
Headquartered in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland, the Group operates its business in two divisions – surface solutions and manmade fibers. It has a global footprint of more than 10,600 employees at 179 locations in 37 countries and generated sales of CHF 2.3 billion in 2020.
Oerlikon Barmag, a German pioneer of the manmade fibre industry and a brand under the aegis of the Swiss Oerlikon Group since 2007, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
Established in 1922, Barmag was one of the world’s first companies to construct machines for the large-scale production of synthetic staple fibres.
To this day, the leading manufacturer of manmade fibre spinning systems and texturing machines in Remscheid, has shaped technological progress in this sector; in future, with ever more innovations focusing on sustainability and digitalisation. Barmer Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft (Barmag) was founded in Barmen, located in the Bergische Land region, on March 27, 1922. Deepok K. Baral, Chairman & Managing Director of DSM Commodities LTD, also spoke on the occasion.
According to the International Textile Manufacturer Federation (ITMF), synthetic fibre makes up 78% of the world’s clothing and the rest the remaining 22% is made of cotton fibre.
However, Bangladesh’s garment exports constitute 70% of natural cotton apparels, with only 30% made of synthetic fibre, according to ITMF data.
Furthermore, the global man-made apparel trade stood at around $179 billion in 2019 with Bangladesh holding only 5% market share. Vietnam is holding 10% of the man-made apparel trade…..
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam said after Rana plaza incident on 24 April 2013 that claimed lives of over 1100 persons and injured more than 2,500 persons, the readymade garment industry has been restructured in the last nine years. Now the country has largest number of green plants and the second largest RMG exporter in the global market.
Headquartered in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland, the Group operates its business in two divisions – surface solutions and manmade fibers. It has a global footprint of more than 10,600 employees at 179 locations in 37 countries and generated sales of CHF 2.3 billion in 2020.
Oerlikon Barmag, a German pioneer of the manmade fibre industry and a brand under the aegis of the Swiss Oerlikon Group since 2007, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.
Established in 1922, Barmag was one of the world’s first companies to construct machines for the large-scale production of synthetic staple fibres.
To this day, the leading manufacturer of manmade fibre spinning systems and texturing machines in Remscheid, has shaped technological progress in this sector; in future, with ever more innovations focusing on sustainability and digitalisation.
Barmer Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft (Barmag) was founded in Barmen, located in the Bergische Land region, on March 27, 1922.
The German and Dutch founders entered unchartered technological territory, one created as the result of a ground-breaking invention: in 1884, French chemist Count Hilaire Bernigaud de Chardonnet used nitrocellulose to produce the first so-called artificial silk, later known as rayon. The following decades see rapid development focusing on the search for synthetic textile fibres and their manufacturing technologies, the company said in a media release.
Today, Oerlikon Barmag is a leading supplier of manmade fiber filament spinning systems and part of the manmade fibers solutions business unit of the Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions Division.
“The striving towards innovation and technological leadership has been, is and will always be part of our DNA”, emphasizes Georg Stausberg, CEO of Oerlikon Polymer Processing Solutions.
