Child labour a prevalent menace in textile markets

Filed Under (Textile News) by admin on 29-04-2010

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Himanshu Bhatt, TNN, Apr 28, 2010, 10.09pm IST

SURAT: Despite tall claims of abolishing child labour by the labour department, the ill practice is still prevalent in the textile industry of Surat.

In a survey of the textile markets around the Ring Road of the city, TOI found a few hundreds of these children, deprived of education and other basic human rights, who are forced to do menial jobs in more than 50,000 shops of 140 textile markets of the city. More than half the children, who work on meagre daily wages of Rs 20 to Rs 50, are forced to work hard for 10 to 14 hours a day in inhuman conditions.

Healthier children are chosen to carry weights up to 100 kg on their backs, with most of them developing hunches by the age of 25. Some are asked to work in go-downs in darkness for 10 hours for a daily wage of Rs 50. Some smaller and little more fortunate ones have to fill up 200 to 300 boxes per day to get a salary of Rs 20 per day.

TOI found the lack of education as the prime cause of their woes. None of the children TOI met was educated and majority of them had arrived in the city couple of months ago. For most, work is a must for two square meals.

Most of them were scared to talk as they feared severe reprisal from their employers. Some just did not understand why it was wrong to work. One questioned, “My parents sent me from Rajasthan to earn for the family. What is wrong in it?”

A look at the figures of Surat city alone shows there are six lakh people, who are classified as poor as they live below poverty line (BPL). About 10 per cent of students opt out after primary education and start earning to assist their family income. In such a scenario, when we add influx of migrants from other states, about 30 per cent who arrive in the city are below 16 years of age.

A simple arithmetic shows that it is no wonder that there are a few thousand children below stipulated age, who are found working in the city.

A labourer in textile market on condition of not being named, said, “We are five persons in the family. We need Rs 5,000 minimum to sustain ourselves in the city. I earn about Rs 3,500, my wife earns Rs 600 by doing household chores. So, I have no option but to make my 11-year-old son work at a tea stall, where he gets Rs 30 per day.”

For contractors, who transport goods to the textile market, it is a matter of cost cutting. Such a contractor said, “For an adult, we have to pay Rs 125 to Rs 150 per day, but for children just Rs 50 to Rs 75 per day is enough. So, we employ them.”

News is printed in http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/

Art of Home furnishing rests in hands of home residents

Filed Under (Home Furnishing Design) by admin on 17-04-2010

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Home furnishing in an art that bring charm in living and it rests in the hands of the house residents only. Curtains, cushions, floor coverings etc help in changing the look of the house in real sense. So, getting designer collections home and using in the most appropriate manner helps a lot.

Curtain
From standard design range to that special unit, SAVA has a huge pool to offer for meeting ongoing requirements of the customers. Elegant style isn’t just for any specific usage.

It’s there in all exclusive creations. Smartly developed huge collection of curtains is available for bedroom, bathroom and office. Decorating contemporary house is an art and the task can be accomplished by the stunning variety of cushion covers, filled cushions and casual design range.

High yielding performance of curtains depends directly on its efficient care and protection. While decorating your home, choose the combination in accordance with your wall colors and accessories kept around.

Floor Coverings
By providing ample of usage with a single unit, our superior range of fabric builds a significant place in your abode though which we support your home furnishing and decorate your house in an exclusive manner.

Our elegant range of floor coverings is unraveled in traditional style. Woven to transcendence, these mats are developed with the use of silk, woolen yarns and cotton with long lasting beauty and durability.

They are flexible enough to be prepared as per requirements, as the client gets the liberty on deciding the length and breadth of the finished floor covering. Meticulous attention at each and every material helps us in weaving the coverings with aesthetic patterns and unique designs.

Accessories to design your comfortable house

Filed Under (Home Furnishing Design, Textile) by admin on 05-04-2010

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Bed room accessories: Home furnishing covers every area of the house which includes bedroom and bathroom as well. Not every dealer or manufacturers is able to bring above delightful patterns for textile furnishing with the same relaxation and comfort as desired. Coverings for tables and bed capture the mind just when décor changing is on the cards. However, softness matters a lot in all materials categorized under the range for bed coverings etc. Linens, duvets and quilts need to be cozy and stylish so that they can look attractive at the same time be comfortable and relaxing for users.

In true sense, aesthetic appeal of the room depends on the classy collections used all around. Cotton and bamboo sheets are the common luxurious equipments that are desired for the contemporary look of the house. It provides comfort to the body and mind during the entire period of your sleep, cozy and comfortable. Designer collection of bed room accessories contributes in up-grading the charming ambience of the house.

Kid range: This range of home furnishing is aimed in helping children to access their most favorite designs with equivalent comfort. At Sava finest creation of baby quilts, duvet covers, crib mattresses and skirts can be availed which are easy to be worn and have good amount of durability along side.

Bedroom and kids collections help in decorating the rooms very well and change the look of the house easily by turning them to contemporary from traditional style.

Home accessories brings smart appeal at the abode

Filed Under (Home Furnishing Design, Textile) by admin on 02-04-2010

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How can we define décor of the house? Décor is nothing but everything kept at the areas to give them a remarkable appeal. Whether living area, bedroom any other place of the house, accessories are needed for all of them, for both usage and look.

Home accessories includes each and every material used at the house, everything from a small napkin to be used in the house to the big broad curtains placed on the windows either to give a look to the house or simply to stop the sunshine. Every part of the house is decorated or to be more correct garnished with the designer collection of home furnishing. Basic attributes often expected in these accessories are to be simple, attractive and versatile so as to bring good enough charm to the rooms. Designer fabrics contribute in their best manner. Best ones amongst all are cotton and silk those are most desirable ones for luxurious and comfortable appeal.

Elegant designing well merged with sophistication effortlessly explains about the objective of unit of Sava about their smart offerings well matched with modern society. Bottle covers, terry towels, tie brands; stuffed toys, umbrella covers, and message cushion covers are examples of home accessories needed for designing the house in contemporary style.

Conditions for using protective Textiles at work

Filed Under (Home Furnishing Design, Textile) by admin on 08-03-2010

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In any fabrication unit, using protective textile material should be given much priority along with all other processes and involvements. Although, this was not yet taken that seriously by manufacturers earlier but now, the need has finally been understood so employers are taking it their responsibility to provide protective textiles clothing to their workers to enable comfort in the work atmosphere and to reduce hazardous issues and conditions.

Conditions, required to be considered while choosing protective textile materials at work:

Few questions should be answered on your part. What sort of work condition that employees are exposed to? Do they face extreme high temperature? Do they have to deal with the chemicals often? Or simply for some time they are with the chemicals? Check if the work-place is well-ventilated or not? Best way of handling this would be to appoint a team dealing with risk management etc, analyzing the situations and choosing the right kind of protective textile materials.

Even overprotection is not correct to some extent so, by providing a complete protection textiles suit or something also doesn’t helps sometimes. Rather, workers mould such clothing as per their comfort and that doesn’t benefit them anywhere. It’s always better to understand their level of comfort and then decide about the protective textiles clothing so that they too don’t have to make any compromises.

Comfort should be the sole priority while making any choices. Along with conditions, comfort too should have an importance. For example, in case some minimal chemical splashing is likely to be there in the lab, then protective sleeves, gloves, special aprons or shirts etc can make workers more comfortable while working and even stay protected on their performance.

Use of protective textile material and eco-friendly methods can be helpful in every way reducing all hazardous conditions and spreading comfortable environment all around.

Important Considerations for selecting Upholstery Fabric

Filed Under (Home Furnishing Design, Textile) by admin on 05-03-2010

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While choosing upholstery Fabric two things are most importantly considered, one is of course fabric and the other one is the color. These are prominent features along with others as per the need and requirement of the users which are necessarily required to be taken into account. Few of the factors that too fall into the importance criterion are mentioned below:

Durability of the Fabric

Use of the fabric defines this element, as in, you need to consider who will be choosing your cushioned chair or sofa, based on that you fabric should be chosen. For example in case you have pets who too will be using your sofa often then prefer leather or microfiber fabric stuff for the furniture since they have the intensity to withstand any kind of heavy usage.

Durability is required to be considered with prominence in case the sofas is to be place publically which means will be used by many people or not.

In comparison to the printed one, woven patterns have capacity to hold for long and also perform higher amount of thread counts, which refers to the amount of threads that are there in fabric as per sq. inch. Denser the fabric better is its capacity to last longer.

Style of the fabric
The fabric should be stylish enough to approximate the character and style of the piece being covered. For instance, the traditional kind of fabric should be better in looks over the traditional style frame.
Look of few fabrics define them are formals and other look casual but only those should be chosen that go in accordance with the pattern designed for the house so that both have compliance with one another in the required manner.

Pattern’s scale too is required to be considered. It should be well appropriate to the furniture size being covered along with the size of the room. Bold and large pattern might look good in case of big room and a smaller or muted one might be better for limited or small space.

Color of the fabric

Color is another most important feature of the fabric which should be chosen appropriately. Bold colors should be avoided in case of small area of rooms specifically when the sofa is a bit larger in size.
If you have pets and children at home then avoid fabrics with delicate tones of color.
Color temperature should be considered in order to strike kind of mood. Both cool and warm tones of color affect the mood of the person directly, make sure you go with the right choice for right mood.
Make necessary and effective choice while selecting Upholstery Fabric.

Textile publications, effective information provider

Filed Under (Textile) by admin on 04-03-2010

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Textile industry is quite a huge one and deals directly with the fashion market. It survives on viewer’s choice and develops accordingly too. Now for that matter, textile publications are greatly useful. They help in getting better responses from people and in turn provide relevant information to them too. Every aspect associated with the textile sector can be easily located in the textile publication. It reveals the best quality product ranges available nowadays with their pros and cons. It helps the customers in changing the décor of their houses. It also helps them to analyze the products and services on quality and cost factors. Sometimes it also serves assistance to the manufacturers and fabricators who develop quality range of products.

Certain type of information that can be found easily in textile publication is explained below:
In case of upholstered furniture whose frame has springs and frames, the padding over them should be cushioned. Seat kind of cushions often stays on the top portion of the spring system. Back pillows should never be avoided since they are soft and smooth to touch and comfortable for arms and back especially in such kind of furniture range. Don’t just over stuff but use the relevant kinds.

Soft furnishing range should include good quality table and bed linens. They change the look of the room. Curtains are another most importantly required for all rooms as they act like decorative items too and help in stopping dust and sun rays inside the room. Designer range of all of them can be easily accessed.

High density foam is used in cushions to make them even more comfortable. They are comfortable and durable alongside and require little maintenance. Fluffed up cushions are good but require more maintenance than polyester fabric cushions. Both have similar level of durability if used in a proper way.

Textile publication is handbook for understand the market offerings. People who stay connected with them often help themselves in availing better offers and so remaining over the best side.

Textile imports and exports, at their best

Filed Under (Textile) by admin on 03-03-2010

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Indian textile imports and exports specialize in quality range of home furnishing materials. This is because of best fabric found in the country at reasonable prices. National and International clients are engaged in trade of this material, raising levels of both textile imports and exports. Many of weavers from India, who are specialists in fields like dying, weaving along with finishing keep competing in global markets and recent results explain that they get better appreciation that any other countries with similar position. Indian textile imports and exports have sustained their survival since years and there have not been even a single competitor to provide variety of their kind. Although, China has take 1st position still India is well over on the growth and development prospects.

Textile imports and exports are involved into the dealings of eclectic collections that are produced with the use of lightweight fabrics and voiles along with extensive range of drapery, upholstery, readymade and print products. Most beautiful range of products better visibility and are much more in demand.

In comparison to textile imports, exports of India show significant results. A very important reason behind this is that the country is rich in most of the material required for the purpose of fabrication of textile products especially raw material which is needed in abundance and often tends of raise costs if imported on higher prices. Cotton, jute, silk, nylon, linen or any other range it might be, everything is easily available in India in good quantities. And in case of quality comparisons, the materials are much better that any other country. Since the quality of raw material and other things is fabulous, the end product range too comes out to be the best which is very much desired in US and European markets at higher prices. This brings direct profit to the country.

Well, whatever the case might be, Indian textile imports and exports are serving the right purpose by being highlighted and that’s t is need by any nation, growth and success around the globe…

India textile, best of all

Filed Under (Textile) by admin on 02-03-2010

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Due to the on-growing demands within the economy and leading measures, announced by the Indian government, apparel and India textile industry is moving ahead with optimism to blossom on an extremely good pace and get even more highlighted during the upcoming years,

Aid is being offered by the government to the India textile and apparel industry under TUFS, Technology Up gradation Fund Scheme. Now this aid defines good amount of help to the industry with the enhancement in the technology and equipments being used for the fabrication processes. It’s expected that this help would prove to be much fruitful for the industry and would let it stand ahead in competition with the others in global market.

India textile stands on the second position in the world where China holds the top position. Although the economic meltdown had an extreme effect on its growth and development, still the pace is now being seen a flourishing one. This is because the adverse effects are getting replaced with better prospects in form of a good rise in the exports of the industry.

Statistics show that India textile contributes up to the amount of 8% to the GDP which accounts for 14% of the total value addition that’s there within the manufacturing sector and more than 30% of the all total earnings coming from the exports of the country. It is also considered to be the biggest employment generating industry providing somewhere around 35million workforce to the nation. The economic situation had adversely affected the economy but government has given a promise to provide approx 10million jobs during the coming 5years time. India textile government is also willing to constitute working group of 41members for introducing national policy for fibre, with a view to help India in getting self sufficient in export requirements and fibre consumption.

India textile has gained good position all around the globe specifically for the quality and durability the products have along with the style and stunning appearance.

Textile dyeing

Filed Under (Textile) by admin on 19-02-2010

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Textile industry is quite a huge one, including all necessary processes involved in the production and manufacturing of fabric and designer clothing. Textile dyeing is one such process which deals with the coloring portion of the textile material. This is basically concerned with carbon-based, organic compounds. The organic compounds are dissolved in the relevant solvents, generally water.

Now, the dyes which are in the solution are quickly absorbed over the surface of the textile fibre. It might not be very quick and sudden process and might take some time since after covering the surface, the dyes are supposed to pass into the internal portions of the material. This movement into the interiors of the fabric is actually called as diffusion.
Transformation of the dye takes place where it passes on to the fibre directly from the solution. The process is named as exhaustion. Here, if 100% exhaustion is witnessed, it means dye is not left anywhere in the dye-bath solution. And if some amount of it is left then possibilities are there that the fabric might not be able to provide its best in performance.
Although, one of the most important properties of dyeing is that it is levelness, which means same amount of depth of that color can be seen spread all over the fabric or the material. Most of the time, this happens where the material gets colors completely with the color.
Environmental aspects of dyeing:
Textile dyeing helps in making out lives colorful with all those smartly colored outfits. All the latest ranges of dyes are now being developed with due compliance with the environmental effects like degradation affecting by exposure to light as well as with water. Textile industry is expected to perform its responsibility quite well on the matter of minimizing harm, like passing of residues to wasteful streams, to the environment and the customers.
Necessary actions are being taken up in this regard and so effective legislation along with technologies is being developed for making textile dyeing even more effective, efficient and completely friendly with the current polluted environment. Minimization of pollution and waste is the sole objective behind and are being handled with care and protection. Governmental actions are being directed to safeguard the interest of the countrymen by the way of safe and comfortable use of fabric and clothing.
Textile dyeing, like all other fabrication processes, is safe and effective in use and often gets good result nowadays.