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Testing and QC in

TextilesDr Engr Md Saifur Rahman

National Expert, Testing and QC

BQSP (Textile/RMG Component)

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Jan 2008, TSMU, MOT&J

Role of Textile Industry on

Bangladesh Economy Provides 4.7 million jobs of which 70% are women

78% of nations total export earnings (~USD 9 billion)

Contributes 10.5% to GDP Creates 1 million indirect employment in related

areas

9,800 PT and RMG companies

Faces challenge from big competitors

Quality and productivity improvement key to survival

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UNIDO-sponsored Survey, May 2006

State of PT and RMG Industries 54% companies want to expand in export market,

13% want to be the market leader

21% practice systematic QC & 2% practicecompliance (ISO series, labor safeguard etc.) very

efficiently

31% newer spinning mills have latest testing

equipments, 8% RMG factories have good testingfacility, 7-18% have labs without skilled personnel

49% neither have labs nor proper knowledge of QC

standards; only go to SGS, BV, ITS etc. under

pressure from buyers

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Quality Means Profit and Growth Quality and productivity are closely related Undetected defects cost money and time

Essential to quickly identify a defect and its causesand eradicate it in shortest time Consistency in quality should be maintained by

testing raw materials, intermediates and finalproducts regularly

Online process control to achieve premium quality Final products must conform to international

standards and should be globally competitive in price

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Quality Key Issue in Export Bigger competitors with no restrictions

TBT, new regulations on textile imports by importing

countries (e.g. REACH, Organotins, Phthalates) More than 100,000 international standards, thousand

new more introduced each year

Environmental and social compliance major issues

for Bangladesh textile export Awareness needed among suppliers about newer

standards and to share responsibility with the buyers

in the serviceability and safety of end product

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Testing and QC Scenario at Present I

Surveyed 10 top and medium-ranking textile companies as well

as commercial testing facilities and a few educational

institutions

Except commercial service providers, none maintain standardtesting atmosphere (Temp & RH)

Some PT companies have latest costly machines but need

more trained & qualified personnel, companies face difficulty to

keep such persons in job after providing foreign training and

better salary

Textile graduates, diploma holders and science graduates

working in labs know very little about ISO standards, new

regulations, necessity of daily calibration and high level of

accuracy required in testing

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Testing and QC Scenario at Present II

Nearly all of the test sample pass the harmful azotest, but frequently fail in toxic metals and harmfulchemical tests

Small & medium-scale companies cannot afford tobuy costly testing equipments and to have highlypaid qualified personnel and need support in testingand QC at a minimum cost

Some companies need their personnel to undergo

training and skill development in various standardsand how to operate and maintain sophisticatedmachines

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Conclusion An accredited and fully equipped

laboratory in NITTRAD could provide

necessary support to the most of the PTand RMG companies in terms of training,

skill development, testing services etc.

Improvement in quality will increasecompetitiveness of Bangladesh textile

exports and ensure sustainable growth