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ITMA ASIA + CITME was held in Shanghai, China from June 16 to 20, 2014. Approximately 1600 companies from 28 countries and regions and more than 100,000 visitors from 102 countries and regions participated, making this the largest textile machinery exhibition ever held.Many visitors from other Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, Turkey and South Korea along with China visited the Muratec booth. Thank you to everyone who visited us.

We exhibited the Automatic Winders “PROCESS CONERⅡ QPRO” and “PROCESS CONERⅡ FPRO”, and the VORTEX spinning machine “VORTEXⅢ 870”.The VORTEXⅢ 870 was shown spinning 100% polyester yarn at 500 m/min in response to increased market demands. This demonstration received a strong positive response from visitors. We will continue to strive for further product differentiation for our customers through improvements in quality and productivity in polyester VORTEX spinning.

Demonstration of our Automatic Winder “QPRO” provided customers with an appreciation of its yarn tension stability and splicer versatility. In addition, the VCF type winder attracted attention due to its reduced need for labor when used with ring spinning without automatic doffing.The Automatic Winder “FPRO” first exhibited in China, dye package winding was demonstrated to show the latest FPRO technology which can produce packages of various shapes and densities by precise winding control.

Through our products and support services, we will continuously respond to customer needs including automation, energy savings and differentiation of products.

Shanghai, China. 16-20 June 2014www.itmaasia.com www.citme.com.cn

Atsushi YoshiiSales Manager

Murata Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

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Steady performance is biggest advantage of Muratec WinderQPRO Link Coners and the export markets of Bangladesh

Pahartali Textile & Hosiery Mills(A unit of M. M. Ispahani Limited)

Mr. Mirza Salman IspahaniManaging Director

www.ispahanibd.com/cotton-textiles

•Pahartali Textile & Hosiery Mills is a pioneer spinning company in Bangladesh, established in 1954.

•They sell yarns to domestic companies which knit and export the finished garments.

•Their main products are Cotton (Card, Comb and Slub), P/C, CVC, Modal and Melange.

•Production capacity is 71,000 spinning spindles and 37,000kg in total production per day.

•They installed Muratec Automatic Winder “No.21C PROCESS CONER” in 2008. In 2013, they introduced 9 sets of Automatic Winder “PROCESS CONERⅡ QPRO” Link Coner type. They began installing “Visual Manager+”, the monitoring system for Muratec Winders, in 2014. It connects to both “QPRO” and “No.21C” and all the data are integrated and managed over the entire factory.

The spinning industry is very important in Bangladesh. We interviewed Mr. Mirza Salman Ispahani, the Managing Director of Pahartali Textile & Hosiery Mills which is a well-established spinning company. We asked him about the market situation and his opinions on Muratec machinery.

How do you see the current market situation in Bangladesh?

As for earnings from exports, the share of Ready Made Garments

(RMG) to total exports was 87% in 2013. This year the RMG market has continued to show moderate growth. The success of the textile industry has a deep meaning for our entire economy and nation. The growth of exports has led supporting and ancillary industries to establish, opened jobs in many different occupations and thus increased the transactions in many fields.Looking back over past 5 years, we have overcome many hurdles. We had to go through the global recession which hit in late 2008 and continued for two years. The highest cotton price increase in 150 years took place in 2010. However, it could not stop us going forward. We continued our journey and were able to sustain our export performance.

How about your business situation?In the context of the latest business situation in our country,

we did very good business over the last few years. We are very confident that we will continue our journey and proceed toward further success. We have explored many untapped and non-traditional markets to increase our share. We are now moving upward to higher value added products, such as spandex yarn (CSY), compact yarn and fine count yarn.

Do you think that Bangladesh will continue to benefit from the Spinning Industry?

Even though the spinning industry in our country is facing

numerous problems like severe competition from neighboring countries, it continues to grow. The RMG industry is experiencing growth. However, the intermediate processes like weaving, dyeing and processing, have not yet grown enough. Due to imported yarn and fabric, the foreign exchange earnings from the RMG industry are lower than expected.

Nonetheless, Bangladesh's low labor cost, skilled manpower, and presently expanding market will be able to turn the challenges into a window of opportunity. In addition, most developed countries are turning away from the textile industry and investing in other sectors, thus creating a vacuum in the spinning market. So the benefit to our spinning industry will be enormous in the future.

What are you planning to further grow your business in the future?

Our ultimate goal is to provide one stop service to the export

oriented local manufactures of knit and woven products, providing different types of conventional and specialized yarn. Therefore we have invested in the most modern machineries. Moreover, we are planning to expand our cotton spinning capacity in the near future. We are very concerned about quality, thus we have received a good response from the export-oriented manufactures who are working under internationally known buyers.

Please tell us why you chose Muratec machines?Steady performance of the machine is the most important

factor for management. We have been using Muratec “No. 21C” along with winders of other manufacturers. We found better overall performance from the "No. 21C" due to its high productivity, yarn tension control, high quality, and lower electric consumption.

What is your evaluation of our QPRO Link Coner type?

We are using QPRO Link Coner for blend yarns. Thanks to

Muratec automation, we can produce quality yarn packages with minimal labor.

What is your opinion of our Visual Manager+?This is our first experience with Visual Manager+ and we are

happy to get production performance instantly at our desk. It is much easier for our engineers to trouble-shoot issues by using the data provided by Visual Manager+.

Do you have any requests to Muratec?At present, we are happy with after-sales service given by

Muratec. We hope Muratec will keep an inventory of essential spare parts in Bangladesh so that we can get them in the shortest possible time.

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Visual Manager+ drastically changes working styles Better production, efficiency and lower cost achieved

www.shivatex.co.in

SHIVA TEXYARN LIMITED, SPINNING UNIT II in India introduced “Visual Manager+ (VM+)”, the management system for Muratec Automatic Winder, in April 2013. The VM+ is connected by LAN to 36 sets of No.21C PROCESS CONER in the plant. We are pleased to have had a chance to interview Mr. P. Bhaskar, the General Manager of the mill, about how they get the most from Visual Manager+.

What motivated you to introduce VM+?In the past, we would assess the winding machine

performance using only broader data such as AEF%, SEF% and production (KG). This important data was seen only after the end of the shift and only for each individual machine. So, data analysis was time consuming. We needed to solve this problem. After implementation of Visual Manager+, we realized that our technicians were able to use the data to immediately identify and correct problems without waiting until shift end.

How do you utilize VM+? Currently at our factory, VM+ is accessed by 3 departments

– Maintenance, Quality and Production. Each department has a different approach to improve their respective results. The Maintenance Department analyzes data such as MIS% and TB/Y. The Quality Department analyzes data such as TB/Y, cuts and alarm levels. The Production Department analyzes data related to AEF, SEF and production amount etc. Our working strategy has changed drastically based on VM+ data. Instead of the general approach, we are witnessing a focused approach on specifics of the machines.

What has using VM+ done for your spinning operation?

We have saved manpower that we were using earlier for

collecting and analyzing data to prepare excel sheets and charts. Also we find our maintenance staff could be reduced from 6 persons to 5 due to the precise, real-time information given by VM+. We also see a clear savings in spare parts consumption after introduction of VM+. Earlier we were changing parts on a fixed lifetime. But now by utilizing the VM+ data, we find that we can often delay the replacement of parts. We have found that the winding department maintenance cost has decreased from 6% (of overall factory maintenance) to 4.8% after implementation of our new approach. Further with VM+ we are achieving improvement in

SEF% and machine utilization. The confidence level of our staff has also increased. They realize that even if they increase productivity by 5%, the existing winding drums can comfortably handle the increased load.Furthermore, Muratec is sending us the VM+ Health Analysis report which helps to identify whether our machines are deviating from standard production and quality values on a long term basis.

Do you have any requests for VM+?As a user of the linking system, we hope that in

future, VM+ will provide the linking parameters which would help us improve our spinning performance too. Monitoring spinner’s performance based on the winding machine would serve as a tool to improve overall factory yarn quality and efficiency. Furthermore, we would like VM+ to give more specific details regarding the Auto doffer (AD) efficiency, identification of AD alarms, and the reason for AD failures.

What do you want Muratec to do in future?More and more attention is being focused on reduction

of electric power and air consumption. Our request is that Muratec continue to make energy and air usage a priority for new machinery models.

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SHIVA TEXYARN LIMITEDSPINNING UNIT II,KARANAMPETTAI, CBE

Mr. P. BhaskarGeneral Manager

•Registered office: Coimbatore, INDIA

•Establishment year: 2008 •No. of employees: 600 persons•Production equipment

overview: The plant has 50,400 spindles and has state of art facility in spinning machinery. There are also advanced system for quality control and management. All Ring frames with Auto doffer link directly to the Winding machines.

•Product range: Ne16s to Ne40s Combed, Carded, Compact and Slub cotton yarn

•MURATEC AutomaticWinders:No.21C PROCESS CONER Link Coner Type - 34 setsMagazine Type - 2 sets

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Published by:Murata Machinery, Ltd.Green-Bldg, 2-6-26, Kitahama,Chuo-ku, Osaka, 541-0041, JAPANInternet: www.muratec.co.jp

Edited by:Murata Machinery, Ltd.Textile Machinery Division,Public Relations Department & MMUSA Textile Machinery Division

Photography by:Murata Machinery, Ltd.

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Muratec released an upgraded version of the parts quotation/booking online system “e-PRO” at ITMA ASIA + CITME 2014 (see page 1).The e-PRO system enables browsing through

prices and delivery terms of parts and quotation/booking of parts on the Internet. The new added e-PRO function “Top 100 maintenance parts” displays the top 100 maintenance parts with photos according to the customer’s machine specifications. We have received many comments from customers who watched the demonstration on-site, such as… “This is excellent because there is no trouble in searching for parts,” and “Because the photo is displayed, it is user-friendly and makes it easier to select parts.”The new version offers the latest parts and service information and customer support so that the system will be helpful for maintenance control.

e-PRO version upgrade released“SELECTED 100 parts” receive positive reviews

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Muratec will exhibit a wide variety of the latest fabrics and apparel products donated by VORTEX Partners from around the world. We hope you will visit our booth!

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