ICTA-2009

Cover StoryIssue: Mar-Apr , 2010

A New Era of Knowledge Based Textile-Garment Community StartsReview of International Conference on Textile & Apparel 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh

First ever international conference on textile and apparel in Bangladesh has been held in Dhaka with grand success.Country's leading textile garment magazine and the mouthpiece of the sector at the local and international arena,Bangladesh Textile Today was the organizer of the event. The theme of the conference was recent development andchallenges of textile and apparel industry. The conference was anchored to Spread the light of knowledge and enlightenthe society to achieve goals from the power of it to build the knowledge based textile community for which BangladeshTextile Today has been working on with the patronizing company Amin & Jahan Corporation. The conference was inassociation with The Textile Institute, UK; Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and College of TextileTechnology. Amin & Jahan Corporation comes up with integrated service of research, development and promotion for theindustry. To encourage research, to gather knowledge and disseminate for the development of the sector, promotingresearch and development are being integrated with building and organizing an international forum over here inBangladesh. Two days long 1st International Conference on Textile and Apparel (ICTA-2010) was opened in the city withthis theme on 29th January 2010. The organizer Bangladesh Textile Today steps into a new stair to reach to its ultimatetarget to build knowledge based textile-garment community. In this junction of recession hit global economy andtremendous export market opportunity such conference will help the industry to sustain and will also give a way ofachieving sustainable growth. Professionals, experts, consultants, entrepreneurs and executives from home and abroadgathered here to share and acquire knowledge.

The Forum to Build Knowledge based Textile Garment Community Two days long conference was designed with series ofseminars on various topics to cover most important parts of the long chain of textile and apparel in the light of the moderndevelopment and recent challenges for the industry. Before the conference Bangladesh Textile Today was anchoringanother grand program named Textile Talent Hunt 2009. Textile Garment graduate students from all renowned universitiesand institutes took part in the competition to be one of the talents of the year. After passing four consecutive steps ofcompetition the jury board finally came up with the best five students. Before the official opening of the conference thosebest five students fought for securing their position and the program was the 'Grand Finale' of Textile Talent Hunt 2009.Immediately after the grand finale the onsite registration booth was open for conference registration. The grand eventfinally started with a brief opening ceremony. In the day one two technical sessions was placed, one is to focus the recentdevelopments and another one was focusing the challenges for the industry. Day one was closed with the gala dinner andunofficial discussions. The 30th January was the second day and so the concluding day of the conference which wasstarted at the morning with technical session mainly focusing the environment and similar challenges. After the lunchanother two technical sessions was there. At the evening the conference finally reached to successful closing. BangladeshTextile Today made the platform as (International Conference on Textile and Apparel) ICTA 2010 closing and (TextileTalent Hunt) TTH 2009 award giving ceremony. At this occasion the conference declared closed and the awards washanded over to the textile talents of the year.

ICTA'10 Opening Ceremony

The Forum of Knowledge Sharing; a need of Time

At the grand moment of opening a new era ofknowledge sharing by wrapping up the 1stInternational Conference on Textile andApparel ICTA 2010, the conference hallbecame full of academics, professionals,textile-garment entrepreneurs, owners,government body representative, trade bodyrepresentatives and students from home andabroad.

The opening ceremony was being chaired by the chairman of the ICTA 2010 conferencecommittee and editor in chief of Bangladesh Textile Today, Mr. Monirul Islam. Honorablechairman of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association Mr. Abdul Hai Sarker was gracing theoccasion as chief guest while Prof. Dr, Nitai Chandra Sutradhar, Director General ofDirectorate of Technical Education and Prof. Md. Mashud Ahmed, Principal, College of

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Textile Technology were present as special guests. Another co organizer representativeMr. John T. Smith, Chairman, International Event, Textile Institute was the guest of honor.In his speech, chief guest Mr. Hai highly praised the initiative of Bangladesh TextileToday and expressed that such program will help Bangladeshi people to achieve theexcellence in their respective field.Some pictures of the opening ceremony are listed below:

Technical Session 1: Recent Developments in Textile & Apparel-1

The first technical session of the conference was being moderated by Prof.Dr. Nitai Chandra Sutradhar, Director General, Directorate of TechnicalEducation, GOB. During the technical session one we got on the stageEngr. Mr. Ehsanul Karim Kaiser, CEO, Esquire Group (Textle Division)and Engr. Mr. Mahbub-E-Robbani, Textile Expert while conferencecommittee chairman Mr. Monirul Islam was present on the dias. Focus ofthis session was to the recent developments done in the textile researcharena. In this session three papers have been presented.

Three-Dimensional Nonwoven Fabrics and their ApplicationsProfessor Subhash Anand MBE, The University of Bolton, Bolton, UK

The council chairman of The Textile Institute, Manchester, UK andProfessor of Centre for Materials Research and Innovation of TheUniversity of Bolton is in deed the number one scientist of technicaltextiles having number of inventions and patents. Prof. Anand said that theworld nonwovens market has more than doubled in the last 10 years, from3.19 million tonnes in 1999 to 6.32 million tonnes in 2009. It was US$22.4billion in value in 2009 and 2.67 kg per capita annual consumption inEurope. In his paper he discusses recent advances in 3D nonwoventechnologies and products and demonstrates that nonwovens are the mostexciting and expanding market worldwide and make a crucial contribution in the enhancement of quality of life in themodern world today and in the foreseeable future. He elaborately described the nonwoven manufacturing technologiesand also nicely shown the growing trends of nonwoven use. He informed that total fibre used in traditional textiles isbeing out paced by the total fibre use of nonwoven sector. For the traditional textiles fibre consumption growth rate is3% per year while technical textiles fibre consumption is increasing by 7% per year. Professor Anand demonstrated thethree dimensional web formation techniques in the modern kunit and multiknit stitch bonding machines. He explainedthe properties of those fabrics with the added features for special applications.

Bamboo: A Distinctive “Green” FibreT.Afrin, Deakin University, Australia

Ms. Tarannum Afrin is a PhD candidate from Centre for Material and FibreInnovation of Deakin University, Australia. Her research is being


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conducted by the supervision of two professors T. Tsuzuki and X.Wang ofthe same university. Her research signifies to Morphology of bamboo,Crystalline behaviour of bamboo, Chemical structure of bamboo, UVshielding characteristics of bamboo and Antimicrobial activity of bamboo.It is bamboo because in all aspect of their research they are very strict to be“Green” always and as bamboo possesses natural antimicrobial and UVshielding ability and the wearers experience instant moisture absorption and evaporation. The research came up withthe following points; Bamboo possesses micro gaps like capillary and cellulose I crystalline structure, Conventionaldegumming (removing lignin) is not an effective manufacturing process to retain the unique properties of raw bambooin textile fibres, Both raw bamboo and extractions have shown a UV shielding ability, particularly in the UVB region,Bamboo possesses natural antimicrobial properties but the active component is not water soluble. Ms. Afrin isundergoing with many more issues of bamboo and some other could not be explored fully as the research is in a patent.

Enzyme- A tool towards more sustainable Textile ProcessingMr. Madhuakar Kulkarni, Business Head, Textile Enzyme- India, Bangladesh and Srilanka. Genencor.

Mr. Kulkarni started with a short review on Genencor, which is finallypartnered with a large company Denisco. Genencor has 25+ years of aleadership history in the area of industrial biotechnology. It has a portfolioof over 250 products delivered globally and involved in Grain Processing,Cleaning, Textiles & Leather, Food, Animal Nutrition & Biofuels. Thecompany has employees over 1,200 globally. Afterwards he focused on thesustainable environment friendly solutions from Genencor for the wetprocessing industry.

Technical Session 2: Recent Challenges for the Textile and Apparel Industry-1

The Technical Session 2 was being moderated by Prof. Dr. Engr. Ayub Nabi Khan, Executive Editor, BangladeshTextile Today while Mr. Monirul Islam, Chairman, Conference Committee was in the chair of the session. In thesession we found Dr. Saifur Rahman, Technical Editor, Bangladesh Textile Today and Dr. Md. Humaun Kabir,Technical Editor, Bangladesh Textile Today on the stage. After the session a vivid question and answer session washeld.

Global Warming & Crisis of Gas in Bangladesh: Energy Saving Measures and Other Effective Tools that canHelp in Sustainable Growth of Our Textile and Other Industries.Engr. Asif Muhammad Sami, Textile Consultant, CEO, Euroasiatic Resources and Chairman, SS Vision

Famous textile consultant Engr. Asif Muhammad Sami has establishednumber of dye houses in Bangladesh. From his experience and work hetried to solve out the biggest problem of Bangladeshi industry, gas crisis. He also focused to the global warming issues and also showed that howBangladesh can enter into carbon trading market. Mr. Sami informed thatcarbon trading industry is estimated to reach to USD 100 billion by 2012. Athorough analysis of energy sources and their comparative study have beenput forward. He suggested number of ways of energy saving in the wetprocessing industry to cope with the current situation of acute gas crisis. Healso has given a comprehensive idea on Green factory and suggested use of environment friendly power generationtechniques.

Sustainable Innovation in the Textile IndustrySyed Mohammad Ismail, Sales Head, Bangladesh, Huntsman Textile Effects

Mr. Ismail from Huntsman presented how his company is striving forachieving and ensuring sustainable innovation in the textile industry. In thetheme they are working on all aspects like social, economic andenvironmental. Huntsman has invented the smart process solution withsignificant advantages over water usage, liquor ratio, rinsing and dyeingtime. He has introduced a new approach of intelligent effects in textiles toreduce energy consumption and water used. The solution is called High IQin Huntsman. The system provides the advantages through Freshness:garments need to be laundered less, Active Comfort: make cleaning easier,


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Lasting Color: to give the garment a longer life and Easy Care Plus: Reduce the need for tumble drying / ironing.

Effect of Isothermal and Migration Process on Knit Fabric Dyeing with Reactive Dye Especially on Light ColorM. M. Rahman, Lecturer, DTE, Daffodil International University (DIU)It was indeed an experiment result done and presented by Mr. M.M.Rahman. He conducted the experiment to find out the comparativeadvantages of isothermal process over migration process in the light colorrange.

ENZYMATIC SURFACE MODIFICATIONFOR IMPROVED MOISTURE MANAGEMENT OF BLENDED HOSIERY FABRICSDr. N.D.Karthikeyan, Assistant General Manager, Intertek - Consumer Goods, BangladeshDr. Karthikeyan from India has presented his research paper which wasfocused to moisture transmission properties of some combinations ofpolyester and viscose blended single jersey fabrics were studied with aneffort to understand the physical phenomena of clothing comfort. The studyalso attempted to investigate the influence of enzyme treatment on moisturetransmission characteristics of P/V blended single jersey fabrics. Theresearchers have selected 15 blends of different combinations of polyesterviscose and tested their moisture management properties (liquid moisturemanagement & moisture vapor management). They have done the wickingtest and the permetest and came up with some significant results.

The day one has been ended with these four presentations of the session covering the energy crisis and possiblesolutions and modern techniques for achieving sustainability and possible ways to reduce pressure on environment. Thesession was followed by a special continental buffet dinner and concurrent un official discussion and B2B meetings.

Technical Session 3: Recent Challenges for the Textile and Apparel Industry-1

The second and the final day of the conference started with the technicalsession three with the theme of recent challenges for the industry. This wasindeed the longest session of the conference having four papers presented.The session was moderated by Prof. Dr. Mustafizur Rahman, Head,Department of Textile Technology, Ahsanullah University of Science &Tehnology. While we got Engr. Ehsanul Karim Kaiser, CEO, EsquireGroup (Textile Division) and Mr. Shanmugham,*** Marketing Manger,Novozymes Southasia Ltd.

Environmentally Friendly Techniques in TextilesDr. Arun Kanti Guha, Assistant Professor, Department of Textile Engineering, Southeast UniersityThe session started with a keynote on the environmental situation analysisof the surrounding regions of the main industrial zones with thepresentation of some environment friendly alternatives. Presenter Dr. ArunKanti Guha and et al has done a survey to find out the characteristics of thewaste water by region in finding the possible solutions. He suggestedproper house keeping, closer process control and urged more use of recenttechnical developments like supercritical fluid dyeing & foam dyeing etc.He emphasized on using less harmful chemicals in as alternatives and alsosuggested to use most modern more efficient and sustainable technologiesin effluent treatment.

Technical Barriers to Trade: Bangladesh PerspectiveDr. Humaun Kabir, Sector Specialist, Duty Exemption and Drawback Office, GOBDr. Humaun has presented a very well organized and enriched presentationon a very important issue in international trading, technical barrier. Thesebarriers appear while the technical requirements and specification differbetween the trading countries. He showed some way of Minimizingunnecessary obstacles to trade by using WTO Agreement on TBT. WorldTrade Organization(WTO) has a Technical Barrier to Trade(TBT)


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agreement with its member countries. In the light of the agreement Dr.Humaun has pointed out the main points those became the hurdles forexport. He also figured to global standards and quality/technical requirements.

Latest Innovation in Bio-blastingP.S.Thirumalaiappan, Customer Solutions, SEAIA, Consultant Director (Textiles), Novozymes.Mr. Thirumalaiappan has given a brief on the leading enzymemanufacturing company Novozymes and also illustrated the newdevelopments in the bio polishing area. He has presented the new moresustainable and improved technology of bio polishing in neutral condition.They technology is called neutral bio blasting. It has significant benefitsover traditional acid bio polishing. It can be applied after dyeing also as ithas less colour retention and it cause less weight loss of the fabric.

Potential of Branded Menswear in BangladeshAbrar A Apu, Assistant Professor, Daffodil International University

Mr. Apu has focused on the growing local demand and he took the menswear. According to his observation in Bangladesh right now people are notthat brand aware but the trend is increasing everyday. He investigated thesector and used a matrix to select best 10 existign brands in menswear. Mr.Apu informed that Bangladesh is having a market of 4.5 billion taka everyyear having a growth of 10-20%. Eventually the study that Bangladesh canbe the largest manswear brand owner as it has all necessary resources.At the end of the session Prof. Mustafizur Rahman made the sum up andwelcomed questions. The participants demanded easy measyring meter orinstrument to measure effluent characteristics for easy undertanding of everybody concerned as they can understandeasily what type of effluent they are discharging and are their ETPs working or not. After the closure of the first sessionof the day all are sreved with continental buffet lunch.


The second session of the day started right after the lunch and prayer break.This session was also of the recent developments. The session wasmoderated by Mr. John T Smith, Chairman, International Event, TextileInstitute. Mr. Mir Azharul Islam, Marketing Director, BASF Bangladesh,Mr. Mosharraf Hossain***, CEO, Mosharraff Textiles and Mr.Kamruzzaman, Regional (South-East Asia) Head of Hohenstein Institutewere gracing the stage as distinguished.

Preparation and Properties of Polyimide and Inorganic HybridsDr. Shaikh Md. Mominul Alam, College of Textile Technology, Tejgaon, DhakaDr. Mominul has got his PhD from Japan and he came up with his researchwork on composite materials. Most of the modern high-tech equipments weuse in our daily life, e.g. camera, mobile, laptop etc. contains a goodproportion of polyimide films. Polyimide polymers have such propertiesthat even help it to be used in the space garments and other space shipequipments. Dr. Momin also informed that its high heat resistance is themain advantage to be taken off. He made an illustration on differentpolymers with their preparation techniques and also mentioned theirspecific properties. Finally he presented their excellent invention ofproducing different Polyimide hybrids to achieve different end use properties. The invention is awarded and patented.

Application of Phase Change Materials in Textile and ApparelSaniyat Islam, School of Fashion & Textiles, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, AustraliaIt is a research work on getting advantages of thermal energy storagecapability of different Phase Change Materials to be used in garments and


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other possible places. Mr. Saniyat is doing his PhD in RMIT. He informedthat PCMs are suitable to be used in textiles as these materials have a highcapacity to store thermal energy, non-toxic, chemically inert, ecologicallyharmless and melting temperatures can be matched to maintain theprotected environment in the extreme weather conditions. These are alsobeing used in telecom equipments, air conditioning, heating in the boilerand cold storages.

Uses of Silicones in Textile IndustryLevent Berk, Chairman, Prochem, Turkey

The presentation was on the developments in silicone to ensure moreeffective and precise use in textiles. The silicones have a very wide rangeof use in textiles. These are being used as lubricants, wetting agents,softeners, anti foams, water repellants. Mr. Levent Berk showed structuresand compositions of different types of silicones and analyzed theirapplication properties very elaborately.

A New Spinnable Fiber in Asian Region.Hosne Ara Begum, College of Textile Technology, Tejgaon, Dhaka

The research is made on the fiber from the areca nut. The fiber is madefrom the shell of the Areca nut. The nuts are very available in Bangladeshand the shells have no significant use. Ms. Hosne Ara Begum hasdeveloped the yarn from the nut and tried to figure out the end useproperties. He analyzed different characteristics of the fiber and suggestedfollowing end uses, e.g. In the outer garments: Sweater, Window Curtain,Sofa Cover, Coarse yarn for mat and Composite Material: Different hardboard with different shape.

The session has been ended by the sum up speech of the moderator and the question and answer session.


The final technical session of the ICTA 2010 was having two papers to be presented. The session was moderated byProf. Fakhrul Hasan Murad, Chairman, Department of Textile Engineering, Southeast University. With him we foundEngr. Salah Uddin Iqbal, Country Manager, Zydex Industries and Mr. Amanur Rahman, Executive Director,Dysinchem Bangladesh Ltd. on the stage.

Asutex: Fashion Garment Solutions.Mohammad Monowar Hossain, Country Manager, Asutex

The presentation was on the development of the renowned Spanish company Asutex in the fashion garment industryspecifically with very special washing effects. With the chronology of the garment industry Engr. Monowar focusedthat adopt ness to the fashion trends are the main challenges for the companies. He showed some the Asutex solutionsto enter in the fashion garments area simply with some special wash effects. He elaborated their innovation the Asudelprocess with washable dyes and their effects. He also illustrated the effects found from the Cool Pigment Process,Asumagic Process, LLR Sytem and All in Pigment Process.

Three Dimensional Knitted Structures for Technical Textiles ApplicationsProfessor Subhash Anand MBE, The University of Bolton, Bolton, UKThe last presentation of the conference was from Prof. Anand on the three dimensional knitted structures and their usesin the technical textiles area. He illustrated the technology and showed some samples to the participants. In hispresentation he revealed the techniques of producing spacer fabric using both the warp and weft knitting machines.

The session was concluded with the question and answer part and the moderator Prof. Murad’s concluding speech.Professor also invited all to join the closing ceremony.

The ending of ICTA open a new epoch of knowledge based textile garment industry

The closing ceremony of ICTA 2010 and the award giving ceremony of Textile Talent


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Hunt 2009 was indeed a grand evening with words and signs of appreciation for theorganizer for the fantastic event. This program was the finishing line for the events of therespective years. A huge and long event of Textile Talent Hunt 2009 reached to theultimate ending with the handing over of the awards to the talents of the year. ICTA 2010ends with number of outcomes and carries different guidelines for future to be followedon.

The final part graced by Mr. Md. Fazlul Hoque, President, Bangladesh KnitwearManufacturers & Exporters Association. In his speech he mentioned that it is indeed agreat event and done in such fashion that it become a icon for the future achievements ofthe industry. Mr. Faruque Hasan, Vice President, Bangladesh Garment ManufacturersAssociation and Professor Subhash Anand MBE, Council Chairman, Textile Institute,Manchester, UK were present as special guest at the evening. Mr. Hasan expressed thatthe event will allow the industry to reach to its ultimate sustainability and growth. Prof.Anand mentioned the conference as a great initiative and told that it was not like the firstof the country rather it was excellent in all aspects of an international conference. Mr. Md.Daulatuzzaman Ansary, Sr. Vice President, Institute of Textile Engineers & Technologistswas the guest of honor of the event and Md. Monirul Islam, Chairman, ICTA 2010Organizing Committee was in the chair to declare the closure of this years conference andinvited to take part in coming one.

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