I talked to an industry insider today and gathered the following…
Compact spinning is becoming a defacto standard for Shirting (80% of compact spinning is used for Shirting Yarn) but premium is going down as it is becoming de facto standard … In shirting people will perish if they don’t have compacting but possibly the premium won’t be there in future just for quality alone. He said five years back the premium was 5% and now it is less than 1%.(Possibly a very plausible reason why Ambika margin down and stabilized over the years)
This year Yarn export to China gone down substantially and situation may remain like this for year or two.
Compact Spinning are two types … a) Apron Drafting and b) Perforated Drum Drafting. Rieter / Suessen caters to both segments but complete Rieter solution comes in Perforated Drum (Steel) solution. Apron type solution (cheaper by 20%) needs regular maintenance and change of apron every 9 - 12 months increasing downtime. Energy saving, low downtime as low regular maintenance needed, higher uptime due to machine starting at 85% speed level (50% for Apron) and lower doffing time (150 sec vs. 180+ sec) are key benefits of using Compact Spinning apart from the shinier look, less hairiness, lower fly generation while knitting etc. Also it can withstand many subsequent chemical treatments.
Compact can be retrofitted to old ring spinners assembly effectively. As was done in Nitin Spinners.
Trouser and Hosiery fabric makers and gradually using compact machine where they use higher TM yarns … Compacting reduces softness which are needed in hosiery and bed linen and their adoption is restricted to where softness of end product is not a criteria (like mattress cover). Airjet or Rotor Spinners are best suited in these situations.
Quality is a function of three things a) Technology, b) Raw Material and c) Skill of Operator. He said skill of operator is the single most factor affecting yarn quality than technology and raw material.
According to him shirting yarn quality wise top three players are a) Vardhman Textiles, b) Thiagarajar Mills and c) Premier Textiles.
In Hosiery / Bed linen segment Welspun is largest user of compact spinning system.
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