ALOK INDUSTRIES HANDKERCHIEF MAKING

Location Silvassa

Capacities

60,000 pieces per day

Product type on Premium handkerchiefs for men & women in Full whites, offer Dobbies, Yarn dyed & Solids Fiber Specifications

Conventional cotton, Organic cotton, Fair-trade Cotton, Organic & Fair trade cotton

Special finishes

Aroma, Aloe Vera

Machinery

Fabric weaving: Dedicated Plant for handkerchiefs, bringing in the 60 years expertise of our sister concern Mileta International in Czech Republic. (Shuttle less high speed weaving looms) Hemming: Special high speed machines which ensure that all the four corners of the handkerchiefs have no overlaps.

Certifications

GOTS: Global organic Textile Standards FLO: Fair Trade Certified

BANSWARA INDUSTRIES
Banswara Garments is situated in Daman. It has two garment units one of jackets and the other is of trousers. We were not able to visit the jacket industry but we had a thorough understanding of trouser making and operations concerned in making of trousers. THEY HAD FOLLOWING INSTALLATIONS: Both the factories were fully equipped with machines to be able to manufacture Trousers and Jackets of the best quality. We do all our marking and grading on a CAD system from Rich Peace. The sewing line comprised of Juki machines. There were also a set of automatic Welting Machines from Eagle. Curtain Felling Machines from Union Special, Eyelet Buttonhole Machines from Reece and Blind Loop Machines from Mair. The pressing is entirely from Rotondi, including leggers, toppers and side seam presses. The installed capacity is for about 150,000 trousers and 10,000 jackets per month. The entire focus of the factory is on producing Trousers and Jackets that are able to match the highest standards of workmanship, quality and appearance. ABOUT THE VISIT:
We visited two units in Daman which produced trousers for Banswara garments. In the first unit, there were 6 sewing lines, 3 on each floor and a sampling line. At the time of visit the orders running on the lines were of Peter England, Arrow, and Maruti Suzuki uniform shirts The total production of the unit was 1, 50,000 trousers per month The sewing lines were named after gems like pearl, opal, sapphire, ruby, emerald etc. Each line consisted of three sections preparatory, front and back sew assembly, the preparatory sections worked on bundle system while the other two worked on unit production system. Out of the 3 garment sewing lines on one of the floor, 1 was reserved specifically for Raymond Ltd, and United Colors of Benetton orders, as they required a different line setup with some additional processes to be carried out on their orders.

 The SAM for a trouser was calculated to be as 26 minutes within line and end of the line inspection, to achieve the desired level of quality, out of the total work done. Each line suffered 1% of the rework and whereas 0.5% of the reject. In unit 2 there were 3 sewing lines producing trousers and Shirts, 2 lines producing trousers and 1 recently added line manufactured shirts. Besides this, the total finishing of the trousers and shirts was done here that included the production of unit 1 as well as that of unit 2. In finishing section, thread trimming, spotting, tagging, pressing, folding and packaging took place for the final dispatch of the order. Industrial pressing machines were being used for trousers pressing which had scissors in them. It also had an inlet for steam in the upper part of the machine which favors better pressing of the garment with desired creasing and pleats.

SUBMITTED BY: ANU CHETNA SINGH GARIMA KUMARI NIYATI RAI YASMIN KAKAR