BELLARY, JAN. 23 2004. S.N. Jayaram, Deputy Commissioner, today urged garment manufacturers to cope with the changing trends in the industry not only to face the competition but also flourish in the trade.
He was speaking after inaugurating the Bellary Institute of Fashion
Technology here promoted by the Bellary Garment Manufacturers'
Association under the initiative of the United Nations Industrial
Development Organisation (UNIDO) with financial support by SIDBI, the
Directorate of Industries and Commerce, and the Bellary Zilla Panchayat.
He said Bellary, which was one among the major garment manufacturing
places, could not remain isolated. Manufacturers here had to adopt the
latest technology and design to improve the quality of their goods to
compete in the market. He underlined the need to accord priority to
customer care.
Mr. Jayaram said the garment industry had a good potential for
employment generation and it needed encouragement. He would strive to
get the Apparel Park established in Bellary, he added.
G.V. Gayatri, Chairperson, Garment Manufacturing Training, National
Institute of Fashion Technology, Bangalore, said garment manufacturers
had to face competition to survive in the market. Garment manufacturers
in Bellary had no other choice but to gear up to meet the challenges in
the era of globalisation. She hoped that the manufacturers would make
the best use of the institute to improve their products.
Shankara Murthy of UNIDO said Bellary with traditional skills in
tailoring could not develop in line with other garment-making clusters
such as Bangalore, Tirupur, Indore, and Ahmedabad because of its
inherent problems. Technology used here was old and garments
manufactured were of poor quality and catered to the low-value segment
of the market. In addition, the demand for products was seasonal and the
cluster was unable to provide employment throughout the year. A
diagnostic study carried out by UNIDO under the Cluster Development
Programme here revealed that non-availability of skilled workforce to
handle high-speed garment-making machines, lack of service, testing
facilities, and technological and design support were among the problems
faced by the cluster.
The purpose of establishing the institute here was to train artisans in
rural areas, especially women, in high-speed garment-making machines
and making quality products. Training would be imparted to 60 people
initially in two batches for three months, he said.
Sanjeeva Reddy, Deputy General Manager of State Bank of Hyderabad, Gulbarga, spoke. R. Babulal, Vice-Chairman of the institute, welcomed the gathering. Deepak, joint secretary of the association, proposed a vote of thanks
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