Textile 4.0: Better Than New!

The Mumbai Unit of The Textile Association (India) hosted an International Textile Conference titled ‘Textile 4.0 – Global and Indian Perspective on March 22 and 23, 2018 at The LaLiT Mumbai. Apparel reports on the various innovative ideas discussed and debated during the event.

The Textile Association (India) (TAI), Mumbai Unit, organised an International Textile Conference titled ‘Textile 4.0 – Global and Indian Perspective’; on 22nd & 23rd March 2018 at The LaLiT, Mumbai. This was the first conference of its kind on this subject held in Asia and therefore, received an overwhelming response from the textile industry.

Mr V C Gupte, Chairman, TAI, Mumbai Unit, was the convener of this conference. He took the lead in selecting the innovative topics and speakers for the event.

Mr Vilas Gharat, President, TAI, Mumbai Unit, welcomed the Chief Guest Dr Kavita Gupta, IAS, Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India and Keynote Speaker, Mr R D Udeshi, President - Polyester Chain, Reliance Industries Limited. He also welcomed Mr Shailesh R Sheth, Director & Strategy Adviser, Jost’s Engineering Co Ltd., the awardees, speakers, press, media and delegates.

In her inaugural address, Dr Kavita Gupta said, “With the implementation of Textile 4.0 and automation, we should maintain a balance between man and machine and be careful that machines don’t overtake human beings.” She stated the need for a human touch and for a little bit of unpredictability in our lives to keep things interesting.

In his keynote address, Mr R D Udeshi highlighted the need for the Indian textile industry to focus on holistic growth, across the value chain and to focus on building quality and scale.

Mr G V Aras, the Conference Chairman, said that the world is on the threshold of a new industrial revolution characterised by Automation, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things, etc. These new technologies will enter our manufacturing and supply chain and will have disruptive effects on the present processes followed by the industry.