December 2012
NEW ITALIAN TEXTILE MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY
TRAINING CENTER AT DKTE’S TEXTILE & ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (DKTE), ICHALKARANJI, M.S. (INDIA)
ACIMIT and DKTE’S Textile & Engineering Institute Ichalkaranji (DKTE) have signed an agreement for the establishment of an Italian Training Centre at Ichalkaranji M.S. INDIA.
By the signing of the agreement between the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) and the DKTE’S Textile & Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji Dist. Kolhapaur, Maharashtra State, both the parties have agreed to implement the establishment of Italian Technology Centre for the benefit of Textile Sector in India.
The project includes providing on free using basis of textile machinery by interested manufacturers for a maximum period of 3 years, training activities provided by the same Italian Textile machinery companies adhering to the initiative, the distribution of ACIMIT’s digital technology manual containing Italian state-of-the-art technology, and the awarding of scholarships to three students selected by a committee of DKTE’S faculty in order to help them to pursue their professional training.
The project will be coordinated by a working group representing ACIMIT, which agrees to participate in all engagements held both in Italy and India, and an Indian counterpart, Raretech, which will be responsible for coordinating all onsite activities.
The technology training center is a part of a larger initiative called Machines Italia,financed by the Ministry for Economic Development (MiSE), which has entrusted its organization to Federmacchine (theFederation of Italian Manufacturers of Capital Equipment). Machines Italia in India aims to lend its support to the internationalization efforts of companies in the sector, in one of the world’s most intensely developed industrial areas.
“Through this technology training centre, ACIMIT’s President Mr. Sandro Salmoiraghi summarized,ACIMIT intends to strengthen the profitable relationship which already exists with India’s textile industry.” The market in India is currently the third most important destination for our exports (over the first half of 2012, we exported 58 million euros worth of machinery). “This initiative aims to increase everyone’s awareness, continues Salmoiraghi,of the important synergy with the territory’s textile manufacturers, represented by the world of academia. The benefits in terms of image will be felt not just by individual participating Italian businesses supplying machinery, but for the whole of Italy’s textile sector.”
The Director General for Internationalization Policies and Promotion of Exchanges of MiSE, Pietro Celi, expressed his satisfaction for the realization of the Technology Center, “anexpression of the desire and capabilities of the private and public sectors to interact and operate, in complementary way, to support Italian businesses and strengthen our competitiveness in global markets.”
The Member of Governing Council of DKTE’S Textile and Engineering Institute and Former Minister of Textiles, M.S., Mr. Prakash Awade has promised all the help and support for the successful implementation of the project andexpressed hope that this training centre equipped with state of the art Italian textile machinery will go a long way in catering to the needs of the textile industry in India and strengthening the ties between the two Countries,Italy and India.
General information on Italian textile machinery industry and ACIMIT
ACIMIT represents an industrial sector comprising around 300 companies (employing close to 12,400 people) and producing machinery for an overall value of about 2.7 billion euros, with exports amounting to 80% of total sales. The quality of Italian textile technology is evidenced by the high number of countries in which Italian machinery is sold: around 130 countries worldwide.
Creativity, technology, reliability and quality are the characteristics which have made Italy a global leader in the manufacturing of textile machinery. For more information: .
General information on the Ministry of Economic Development
The authoritative administrative body for key sectors of the Italian economy, both with regards to the promotion and development of the competitiveness of the nation’s productive system, and in the harmonization and monitoring of the domestic market.
General Directorate for Internationalization Policies and the Promotion of Exchanges of MiSE is entrusted with the task of strengthening the internationalization of businesses, in particular SME, as well as promoting Made in Italy, primarily through: the coordination of stakeholders operating in support of promotional activities abroad (including the new ICE Agency), managing the Made in Italy Fund, dispensing grants for promotional initiatives by third parties, undertaking actions to accompany businesses in global markets, enhancing international institutional relations, conducting studies and global market trend analyses.
General Information on DKTE’S Textile & Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji(DKTE)
DKTE’S Textile & Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji (DKTE), founded in 1982, by Mr. K. B. Awade, Former Industry Minister, M.S. enjoys a unique and prominent place amongst the Institutions that are engaged in Technical, education, training, research and consultancy. Presently it is catering to Ten Undergraduate programmes (Five in Textiles & Five in Engineering). Three Diploma programmes in Textiles, Five P.G. programmes (Three in Textiles, Two in Engineering), Doctorate program in Textile Engineering and Two Management studies programs. The total student strength of Institute is over 3200 students and 180 dedicated faculty engaged in Teaching & Research activities.
Contact:
Mauro Badanelli, ACIMIT Economics-Press, Tel. +39024693611
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