South Asia Textiles will go for a technology expansion program with an investment of USD 3 million. “This will bring in the latest state-of-the-art textile technology and machinery into its existing factory,” a company press release said.
Some of the machinery to be introduced will be the aerodynamic air-flow textile dye machines with absolute minimal use of water, a continuous washer which saves water consumption up to 40% of the regular usage and a modern fully automated 10 chamber stenter.
South Asia Textiles’ CEO/MD, Prithiv Dorai said the entire factory will be transformed into a Green Project within a year, thus making South Asia Textiles the first textile manufacturer to go green.
“Two large bio-mass and fossil fuel fired Thermic and steam boilers have already been installed providing steam and heat generation for dyeing and finishing divisions,” he said.
The company completed an initial expansion program at a cost of Rs. 1 billion earlier.