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Top 3 products that India can sell to US were: •
Anti-microbial, flame retardant, durable water repellent
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Silicon fluids, acrylic polymers
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Natural dyes, monomers
Top 3 products that India needs from USA: •
Monomers, rising chemistry, nylon products
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Silicon, DuPont’s, petrochemicals, waxes
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NC has the 11th largest GDP in the nation, and about the 31st largest in the
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139,390 square kilometers is 53,819 square NC is slightly larger than the country of England.
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With 4.9 million people, NC has the 8th largest labor force in the US. Top states for labor including the following, in this order: CA, TX, FL, NY, IL, PA, OH, NC, GA and
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With over 475,000 manufacturing employees, NC has the largest manufacturing workforce in the Southeast US, and the 9th largest manufacturing workforce in the nation. The top states in the US for manufacturing jobs include the following, in this order: CA, TX, OH, MI, IL, PA, IN, WI, NC, NY, GA, FL and
Unique Advantage for India and what does India need to look from USA and how can India meet USA needs in Textiles: •
3-D printing is going to be big future (India can do well)
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Bio-degradable polymers
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Protective wear, mask
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Silicon fluids could be an area of collaboration
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Tie up in textile chemicals
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USA STATE REPRESENTATION: Mr. Rahul Padmanabha, Rahul Padmanabha, Director of Investments, EDPNC, India office •
NC is the 9th largest state in the nation by
NA ranks 13th in the nation for total number of engineers. Our state’s engineering workforce has grown 19% from 2014-2018 (the secondhighest percentage increase in employment in the nation over this time period). Only MI surpassed our growth in engineers, with 20% growth from 2014-2018.
Ms. Richa Bhandari, Deputy Director, South Carolina Department of Commerce: •
Port of Charleston is the most ef-
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13 of the 15 top container lines call on the Port of Charleston Two class-1 railroads and two inland port facilities within the state enhance speed to market
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More than 172,000 rail lifts at Inland Ports Greer and Dillion More than 199,000 vehicles handled annually at Port of Charleston Access to 2 international airports with daily direct flights to Europe and Asia Price of gasol
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Foreign Direct Investment Announced 2011-present: $18.8 billion in capital investment • 48,000+ new jobs • 35 countries represented As a result: • More than 1,200 operations of international firms employ 158,000 workers in South Carolina
The Program ended with Vote of thanks to IACC Textile Forum members to Mr. Suresh Kotak as Mentor; Mr. Harit Mehta, Chairman, Mr. Sharad Tandon, Advisor, Mr. Pankaj Bohra, Regional President, IACC, WIC and to our Sponsor Partners, Sutlej Textiles and Industries Limited, Welspun India Limited, Colorant Ind. Ltd, Indo Count Industries Limited, to the IACC Team and Media Partners, Textile Excellence, Textile Value Chain, The Yarn Bazaar and Textile Mirror.
COMPANY UPDATE MEERA INDUSTRIES LIMITED (MIL) RECEIVES A DOMESTIC ORDER OF INR 1,91,00,000/- FROM SRF LTD. MIL installed 2 sets of R-200 Ring Twisting machines to SRF LIMITED, India’s largest manufacturer and exporters ,No 1 in India and No 2 in the World in the Technical Textile segment. This is truly one of the important milestones in MEERA’s success Journey. MIL felt gratitude to SRF for choosing the company as technology partner, MIL enjoyed working with the SRF Team. MIL’s presence is getting stronger in the Technical Textile Yarn Twisting Space. In recent times, MIL also worked with customers like Mehler Engineered Products India Pvt. Ltd., Fenner Conveyor Belting Private Limited, Shakti Cords Pvt Ltd and many more.
AUGUST 2021
Industry is geared up for taking advantage of the recently announced PLI scheme for technical textile and MMF. MIL feels proud for its journey for technical textiles and Confident to achieve more market share in yarn twisting space in India and International Market.
