“Oerlikon Barmag”, Germany and Oerlikon Textile India Pvt Ltd, India celebrated 100 years completion of “OERLIKON BARMAG” & “50 years of independence of Bangladesh” at the Radisson Blu Water Garden hotel in the city on 10 November.
André Wissenberg, Vice President of Oerlikon Barmag, Germany, Debabrata Ghosh, Vice President & Sales Director of Oerlikon Textile, India, Local Agent Deepok Kumar Baral, Chairman & Managing Director of DSM Commodities Ltd. and Chief Guest Mayor Md. Atiqul Islam, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Bangladehsi prominent business persons Md. Fazlul Hoque, Vice President of BTMA, Abdul Matlub Ahmad, Chairman of Nitol-Niloy Group, Md. Abdullah Zubair, Managing Director, Zubair Spinning Mills Ltd. and others were present in the in occasion.
While addressing André Wissenberg said that with environmental issue getting prominence, the global consumption of clothing made with polyester filament and stable fibre have been on the rise as clothing made with cotton has already lost and will have an even harder time in the future.
“The investment in the synthetic fibre sector of Bangladesh is expected to grow as buyers are choosing the fabric as a substitute to cotton fibre for sustainability and environmental issues,” he said. The use of man-made fibre has increased because of higher production of value-added garment items, he further said.
André Wissenberg said that Bangladesh has the potential to switch to the production of synthetic fibre-based textile and apparel to realize greater per unit values in the world market.
According to the International Textile Manufacturer Federation (ITMF), synthetic fibre makes up 78% of the world's clothing and the rest the remaining 22% is made of cotton fibre.
Debabrata Ghosh said Bangladesh has successfully contained the impact of the corona virus during 2020-2022 periods by vaccinating over 120 million populations and keeping the engine of the national economy on the right track through taking different steps.
Debabrata Ghosh said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been working relentlessly to turn this country into ‘Sonar Bangla’
Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam said after Rana plaza incident on 24 April 2013 that claimed lives of over 1100 persons and injured more than 2,500 persons, the readymade garment industry has been restructured in the last nine years.
Deepok Kumar Baral, Chairman and Managing Director of DSM Commodities, also spoke on the occasion and said Oerlikon Barmag, Germany had completed 100 years of their operations catering to the global MMF (Man Made Fiber) machinery market and we, DSM Commodities Ltd. are very proud to be associated more than 7 years with them.
