
MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
The Indian Manmade Yarn Manufacturers Association is a non-profit organization established in 2016, registered as Society under Section 10 of the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act,1975. Association comprises of members engaged in manufacturing of manmade spun yarn. Association was founded with an initial strength of 35 members engaged in manufacturing of manmade spun yarn, whereas the same is more than 50 members now.
Spinning Industry
India has the largest spinning capacity next to China, having installed spindle capacity of 53.05 million spindles. Around 24.10 million spindles are installed in the State of Tamil Nadu, contributing to 46% of total installed capacity.
Out of 3376 spinning mills in India, the state of Tamil Nadu alone comprises of 2013 spinning mills, providing direct employment to and indirect employment to huge rural population. Majority of these spinning mills are situated in rural areas, provides employment opportunities to rural population mainly to women and acts as their livelihood.
Manmade Spun Yarn
Man-made fibres (MMF) are mainly of two types viz., synthetic and cellulosic. Synthetic fibres are produced from crude oil and cellulosic fibres are from wood pulp. The main varieties of synthetic staple fibres are polyester, acrylic and polypropylene. Cellulosic fibre is viscose fibre, modal, etc. Textiles made out of these synthetic and cellulosic fibres are called man-made fibre textiles.
Global textile and apparel industry is going through a drastic shift from cotton to Manmade Spun Yarn. There are a number of reasons behind this trend such as low cost, demand-supply gap in cotton, and versatility design and application. With the changing trend, share of man-made fiber is increasing globally as well as in India. Viscose Spun yarn is identified to be the widely used manmade spun yarn. Total installed spindle capacity to produce Viscose Spun Yarn in India is measured as 2.5 million spindles, which provides direct employment and indirect employment to the rural and semi-urban population.