Mayer & Cie. steps up commitment to train
Second PPP Training Center in Ichalkaranji.
In conjunction with the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), on behalf of the German Ministry of Industrial Cooperation and development in Berlin, the world's leading manufacturer of circular knitting machines Mayer & Cie. has become actively com-mitted to a project in India. This public private partnership (PPP) is aimed at training knitting technology specialists in India. Mayer & Cie.'s commitment to the project is being supervised by Batliboi Ltd, Mayer & Cie.'s agent in Mumbai as its Indian industrial partner.
The first PPP training centre was opened in Tirupur in January 2001, and is currently already running its third seminar. After the first two courses, a total of 24 graduates were able to claim their certificate as qualified knitting technology specialists. Based on the outstanding results achieved in Tirupur, at the beginning of January 2002, a second training institute was launched in Ichalkaranji - at the heart of the Indian textile raw material Indus-try. To help their practical training, an OV 3.2-6 has been made available for the use of the students. Due to its flexibility - primarily brought about by the exchange cams - this 2-bed construction machine is ideally suited as a teaching medium.
The aim pursued by the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) on behalf of the Federal German Government with this project is to support the ex-port of German machines through a modern program of technology transfer. This objective fits in ideally with Mayer & Cie.'s strategy of ensuring that the opportunities offered by state-of-the-art mechanical engineering are used to the most efficient effect. Because it is only when high-tech products of the kind manufactured by Mayer & Cie. are properly deployed, making full use of their outstanding capabi-lity that their benefits come truly to the fore in comparison to cheap-end competing machines. And finally, the Indian Government also envisages improved export opportunities in the future as a result of this commitment.
The Indian raw materials industry is also certain to profit. Modern, internationally competitive yarn ma-nufacturers in particular, who have supplied to date predominantly to Indian weaving mills, envisage enormous future potential in the expansion of knitting technology.
This enthusiasm was echoed in the opening of the se-cond training centre in Ichalkaranji. The inaugural celebrations staged by the Indian "Public" partner D.K.T.E Society's Textile at the Engineering Institute was attended by the Minister of State for Textiles, Maharashtra State, Mr. P. K. Awade and the first secretary of the Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of Maharashtra, Mr. Ravi Kamal Bhargava.
Representatives from Mayer & Cie. included Managing Shareholder Rainer Mayer, and the Head of Marketing and PPP Project Manager on site, Dieter Klinger. The Batliboi Ltd. delegation was headed by the company's Managing Director Nirmal Bhogilal.
Alongside the official inauguration, those present were given the opportunity to find out more about the highly developed local industry, in particular the manufacture of yarn. In this context, tribute was paid to Rainer Mayer and Dieter Klinger as well as Nirmal Bhogilal for their commitment to the training of Indian knitting specialists.
[ 01.01.2003 ]
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Group picture taken on inauguration of the PPP Training Center in Ichalkaranji.
Active support of Training Centers for knitting technology specialists in India (left to right): Rainer Mayer (Mayer & Cie.), Nirmal Bhogilal (Batliboi Ltd.) and Dieter Klinger (Mayer & Cie.) in front of an Indian spinning mill.
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