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ITAMMA Promotes Zero-Harm Culture in Manufacturing

According to Jugal Kishore Pansari, President, ITAMMA, it is essential that the industry follow `Zero-Harm Culture’ in manufacturing. He was speaking at an interactive session of experts on the topic “Importance of Safety, Innovation, Patent and Exports for the Manufacturers of Textile Machinery and Accessories”, organised by ITAMMA. According to him, “We may develop state-of-the-art innovations, however inorder to sustain it commercially in today’s international market following the trend of social revolution, aspects like `Zero-Harm Culture in Manufacturing’ are very essential. I am pleased to share that we have signed a collaboration agreement at a ceremony in Mumbai to further the need to promote the Zero-Harm Culture across various machine manufacturers in India.” The partners to this mandate will be ITAMMA and SITRUST-the Global Skill Center for Occupational Safety, institutionalised and conceptualised by Siemens India with support from Siemens Germany. “Apart from working on promoting the safety culture we will jointly work towards developing competencies of professionals through our concerted efforts and the vast global knowledge base that Siemens brings along with it,” he informed. Anupam Nidhi, Head - Corporate Citizenship at Siemens AG, contributed her views and suggestions on safety manufacturing and the roadmap for ITAMMA and SITRUST-the Global Skill Center to take the concept further through training programmes. “We will create need based modules for the textile industry and the members of ITAMMA from our exhaustive content of machine safety, occupational safety, material handling safety, infrastructure, electrical safety, etc.,” said Nidhi. Dr. Gopakumar G. Nair, Registered Patent & Trademark Attorney (IPR Consultants & Advisors), explained the importance of patent registration in order to safeguard a company’s interest and sustain commercially in the global market. He shared a number of case studies to understand the urgency of patent registration. Laxmikant Rathi, President, Ideal Group of Companies, informed the importance of innovation and technology driven products while exporting in international market. He also discussed the potential for Indian machinery exports, and countries that prefer Indian textile products. ITAMMA signs two more MoUs ITAMMA has been working actively to connect its members with various organizations for enriching knowledge, business, skills. The association has signed MoUs with more than 28 agencies at the national level and about 10 agencies at the international level. ITAMMA signed MoUs last week with India-Peru Chamber of Commerce (INCHAM-PERU) and with Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) to foster cooperation and promote bilateral trade and investment in the textile sector. ITAMMA Export Excellence Awards 2018-19 Thirteen ITAMMA members won the ITAMMA Export Excellence Awards for 2018-19 in various categories.

Lakshmi Ring Travellers (Cbe) Ltd., Coimbatore for winning TOP RANK Award under the category “Spinning Accessory Sector-Large Scale Manufacturers” [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Century Inks Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai for winning TOP RANK Award under the category “Processing Accessory Sector - Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)” [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Maksteel Wire Healds Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara for winning TOP RANK Award under the category “Weaving Accessory Sector-Large Scale Manufacturers” [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Precision Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai for winning “Highest Export Excellence Award” under the category “Accessory Sector” [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Ideal Sheet Metal Stampings & Pressings Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad for winning “ Export Excellence Award” under the category “Spinning Accessory Sector-Large Scale Manufacturers” [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Precision Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai for winning “Export Excellence Award” under the category “Spinning Accessory Sector -Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)” [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Gurjar Gravures” Ahmedabad for winning “Export Excellence Award” under the category “Processing Accessory Sector -- Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Gurjar Images., Ahmedabad for winning “Merchant Export Excellence Award “ under the category “Textile Machinery and Accessories.” [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Super Tex Industries., Mumbai for winning “Special Award” under the category of “Micro & Small Enterprises” [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Yogesh Dyestuff Products (P) Ltd.,, Mumbai for winning “Special Award ” under the category “ Dyestuff and Chemical Products” [Jayantilal Roy Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Siddhi Engineers, Ahmedabad for winning “ ITAMMA PRESTIGIOUS MAKE IN INDIA AWARD (2018-19)” [B. K. Mehta Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Siddhi Engineers, Ahmedabad for winning “ITAMMA OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19) [B. K. Mehta Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Siddhi Engineers, for winning “Special Award for Recognition of ' Patents for Papers Published' ” [B. K. Mehta Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)
Maksteel Wire Healds Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara for winning “ “Letter of commendation” for the category ‘ ITAMMA PRESTIGIOUS MAKE IN INDIA AWARD (2018-19)’ [B. K. Mehta Endowment Fund] ITAMMA EXCELLENCE AWARD (2018-19)

The award function was followed by felicitation and farewell dinner to immediate past president, Kaizar Mahuwala, who got an opportunity to be the president of ITAMMA during the historical platinum jubilee year 2018-19.