Coimbatore: At a time when the country was battling the spread the coronavirus pandemic, which has affected the economy, three garment firms in Tiruppur along with an engineering industry have come up with a new heat seam sealing machine used for sealing PPE units under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Atma Nirbhar scheme.
The locally manufactured machine wass designed for sealing seams of coveralls for healthcare workers and active wear used for snow boarding, cycling, sailing etc.
“The indigenous home made machine is a classic example of Made in India scheme substituting import, costing just Rs 1.5 lakh plus GST whereas if it is imported from other countries it will cost Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs five lakhs”, one of the company owner P Thiruvasakamani said.
They thought of developing a machine locally as in the manufacture of coveralls, heat seam sealing machines were not available and need to depend on import from other countries like China.
It was a time consuming process to reach Tiruppur and the cost was high.”Now medical textiles are manufactured in large numbers in Tiruppur and such local machines will prove advantageous because the cost is economical”, Thiruvasakamani said.
Export Council Chairman A Sakhtivel, who launched the machine, said such indigenous ventures would form the backbone of ‘Make in India’ scheme and Atma Nirbhar scheme, which could give the much needed fillip to the country’s disrupted business operations by promoting Make in India manufacturing, encouraging substitution of import of low technology goods from other country and encourage local produce at lower prices. This would also boost the country’s export growth as well.