Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI) and Texcoms Textile Solutions (TTS), a Singapore-based consulting firm for the textile industry, signed a strategic agreement recently to upgrade Ethiopia’s textile and apparel manufacturing sector. It’s worth mentioning here that textile and apparel export of Ethiopia has been on the rise continuously for last 5 years and the country is emerging as a strong player in the global market. Sensing the same, the Ethiopian Government and the relevant organisations/institutes (such as ETIDI) are offering much needed helping hand to the textile sector of the country. One of the initiatives has been taken by ETIDI which is working towards establishing a ‘Textile Pilot Plant’ in Ethiopia that will have the entire value chain of textile industry that consists of processes such as spinning, weaving and finishing; and the machinery for these processes will also be installed along with various other machines. Housing all relative technologies, the new textile plant aims to encourage entrepreneurship; demonstration/training and know-how transfer; research & development; and product development. According to the agreement, the role of TTS is to support ETIDI in setting up this plant. The extensively experienced TTS team will take up this project to modernise the country’s textile manufacturing by imparting technical knowledge in the operators so that they can run modern machinery with best of efficiency. The scope of work for TTS covers supplying of machinery, installation, commissioning, training, know-how transfer as well as hand holding till the textile set-up becomes operational.
