Mumbai: India will soon air lift from China machines needed to manufacture protective coveralls, according to apparel manufacturers who have rejigged their factories to make personal protective equipment (PPE).
At least two apparel makers, which had ordered about 60 hot-air seam sealing machines from China, are expecting deliveries by the end of this week, ET has learnt.
Prior to the lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, India had about 150 such machines.
Coveralls, or body suits, are glued at the seams using a special tape and a sealing machine to prevent contaminants from getting in. One sealing machine can seal about 100-110 suits a day and costs about $5,000 (Rs 3.8 lakh) a unit. India is looking to make about 100,000 suits per day.
PPE makers had come up with another solution -- manually applying locally sourced tapes to seal stitched coveralls.
“I don’t recommend that because you are dealing with people’s lives here. And when you apply these things manually, there is always the danger that it will be inconsistent,” said Gautam Nair, managing director of Gurugram-based Matrix Clothing, which has ordered 30 such machines from China.
15/04/20 Nehal Chaliawala/Economic Times
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At least two apparel makers, which had ordered about 60 hot-air seam sealing machines from China, are expecting deliveries by the end of this week, ET has learnt.
Prior to the lockdown to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, India had about 150 such machines.
Coveralls, or body suits, are glued at the seams using a special tape and a sealing machine to prevent contaminants from getting in. One sealing machine can seal about 100-110 suits a day and costs about $5,000 (Rs 3.8 lakh) a unit. India is looking to make about 100,000 suits per day.
PPE makers had come up with another solution -- manually applying locally sourced tapes to seal stitched coveralls.
“I don’t recommend that because you are dealing with people’s lives here. And when you apply these things manually, there is always the danger that it will be inconsistent,” said Gautam Nair, managing director of Gurugram-based Matrix Clothing, which has ordered 30 such machines from China.
15/04/20 Nehal Chaliawala/Economic Times
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