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Formation and Histroy
The history of fabric production in
India is as old as the Indian civilisation
itself. Textile machinery manufacture
falls to a much later age - the age
of industrialisation. Initially India's
Textile Mill Industry depended almost
exclusively on imported machines.
The foundation for manufacture of
complete textile machinery was laid
only in the decade 1940 – 1950
and a few units were set up at the
instance of the Government during
this period. But the actual progress
in manufacturing textile machinery
commenced in the subsequent decade.
Thereafter the industry grew rapidly
with Government’s active encouragement
and statutory protection both in the
form of a tariff wall and import ban
of items manufactured indigenously.
This gave a stimulus to indigenous
production of textile machinery as
well as components and accessories
mainly with technical arrangements
with reputed foreign machine builders
in Europe, U.K., U.S.A and Japan.
As the industry grew, a pressing need
for setting up of a representative
organisation at the national level
was felt. It is at the instance of
the Government of India the idea of
setting up of an Association for textile
machinery was conceived. Thus on May
2, 1958 the Textile Machinery Manufacturers'
Association was born at Calcutta with
a membership of just 9 manufacturers
of textile machinery, with its headquarters
in the office of the then Engineering
Association of India. Subsequently
the Association's headquarters were
shifted to Mumbai in February 1960.
Founders
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The following
firms were founders of the Association
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Textile Machinery Corporation Ltd.,
Calcutta
Machinery Manufacturers Corporation
Ltd., Calcutta
Calico Industrial Engineers Ltd.,
Mumbai
Vasant Industrial and Engineering
Works, Mumbai
National Machinery Manufacturers Ltd.,
Thane (Maharashtra)
Textool Co.Ltd., Coimbatore
Central India Machinery Manufacturing
Co.Ltd., Gwalior (M.P.)
Cooper Engineering Ltd., Satara Road,
(S.C Rly.)
Star Textile Engineering Works Ltd.,
Mumbai
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