1. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran1 “Development of Textile Industry in Rwanda”

2. Employment Generation… Industrial Development in Textiles:  Agriculture  Textiles  Adding value by combining Agriculture and Textiles…  Silk  Banana Stem Fibers and Pineapple leaf fibers. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran2

3. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran3 “Villages are the Backbone of the Country”

4. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran4 Key Factors for Industrial Development… 1) Identifying available resources 2) Global Market for Available Resources 3) Appropriate Technology for Value Addition 4) Promoting products & Services to the Global Market

5. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran5 Banana Fiber… Sourced from Banana Plant Abundantly available in Rwanda Possibility to extract 2500 Tons/year

6. Application Areas of Banana Fiber… Banana fiber as a natural sorbent Banana fiber as a base material for bioremediation and recycling Banana fiber as a natural water purifier Banana fiber as a base material for the paper and pulp industry Banana fiber in handicrafts and textiles Banana fiber a license to print money 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran6

7. Stages in Banana Fiber Based Textiles… Collection of stems and leaves Fiber extraction Softening and cutting Spinning and Weaving Processing Apparel production Fiber Extraction:  By Hand : 500 gms/ 8 hrs  By Machine : 15 – 20 Kgs / 8 hrs 6/5/2016 by Raj-Rajendran 7

8. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran8 Sericulture & Silk… Agro based economy Volcanic soil suitable for growing Mulberry Climatic conditions supports production of good quality Mulberry

9. Sericulture Stages… Mulberry cultivation Silk worm rearing & cocoon production Reeling of silk filament Re-reeling of silk yarn & Twisting Weaving Processing (Dyeing & Printing) Finishing Garmenting Marketing. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran9

10. Role of Co-operatives.. Mulberry cultivation, Silk worm Rearing & Cocoon production Grading & Selling Handloom Manufacturing Handloom Weaving Central Processing facility Cutting & Sewing Marketing 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran10

11. Local Loom Manufacturing.. To avoid dependency on foreign machine manufacturers, service engineers and spares. Hand-looms can be manufactured with locally available wood (90% parts) and 10% of remaining metallic parts can also be from imported Iron and Steel. Professional Machine Designer to make an engineering design of the handloom Parts Joining with the existing Technical Schools in the country to make use of their Carpentry Workshops/Labs. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran11

12. Vertically Integrated Silk Industry.. With these initiatives We can create a whole new vertically Integrated Silk Industry in Rwanda with all parts of value chain in place in the decentralized sector with cooperative units and SMEs and a larger Private Sector Player can set up Fashion and Product Design Studios along with Export Marketing activities. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran12

13. Employment in RWANDA.. As a result of these initiatives, the estimated employment creation in silk industry could be in the range of about 150,000 with 10000 Hectares of Mulberry Cultivation and corresponding creation of value and Supply chains in the country. The Banana and Pineapple Fibers initiative can create an employment of over 100,000. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran13

14. Expected REVENUE.. The ultimate Export earnings could of the range of $250 Mil Per Year from Silk Exports. The exports from Banana fibers can be over $5 Mil. per year and much more from the Handicraft items and textile production from the country. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran14

15. Silk : From Soil to Neck Tie.. UTEXRWA in Rwanda, is the only company in the whole world having a fully – vertically integrated Silk production facility, from Soil to neck- Tie (final product) under one roof. This all have been made possible with in the last three years. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran15

16. Our Further Development.. Initiation taken to train the trainers from Kigali City for cocoon production We further experimented, using Natural and vegetable dyes and created different samples. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran16

17. With Other New Fibers.. We are also simultaneously working on Banana and Pineapple leaf fiber production which can be emulated in the same model as that of Silk. We have just ordered some Fiber Extractors, and we expect to be extracting Banana and Pineapple fibers by end of May 2009 in Rwanda and will have the trial production and develop products before the end of this year. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran17

18. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran18 Technical Textiles… agrotech: agriculture, aquaculture, horticulture and forestry buildtech: building and construction clothtech: technical components of footwear and clothing geotech: geotextiles and civil engineering hometech: technical components of furniture, household textiles and floor coverings indutech: filtration, conveying, cleaning and other Industrial uses medtech: hygiene and medical mobiltech: automobiles, shipping, railways and aerospace Ecokotech: environmental protection packtech: packaging protech: personal and property protection sporttech: sport and leisure.

19. 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran19 Our Real Life ‘Weaving Dreams in to Prosperity’

20. Thank you…! 6/5/2016by Raj-Rajendran20