Pakistan has a
great future in cotton spinning
Interview: Hans Stahlecker, CEO
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 Rotorcraft
was founded in Switzerland in 1973 by the current Chairman
and President, Mr. Hans Stahlecker. It has since become a
world leader in designing and marketing innovative
spinning solutions. Hans Stahlecker and his team have been
doing extensive research in developing a compacting system
which does not require air-suction, elaborate maintenance,
costly spare parts and ever increasing cost of power.
Pakistan Textile Journal is pleased to publish an
exclusive interview of Mr. Hans Stahlecker, CEO of
Rotorcraft AG, Switzerland. Rotorcraft is represented in
Pakistan by Industrial Trading Impex.
Nadeem Mazhar, Editor |
These are indeed difficult times
for the global economy. Do you see a light at the end
of the tunnel soon?
I believe that the worst is already over and I can see some
encouraging signs as we have received orders from China and even
Pakistan. It is, however, very difficult to predict exactly when
we can expect a complete recovery. Hopefully by the end of this
year the situation will be much better than today.
In my opinion the reason behind this mess is that the bankers
and hedge fund managers have turned banks into casinos. They
have been literally gambling with very high stakes. These
bankers were gambling with other people’s money to such an
extent that the entire global economy collapsed eventually. It
has really hurt the real industry which is not based on mere
speculation. However as I said earlier I do see signs of
improvement and recovery by end of 2009.
How do you foresee the future of
cotton spinning in the next five years?
I believe that in the next five years concentration of cotton
spinning will remain in Asia particularly in China, India and
Pakistan. This will be even more formidable in the future
whether we like it or not. This is a very good opportunity for
us because spinning mills in Asia and particular the three
countries I mentioned will need the most modern technology and
we will be in the best position to provide that for them.
Our focus, therefore, is Asia and we keep in mind the
peculiarities of the Asian spinners in mind when developing new
technology to provide better solutions for our customers.
What are some of the new
developments we can expect from Rotorcraft in the near future?
We are working very hard on two very exciting developments
which we expect to bring to the market by the end of this year
which at this point I would not like to disclose.
I can assure you that they will be of great value to our
customers. We at Rotorcraft bring to our customers tools to
produce the same yarn at lower cost or better yarn at the same
cost.
This is in a nutshell our goal and philosophy and I am proud
to say that we have made tremendous headway in this direction
and the new developments that we will unveil will also be based
on the principal of significant cost savings for our customers.
In my opinion almost all the spinning in the future will be
compact spinning. However this will only be possible if the
cost of producing compact yarn is the same as that of the
standard yarn.
Do you believe Pakistan’s textile
industry will be receptive to these new
developments by Rotorcraft?
I am absolutely sure of that. Pakistan is going to be one of
our biggest markets and the technology of Rotorcraft is ideal
for Pakistani spinning mills.
Pakistan has always been a very special country for me. This
was the first country which I visited after World War and sold
the first drafting equipment. In my opinion Pakistan has a
very bright future in the field of textiles.
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