Application of Various Finishing of Wool
Introduction
India consume about 33 million kg of wool in total out of this 70 million kg are imported from Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Turkey and South America. They are use in apparel, blanket, knitwear, shawl and carpet industry. Indian apparel wool (33 million kg) is consumed in worsted fabric, knitwear and shawl industries. The rising power of Indian consumers and their growing aspiration of good quality clothing would lead to double the consumption of wool containing materials. However due to changing trend in fashion, compromising quality in raw material and finishing and lack in technical knowledge witnessed a negative growth in wollen sector. Since quality, design, innovative and value added products would therefore be the prime mover, it is the time to look at product development and market diversification seriously. Chemical processing helps to a great extent to improve both functional and aesthetics values of textiles and hence the value addition through this process is far higher than other textile processes
Author is Lecturer, Dept of Apparel Technology, S.S.M. Institute Textile Technology & Polytechnic College, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, T.N.
