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We have 92 million tons a year of textile waste
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which is only to a very small percentage
recycled, the rest is burned or used for
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landfill and I think we can't go on like that.
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If you see the global
population will grow a lot over the next
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decades and the textile production will
go up, so something we have to change and
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I think the young generation
is much more sensitive than they were
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before and that will influence even
the elderly people.
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So I think we will see a move
in the next two or three years strongly
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to more sustainable garments and textiles.
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The Amann Group is producing sewing thread
and embroidery thread
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for a wide range of different industrial
branches and segments
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which is used in thousands of
applications, which are very different.
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If you look at the production processes,
we need a lot of
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electrical energy for the pre
spinning operation for twisting and
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weaving and then finally
it's the dyeing operation which consumes
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gallons and gallons of water to dye the
garments
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and to get the colour.
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In the last five
years we saved 29 percent
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of the water, which will be used before
and that is mainly done by
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reusing wastewater.
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We are using in our plants reverse osmosis.
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We are investing into this,
so that we are reusing our water
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and we are planning in the next few
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years that all our production
units are working with reverse osmosis.
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Certification for our environmental management,
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we already got in 2008, so
ISO 14,001.
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We are doing audits every year
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in all our production units, we have
one standard worldwide so if we have
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14,001 here environmental management in Augsburg,
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we apply the same to every single
production site we have in the world,
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so there is only one standard in the Amann Group.
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We took the strategic decision to open
the plant in Romania
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mainly because our country is still a
production hub for
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automotive and fashion customers.
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Our plant is the result of consistent
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investment, done across the last 15 years
benefiting from state-of-the-art technology.
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The implementation of
sustainable practices
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has definitely changed the way we run
this plant.
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In meeting the upcoming
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concerns of our customers, we initiated
the certification
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of the global recycling standard for our
production of recycled threads.
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By streamlining materials and processes
and by installing new technologies
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we have more control and less human
resources errors.
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All these actions translate into a safer
workplace,
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a cleaner environment, a better product
quality while enhancing
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the control of the process.
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We are a global company and we are
originally come from Germany
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but, you know, the textiles industry is moving around
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and we have to supply our customers in
their required lead time.
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And that is only possible if we produce
in the country where our customers are
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and that is, for example, Bangladesh and
we produce in Bangladesh for Bangladesh
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only on supply chain reasons.
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Theoretically, it would be possible
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to import to Bangladesh thousands of
articles and that's
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bringing it in from different production
locations, that's neither economical nor sustainable
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and for sure not possible in our business.
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Amann Bangladesh plant produces sewing
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and embroidery thread for the fashion industry.
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We have very sophisticated plant
machinery
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and follow best practices to our
production processes
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to ensure the best quality product, service, and the safety of our people.
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From the beginning,
we paid high importance in building
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a professional team.
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Now, Amann Bangladesh have most
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experienced and versatile team of
professionals in the industry.
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Amann consciously
decided
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to enter into the UN Global Compact.
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Bangladesh is also part of this.
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Our ambition, not only to be pioneer
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in producing high quality product and
service
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but also in activities in the spirit of sustainability.
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The 10 principles from the UN Global Compact
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are for, on one the base
of our work outside, we have to train the
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people outside as well
on those principles and that is all
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integrated in our code of conduct as
well.
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When I look at
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what has changed, is that we have a huge
demand from our customers
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requesting for recycled threads, they all
are bringing
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new lines in, because they have seen even
based on Friday for future trends and
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all this that the young
generation gets more and more sensitive
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on what we do with our resources and how we
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treat our environment.
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I think we are ahead of the curve, we have
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even now started and we are the first
company doing that.
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We will bring sewing thread
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cradle to cradle basis, on the one side
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really disposable cradle to cradle
theory that nothing left you
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can put the thread on the ground and it
goes away
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or you have biological cradle to cradle
purposes, where you
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produced it and
at the end you can reuse the thread to 100 percent.
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Even an insignificant part
in the production chain, like the
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sewing thread,
can make a difference as well.
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It is a very important part of the whole
and not just the the big part makes a
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difference, every small part makes a difference as well.
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