Textile Recycling

This is a key area for Kishco and has been identified by the management as a niche business. Items in this category are both imported into india and exported out of India to serve various industries. These materials constitute residues of all types (cotton, acrylic, wool, polyester, nylon etc.) from different forms of production being fibre manufacture, yarns spinning, fabric weaving/knitting, new garment manufacture etc. 

This material could also be in the form of used clothing waste which is popularly know as rags. This comprises normally wool, acrylic and cotton sweater as also other woollen materials (wool bodies) such as overcoats, jackets, skirts, pants etc which are converted into re-generated fibre/rags for manufacturing of charity blankets. This items can be brought into India in mutilated condition only, if it is in unmutilted condition then it can only be brought in by licensed companies in the free trade zone or by 100% export oriented units. Some of the cotton used clothing waste imported into India is also used within the cleaning industry as wiping material. Supplies mainly come in from U.S.A. and Europe.

On the export side Kishco is shipping all types of knitted hosiery clips ( from new garments) in 100% cotton, poly cotton /poly lycra etc. and the same are used in other countries for manufacture of open end yarn and shoddy. Kishco is also shipping large quantities of polyester re-generated fibre such as poly sliver, poly yarn waste etc in bright/semi-dull etc. Also nylon is being exported to Europe for the manufacture of non-woven fabric.

Lastly there is a dynamic business for different Cotton Wastes also, as this is a price sensitive item there are times when it is exported out of India whereas at other times it can be imported into India - this could be in the form of fibre waste, yarn waste, sliver waste, noil waste etc.

In short Kishco has a market within/outside India for all kinds of textile waste at a relevant price level.