BOTTOM WEIGHTS and SHIRTING (Piece Dyed)

Our Technology

Over 22 million meters per annum is manufactured out of the state of art technology dye house, offering a comprehensive range in 100 % cotton of piece dyeds bottom weights, piece dyed shirting, pfd bottom weights and white shirting which passes the strictest quality control standards at each stage.

The Bottoms constitute of Twills, Chinos, Gabardine, Tussore, Canvass, Bedford cord structured fabrics etc. and Shirting range includes poplins, twills, cord, satin, combination weaves, dobby weaves.

The piece dyed and pfd/white range of Bottom Weights and Shirting caters to the apparel world for:

- Men's/Women's/Kids wear
Dress / Formal shirts
Casual shirts
Outerwear jackets
Dress / Formal trousers
Casual trousers
Cargos
Skirts

Standard products are offered in each category with consistent product quality and at competitive prices. Looking at the dynamics of the fashion world we offer products during specific season, customized to specific end uses to our customers. However the customers can provide ideas, samples or a brief to get any new product developed. All care is taken during product offering to check the product quality with respect to the customer specified norms for most important product performance parameters.

Each product becomes unique by the selection of variants like:

Cotton type:

We offer all core products with the standard available cottons in order to maintain consistency of the product. However we can adapt any product as per customer needs and change cotton type accordingly.

For finer shirting we offer cottons like American Pima or Egyptian Giza where contamination levels can be controlled. All other Indian cottons are also offered.

Tencel, modal or any other new fiber is being offered as per customer demands.

Yarn counts:

Yarn counts as well as the yarn type within a specified weight range are decided with respect to the end use, the season and the price points. The Yarn types generally offered are ring-spun carded, ring-spun combed ring-spun compact or open end yarn types with or without slubs, with or without stretch yarns.

The counts of these yarns range from the coarse counts of 6's, 7's, 8's, 10's, 12's, 16's 20's,30's to the fine and superfine counts of 40's, 50's in singles and from 2/20's, 2/30's, 2/40's, 2/50's 2/60's as well as three ply in 3/80's and 3/100's.

Weave & constructions

Weave and Constructions are applied to each fabric depending on the end uses, the weight required and the look envisaged.

The weaves can be varied from the basic Plains/poplin, twills, Matts, Oxfords, Satins to herringbones or structured dobby weaves.

Fabric construction is based on Ends and Picks per inch/cm this is determined as per the weight requirements the counts and weaves selected. Very open to the most compacted and dense constructions are offered to meet the continuously evolving demands for newer fabric constructions. This assumes importance on account of light to heavy and a variety of garment treatments being done to differentiate the products.

Piece dyed colours:

Season to season, brand to brand, country to country colour / shade becomes one important parameter to differentiate and stand out. There are core and regular season-less colours in the range as well as the library keeps getting added with seasonal and new fashion colours based on the changing trends. We provide options from Vat piece dyeds, Reactive piece dyeds, pigment dyed and overprinted and yarn-dyed-over-dyed options to select from. Colour gets developed now through the fabric cutting, the standard pantone number or even the E-lab dip process. While developing colours, care is taken to evaluate the recipe to verify that it meets all the specified standards.

Finishes:

Mechanical and chemical finishes primarily imparted to achieve the desired handle and look of the fabric are offered as:

Hand-feel enhancement finishes: cotton soft, euro soft, micro-sanded, brushed, micro bounce

Functional finishes: active fresh, anti microbial, quick wick, nano care, nano pel, nano care square, Teflon, fire retardant. With the state of art cyclone air drying technology we specialize in providing highly consistent results in the special functional finishes.


Sampling:

Lab-dips including E - lab-dipping is available to cut down on the development lead times.
The mill keeps all core and collection fabrics ready for lab-dip dyeing ready. All lab dips are supplied to customers for approval after due recipe evaluations.

Just in time product range:

The last decade textiles have scaled new levels in the demand for lower minimums, quick deliveries and consistent quality. We offer Just-In-time fabrics, where the customer is most powerful, as he decides the quantity and the lead time. With the help of demand and trend forecast a comprehensive range of products in predefined colours are available as Just-in-Time in piece dyed Bottom weights. Ashima being the first mill has the expertise to predict the market trend and offer consistent products every season. This range is not only competitively prices but can be used for efficient garment makers to send out garments from conceptualization to shelf in the shortest possible cycle times. As the colours and qualities are standardized every season the customer can save on time and money for testing and retesting lot after lot before manufacturing. The most important aspect is there is NO minimum lot size per order; customer can select small quantities to test market without any risk and later on order the bulk quantities. Just In time is a range that elevates our customer confidence and is a model which enhances the value for money concept to the highest possible levels in textiles.

Performance Standards

All our shirting fabrics consistently meet customers specified norms for residual shrinkage, colour fastness, skew, tear and tensile strength etc.

All fabrics meet Oekotex standards as well.