Main production equipment and facilities include the following: TIG welding, MIG welding, metal cutter, bending machine, rolling machine, lathe, shaper, milling machine.

Areas of application: Energy, metalworking industry.
Investment capability: Land - 1,500 sq.m.; building - 500 sq.m.
Development objectives: Expansion/modernisation.
Competition/market size: Growth - 10 per cent; import duty - 7.5 per cent; unit price - local-US$ 30,000, imported-US$ 40,000.
Stage of development: Commercialised.
Production capacity: Current - mini steam boilers-72 units; industrialfabrication items - 140 units.
Raw materials: Domestic supply - 75 per cent; foreign supply - 25 per cent.
Transfer forms: Licensing; production design, technical assistance.
Company profile: Turnover - US$ 625,000; workforce - Managers-4, graduate engineers-6, technicians and skilled workers-45; year of incorporation-1983.
Textile dyeing, printing and finishing project:
A Bangladeshi company wishes to set up a textile dyeing, printing and finishing project. Estimated total project cost is US$ 1.25 million. This project will finish fabrics for 100 per cent export-oriented garment industries. It will be located at Tejgaon industrial area, Dhaka.

In the second phase, the company wishes to go in for export quality weaving project and 100 per cent fabrics ( for export garment industries) will be consumed by its finishing project.

Areas of application: Textile industry.
Investment capability: Land - 2,000 sq.m.; building - 1,500 sq.m.
Demand inlocal market is projected to be 2,000 million meters in 1999-2000.
The present cloth requirement in Bangladesh (domestic) is about 1,500 million meters. There is a demand and supply gap of about 180 million meter dyeing finishing capacity per year. On the other hand, there is a demand and supply gap in export-oriented garment industries and about 90 per cent of these are being imported from India, Pakistan, Thailand, Singapore, Japan and South Korea.
Stage of development: Commercialised.
Transfer forms: Joint venture; equipment supply; investment (against equipment supply); marketing of finished products.
Company profile: Turnover - US$ 250,000; workforce - managers-5, graduate engineers-1, technicians/skilled workers-50; year of incorporation-1965.
Weaving, dyeing and finishing of cotton canvas:
A Sri Lankan company, engaged in the business of natural rubber and canvas shoes, is seeking technology for weaving, dyeing and finishing of cotton canvas, This is a newproject proposed to be set up by the company at IPZ, Katunayake with an estimated project cost of US$ 4 million. The company has a feasibility study of September 1994 for the proposed project.

Areas of application: Shoe industry/ footwear.
Investment capability: Cash - US$ 3 million; land - 8 acres.
Competition/market size: The product is an important substitute.
Local market potential - annual demand-79 million meters; growth-10 per cent; import duty-45 per cent; imported price-US$ 2.17; current supply - 3 per cent indigenously and 97 per cent through imports.
Production capacity: 2,400,000 meters/annum.
Transfer forms: Joint venture.
Company profile: This company is a public quoted company engaged in the manufacture of natural rubber and canvas shoes with annual output (for 1996) being 18,500 tons and 3 million pairs, respectively. The corresponding turnover for these products for the same year amounted to US$ 21.5 million and US$ 9.7million, respectively. Turnover-US$ 31.2 million (1996); Reg capital-US$ 5 million; workforce - total-3058; graduate engineers-12, technicians and skilled workers-2450.

For enquiries: Dr Vadim Y. Kotelnikov, Consultant, Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology, Adjoining Technology Complex, P.O. Box 4575, Off New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110 016. Phone: 6856276, 6966509, 6966521, 6966619, 6966629; Fax: 91-11-6856274; E-mail: gen@apctt.ernet.in.

Compiled by G K Pillai