BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KOMBOLCHA TEXTILE SHARE COMPANY
The public primary objective of the reason director of sector in manufacture textile product
the view to textile sector in run by the national textile cooperation under the ministry
industry The meeting the national demand especially for close as far as possible and to
generate surplus need for fuser investment in economic development. The town of
kombolcha in the wollo administrative region was selected for the location of textile mill
primary for the following reasons:-
Proximity of the town to the sources of the cotton.
Aveleblity of water, Electric power and other infrastracher facility such as
telephone, postal, banking, insurance service and airstrip.
To enhance the economic Development of the region and create employment
opportunities.
Kombolcha textile Share Company was established in 1984 at kombolcha town in the south
wollo administrative zone of Amharic regional state 380km north of Addis Ababa and
500km of the port of Djibouti the company is an integrated textile mill with andesine and
attainable capacity off 22million and 18million square meter of fabric per annum respect.
The total investment was birr 220million it was reorganized as a share company in 1998
by proclamation No 146/1998 with a capacity of birr 150 million the government has made
hung investment on it with this investment the company renovated its production in
2003e.c budget year with the following main objective:-
To manufacture yarn and all kinds of gray and finished fabrics form cotton and
producing 100% bleached, dyed and printed cotton fabrics with different sizes.
To prepare goods for hose hold use formed cotton yarn fabrics products
byproducts.
To sell its product locally and aboard.
VISION OF THE COMPANY
To be export leaders of the manufacturing 100% cotton products through environmental
friendly processes with safety the customer’s needs.
MISSION THE COMPANY
To produce 100% of cotton textile products with can stratify the customer need and
expand the market shear there by generally profit and benefiting all stakeholders and play
vital role in the department of country economy.
PRODUCTION CAPACITY
The annual theoretical capacity of the company is 25million secure meter of fabric when it
works in three
TECHNOLOGY
Kombolcha textile Share Company is integrated textile mill. consisting machineries ,the
insulted machineries are Germen ,France ,chegozech republic and Italian origin in addition
to production machineries the company is also equipped with utility and auxiliary tool and
equipments .
MAIN PRODUCTS OF KOMBOLCHA TEXTILE SHARE COMPANY
The company is known for producing 100% of cotton yarn and fabric’s based up on the
customer specification and orders the range of product include from heavy to light fabrics,
both in grey and fished state. Local and export markets of kombolcha textile share company
products are:-
Abujedied
Grey sheeting
Mulmul
Sheeting (dyed and printed)
Poplin
Bed sheet
Twill/kaki
Terry towel
Drill
Lining fabric
Curtain cloth
Bleached fabric
Yarn
Bed spread French twill
Shirting material
Major input and consumption
The company input and its consumption at its full capacity are as follows:-
Input raw material consumption sources
Lint cotton 7000ton/annum Local cotton farmer and
ginner
Furnace oil 8500ton/annum Oil companies
Electrical power 12500kw EEPCO
Steam 26ton/hr Own steam generation plant
Water 3200m/day Own wells
Dye stuffs chemicals 41149kg/year Local and import
Spare parts import
END USERS OF THE COMPANY
The end users of the kombolcha textile share company are both local and export supplier.
The kombolcha textile share company of the domestic supply of fabrics in past five years is
about 22%in volume. The company suppliers the domestic market with greay fabrics
different types of bed sheets terry towel wills and yarns. The large portion 60%of the
company’s production volume export and 40%of its production is local.
Export market of kombolcha textile Share Company
This company is well experienced firms in export it was first company to start export of
great and dyed fabrics in the history of the country textile export kombolcha textile share
company exporters products to the following countries:-
Italy
Switzerland
Australia
Germany
America
Local customer of kombolcha textile share company:-
Regional
Whole sellers
Garment factories
Foam and plastic factories
TOTAL PROCESS OF THE COMPANY
In kombolcha textile Share Company there are four different departments. This department
is worked different job. These departments is worked interrelated each other.
The departments are:-
1. Spinning department
2. Waving department
3. Pros sing and garment department
4. Engineering department
First the line cotton is come from different suppliers and inspects the cotton check the
quality of the cotton depends on the quality standard of the company. After that the line
cotton is goes to the spinning department. In this company two lines that are:-
1. Old line
2. New line
First we see the old line spinning department, the spinning department is two rooms:-
1. Blowing room
2. Carding room
In blowing room we get blowing machine and the machine is blow the cotton after that the
cotton is goes to the carding room in this room we get drawing machine is used to the
cotton makes sliver after that the silver cotton is goes to fly frame (roving machine) after
that the product is goes to ring frame machine in this the yarn is produced in can shape.
The can shape yarn change in to con shape by using winding machine
2nd we see the new line spinning department
In this department the same to old line two rooms
1. Blowing room
2. Carding room
In blowing room we saw different machine that are
Silver opening (recycling) machine :-this machine used inspect the cotton and re-use the
cotton from the other room west after that we saw plant dominant machine :-this machine
used mix the cotton the cotton supplier are different and it came from different country so
it must be mix.
SP-MF machine is use:-
Differentiate the cotton form different west.
Detect the cotton from west metal.
May be when fire is start it stop the fire by using its senser
CP-FP machine:-
It use to better the cotton
MX-1:-
It used mix the cotton
SP-FP: - is use to color detector.
The other room we get in the spinning department is carding room
Caring room
Carding .m (TC-07) carding .m (marzolil)
1ST drawing machine 1st drawing machine
2nd drawing machine 2nd drawing machine
Fly frame
Ring frame
Winding machine
After this the con shape yarn is goes to yarn store and yarn is goes from the store to waving
preparatory room ‘the con shape yarn is goes in to beam machine the yarn is role in to the
roller to increase the strength and dicers the harness of the yarn in this room
After all this presses the yarn is goes to in waving department
Waving room has versamat,sulzer,doiner.
By using the above machine we can produce different companies’ product this products goes to
inspection room in this room we get different machine this machines are:-
Shearing machine
Inspection machine
Folding machine
From this room the product is goes to store after this the product is goes to in the 3 rd
department pressing and garment department in this department we get two room :-
Pros sing room
Garment room
In pressing room we can saw different machine:-
Singing machine:-it use by using fire remove the west from the products
and washed by water.
Scoring machine:-in this machine the products boil by caustic soda.
Bach box:-in this box the product is put by giving Bach time from 1-3 horse and also
give steam tempracher from 90-100c
Washing machine:- use to wash
Draying machine;- use to dray
Bleaching machine:- wash the product by using chemical , sop ,caustic
soda ,stay blazer and acetic acid
Mersinsing machine:-it use to fix day, increase softness.
Printing machine: - use to print.
Geiger machine:-use to full bleach, Day, Wash.
Polymerizing machine:- use to fix the color
Starter machine:- It used to;
-to day
-to wash
-to dry
-to fix
Shearing proof :-
It uses to starch the product in the maximum level up to 10 mm.
Calendar – it use to starch the product up to 5mm.
After the product is goes to in inspection room then it leads to Garment room and lastly,
finish the product and packed it.
The fourth department is engineering department. It has four room or job.
-Electrical
-Workshop- wood & metal
-Boiler
-Main store
Negatives gaps that I have seen in this company
-Lack of reliability concept in maintenance.
-Lack of standard time in each process.
-Lack of quality in export product.
-The air conditioning system is limited only a few stations of the company.
-There are some useless machines and vehicles.
-Lack of knowledge about safety.
-Ergonomic problems while the employee done their work.
-An organize main store.
-Mismatch of capacity one to anther department.
-Lack of inspection when the machine in work.
-The operators not familiar with the new machine.
