With qualified hands, we will achieve a miracle in the textile industry – El Hewar Algeria

Nasira Syed Ali

A group of industrialists whose views were surveyed by Al-Hiwar on how to re-advance the textile industry in Algeria, as it was during the seventies and eighties of the last century, explained that they are ready to make Algeria a global pole in this field, and to transform it from an importing country into an exporting country, and from a consumer to a producer. And this will not come – according to them – only after the realization of many issues that serve as a basis for building an industrial base for textiles, especially those industrialists who add the presence of political will and the orientation of the Algerian state towards establishing a complete national industry with a competitive Algerian brand in the international markets.

Sun Textile Corporation: With the support of higher authorities, we will make an industrial boom

In this regard, the manager of the company “Tissage Le Soleil” .. the fabric of the sun .. from Tlemcen, Mohamed Reda Bastawy said in his interview with “Al-Hiwar” that our factories are specialized in manufacturing everything that is traditional, which distinguishes the western Algerian region, and everything that women need Algerian clothes, such as “al-Hayek, bath towels, curtains, furnishings and table supplies such as towels, luxurious hand covers…etc,” in addition to some traditional costumes that represent other regions of the country, in addition to knitting “blouses” and selling them ready-made, stressing that the staff of his foundation seeks Struggling to revive the Algerian textile industry, which flourished during the seventies, after which it witnessed a sharp decline and decline in our industrial cycle during the years of terrorism that destroyed everything that was beautiful in Algeria, and therefore – the same speaker adds – great efforts must be made after it became clear that There is a political will that affirms and demands a return to the local industry and the revival of the Algerian industrial fabric, including the textile industry.

Regarding the necessary issues that the authorities must provide in order for the industrialist to have a real start, it is to reduce costs on raw materials that burden the owners of the establishments. To buy expensive supplies, in addition to the high costs of taxes and social security expenses for non-employees, i.e. self-employed, especially since there are periods – the same speaker adds – that their activity somewhat declines, such as during the month of Ramadan. Nevertheless, the costs of the factory are continuous, which calls for the need for state intervention. To help us provide more for this industry, which has begun to decline with time, especially since the President of the Republic recommends during the industrial revival symposium, calling for the need to open horizons and pave the way for the Algerian industry to move in a prosperous procession to ensure economic efficiency with high returns.

Gitex Group: We are ready to make the textile industry number one globally

On the status of the textile industry sector in Algeria, the President and General Manager of the Gitex Group, Taoufik Berkani, told Al-Hiwar that the President of the Republic always calls for the revival of the national economy during the meetings and seminars he held, and the revival of the industrial sector, including the textile industry, stressing That the GITEX complex drew a road map and set priorities in order to remove all obstacles that stand in the way of achieving the economic profitability that it seeks, indicating that its institution suffers from several problems, like any company, including a shortage of qualified manpower, calling for the manufacture of raw materials instead of importing them from abroad, Similar to cotton cultivation, and other inputs in order to eliminate external dependence in the future, stressing that his authority has drawn broad lines and drawn up a rich program to promote its products and how to market them, introduce digitization in its production lines, and keep pace with modern technology by opening electronic pages to display its products through the digital space, even It gives its activity a modern dimension and even works to develop its products to make it competitive in the global markets.

Pacheco: The perfect alternative to plastic and the international market is our ambition

For his part, the commercial director of the one-man company “Pacheco”, Adel Makdoud, told Al-Hiwar that his company specializes in non-woven fabric, and it is 100% Algerian made, and it is used by the agricultural and agricultural sector, and it is an ideal alternative to plastic, and it is valid To be used in bags and plastic houses, and that the company’s staff carries an ambition that makes it develop for the better, so that it can enter into the process of exporting to international markets, because the company’s products – according to him –

“Medjo Criasio”: Our goal is to bring traditional costumes to the Arab markets

In his interview with Al-Hiwar, the company’s career, “Made Joe Creaso” said, “My sister and I specialized in sewing traditional costumes, which is a craft that we inherited from our mother and grandmother. Similar to the installation of different forms of Aqash, and Ftla, and the reasons for establishing this workshop are due to the sake of preserving the ancestral craft and continuing in the field of preserving the traditional industry so that it does not disappear with modern fashions, and also in order to preserve it as well as an authentic Algerian folk heritage and so that it is not plundered by Moroccans who attribute Algerian traditions and customs transmitted in Algerian society to Morocco, which happens daily in the plundering of our tangible and intangible heritage, and also in order to restore the position of the ancient Algerian industry amidst this current cultural momentum, adding that traditional crafts are one of the components of Algerian identity, and by observing them we are We have made this authentic heritage, which indicates our civilizational affiliation, especially since the parts of our beloved homeland say… it is rich in a diverse cultural heritage that is rooted in the womb of human history.

In order to give this craft its modern touch without departing from its originality, we have adopted electronic models, so as not to take a long time to complete the bride’s suit, such as the karako, which used to take 6 months to complete the embroidery of the piece. Now within 3 days, the traditional costume is completed, as well as the jubbah. Al-Furqani, which was singled out on the skin, and when the price of the leather rose, they began to spread the shapes on the cardboard, and it usually hindered the bride while sitting, but now ways and methods have been devised to sew it in a modern way in a smooth way, and it is easy for the bride to wear it comfortably, calling on the authorities concerned with traditional industry to organize exhibitions in countries Arabia so that we know the Arab woman in the Algerian traditional dress, and also to open a door for us towards marketing, as well as providing the requirements of this craft of raw materials and semi-manufactured to enrich the traditional industry sector.

Maram Family Company: The owners of the textile sector must be helped

In the same context, the production manager of the “Maram” family, Viqas Akram Sharaf El-Din, explained that our products, which fall within the framework of the textile industry, are ready to achieve national self-sufficiency and penetrate into foreign markets, indicating that despite the problems that the textile sector suffers from, they are ready to Upgrading this type of industry, which they want to bring back to the fore more than before, calling for the importance of providing raw materials, and introducing the latest machines, which are the basic work elements to start developing this industry.

Sullivan Company: Provide us with the necessary materials and we will guarantee you the effectiveness

For his part, the owner of a company specialized in the manufacture of non-woven fabric “Sullivan”, Farid Khreib, explained in his statement to “Al-Hiwar” that the materials produced by his establishment are mainly directed to the agricultural sector, and that his company, since its actual launch in the production process in 1978, has not stopped despite The great obstacles and fierce storms that it faced, but despite that, it strives to improve the textile industry in Algeria, which is a hundred percent Algerian industry. With new technologies and it will be marketed soon, calling for the need to provide all semi-manufactured raw materials or raw materials so that we can go with this type of industries far in Algeria and work to export them outside the country.