# Which dyeing, bleaching, stenter and finishing machines does the Small Industries Development Bank of India's (SIDBI) textile list name?

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SIDBI's textile assessment for its Financing Mitigation and Adaptation Projects (FMAP) programme names 31 wet process and finishing machine entries, all Category B: pre-treatment 2, washing and heat setting 5, bleaching and mercerising 2, dyeing and printing 11, and finishing 11. It calls the list indicative, not exhaustive.

## Dyeing and printing, 11 Category B entries

- Automatic printing machine; air dyeing technology; programmable logic controller (PLC) based dyeing machine; pulser dyeing technique.
- Soft flow or jet flow dyeing machine, with a low material to liquor ratio of 1:5 or lower.
- Roller steamer or polymeriser; waterless dyeing technology; automatic hank or yarn dyeing machine; PLC based package dyeing machine.
- Tumble dryer and hydro extractor, both listed under dyeing.
- A computerised embroidery machine is on the same page but is Category C.

## Washing, heat setting and stenters, 5 entries

- Heat recovery system for stenters; grey heat setting.
- Multi chamber stenter (minimum 4 chambers) with arrangement of oil or gas heating.
- Gas fired stenters; airtight hot air stenter machine using an alternating current inverter drive.

## Pre-treatment, bleaching and finishing

- Pre-dyeing, 2: wet fabric spreading and squeezing machine; washing range with arrangement of tension free fabric drying and reduced water consumption or water reuse system.
- Bleaching and mercerising, 2: open width continuous scouring and bleaching range with microprocessor control; PLC based mercerising machine.
- Finishing, 11: PLC based compacting machine; radio frequency, infrared radiant gas fired, microwave, loop or relax dryer; automatic variable frequency drive, servo or PLC driven fabric straightening machine; balloon padding (listed twice); relax dryer; slit opener with squeeze mangle; fabric reversing and slit opening machine; specialty finisher for brushing, sueding, raising and compacting; squeezer with slit opener; industrial washing and drying machines and tumble dryers.

## How to read the list

- SIDBI's note says the list is indicative and not exhaustive, and that other machines may be considered by SIDBI as the funding entity only where they fall within the approved scope and eligibility criteria of the programme, are screened and categorised under its management system, and comply with its environment and social standards.
- The category shown is the typical risk of the process or technology. Where the same technology is part of a brownfield expansion in a new location, a greenfield unit or an off site project, the final category is set through due diligence and site screening, and the note says it may be Category B where land, siting, community or other site risks are moderate and manageable.
- Being on the list does not approve a loan. For wet processing, SIDBI also looks at your effluent plant; see the page linked below.
- One match with a manual: the Tiruppur manual's soft flow case assumes a liquor ratio of 3.5, inside the list's 1:5 or lower.

## Counting the entries

- Pre-treatment 2 + washing and heat setting 5 + bleaching and mercerising 2 + dyeing and printing 11 + finishing 11 = 31 Category B entries
- Balloon padding is listed twice. The embroidery machine is Category C and not counted.

Counts are of the numbered machine rows in SIDBI's document for each process. The shared items on each table (solar power, vehicles, charging, rainwater, green buildings) are not counted.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible's green loan check shows how ready your bills and records are for a green loan, and Senseible reads fuel invoices and electricity bills into monthly records. It does not approve loans or speak for SIDBI.

- [SIDBI textile loan: dyeing and effluent plant](https://senseible.earth/answers/sidbi-gcf-loan-textile-dyeing-etp-capacity-check)
- [FMAP eligible energy efficiency technologies](https://senseible.earth/answers/fmap-eligible-energy-efficiency-technologies)
- [SIDBI FMAP and the Green Climate Fund](https://senseible.earth/answers/sidbi-fmap-green-climate-fund-programme)
- [Tiruppur soft flow dyeing machine report](https://senseible.earth/answers/tiruppur-soft-flow-dyeing-machine-report-payback)
- [Green loan readiness check](https://senseible.earth/green-loan-check)

Sources: [SIDBI, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Direct Financing, Textile Sector (FMAP, updated 8 June 2026)](https://www.sidbi.in/assets/front/pdf/Textile_ESIA_ESM_Direct_Finance.pdf)

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. From SIDBI's textile assessment updated on 8 June 2026. SIDBI can change the list; check the current document and ask your branch before you order a machine.