India-based dairy company Prabhat is planning to improve its net profit in 2015-16 by using INR1.85bn ($27.9m) out of its INR3bn ($45m) public issue to reduce debt. The company, which recently ventured into value-added products such as ...
Tags: condensed milk, milk powders
In its first estimate for the upcoming season beginning October 2015, the Cotton Association of India (CAI) has pegged the country's cotton production at 380 lakh bales, almost unchanged from the current year's output of 382-383 lakh bales ...
Tags: cotton supply, cotton output
Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Ltd, a sister concern of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd and a manufacturer of critical process pumps and API steam turbines, has completed the testing of indigenously-developed API steam turbine K-TUR, at the KEPL ...
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Textile spinning mills affiliated to the Northern India Textile Mills' Association (NITMA) are considering cutting back production and shutting down their mills once a week against the current trend of operating a mill 24x7. In a press ...
Tags: spinning mills, yarn, Textile
Driven by strong volume growth and surge in domestic sales, revenues in the three months to June 30, 2015 at Indian home textiles major and BK Goenka led Welpsun India Ltd soared 18 per cent year on year. In the first quarter of fiscal ...
Tags: home textiles, textile
The three-day International Textiles, Weaving Machinery and Accessories Expo held in Erode in Tamil Nadu generated business of over Rs 200 crore, according to media reports. In a press release, M A Rayappan, chairman of Hi-Tech ...
Tags: International Textiles, textile manufcture, weaving machinery
According to the latest cotton report of the Indian Cotton Federation (ICF), Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has managed to get a good response to their e-auctions recently. “Mills are buying for their near future requirements and ...
Tags: textile, cotton, cotton sowing
For the second time, Surat, Gujarat-based textile dyeing company Zenitex has made it to the Limca Book of Records for winning top recognition for sustainable practices in the textile industry in India. Elated on achieving the ...
Tags: textile dyeing, textile product
Textile segment sales in the first quarter ended June 30, 2015 grew 10.74 per cent year over year at diversified Indian manufacturer, Sintex Industries Ltd. In a BSE filing, the textile division of Sintex Industries reported sales of Rs ...
Tags: Textile Segment, Sintex Industries, Textile
Textiles minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar has said that given its employment and export intensity, the apparel industry plays a significant role in realizing the vision of ‘Make in India’, according to an official statement. His ...
Tags: Apparel Industry, Textile
Gujarat based producer of polyester multifilament yarn has commissioned and begun commercial production of a 3,500 tons per annum carpet yarn manufacturing plant. “This is a valued added product and will generate additional revenue ...
Tags: textile manufacture, fabric yarn, polyester multifilament yarn
Kumara Mangalam Birla led Aditya Birla Chemicals (ABCIL) and a company of the Aditya Birla Group said it has received shareholders’ approval for merging the company with Grasim Industries. “The merger between the two companies ...
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Japanese automotive major Honda Motor is all set to come up with a new car manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Gujarat, moving towards inking a state support agreement (SSA) with the government by next four weeks. The Indian ...
Most of the cotton growing states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka have started getting good rainfall, which has led to farmers beginning sowing of cotton. “CCI has sold nearly 1.5 ...
Tags: Propel Cotton Sowing, Textile
The Mafatlal brand of Mafatlal Industries has been awarded India’s No.1 Brand in 2014 under India’s Best Textile Company category by the No.1 Brand Awards Council. The award was presented recently at a ceremony in Mumbai. ...