Weavers of Banarasi handloom who have struggling for survival in a dwindling market, have got a shot in the arm with some of the country’s top designers such as Ritu Kumar, Rina Dhaka and Vanita Bose coming together on June 9 to lend ...
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has sought urgent intervention of the Ministry of Textiles in adequate release of cotton procured by the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI). In a letter to textiles ...
Tags: cotton, cotton industry
Facing flat growth, Indonesian textile industry may see moreLAID- unless the government takes some swift action to help the industry, a leading Indonesian daily has mentioned. Several textile manufacturers in Bandung regency have ...
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, including textile and clothing firms, face several challenges—access to finance, rickety infrastructure, patchy energy supplies and security concerns, says a recent Economist ...
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. ...
Wacker Chemie AG has started up a new specialty monomer plant with a yearly capacity of 3,800 metric tons at its Burghausen facility in Germany. "The specialty monomers; vinyl neodecanoate and vinyl laurate are key raw materials in the ...
Tags: Textile
Epson Italia S.p.A., an Epson Group company has bought the remaining stake and fully acquired For.Tex S.R.L., a leader in the textile printing industry. Epson Italia which had purchased a 50 percent stake in For.Tex in 2012 completed the ...
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One of India’s leading manufacturer, marketer and retailer of suiting fabrics, Raymond has announced a new category initiative with the launch of 'Raymond Linen' recently. The company claims that the new suave collection consists of ...
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The 30th India Carpet Expo will be held from October 11 to October 14 this year in Sampurnanand Sanskrit University Ground, at Varanasi, the textiles ministry said in a statement. The expo is being organized by carpet export promotion ...
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Euratex, the European textile trade body recently organised a roundtable which discussed and shared views on the challenges and opportunities for creating and running a manufacturing SME in Europe. The round table organised by Euratex ...
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Clothing made from tropical fabrics such as piña and banana are usually used only during weddings, baptisms, burials and other special occasions in the Philippines. But the Philippine textile research institute of the department of ...
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Visitor numbers at FESPA 2015 Global Expo which was held from May 18-22, 2015 grew 17 per cent over the 2013 edition to reach 43,775 visitors, and in the process drew its largest audience ever. According to a FESPA press release, more ...
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Belgium based carpet weaving machines producer Van de Wiele signed an agreement to purchase French company Superba along with its US subsidiary. According to a Van de Wiele press release, Superba a manufacturer of heat setting machines ...
Tags: Carpet Weaving Machines, heat setting machines, carpet yarns
MTEX Technologies will display its ‘Micro Digital Textile Industry’ solutions at ‘Meet the Manufacturer’ conference and trade show which will be held from June 3-4, 2015 in London’s historic Tobacco Dock. ...
Less than five months away, organisers of autumn edition of Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, Messe Frankfurt said the trade show is already on target to exceed last year’s exhibition space. Located at the new and larger ...
Tags: Apparel Fabrics, Textile