Global Textile Technology & Engineering Show-2015 (GTTES 2015), organised by India ITME Society, created a landmark event for textile engineering industry in India and overseas. The event which focused on post spinning sectors attracted ...
Speaking at the inauguration of Tex-Trends India 2015, Indian union textiles minister, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said the new National Textiles Policy will be unveiled after the Union Budget is presented. The new Textiles Policy aims to ...
Tags: home furnishings, yarns, fabrics, silk, Apparel
Textile engineering expo, GTTES-2015 which was held in Mumbai from January 20-22 on an area of 11,500 sq metres, saw over 282 Indian and foreign exhibitors, with a majority of foreign ones coming from China. Ambassadors and consul ...
The Vietnamese envoy to India, Ton Sinh Thanh thanked the Indian government for extending a US $300 million line of credit for strengthening of commercial ties between the two countries. Addressing media on the sidelines of a meeting with ...
Tags: raw material imports, Textile
The manmade fibre (MMF) segment needs to grow substantially if the Indian textile industry has to achieve a turnover of US$ 350 billion by 2025, according to Prem Malik, chairman of Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI). ...
Tags: textile machinery, cotton prices, Textile
The ninth edition of Texfair—the textile machinery, accessories and spares expo—organised by the Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) will be held from 9-12 January, 2015 in Coimbatore. Texfair 2015 is intended to bring ...
Tags: textile mills, powerlooms, handlooms, Textile
Indian synthetic fibre and yarn producers have urged the Union Ministry of Finance to abolish excise duty of 12 per cent levied on the industry and bring it at par with the cotton fibre and yarn sector. “This will help the growth of ...
Tags: cotton fibre, yarn sector, Textile
A joint memorandum has been submitted to the Union Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman by various Indian textile associations, seeking additional two years time to fulfill export obligation under the export promotion capital goods (EPCG) ...
Tags: textile associations, Textile
The textile industry of the Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu aspires to climb up the textile value chain and realise its true potential for which it is depending upon the central government, said an official of a trade body. D Prabhu, ...
The Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, SK Panda recently visited Gurgaon’s leading fashion institute, the Institute of Apparel Management (IAM). During his visit, Panda actively interacted with the faculty and ...
Tags: Fashion School, institute, Apparel
The Government of Gujarat has extended full support for growth of textile machinery show ITMACH India, currently ongoing in Gandhinagar. Speaking at the concurrently held international textile conference ‘India – ...
Tags: textile machinery, Textile
Key priorities for further development of the Indian textile industry were identified at a three-day Uster ‘Quality University’ event held in Goa recently. Delegates at the summit explored the challenges and opportunities ...
Tags: textile industry, Textile
India-based Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and China-based Shandong Ruyi Science and Technology Group Co Ltd (Ruyi) (through its wholly owned subsidiary), have signed definitive agreements for setting up a joint venture (JV) in textiles, ...
Tags: joint venture, Textile
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has requested the Government to reduce the excise duty on all man-made fibres and filaments, as also their raw materials from the current 12 per cent to 6 per cent. In a pre-Budget ...
Tags: man-made fibres, Apparel, Textile
For each of the three preceding fiscal years, India has overachieved it targets set for textile exports, Minister of Textiles, Santosh Kumar Gangwar said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. In fiscal year 2011-12, India exported ...
Tags: textile exports, Textile