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
B&B are very excited to introduce ‘UPJ’, the brand new junior version, which is instantly recognizable UP5_6, an unrivalled icon of Italian design history. The colorful collection specially designed for juniors. The gorgeous ...
Tags: Online Store, Furniture
The American generative design studio Nervous System has developed a 4-D printed dress made from its smart Kinematics software, a 4D printing system for generating complex, foldable forms. The custom-fit outfit, which has been recently ...
Tags: 4-D Printed Dress, flat material, Apparel
Researchers from Canada’s Université Laval’s faculty of science and engineering and center for optics, photonics, and lasers have developed smart textiles that can monitor and transmit the wearers’ biomedical ...
2015 is set to see property across Asia Pacific experience a continued increase in investment volumes, improved tenant demand and structural change across various sectors. According to Colliers International’s 2015 Asia Pacific ...
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
West Yorkshire-based thermoformed packaging specialist Leeds Vacuum Formers (LVF) has invested about £530,000 in two new pieces of machinery to increase its capacity by 25%. The investment will also help in creating five new jobs in ...
Tags: packaging specialist, Agriculture
Led by mattress fabric sales in the second fiscal quarter ended November 2, 2014, Culp, Inc, one of the world’s largest marketers of mattress and upholstery fabrics, reported highest sales for the second quarter in ten years. In ...
Tags: mattress, upholstery fabrics, Textilec
Welspun India Limited (WIL), part of the US$ 3 billion Welspun Group, has unveiled its new spinning facility at Anjar in Gujarat, which is India’s largest spinning facility under one roof. The new, world-class facility was ...
Tags: Spinning Facility, yarn, Textile
One of the leading textile manufacturers of Southeast Asia, Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex) is set to invest around US$ 100 million to enter into the retail business as part of the company’s integration plan for engaging both upstream and ...
Tags: textile operations, Textile
The Jury has now selected the exhibitors in Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair’s hall for young and up-and-coming designers in 2015. They include Frej Wichmann, M-S-D-S Studio, Malin Bobeck and Pettersen & Hein. 33 designers or design ...
Tags: Greenhouse, Stockholm Furniture, Furniture
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
ISPO Textrends Forum, a platform for innovative textiles and components for sportswear manufacturing, has seen participation from companies in 2015, rising by 65 per cent from the prior year. 240 selected products will be presented at the ...
BSL Suiting, a subsidiary of the US$ 900 million LNJ Bhilwara Group, organised a two-day wholesale dealers’ conference in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, last month. At the meet, BSL Suiting displayed its complete range of fabric, including ...
Tags: BSL Suiting, dealers'conference, Textile
Tukatech, US-based leading provider of fashion technology solutions has launched a cloud-based virtual 3D garment development solution, TUKA3D, to improve the digital communication in the field of development and approvals of fabric samples ...
Tags: 3D Garment Development, Tukatech, Apparel