Has the textile industry really moved from west to east? May be, but last words on the European textile industry have not been written yet.

For all those who visited ITMA Munich , one sight that refuses to go out of focus is the Allianz Arena, the awesome football stadium located near the autobahn (German highway).

Oerlikon Textile, belonging to the Oerlikon Group and under whose umbrella are Saurer, Schlafhorst, Neumag, Barmag, etc enjoyed excellent business performance during the first half of 2007.

Some researchers in the USA made headlines around the world this summer after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) News Office promoted the sleek new spacesuit that they have been developing in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

The 16th ITMA presentation will be held in Barcelona in 2011.

On the eve of ITMA 2007 inauguration, the organisers had some anxious moments. None of visitors (because they have not arrived) and most of the exhibitors (who have already built the stall & gone back to their hotels) had an inkling what happened!

The year 1967 was a great year for DuPont, because of two discoveries. The initial discovery of Tyvek was made in that year, when a Dupont researcher recognised the potential value of a high-strength white polyethylene fibre formed in samples taken from a new high-density polyethylene process.

Dubai witnessed a 16% surge in its economy in 2005, a growth rate approximately twice that of China.

Japanese manufacturers are focusing increasingly on developing fibres and textiles for personal well-being, hygiene and comfort.

From 179 operational malls with 47.4 million sq ft of quality retail space in 2007, India will have 412 malls offering 205 million sq ft of retail space in 2010, says the “Malls in India 2007” study that was released by V Vaidyanathan, ED, ICICI

Nanotechnology and Nanoscience is heralding a new world order. To draw attention to this new world order Department of IT and Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka, is organising a two day Bangalore Nano 2007 Convention on 6th and 7th December 2007, in association with Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

Development of ‘green’ or ‘environmentally-friendly’ products is the most important environmental issue facing manufacturing businesses in India today, according to an international study on sustainability and environmental trends conducted by Harris Interactive for Dow Corning Corporation.

Rieter Textile Systems bestowed the Rieter Award 2007

ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers and ICE, Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, will organise a technological workshop on Italian textile machinery industry in Mumbai on next November 23, 2007.

WFXOnDemand.com, the leader in On-Demand product development software for the Fashion and Apparel Industry, announced the completion of adoption of Ajax Technology into their suite of solutions.