The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh has assured the textile industry that the Government will pay the closest attention to devise appropriate strategies to further promote the growth and the competitiveness of this vital national industry. The Prime Minister stated this while delivering the inaugural address at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), in New Delhi.

Organisers of the first-ever combined ITMA ASIA + CITME textile machinery show are aiming for a multinational event – with large numbers of trade buyers from the key textile-producing nations across the whole of Asia among the expected 1,00,000 visitors.

2nd DIFS 2008 – Dhaka International Yarn & Fabric Show 2008, to be held concurrently with 9th Textech Bangladesh 2008 International Expo, the leading, oldest & biggest series of Exhibition in Bangladesh on Textile Garment technology & machinery and for the entire Garment & Textile world of Bangladesh drawing huge visitors from the garment arena of Bangladesh, the biggest Export Exchange earning industry of Bangladesh with export of over US$ 8 Billion and requires to import over 75% Fabric (Woven) for the Garment export demand of over 5,000 Garment & Textile factories / mills of the country.

Applications for ITM 2009 International Textile Machinery Exhibition to be held on 6-10 June 2009 at Beylikduzu Tuyap have started. The world’s leading technology giants are showing great interest to ITM 2009 being organized with the cooperation of Teknik Ltd, Tuyap and TEMSAD.

Nearly 100 suppliers will feature a full range of apparel yarns and fibres during Yarn Expo Spring 2008, running 27 - 29 March 2008 at the China World Trade Centre, Beijing.

The double appointment in Milan of Intertex Milano and Ready To Show which just took place at the Palazzo delle Stelline Exhibition Center (February 13 to 15) concluded with a positive note despite the undisputable difficulties of the market.

“Innovation and development of technology is the need of the hour. More and more investment in the areas of technology upgradation, research and development is being made in the manufacturing sector including Agro & Food Industries,” said Mr Subodh Kant Sahai, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Food Processing, Government of India while inaugurating the Innovative Technologies for Manufacturing 2008 (ITM) Expo organised by the All India Association of Industries and World Trade Centre, Mumbai.

The Igedo Fashion Fairs Düsseldorf, which came to a close recently have continued their upward trend and are consolidating their position as one of the most important fashion fairs in Europe.

The Czech textile sector saw sales rise by 4% to Kc56.8bn in 2007 but the number of employees decreased by 10% to 54,000, according to preliminary data released by the Czech Association of the Textile, Clothing and Leather Industries ATOK.

The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit organised one day Seminar on “Organic Textiles – Farming to Finishing” at Hotel Leela Kempinski, Sahar in Mumbai.

Calamities come & go, but industries go on forever. In textile industry too, the present export crunch could only be a temporary phase. The industry should not be disheartened, but must learn to change the tack and adopt new strategies to succeed.

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc. (www.nanocomptech.com), a developer of next-generation performance materials, announced it has successfully produced 3-foot by 6-foot sheets of carbon nanotube material.

Milliken & Company, one of the world’s largest privately-held textile and chemical manufacturers, recently announced the introduction of Amplitude™, a patent-pending line of premium, high-performance flame resistant (FR) fabrics for industrial workwear.

MoTra. It is an acronym designers are embracing and shelter magazines are championing. It’s a style sensibility that is showing up in every product category from home textiles and furniture to accessories and housewares.

Twenty-two mills will be modernised by National Textiles Corporation (NTC) itself by inducting new machinery, rationalisation of manpower, capital restructuring, etc. Out of forty mills, remaining 18 mills will be modernised through Joint Venture route. Private partners to run 5 of these mills have been finalised.

Latest market studies have revealed that the global textile industry is estimated to grow 100% to USD 655 billion by 2010 from USD 353 billion in 2002, or an annual growth rate of 8 per cent during the eight-year period.

The Indian Government has announced a special package to promote the Jute Industry in the country. The Ministry of Textiles has launched the Jute Technology Mission (JTM), with effect from 2007-08 for a period of five years to promote the jute industry in the country.

The Budget 2008-09 has been a great disappointment for the textile industry as no significant policy measures have been announced to address the issues currently being faced by this crisis-ridden industry.