Month: January 2014

Van Heusen the popular brand from Madura Fashion & Lifestyle´s stable is looking at spreading its wings in Tier II cities while focusing on non-apparels range.

Private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Faering Capital have invested Rs 300 crore in Biba Apparels, a women and girls ethnic apparel brand. Biba will be using the investment for adding 200 stores in the next three to four years.

Huntsman Textile Effects is leading the way by proactively engaging textile mills and brands in Bangladesh to reduce environmental footprint and to drive sustainable excellence to compete in the global market.

TenCate Protective Fabrics has been chosen by the Colombian Army Aviation Air Assault Division to deliver TenCate Defender M as the fabric of choice that will be used to manufacture new, two-piece flight suits for its personnel.

The United Arab Emirates is now becoming the world´s leading centre for textile industry automation with the presence of about 150 apparel manufacturing companies in satellite cities around Sharjah and Dubai.

The Maharashtra Textile Department has planned to offer packages for textile projects in Vidarbha region with a projected investment to the tune of Rs 1,800 crore with an aim to generate 15,000 jobs.

Scientists in Finland say they are close to perfecting a new, more sustainable process for the production of man-made cellulosic staple fibres, which uses ionic liquids to dissolve wood pulp.