Month: December 2014

The Textile Association of India´s (TAI) annual conference with the theme, ´Indian Textiles – The way Forward´, held at the Hotel The Lalit, in Mumbai, was a splendid event with a series of impressive presentations in three sessions.

The Indian Textile Accessories & Machinery Manufacturers Association (ITAMMA) has appointed a slew of office bearers for 2014-15. S Senthilkumar, Managing Director of Simta Machinery Pvt Ltd and Indo Germen Joint Venture, has been appointed as a president of ITAMMA.

Sunstar Graphics Pvt Ltd is an exclusive distributor in India for digital and screen printing machines, which are known for their high quality, consistency and range of applications. The range of products include plotters, printer plotters and laser cutters.

The 220,000-square feet, 7-storey headquarters will house some 300 Huntsman associates, including over 100 technical staff spread across three floors of state-of-the-art laboratory and research facilities.

Being Human Clothing, a clothing line with a heart has launched four new stores in the country in a span of one month under its licensing partner Mandhana Industries Ltd. With the launch of stores in Ambala, Bhopal, Udaipur and Ahmedabad the brand now boasts of successful operations of 31 EBOs in India including one in Nepal.

On October 17, 2014 during the Annual Conference 2014 of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) in Beijing/China, the Committee of Management of the Federation elected Wang Tiankai (China) unanimously as the new President of the Federation for the next two years.

A new initiative aimed at accelerating the uptake of organic cotton has been launched with the backing of retailers such as C&A, H&M and Eileen Fisher, as well as Textile Exchange.