Month: January 2015

Launch ceremony of Technotex 2015, the 4th edition of the largest international exhibition and conference of the Technical textile industry in India was presided by the Minister of State for Textiles (Independent Charge), Santosh Kumar Gangwar at ´Taj Lands End´, Mumbai recently.

COTTON USA debuts a new global campaign at the Heimtextil trade show from January 14-17, 2015 in Hall 8.0/ H60 at the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre in Frankfurt, Germany.

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Shandong Ruyi Science and Technology Group Co Ltd, China (´Ruyi´) (through its wholly owned subsidiary), have executed definitive agreements for a joint venture in textiles.

The Government of India announced the minimum support price (MSP) for Kapas (seed cotton) for the current season (October 2014-September 2015).

ACIMIT, the Association of Italian Textile Machine Manufacturers, participated in the recent business mission in Vietnam, promoted by Italy´s Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organised by the Italian Trade Agency.

The government has launched four schemes, including a technology mission, for promotion and growth of technical textiles. Technical textiles are materials manufactured primarily for their technical performance and functional properties rather than aesthetic and decorative purpose.

Arvind Limited, one of the largest integrated textile and branded apparel player, has bagged the first prize in the textile sector in the National Energy Conservation Award 2014 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India.