Month: April 2015

India is the second largest producer of man-made fibres (MMF) in the world with presence of large plants having state-of-the art technology. MMF textiles constitute almost two-third of the domestic textile market. However, India´s share in global exports of value -added textiles of MMF is miniscule.

Transport Corporation of India Ltd, India´s leading integrated supply chain and logistics solutions´ provider, launched its cargo container shipping service at Mundra Port, Gujarat to Kochi, Kerala. The new acquisition called MV TCI Arjun will mark the beginning of coastal shipping services by TCI in the western coast.

Vanguard Pai Lung has developed a new series of high-speed, circular knitting machines, which benefit from a number of upgrades including improved camming, extended needle and sinker life and a new fabric take-up system

Organised by Vardaan Events Pvt Ltd, Garfab-TX will be in its 12th edition, which will be held between 15-17 May 2015 at SIECC, Surat, Gujarat. Garfab-TX is an important trade show on embroidery, apparel technology, fibre, yarn, fabrics & accessories.

The term ´SLUB´ is described as ´Thick Place´ in a yarn. In slub yarn, ´slubs´ are deliberately created to produce a desired pattern in the yarn. By altering the slub yarn parameters such as slub diameter, slub length and yarn length or slub interval, one can produce more varieties of slub yarn with different styles.