Charles Beauduin is the President of CEMATEX, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers. He is CEO and owner of Michel Van de Wiele NV, an international technology player and leader in solutions for the textile industry. He holds a Master in Law from the KU Leuven and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has a broad international management experience with professional experiences in Asia and the US.
Month: October 2015
Thirty companies, often world leaders on their specific markets belong to the French textile machinery manufacturers´ association, well known as UCMTF. Their total annual consolidated turnover of 1 billion Euros makes France the sixth textile machinery exporter.
Textiles is India´s foremost manufacturing industry and has a significant impact on the economy since it contributes to industrial output, employment generation and the export earnings of the country. With contribution of about 14 per cent to the industrial production, 4 per cent to the GDP and 13 per cent to the country´s total export earnings, the industry provide direct employment to over 45 million people.
The 2008 recession was another defining moment in the life of Indian textile industry, and a study by Rajan Nagpal & Ronak Agarwal reveals the effect of the slowdown on the return on equity % and the profit margin % of the major textile firms following that period.
Sustainable textiles are textiles (or fabrics) that are grown and created in an environmentally friendly way, using minimal chemicals. Because chemicals are not used in sustainable textiles, there are less health problems that are associated with chemicals such as headaches, allergies, skin irritation, and respiratory problems.
Textiles is India´s foremost manufacturing industry and has a significant impact on the economy since it contributes to industrial output, employment generation and the export earnings of the country. With contribution of about 14 per cent to the industrial production, 4 per cent to the GDP and 13 per cent to the country´s total export earnings, the industry provide direct employment to over 45 million people.
Techtextil Indiaâ€â€the premier business event for the technical textile and nonwovens industry players in Indiaâ€â€will return to Mumbai this September with a host of new innovations and latest market insight of the technical textiles and nonwovens. The event is being organised by Messe Frankfurt Trade Fairs India Pvt Ltd and is part of the company´s international portfolio of 45 fairs that highlight innovations and show what is driving the global textile industry.