Founded in 1999, SKAAT has since become one of the largest privately owned companies in fancy segments in India. The company offers a wide range of products including SKAAT Slub, SKAAT Injection Slub, SKAAT Rainbow and SKAAT Tester, to name a few. In slubs, SKAAT provides SKAAT DS 3L, SKAAT DS 2L, SKAAT DS 2 and SKAAT DIGI 300.
Year: 2015
The Picanol Group is looking to expand its Ypres production capacity in order to meet worldwide demand for Picanol looms. The Picanol Group expects demand for its looms to continue over the next few months.
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has become a member of the International Cotton Association (ICA). It now joins Supima, the Bangladesh Cotton Association, the Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers, the Spinners & Weavers Association of Korea, the Australian Cotton Shippers Association and Turkey´s IPUD, who have all signed up to ICA membership and safe trading.
Ninety Turkish cotton professionals attended the International Cotton Association´s (ICA) ´Raw Cotton Contracting´ training in Turkey last week (25 February), thanks to sponsorship from the Kahramanmaras Chamber of Commerce.
Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar laid the foundation stone for apparel and garment making centre in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, and hoped the centre will be the beginning of setting up of an organised industry in the state.
Electrospun viruses may be biosensors of the future. University of California-Riverside researchers Elaine Haberer and Nosang Myung have given new twist to the electrospinning technique. Recent developments in this technology help in developing smoother, uniform fibers at faster and cheaper rates. Electrospun webs can serve as efficient cavities for an optical phenomenon known as, ´whispering gallery.
Rising labour costs, among other reasons, have driven Chinese manufacturers to set up operations in Southeast Asian countries. A study by ANZ Bank economists suggest that Southeast Asia would take over from China to become the ´world´s factory´ in the next 10-15 years, citing its youthful workforce and strategic location as catalysts for this shift.