Year: 2015

Hardik Shah, Director Marketing, Embee India, shares the step by step upgradation of the end-rings in the rotary screen printing industry. He says, ´In view of my experience in textile mills in different cities of Pakistan and subsequent evaluation, I can recommend two different upgrades for the rotary screen printing department to reduce energy and maintenance costs.´

TÜV Rheinland India has announced the appointment of Thomas Fuhrmann as its CEO & MD. In his new position, Thomas Fuhrmann will lead the management team in consolidating current operations of TUV Rheinland India and oversee speedy growth and expansion in the Indian market.

Dow Water and Process Solutions organised a seminar ´Water and Business Quality´ for the textile industry addressing wastewater treatment at Tirupur, Tamil Nadu.

S Haig Zeronian is the 2015 recipient of the Olney Medal, the highest award presented by AATCC for outstanding lifetime achievement in a field of textile science.

Italian clothing giant Benetton has has announced it will contribute to the Rana Plaza Trust Fund, almost two years since more than 1100 people, mostly garment workers, were killed when the eight-storey Rana Plaza complex collapsed. According to Benetton, the new donation to the trust fund is the second stage of its commitments to supporting Rana Plaza victims.

DuPont´ Industrial Biosciences was recognized for its Sorona® biopolymer development with the 2015 Breakthrough Bio-Based Technology Platform award in Amsterdam recently.

Fritz P Mayer, Vice-Chairman of VDMA Textile Machinery Association and Ilkhoom Khaydarov, Uzbek Minister and Chairman of the board of the State Joint-Stock Company for the Light Industry ´O´zbekyengilsanoat´ have signed in Frankfurt a memorandum of understanding to strengthen the ties between the two organisations.