In September 2016, the building works for the new production site of the German textile machinery producer BRÃœCKNER have begun. The company will invest 40 million Euro in estate, buildings and machinery. The completion is planned for the end of 2017. Since 1960, the production site of the German producer of textile machinery BRÃœCKNER is located in the Bavarian town Tittmoning. With about 180 employees and workers at this site, the company produces every year about 120 machines and lines 95 per cent of which are exported all around the globe.
Month: October 2016
Fong’s, Monforts Fong’s, Xorella, THEN, Goller, FWT and Monforts are the leading brands under CHTC FONG’s Industries, and also the renowned labels in the global textile industry. The CHTC FONG’s Group is proud to present the ‘one-stop’ sustainable solution in dyeing and finishing range of pre-treatment, dyeing, post-treatment and waste water treatment at ITMA ASIA+CITME 2016 in Hall 6, C01, National Exhibition and Conventional Center, Shanghai, China from October 21-25.
In light of recent reports of mislabeling products relating to Egyptian cotton, Applied DNA Sciences, Inc, a provider of DNA-based supply chain, anti-counterfeiting, authentication, genotyping and anti-theft technologies, today provides market data that shows their DNA-based system can be used to monitor, control or eliminate the off-shore substitution of high-value cotton fibres by fibres of unknown origin.
About two and a half million people in Germany regularly work for eight hours or more in the sun. Their risk of developing skin cancer is twice as high as that of those employees who do not work outdoors. Only a very few of them wear special UV-protective clothing, as recommended by the trade unions and the German Social Accident Insurance Association (DGUV). However, the pressure on employers to require such clothing to be worn and/or make it available, may now increase considerably.
With the advent of inkjet printers and wide applications of inkjet printing in various areas, printing on fabrics also developed. It is a change from conventional method of screen printing – flat bed and roto. Digital printing offers distinct benefits of being able to print attractive design, complex designs, printing in short runs (smaller batch size), easy sampling, and capability of printing anything that you see on a computer screen. It has infused new energy into printing ideas and garment fashion. In a way, it is revolutionary!
As Indian textile industry is an employment generating sector within the manufacturing portfolio, its position is very important in India’s mission on ‘Make in India’. It is very critical that there should be a concerted effort among different stakeholders such as the Government, industry, trade associations, central and state supported R&D laboratories, and academia to advance this sector to the next stage.
Indian textile industry is at a very important threshold from where it can move to a higher orbit of growth. It is well poised to create a much stronger footprint across the globe and more importantly meet the country’s inclusive growth objective by providing employment to the rural women. Chinaâ€â€which controls 35 per cent of the global textile tradeâ€â€is in the process of vacating space due to its high cost structure and no one is better placed than India to capture the opportunity we missed in the past.