South-Korea-based Hyosung Corp plans to invest $27 million to expand spandex capacity by 5,000 tonne in Istanbul, Turkey amid increasing demand from European and Middle Eastern markets. The company is planning to complete the expansion by H12017 and the capacity will be 25,000 tonne per year. By then, it would also be ready to open a new factory in Quzhou, China, with annual capacity of 16,000 tonne. The company’s total global spandex output capacity would be ramped up to 2,21,000 tonne next year.
Month: November 2016
The development of next generation swimsuits gets inspiration from beavers. A team of researchers from Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA and visiting scientists from France took inspiration from semiaquatic rodent beavers to derive a mathematical model which could be used to develop swim suits and functional coating processes.
Huntsman Corporation has named Harshad Naik as Managing Director, India Subcontinent, effective September 2016. He succeeds Rohit Aggarwal who was appointed President of Textile Effects Division in July this year. In his new role, Naik will lead the cross divisional collaboration required to deliver growth, build external partnerships and asset investments. He will represent Huntsman in engaging with government organisations and other key stakeholders in the region.
Global textile industry has never been as conscious for sustainability as it is today. Leading brands, NGOs, Governments and consumers are looking for innovative ideas and solutions for sustainability in textiles. Bangladesh has the largest apparel export industry in South Asia and, at 6.4 per cent, the largest market share of global apparel exports among South Asian countries. The apparel industry is extremely prominent in the country’s economy, accounting for 83 per cent of total exports.
Rakesh Biyani, Director, Future Group, has been associated with Future Group for over 24 years and is actively involved in the growth of various business formats of the group. He has led the management and expansion of the group’s flagship formats like Central, Big Bazaar, Food Bazaar and FBB. He is actively involved in category management, supply chain and logistics management, retail stores operations and information technology.
With the EliTop Classic for HP-GX, HP-A and P3-1 top weighting arms the pressure is applied by the leaf spring of the top roller weighting unit in the top weighting arm alone in accordance with the so-called ?stable cradle principle?. This means the applied force is divided by the structure of the EliTop body to the two top roller pairs ?delivery roller? and ?EliTe®Roller? in a given relation; 4/5 of the force is applied to the delivery roller, 1/5 of the force to the EliTe®Roller.
Dr Anita Desai reviews the cluster concept, from its inception to the main contemporary regional science with focus on the tangible elements of sari weaving clusters irrespective of the popularity. The Indian textile industry is as old as the word textile itself. It works on an independent basis starting from the procurement of raw material to the final production of actual textiles.