Month: August 2017

“Being based in Ichalkaranji has a lot of advantages and also some challenges. The availability of the latest state-of-the-art weaving machines, warping and sizing facilities, etc. augur well for large scale outsourcing. The biggest challenge though is that the present work culture and ethic, which is very mediocre and getting them to work on export based orders, faster turn-around-times gets very testing,” says Nikunj Bagdia, Managing Director, Ken Enterprises Pvt Ltd,

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while inaugurating India’s largest ever textile meet, Textiles India 2017 on June 30 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, spoke at length on the strength and capacity of the Indian textile industry.

A further feature of the A 12 is the innovative bale scanning. The take-off unit determines the heights of the bales by means of scanning force measurement and quickly equals them out.

SSM is a global technology leader with a strong brand and this acquisition is expected to result in strengthening of the Rieter’s Business Group Components.

Alessandro Zucchi succeeds Raffaella Carabelli as President of ACIMIT. Alessandro Zucchi has succeeded Raffaella Carabelli following the members’ assembly of ACIMIT, which was held on June 27.

“In the next 10 years, home textile players will focus more on Indian markets rather than focus more on exports,” says Shrinidhi Nadgauda, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, InterMarket (India) Pvt Ltd, during the recently-concluded Textiles India 2017 event in Gandhinagar, while speaking on the home textiles market in India to Karthik Muthuveeran, Sr Sub Editor of the ITJ.

Truetzschler India Pvt Ltd and A.T.E. recently completed phase-I of the prestigious Sintex Industries – its Yarn Division’s project of 1 million spindles at Rajulah, Amreli, in Gujarat. The project once fully operational will produce cotton, melange and linen yarns.