Month: September 2017

SPGPrints will be presenting its comprehensive range of digital technologies and inks for textile printing at the SGIA expo, speciality printing and imaging technology tradeshow, to be held from October 10 to 12, 2017, in New Orleans.

Hyderabad-based Tierra Agrotech Pvt Ltd has acquired the branded cotton seeds business of Monsanto Holdings as the US-based seed giant battles a bitter dispute with former Indian licensee Nuziveedu Seeds in the Delhi High Court.

COTTON USA will show the global textile and apparel industry WHAT’S NEW IN COTTON™, including US cotton-rich fabrics created with innovative technology, at its booth in Hall 6, D60 at Première Vision in Paris from September 19-21.

P Nataraj, Managing Director of KPR Group, who has now been elected as the new Chairman of The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), highly appreciated the bold and proactive initiatives taken by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Union Textile Minister, Smriti Irani.

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been apprised of an MoU between Central Silk Board (CSB), India and National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), Japan for collaborative research in the field of silkworm and silk industries.

The disparity between cotton and yarn prices has put the spinning sector in a tight spot, especially due to the steep decline in the price of yarn compared with the fibre cost.

To avoid middlemen in procurement of cotton and ensure provision of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers, the Agriculture Department in Telangana has taken a novel decision to issue bar-coded tamper proof ID cards with the help of Revenue Department to all the cotton growers in the State.