The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has signed an MoU with Huajian Group, a Chinese business and investment company specialising in shoe manufacturing.
Month: September 2017
Israel-based ROVETEX, a global textile management consulting firm, and Diagonal Consulting (India), a strategic and project consulting firm in textiles, to jointly offer strategic and operational consultation services to the Indian industry.
Harvey has come and gone and the impact Irma will have on cotton is yet to be seen. Having caused havoc in the Caribbean, category-4 hurricane Irma after slamming Florida coast according to forecasts, may move upward to South Carolina and Georgia. What influence it will have on cotton in the southern cotton growing regions like Georgia is not clear.
Gujarat is witnessing a sharp decline in forward contract of cotton for export in the new season. Gujarat, which accounts for about 25-30 per cent share in India’s total exports, etc.
Disposable goods accounted for 71 per cent of nonwovens sales in 2016. Disposables markets include consumer, filtration, and medical. Demand for nonwovens used in disposable goods is expected to increase 3.2 per cent per year to $5.6 billion in 2021.
Demand for carpets and rugs in India is forecast to grow 5.9 per cent per year to 120 million square meters in 2021, expanding faster than any other major nation worldwide. Growth will be driven by strong gains in construction activity, expanding the size of the country’s building stock.
The 11th edition of the Textile Pinnacle (Texpin) by the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) will focus on ‘Textile Industry-Towards 2020’.