Month: October 2017

The 18th international exhibition on the textile industry – ShanghaiTex 2017 – to be held during November 27-30, 2017 in Pudong, will highlight the latest textile technology and high-growth application sectors, etc.

Stahl, a leading company in process chemicals for leather products, performance coatings, and polymers, has announced that the company has achieved the bluesign system partner status.

The State Industries Department of Bihar has signed an MoU with the National Handloom Development Corporation (NHDC) to provide yarn on credit to weavers for 45 days. Bihar, in fact, became the first State in the country to sign such an agreement with NHDC and the State Industries Department has created a corpus of Rs 1 crore for this scheme.

Textile and apparel major Raymond Ltd reported over two-fold rise in its consolidated profit after tax (PAT) at Rs 60 crore for the second quarter ended September 30.

Birla Century, a unit of Century Textiles & Industries Ltd., has become the first manufacturing plant in India to bag LEED & MIG certifications for sustainable textile production. Keeping in view clean manufacturing and sustainable drive among world leaders of textile industry, Birla Century has always been committed towards safe and sustainable manufacturing.

Invista has entered into a definitive agreement with China-based Shandong Ruyi Investment Holding to sell its apparel and advanced textiles business, one of Invista’s four major business units. Invista, which has operations in Delaware is part of Wichita, KS-based Koch Industries. Financials were not disclosed.

Entrepreneurs are foraying into the manufacturing of semi-stitched garments, which are in huge demand in key consumer centres across the country like Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and even abroad.