Month: July 2018

Arvind would invest Rs 1,500 crore in three years to increase its garment making capacity from fabric by six fold to meet the rising demand for branded apparel and fashion garments, a senior executive told.

Union Minister Smriti Irani said the textile sector has attracted up to Rs 27,000 crore investments since the announcement of incentive package last year, and is likely to get more investment from international and domestic markets going forward.

India’s biggest manufacturer of digital printing technologies, ColorJet India gave live demonstrations on Reactive ink of the FABJET GRAND, a 3.2 metre direct to fabric printer, which is the widest width printer, at Heimtextil, which ran from June 27-29, 2018 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.

Archroma, a global leader in colour and specialty chemicals, has unveiled an aniline free denim indigo dye. The new dye provides a non toxic way to produce the traditional, iconic indigo blue that consumers associate with denim and jeans.

Export of knitwear and readymade garments from Tamil Nadu fell by 5.6 per cent in 2017 18 owing to various reasons, including demonetisation, GST and global competition.

Currently, with the development of powerlooms, velvet has become more affordable and people across various sections aspire to be seen in velvet clothing. Mumbai based Klass Velvets Pvt Ltd is one such company that was established to manufacture velvets and satisfy the Indian markets growing demand of velvets.