Year: 2018

The 9th Annual Summit of Planet Textiles 2018 will take place on May 22, 2018 at Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Canada. Scaling up sustainable innovation and the growing problem of textile microfibre pollution will be tackled by experts at this year’s Planet Textiles 2018 in Vancouver, Canada.

Ricoh, a provider of document management solutions, IT services, commercial and industrial printing, digital cameras, and industrial systems, and Bianchi, a leading bicycle manufacturing company based in Italy, are set to participate in FESPA 2018, the global print expo, which will be held from May 15 to 18, 2018, in hall 3.1 A50, in Messe Berlin, Germany.

With the objective of increasing its footprint across the southern part of the country, the Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) has opened its regional office in the premises of the Southern India Mills Association (SIMA), Coimbatore.

After four days, the DTG Bangladesh ended successfully on February 11, 2018. This leading trade fair for machines of the textile and clothing industry took place at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center in Dhaka, and had roughly 1,100 exhibitors from 36 countries.

Pink bollworm infestation is influencing the cotton production in India, this year (October 2017-September 2018). Since the December 2017 estimate, cotton production has been revised downwards due to crop damage in some major cotton growing States.

Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt Ltd is expanding its existing silicone production at its Amtala site near Kolkata with a new hydrosilylation plant for manufacturing functional silicone fluids. The plant with an annual capacity of over 6,000 metric tons was officially opened today at a ceremony in Amtala.