Month: November 2020

As the economy and the world are adapting to the new normal, Spykar is introducing a revolution in the men’s underwear category with their latest launch – UNDERJEANS; innerwear with the soul of jeans.

At first glance, rowing boats, the Airbus 380, safety equipment, and stadium roofing have very little in common. They receive their specific properties as a result of the use of special fibres, among other things: aramid fibres and carbon fibres are processed into special yarns that are frequently deployed as compound materials.

On November 11, 2020, The Union Cabinet gave its approval to extend the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to textile products along with nine other new sectors entailing an additional financial outlay of Rs 1460 billion over a 5-year period.

No other time in history has the spotlight shined so much on textiles for its role in saving lives than at the present times. Textile materials’ capability to filter and destabilise SARS-CoV-2 is attracting a lot of attention, as well as sustainable fibres like cotton for many advanced applications.

Convened by sustainability non-profit Forum for the Future, the Cotton 2040 coalition is a unique partnership that brings together representatives from standards, producers, brands and retailers.

Ashwin Chandran, Chairman, The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has thanked the Prime Minister and Union Textile Minister for including textile industry and allocating budget for improving manufacturing capabilities and boosting exports.

On October 22, 2020 during the Hybrid ITMF Annual Conference 2020 of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), the Committee of Management of the Federation elected the members of the Board for the term 2020-2022. Ruizhe Sun, President of the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), was unanimously elected as the new President of the Federation.