Year: 2020

Milliken & Company, a global textile manufacturer, has announced that it is leveraging its materials science expertise to manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE) for the healthcare industry amid the Covid-19 global pandemic.

The Union Ministry of Textiles has announced a new regulatory framework for the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) units after reports merged that Indian manufacturers, who failed laboratory tests, have sold their rejected products to a section of private hospitals.

While the Covid-19 pandemic has completely halted production and new orders, exporters say that payments have also been delayed for the shipments sent before the lockdown.

Textile Exchange has launched the Organic Content Standard (OCS) 3.0 after the conclusion of a regular revision process involving an international working group and following Textile Exchange’s standard setting procedures.

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) has urged governments across the globe to increase the support to their respective textile and apparel industries.

Indo Intertex 2020 and its co-related events, originally scheduled on 14-17 July 2020, is postponed to 2021, its organiser Peraga Expo has announced.

Fabiosys Innovations, an IIT Delhi startup, is developing “infection-proof fabrics” to prevent hospital acquired infections.