The newly formed Telangana state has ambitions on the textile front too. It is planning to present a new textile and Apparel policy (T-TAP) in January 2016. Besides, the state is also planning to set up textile parks in each of the district where cotton is grown as a major commercial crop.
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Over the last few decades, Rajasthan has emerged as a successful textile hub. Given the labour-intensive nature of the sector, the Rajasthan government has identified it as one of the thrust areas.
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company have announced that their BODs approved a definitive agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger of equals.
Raw cotton exports from India plummeted by over 50 per cent in the 2014-15 cotton season (October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015).
This year Interfilière Paris running from January 23-25, 2016 in Paris at Porte de Versailles will honour Austrian company Willy Hermann, naming him the unrivalled leader in the circular and warp knits market.
Iranian researchers have used nanoparticles in developing a laboratorial sample of antimicrobial woollen fabrics that maintain their properties after five times of washing. The antimicrobial properties of silver nanoparticles have sparked a lot of interest for using them in various fields.
Chinese cotton imports reached an all-time low in September, as large domestic inventories reduced reliance on foreign supplies, at a time when economic slowdown is weighing on demand. China imported just 50,900 tonnes of cotton in September, a decline of 59 per cent YoY.