Browsing: Apparels & Garments

Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Kumar Gangwar laid the foundation stone for apparel and garment making centre in Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, and hoped the centre will be the beginning of setting up of an organised industry in the state.

Renowned chef Sanjeev Kapoor, at the recent HGH India 2015 annual trade held at the Bombay Convention and Exhibition Centre, announced Tangerine as its authorised licensee to sell select Sanjeev Kapoor branded products like table and kitchen linen.

In recognition of his outstanding service to the Association, AATCC has named Kantilal (Kanti) A Jasani as the 2015 recipient of the Harold C. Chapin Award. A member of AATCC since 1972, Jasani has served the Association with honour and distinction.

German Consul General Michael Siebert, honoured Om Prakash, Director of In ORBIT Tours Pvt Ltd and presented the award for his outstanding contribution for promotion of business and leisure travel to Germany for over four decades.

Shipments in most of the textile machinery segments experienced declines in 2014. Deliveries of new short-staple spindles fell by 15 per cent from 2013 to 2014. Shipped long-staple spindles and open-end rotors increased by 70 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively.

Textile Sector Skill Council (TSC) has begun collating data from the mill sector to understand the industry?s job role training requirement, for submission to the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

Bangladeshi spinners demand introduction of warehousing facility for cotton trade to reduce lead-time and ensure the timely sourcing of the fibre. Under the facility, merchants from different countries will store cotton at Chittagong port warehouses to sell out their cotton to the local cotton importers and spinners.