Browsing: Industry Update

The Lenzing Group (Lenzing) has introduced TENCEL™ Intimate to the India market at Intimasia 2018, the country’s largest fashion trade show dedicated to lingerie and intimate wear with the participation of over 70 local and international intimate apparel brands.

LIVA the new age fabric from the Aditya Birla Group joined forces with the apex body of Indian fashion industry, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), as the Gold Sponsor for Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW), Autumn Winter (AW) 2018.

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.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, is strengthening its presence in Russia by expanding the service portfolio offered by its technical centre in Moscow. WACKER is integrating a new dedicated laboratory for adhesives and sealants based on silane-terminated polyethers (hybrid polymers) used mostly in the construction industry.

The Albstadt-based circular knitting machine manufacturer Mayer & Cie. (MCT) generated sales of around EUR 105 million in 2017 – on a par with the previous year.

Seshadri Ramkumar, a professor in the Texas Tech University Department of Environmental Toxicology and lead investigator in the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory, has recently been awarded two of the most prestigious honours in the textiles field: a fellowship with The Textile Institute in the United Kingdom and the 2017-18 Professor W B Achwal Oration from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India.