Surface Modification Technologies has over 20 years of hands-on experience in handling various advance surface treatment technologies. The company delivers surface enhancement solutions using Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coating processes customised to individual requirements. Umesh Mhatre, Managing Director, Surface Modification Technologies opens up about latest technologies in surface enhancement solutions and provides suggestions to improve the Indian textile industry.
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Kusumgar Corporates is today an acknowledged leader in the highly niche technical and specialised textiles sphere. In 1970, Yogesh Kusumgar gauged the phenomenal potential of a market which was then at a very nascent stage.
Inspite of blessed with a complete supply chain – from raw material to fibre to yarn to fabric – India has not been able to cash in on the opportunity created with China vacating some segments in the global textile market.
Infinited Fiber Company is a Finnish biotech founded in 2016 to commercialise a breakthrough recycling technology that can turn cellulose-rich raw materials – like cotton-rich textile waste, used cardboard, or wheat or rice straw – into high-quality textile fibres with the look and feel of cotton. The patented technology has been validated by leading brands and is ready to be scaled. Infinited Fiber Company won the Europas 2020 Hottest Sustainability Tech Award, and was listed on the Global 50 to Watch by Cleantech Group in 2019. Petri Alava, CEO & Co-founder, Infinited Fiber Company sheds light on why conscious clothing is becoming a popular choice, the growing market for regenerated fibres and more.
LetsTransport is a new-age, reliable logistics platform aiming to disrupt on-time
delivery with last-mile efficiency. The company was founded in 2015 by IIT-Kharagpur
alumni Pushkar Singh, Sudarshan Ravi, and Ankit Parasher. It is a series-B funded, last-mile
tech-logistics solution provider for intra-state deliveries based in Bangalore. It offers reliable,
affordable, and professional services, structured to serve enterprises. Co-founder and CEO,
Pushkar Singh chats about the future of logistics in India and the company’s foray into the
textile and apparel sector.
Donear Industries, with over four decades in the textile industry, is one of the leading manufacturers of wide range of fabrics for the purposes of suiting and shirting in India. Rajendra Agarwal, Managing Director, Donear Industries in an interview deliberates about the new markets and avenues tapped due to COVID-19, expresses his views on the soon to be announced budget and the long term growth strategies for the company.
Improving consumer confidence levels, pick up in discretionary spending and opening up of economies are assisting Indian textile companies to tide over the COVID 19 pandemic with continued rise in demand.