The International Apparel Federation, together with the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India, is hosting the 32nd IAF World Fashion Convention in Mumbai (India) on September 27-28, 2016. The theme for this Convention is ‘Insights into New Opportunities’. The Convention will be held at the Trident Nariman Point Hotel.
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Pakistan Federal Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastagir Khan has said that Pakistan aims at increasing exports to India to $1 billion within a year, as made-up textiles products and ready-made garments have great potential to make their way to Indian markets. He was chairing a meeting of the Pak-India Business Council in Islamabad recently.
Aleading sports technology delegation from the State of Victoria, Australia visited India from May 9-13 to embark on their first sportstech trade mission with the aim of forging partnerships with their Indian counterparts. The mission is led by the State Government of Victoria in partnership with The Australian Sports Technologies Network, a not-for–profit member based organisation focused on commercialisation, development and promotion of Australian-inspired sports technologies across domestic and global markets.
Malaysia’s textile division will grow by at least 30 per cent, thanks to a surge of investment when the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement comes into force, according to Rebecca Chiang, executive director, Malaysian Knitting Manufacturers Association (MKMA). The trade deal’s ‘yarn forward’ rule makes it mandatory to use TPP member-country produced yarn for TPP-made textiles in order to be covered by the agreement’s market access benefits
India’s Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has embarked on an exploratory visit to Iran to understand the market after removal of sanctions. A delegation under the stewardship of Ashok G Rajani, Chairman-AEPC and four executive committee members of the council visited Tehran recently.
Oerlikon announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the entire staple fibres technology portfolio of Trützschler Nonwovens & Man-Made Fibers GmbH, Egelsbach, Germany. This company is part of the German Truetzschler Group, which is a specialist in fibre preparation for the yarn spinning and nonwovens industries. The acquisition expands the Manmade Fibers Segment’s technology portfolio and opens up access to new customers in the market for synthetic staple fibres.
Thomas Nasiou has taken over the position as CEO of Uster Technologies as of April 1, 2016. Dr Geoffrey Scott and Philip Mosimann become Co-Chairmen of the Board of Directors. Koichi Ito joined the USTER Board of Directors succeeding Susumu Toyoda. Thomas Nasiou assumed the role of CEO. This follows a planned transition and handover of responsibilities from Dr Scott who remains as a member of the BODs.