The world technical textiles market has been growing at a rate of 5 to 7 per cent since 2010, when its size was $116.5 billion, which rose to $147 billion in 2014. This is expected to reach $198 billion by 2020, disclosed Hendrik H van Delden, Managing Partner, Gherzi van Delden GmbH. The size of the production in these years were 22.5 million tonnes in 2010 and 28.4 million tonnes in 2014, which is expected to touch 38.2 million tonnes by 2020.
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The Government hinted at lowering excise duty on man-made fibre (MMF) in the new Textile Policy in order to boost investment to meet growing demand from the synthetic textiles industry. While cotton fibre attracts no duty, the Government levies 10 per cent excise duty on MMF. The industry has sought excise exemption on MMF on the grounds that the garments produced through MMF are primarily used by the economically weaker sections of society. Kavita Gupta, Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, confirmed it on the sidelines of FICCI TAG 2016  the 8th Annual Conference on Textile and Apparel Industry organised by industry body FICCI on September 2 at Hotel Lalit, Mumbai.
Almost all manufacturers have a sampler, which is round and hence it requires a lot of skill to operate. A sampler is required to achieve identical results. Further, the sensor in the main instrument used is a wide sensor, i.e., 3 mm sensor. This also leads to lot of inaccuracies. Keisokki decided to eliminate the problems and developed a new instrument. The company introduced its computer technology-based Classifiber with:
Coimbatore-based MAG Solvics Private Limited has received the best R&D award from the Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (TMMA) for ‘AccuTrash’, Automatic Trash Separator for the year 2015-16. TMMA constitutes various awards for the textile sector like outstanding export performance, R&D awards and segment wise and special awards. This year MAG has won the Best R&D award for its product AccuTrash.
Located in Coimbatore, Sri Lakshmi Fire Controls is a provider of fire protection systems for the textile industry. The company also supplies fire protection system for ginning and fire protection system for stenter machines and other applications. It also provides all fire protection applications for the spinning industry.
ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016, the fifth edition of the combined textile machinery show, is expected to attract a trade visitorship of around 1,00,000 from around the world. ITMA ASIA + CITME 2016 will be held from October 21-25, 2016 at the new National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC) in Shanghai. The show opening hours are from 9 am to 6 pm daily. With less than two months to go before the show opens, interest from the global textile and garment industry is extremely strong. To-date, it has attracted around 1,600 exhibitors from 27 economies. Visitor promotion is well underway.
Stäubli to showcase choice of modern products. High-speed Jacquard machines for any application: Three complete Jacquard installations with different types of weft insertion will show their quality weaving capacities at the two-level Stäubli booth featuring excellent vision on the whole machinery. Two set-ups showing the re-engineered Jacquard SX and LX machines will be weaving terry cloths and upholstery on rapier weaving machines.