Huntsman, the global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals has announced that it has built 60 individual household latrines (IHHLs) at Bakrol village, Ankleshwar in Gujarat as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

The Egyptian government has appointed an official steering committee to safeguard the future of the Egyptian Cottonâ„¢ brand.

Textile mill electric drives help in controlling the speed of rotation of an electrical machine, helping in optimising the motion control. Therefore, assembly of an electric motor with sophisticated control systems controlling the rotation of the motor shaft is the typical drive system used in the textile mill electric drives market.

Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF) is creating an ecosystem to make textile industry competitive so as to face the global competition by way of “better manufacturing efficiency and best practices” by bringing together all the textile entrepreneurs .

New research and innovations in cotton address the immediate needs of the industry. At a meeting in Lubbock organised by the Memphis-based The Cotton Board, about 65 people participated to discuss about the present and the future of cotton research and development.

The Cotton Association of India (CAI) is launching a “CAI Cotton Mobile App”, which will give an revolutionary opportunity for the cotton community to do business.

Bernie Jordan, a cotton grower from Yazoo City, Mississippi, will serve as the Cotton Incorporated Board Chairman. Jordan was elected to the two-year Chairman’s term at the joint Cotton Incorporated and Cotton Board meeting in Charlotte, NC this past December.

The Union Textile Ministry signed agreements with leading textile playes like Raymond, Welspun, Titan, Reliance Retail and the Sachin Tendulkar-promoted True Blue, under which these companies will procure more from the weavers directly.

Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani released HSN codes for technical textiles during National Conclave on Technical Textiles, jointly organised by the Ministry of Textiles and FICCI, at Taj Hotel, Mumbai on January 29, 2019.