India’s apparel exports downturn may continue and is expected to decline by overall 10 per cent in FY19, a senior industry official said. In 2017-18 exports declined by 4 per cent to $16.7 billion.

ColorJet India Ltd, India’s only manufacturer and biggest Indian marketer of digital fabric printers has reinforced its No. 1 position by winning the TV100 Industrial Excellence Award 2018 in the ‘Largest Manufacturer of Digital Textile Printers in India’ category, thereby contributing aggressively towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make-in-India initiative.

The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC), Mumbai, the apex Export Promotion Council of MMFT exporters organised first Road Show/Seminar on “Source India 2018” quite recently in Bhiwandi at the Hotel Regent Garden with the support of our member-exporters and other textiles associations in and around Bhiwandi.

Siemens’ Process Industries and Drives and Digital Factories divisions are teaming up with Bentley Systems’ Bentley Institute to establish a Process Industries Academy that will support the companies’ joint vision for cloud services and digital work-flows in engineering and operations.

Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, today announced it has acquired all remaining minority shares in M Dohmen SA, an international group specialising in the production of textile dyes and chemicals for the automotive, carpet and apparel sectors.

Hohenstein is expanding its worldwide services with a new laboratory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. On July 28, 2018, the laboratory will be officially opened by Professor Stefan Mecheels, who is the third generation to lead the family-run company.

India has imposed anti-dumping duty of up to $528 per tonne for 5 years on a Chinese polyester yarn used in automobile and other industries. The move will provide a level playing field to domestic players and guard them against below-cost imports.

TUV Rheinland India, a global leader in independent technical services, has launched a new state-of-the-art testing facility in Gurugram, Haryana. This expanded facility offers global-standard testing services for exporters, importers, manufacturers and global retailers for testing of garments , home textiles , leather and footwear, toys, food contact material and fashion jewellery.

The Second Edition of ‘Screen Print Sri Lanka’ expo (22-24 June 2018) was concluded at Sri Lanka Exhibition & Convention Centre (SLECC) in Colombo. Sri Lanka being an emerging market, the exhibition received good response.