Archroma, a specialty chemical developer, is helping to promote innovative research on textiles in Pakistan. Archroma has signed an MoU with the University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan on a programme that will run for five years.

Singtex, a manufacturer of outdoor functional fabrics, has developed an eco-friendly moderate stretch fabric with long-lasting performance, S.Leisure.

The 5th edition of India’s finest home fashion business exhibition – Heimtextil India & Ambiente India, will open doors this month from June 27-29, 2018 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Siemens brings new versions of Industrial Ethernet switches onto the market. The firmware functions (Profinet S2 device,etc.

Dr N N Mahapatra, President, Colorant Ltd, Ahmedabad and a leading technocrat, international dyer, author and speaker have been admitted to The Royal Society of Chemistry as a FELLOW FRSC (UK). His name is published in The Times (London) newspaper .

Millions are being invested to boost cotton research in Texas. Cotton research gets a boost from the State of Texas through its Governor’s University Research Initiative. Texas has funded US$5 million to boost research and education in cotton at Texas Tech University (TTU) in Lubbock.

The Picanol OMNIplus Summum-HP airjet is built for bottomweights where existing airjets can barely reach 1000 RPM. The need for speed in this range of fabrics is felt especially in developed markets.

Dr Matthias L. Wolfgruber (64) is the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LANXESS AG. At its constituent meeting, the Supervisory Board of the specialty chemicals company elected the doctor of chemistry and former CEO of Altana AG as the successor to Dr Rolf Stomberg (78), who resigned from his office after the end of today’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting. Wolfgruber has been a member of the Supervisory Body as a stockholder representative since 2015.

Export of knitwear and readymade garments from Tamil Nadu fell by 5.6 per cent in 2017-18 owing to various reasons, including demonetisation, GST and global competition.