Air engineering has been playing an increasingly important role in producing products of international quality. Reliable compressed air is crucial in advanced textile manufacturing processes today.

Textile manufacturing is a multi- billion dollar industry, one with complex global supply chains and stakeholders at all levels of society. There are focused companies in the world which manufacture a number of air compressors for the textile industry that are engineered to meet the challenges today’s operators face.

Since 1985, Coimbatore-based Statex has been into production of fibre and yarn testing instruments. K Subramaniam, who is a graduate in engineering, is the Managing Director of Statex Group of Companies, with more than eight years of dedicated service in a textile research associations, where he concentrated in textile testing instrument R&D. Enriched with his guidance and direction, today Statex has established its name throughout the world.

The 9th Shanghai International Digital Printing Industry Fair (TPF 2018, www.cstpf.com) will be held from the 19th to the 21st of April, 2018, in Shanghai New International Expo Centre. TPF 2018 is organised by UBM China and SUNEXPO.

Located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Deep Pneumatics Pvt Ltd was established in 2009 and now is one of the leading exporters, manufacturers, service providers and suppliers of compressed air treatment equipment, auto drain vales, air compressors.

The Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF) has completed three years and Prabhu Dhamodharan, its Secretary, smiles albeit a little cautiously when you ask him about its achievements since its founding by like-minded textile entrepreneurs. He emphasises that only MDs or CEOs are the members, and the meetings are attended by these men at the helm. “No deputation,” says Dhamodharan, who at the outset lays down clearly that ITF means business in every action it undertakes.

The Government of Maharashtra plans to introduce a new textile policy in the next two months. The aim is to attract entrepreneurs in the entire value chain, besides seeing that existing unit do not migrate to other major cotton-growing States.

Indian textile industry cannot afford to ignore the implications of ‘skilling’ the labour force, for to sharpen the competitive edge in producing and exporting quality textile goods, skilled labour is a must. The ITJ cover story traces the ‘skilling’ moves in the textile industry.

Organised by Qatar Tourism, Shop Qatar in Doha saw a magnificent show by Bollywood designers such as Vikram Phadnis, Archana Kochhar and Mandira Wirk. The show direction of the Bollywood Fashion Show was done by Indian Fashion Choreographer Lokesh Sharma.