The year 2017 had a few demons that the textile industry needed to exorcise: Demonetisation and GST, which tore into the fabric of the small sector, the after-effects of which are still lingering on.

Embee’s recent innovation, InfiniumiD has been developed by using the state-of-the-art electronic individual drive system of latest European technology.

The swan in the Nestling logo stands for elegance, purity and inspiration, says Chandrasekaran PS, CEO, Nestling Technologies, in an interaction with Karthik Muthuveeran and Sripathy B of ITJ. Nestling has almost 70 per cent market share in Tamil Nadu, and he is highly optimistic about the Tamil Nadu market. He adds, “In Tamil Nadu, we should able to touch the 90 per cent mark within a year or so.

When a vision becomes reality, CDL KNITS/TROPIC KNITS in Mauritius strike a new path in textile finishing. The TROPIC KNITS Group located in Mauritius is with 3,000 employees one of the biggest producers of high-quality fine knit garments in the Indian Ocean.

Over 190 institutes participated in the 3rd edition of Liva Protégé Talent Hunt, which had entries from across 50 cities with over 3000 students applying for the competition.

G Radhakrishnan, Managing Director of SKAAT Machine Works India Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore is an MBA Graduate with diverge knowledge in different sectors such as solar, medical and also in the field of textiles. During an interaction with ITJ team members – Karthik Muthuveeran and Sripathy B – during the recently-concluded Texfair 2017 event in Coimbatore, G Radhakrishnan says, “I’ve been reading ITJ since my college days and happy to say that ITJ plays an important role in making me a successful textile entrepreneur.”

In 2018, China will shy away from conventional textiles to concentrate more on branded apparel. This will create a huge demand-supply gap, says Avinash Mayekar.

Yes, 2018 would be the year for textiles and apparels! Let’s change ourselves in this New Year, by becoming positive in our attitude. Let us begin this year with hope. Hope that this year will be the year for the growth of Indian textile industry, hope for positive investments, and hope that the year will turn out to be the watershed year for Indian textile industry. After all, “hopes” alone have the capacity of driving crazy dreams and making them achievable.

Coimbatore-based Genn Controls India Private Limited believes in its vision of innovation through research, development and most recent technology to make the outcomes and establish the company growth in accordance with the value of customer.

Around 15 years back, India embarked on its journey towards Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) for industrial units. Though ZLD units seemed far-fetched in the early days, today India has set an example for the world by successfully implementing ZLD projects in many States.