Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget 2018-19 raised special package by 19 per cent to Rs 71.48 billion for apparel sector to boost exports. In 2016, the government had announced a special package of Rs 60 billion for the same purpose.

Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), has opened its Pack Studio at Mumbai innovation center. Marking the company’s eighth Pack Studios location—and the third in Asia Pacific—Dow P&SP’s global network of studios brings together technical experts, laboratories and testing capabilities to foster innovation and collaboration, and accelerate the development of new packaging products.

HeiQ, a leader in textile innovation making effective, durable, and high-performance textile effects in the market, is displaying its HeiQ Fresh FFL (Fresh For Long), a 100 per cent bio-based odour control technology for the sportswear and intimate segment,etc.

P Nataraj, Chairman of the Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) has welcomed the increased allocation of Rs 7,148 crore that includes Rs 2,300 crore for Amended Technology Upgradation Fund (TUF) scheme and the balance for other schemes as against Rs 6,251 crore allocated during last year.

Union Minister Suresh Prabhu unveiled the Central government’s Rs 2,600 crore package for the leather and footwear industry, saying it had the potential of generating over three lakh jobs and formalising another two lakh in the next three years.

The Synthetic & Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC), one of the oldest export promotion councils in India, has conferred Reliance Industries (RIL) with a series of awards for its exceptional performance in exports of fibres and yarns. RIL’s president, polyester chain, has also been recognised for his contribution in the textiles 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.

B&R is a technology leader in industrial automation, and Innovation Day serves as a platform for launching innovative solutions in India. This helps machine builders to cost-effectively adopt new technologies, be globally competent and ready for the future.

Shree – The Indian Avatar has observed almost 1,500 per cent growth in demand for its garments made from Liva fabrics. Owing to the rise in demand of Liva, the new age fluid fabric from the Aditya Birla Group, Shree now boasts a production of 2,50,000 garments per month made from Liva from just 15,000 garments per month.