Boutique Living has introduced Fahrenheit sheets, for the first time ever in India, with a breakthrough

patented technology called Outlast.

DuPont recently presented its new Nomex® based fabrics and innovative protective solutions for firefighters and

industry workers at this year’s A+A in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its existing production plants for dispersions and dispersible polymer powders in
South Korea.

Huntsman Textile Effects has introduced the new PHOBOTEX® RSY non-fluorinated durable water repellent (DWR)

that raises the standard for repellency especially on high-performance synthetic textiles.

Sven-Erik Bucht Minister for Rural Affairs from the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation Sweden arrived in Mumbai to discuss a joint project on smart textiles involving potentially Aditya Birla Group, Swedish company Domsjö and the two governments as well as the European Union.

Birla Cellulose of the Aditya Birla Group has been ranked No.1 globally by the NGO Canopy, in its Hot Button Report for it work on the conservation of ancient and endangered forests.

The Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries Board (MSKVIB) has rebranded khadi as ‘MahaKhadi’ to make the specific handloom industry a peoples’ movement once again and encourage the sector through new marketing tactics.

Exports of the Textile Export Council increased 3 per cent in the period between January to October 2017 to stand at $673 million, as compared with $651 million a year earlier, the council said.

Nonwoven sector is an established sector in developed countries, while some work needs to be done in markets where it is still at infancy