As the textile industry moves more into innovative, value-added products, the demands on the machinery and spares manufacturers for quality, innovation, on-time service, turnkey solutions, R&D are increasing rapidly.

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG attended two exhibitions in September: Irantex in Tehran, Iran and CAITME in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Visitors were impressed by the SSM solutions.

Biobased products from Grasim Industries are cost competitive, readily available, and perform as well as or better than their conventional counterparts.

The Paul Schlack / Wilhelm Albrecht Prize 2017 was awarded to two employees of ITA, RWTH Aachen. Dr Gisa Wortberg, ITA, RWTH Aachen (D), etc.

Since 1978, Yale Synthlube Industries has been one of the pioneers, market leaders and manufacturers of synthetic lubricants in India. Yale lubricants are now available in Turkey too.

Inditech International’s product portfolio covers all areas of the textile industry from filament spinning plants, industrial yarn spinning plants to processing, textile testing equipment and plant automation.

Splice Strength Tester is an instrument, which determines the splicing strength of the yarn at the time of spinning. T Splice strength (single/double) yarn tester (Schlafhorst type)/(breaking strength tester) is mechanical type with maximum pointer with suitable carrying case and operating manual.

Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd, an industry leader in climate and energy efficient solutions, showcased its NextGen High Power Automation Drives – VLT Drive with enclosure size E and the VLT Midi Drive, in Chennai recently as a part of their ‘Engineering Tomorrow’s India’ initiatives.

Narain Aggarwal, Chairman of the Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC), in his address at the 63rd Annual General Meeting held on September 28, 2017 in Mumbai said that exports of MMF textiles during the year 2016-17 had shown a nearly 2 per cent growth in value terms and was on path of recovery.