Misfortunes have come in battalions for textile exporters ? firstly GST dilemma, then, hardening of rupee and now the axe on duty drawback rates. An exclusive ITJ Report throws some light on the issue.

ShanghaiTex is one of the biggest textile machinery trade shows in China. This year, ShanghaiTex 2017 focuses on the revolutionary theme like sports textile technology, smart factory, etc. to attract more related machinery makers this year.

Switzerland-based Textest AG has been providing quality control instruments since 1969. Reto Vogt, owner of Textest AG, who was recently in India for the Techtextil India exhibition, spoke at length with ITJ Senior Sub Editor Karthik Muthuveeran, about the Indian market for its products and its future plans.

Founded in March 2016, Fabriclore is a Jaipur-based organisation, with a penchant for telling vivid stories through their collaboration with indigenous designers. A brainchild of three friends ? Sandeep, Anupam and Vijay, Fabriclore sets out for a tough task to constantly inspire creative people to achieve stand-out boho and fusion designs in both, clothing and home furnishing.

Itema unveiled the ItemaCampus along with the innovative airjet and rapier technology installed on the premises for the benefit of the growing base of customers.

Represented in the Indian textile market since 1947 and established with a company-owned liaison office in India since 1996, Stäubli has been an important supplier to numerous local weaving mills for decades.

CHTC Fong?s has been committed to the development and manufacturing of dyeing and finishing equipment for more than 50 years. In the past decades, CHTC Fong?s devoted to the development of energy-saving and emission reduction machines and now it becomes the basic conditions for dyeing factories.

With an exhibition area of more than 1,00,000 sq m, ShanghaiTex 2017 expects the participation of over 1,200 exhibitors and over 50,000 professional buyers.

For the first time ever in Iran, Switzerland’s textile machinery manufacturers exhibited in their own pavilion at the recent Irantex show, under the umbrella of their representative body the Swiss Textile Machinery Association (Swissmem).