The Maharashtra State Khadi and Village Industries (MSKVI) board has drafted a detailed plan to revive home-based and village industries in the State.

Nine textile laboratories in India will be upgraded to match Japanese quality and compliance standards to improve textile exports to Japan, says KS Muralidhara, Joint Director – Laboratories, Textile Committee, Government of India.

DKTE Society’s Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Wuhan Textile University (WTU) China, a premier University for textile education.

Textile major Arvind Ltd has reported a 41 per cent decline in net profit for the year ended March from a year ago on the back of demonetisation and increase in cotton prices.

Ricoh has unveiled RICOH Ri 3000/Ri 6000 direct-to-garment printers, designed to make professional, high-quality apparel printing easier, faster and more flexible.

The Haryana Government plans to open a facilitation centre for textiles and handloom industry with state-of-the-art facilities including a laboratory in Panipat to support entrepreneurs and weavers.

Japan is looking to tap the textiles sector in Tamil Nadu and experts from the country are evaluating the two textile labs in the State to ensure they comply with the quality requirement and various compliances for Japanese markets.

The Human Solutions Group showcased at the Texprocess from May 9 to 12, 2017 in hall 4.0, C21, how digitization is revolutionising product development in the apparel industry.

Beaulieu Technical Textiles (BTT) brought its specialised extrusion coating & extrusion laminating support for industrial applications to the fore at this year’s Techtextil showcase.