Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani announced that the government has increased subsidy by 30 per cent for upgradation of powerloom sector and for the benefit of small weavers

In order to make more power available to the textile industry in Maharashtra, the Government of Maharashtra will design a scheme for enabling the use of solar power by textile mills, according to the State’s Textile Minister Subhash Deshmukh.

At the upcoming Techtextil exhibition for technical textiles and nonwovens, Thies Textilmaschinen will highlight its latest trends and innovations.

Keen on making Haryana a global hub of textile manufacturing and a preferred investment destination, the State Government came out with Textile Policy 2017 to incentivise setting up of new units, and ensure growth and modernisation of the existing textile industry.

Usha International expects sales of its mainstay sewing machines and cooking appliances segment to grow by up to 25 per cent in 2017-18, driven by expansion of network besides leveraging on e-commerce.

Indian home textiles manufacturer and exporter Himatsingka Seide approved disinvestment of 100 per cent stake in its Italian subsidiary Giuseppe Bellora Srl.

ColorJet India Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of digital printers, is launching its tech-loaded digital textile printer, the TXF at FESPA Hamburg 2017, which runs May 8-12, 2017, in hall: B5, stall: G62.

In a major boost for khadi, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has received its largest bulk order worth over Rs 2 crore from Raymond Ltd for the supply of 98,000 m khadi fabric.

The main ballistic threats to military personnel are fragmenting projectiles rather than bullets. The projectiles originate from grenades, mortars, artillery shells, mines, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Other threats are low velocity bullets from hand guns, and high velocity bullets from rifles and machine guns.