At the Textile Solution Center, Como facility in Italy, developed for the promotion of digital printing on Epson tissue and Fortex, young promising designers from all over Europe can test first hand the most advanced printing technologies in the sector and boost their creativity.

The Autefa Solutions V-Jet is a new hydroentanglement system which saves up to 30 per cent of the hydraulic energy required for the spunlace process.

Jaswinder Bedi, Chairman, African Cotton & Textile Industry Federation (ACTIF) and Managing Director, Bedi Investments, Kenya, was elected as the new President of the Federation for the next two years during the Annual Conference 2016 of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) in Jaipur.

According to estimates, the demand for airbags will increase by 5 per cent annually over the next five years. To date, airbags have been predominantly manufactured using polyamide 6.6 yarns.

India’s biggest digital inkjet printer manufacturer ColorJet India Ltd, a division of ColorJet Group has been acknowledged as ‘India’s Largest Manufacturer of Wide Format Digital Printer’ at the annual 6th Imaging Solution Awards Night held in New Delhi on January 13, 2017, for which it won an award, instituted by Imaging Solution magazine.

Both in China and India, Rieter significantly increased sales, by 33 per cent to CHF 186.5 million and by 28 per cent to CHF 182.1 million, respectively. In the other Asian countries, sales declined by 12 per cent.

Budget measures like corporate tax cut for MSMEs, plan to set up 100 international skill centres, and support to cluster approach for contract farming have brought cheer to the textile industry. An ITJ Report on the pros and cons of the Budget 2017-18.

The ZinserRing 71 enabled Xianyang Textiles to record a palpable drop in power consumption. “Faster, better, safer” – this slight variation on the Olympic motto is how Kang Zhongming, Chairman and General Manager of Xianyang Textiles Group Co, Ltd, describes the properties of the ZinserRing 71.

Both in China and India, Rieter significantly increased sales, by 33 per cent to CHF 186.5 million and by 28 per cent to CHF 182.1 million, respectively. In the other Asian countries, sales declined by 12 per cent.