Colorjet India and other Indian luminaries like Bank of Baroda, Bajaj Electricals Ltd, Asian Paints, Future India Ltd, Indian Overseas Bank and companies from other ASEAN countries, bagged awards in various other categories. India’s biggest manufacturer of digital printing machines, ColorJet India Ltd bagged the ‘Rising Star of Asia’ 2016 award in the digital inkjet printer manufacturer category at the Indo-ASEAN Global Investment Summit held in Bangkok, Thailand on September 17, 2016.

Custom Logics Pvt Ltd offers GizmoCat – an ultrasound rat repellent for machines. Rats are a global menace to machines, capable of damaging wires and cables. Furthermore, rat’s wastes are acidic and corrosive and so lethal to PCBs and electronics. For the industrial sector especially manufacturing and assembly lines, rats ruin expensive and critical machinery, thus causing downtime and delivery rescheduling. Not only do they cause monetary loss but also reputations take a severe beating in such critical times.

Sanitized, a leading producer of antimicrobial hygiene functions and material protection for textiles and plastics, has developed a new product for long-lasting antimicrobial protection for flexible polymer applications in response to the growing global antimicrobial market demands. Besides thermal stability and compatibility with most formulations, the new Sanitized PL 14-32 is said to provide water resistance, as well as high UV resistance and no yellowing after UV exposure.

Dr Anita Desai reviews the cluster concept, from its inception to the main contemporary regional science with focus on the tangible elements of sari weaving clusters irrespective of the popularity. The Indian textile industry is as old as the word textile itself. It works on an independent basis starting from the procurement of raw material to the final production of actual textiles.

The global yarn production increased in Q2/2016 quarter-on-quarter. Thereby, output in Asia, Europe and South America rose. On an annual basis, the global yarn production in Q2/2016 fell versus Q2/2015. Global yarn stocks fell in Q2/2016 quarter-on-quarter. Yarn stocks were reduced in Asia. In South America they increased. Year-on-year, global yarn stocks declined. Yarn orders in Europe fell quarter-on-quarter as well as year-on-year.

Santex Rimar Group’s weaving division was present in Shanghai with a Terry Jaquard loom under SMIT brand for first rate terry towels productions. Textile finishing division was present with Decofast machine under Sperotto Rimar brand. It was possible to see some fabrics treated by Santasynpact, Sanfor and Compacting process machine under Santex brand.

Keisokki’s KET V++C is the fifth generation, computer technology based instrument. Keisokki introduced its computer technology based instrument KET80C in 1980 whereas other manufacturers could introduce theirs 7 years later in 1987. Keisokki has introduced several novel and revolutionary concepts which have found immense use in the textile industry.

Hebei Maiyuan Chemical Industry Co Ltd, located in the Jinzhou city of Hebei Province in P R China, has developed an extra-high D.S CMC named CT80H, which through special technology, has solved the weakness of easy to impact reactive dyes of the traditional CMC, and the CT 80 H can be used in reactive dyes directly. CT 80 H can be used, instead of the sodium Alginate, as the thickener in reactive dyes.

The Tamil Nadu Government has announced new schemes for promoting handloom, textile and khadi industries. A sum of Rs 175.23 crore would be spent on modernising six cooperative mills in the State. For the benefit of powerloom workers, 50 per cent subsidy would be provided to around 1,500 employees towards their insurance premium. Unveiling the new schemes, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said handloom, handicraft, textile and khadi industries contribute the second highest revenue to the State, next only to agriculture.