Bed Bath & Beyond, one of the leading home textile retailers in the United States, has acquired PersonalizationMall.com (PMall.com) for approximately $190 million, an online retailer of personalised products.

In a major expansion plan, textile manufacturer Nahar Industrial Enterprises (NIEL) has installed two new units-Monforts Montex stenter and a Thermex continuous dyeing range-from Monforts to increase the production of Nahar fabrics. Mumbai-based A.T.E. Enterprises, Monforts’ representative for India, installed the two machines.

November 27, 2016 saw the inauguration of a new apparel and garment making centre at Imphal, Manipur by Smriti Irani, Union Minister for Textiles, Government of India. The apparel centre was inaugurated in the presence of Okram Ibobi Singh, Chief Minister of Manipur.

In a major expansion plan, textile manufacturer Nahar Industrial Enterprises (NIEL) has installed two new units?Monforts Montex stenter and a Thermex continuous dyeing range?from Monforts to increase the production of Nahar fabrics.

VTG has attracted international exhibitors with 550 booths of 400 companies from over 17 countries and territories including Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong (China), German, Italy, New Zealand, Indonesia, Hungary, South Korea, India, Bangladesh, China and Vietnam.

The 18th YiwuTex trade fair that will focus on healthcare textiles and innovative yarn, will feature three thematic zones — functional knitting machinery zone, smart apparel machinery zone and digital printing machinery zone.

At ITME India 2016, Rotorcraft will again show new developments which embody the operating principles of all of its products: Efficiency, Simplicity and Sustainability.

The Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) has blamed the government policies for the textile industry’s decline in the country.

Indian apparel and textile manufacturing has reached new heights in the last few years and Indian exports are welcomed all over the world for their quality and value added features.