Double digit growth across 2016-2021, is making digital textile printing one of the most exciting market opportunities in the print and textile supply sectors according to the latest exclusive market data from Smithers Pira. The Future of Digital Textile Printing to 2021 values this global market at €1.17 billion in 2016 with growth forecast at an annual average of 12.3 per cent for 2016-2021. This will see the market more than double in value over five years, reaching €2.42 billion in 2021.

The Coimbatore-based Sieger has grown from strength to strength over the years and is participating in India-ITME 2016 in a big way.

One of the oldest Indian manufacturers and exporters of card clothing and card room accessories, The Indian Card Clothing Co Ltd (ICC) is showcasing its award-winning ‘Tops Height Measuring’ (THM) device, an innovative ‘On Card’ technology, to solve uncertainty and a pain area faced by spinners in the carding department at the upcoming India-ITME.

Marc Wolpers, Director of Trützschler Nonwovens is gung-ho about the India’s nonwoven market and he is confident that he will be firming up new projects in India.

Lenzing Instruments’ booth offers an update on available systems for quality- and process control of staple fibre, filament, nonwovens, woven fabric, composites and plastic film.

TumKalip Aparat, a Turkish manufacturer of spare parts for new generation of European make weaving machines, will be displaying its range of quality spare parts at India-ITME in hall 6, booth D11.

Ramdev, yoga guru and founder of Patanjali Group, said that the brand is planning to foray into the textile manufacturing sector.

The Rs 6,000-crore special package, which was recently approved for the garment sector, may cover the home textile segment, the sector which was earlier excluded from its ambit.

In a bid to promote the country’s textiles in non-traditional markets like Russia, South America and West Asia, the Government is planning to conduct roadshows in these places.