In September 2016, the building works for the new production site of the German textile machinery producer BRÃœCKNER have begun. The company will invest 40 million Euro in estate, buildings and machinery. The completion is planned for the end of 2017. Since 1960, the production site of the German producer of textile machinery BRÃœCKNER is located in the Bavarian town Tittmoning. With about 180 employees and workers at this site, the company produces every year about 120 machines and lines 95 per cent of which are exported all around the globe.

The Government hinted at lowering excise duty on man-made fibre (MMF) in the new Textile Policy in order to boost investment to meet growing demand from the synthetic textiles industry. While cotton fibre attracts no duty, the Government levies 10 per cent excise duty on MMF. The industry has sought excise exemption on MMF on the grounds that the garments produced through MMF are primarily used by the economically weaker sections of society. Kavita Gupta, Textile Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, confirmed it on the sidelines of FICCI TAG 2016 — the 8th Annual Conference on Textile and Apparel Industry organised by industry body FICCI on September 2 at Hotel Lalit, Mumbai.

China will account for the fastest growing and second-largest share of demand through 2020 and beyond as its medical delivery system is expanded and upgraded to better serve its massive population. These and other trends are presented in World Medical Disposables, a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry research firm. Western Europe will remain the third-largest major market for medical disposables, reflecting the operation of a universal health insurance plan and an advanced medical delivery system in most countries. On the downside, growth prospects for medical disposables in the region will slow due to tight cost controls such as budgeting and fixed reimbursement rates.

In India, the textile industry is the second largest sector, next only to agriculture in terms of its contribution to income (GDP) and employment of the nation. For centuries, it is evolving in process of production, varieties and quality of products and technological progress and cost effectiveness. From the stage of raw cotton to final products, the industry have processes like ginning, spinning, weaving, dyeing and processing and garmenting.

Almost all manufacturers have a sampler, which is round and hence it requires a lot of skill to operate. A sampler is required to achieve identical results. Further, the sensor in the main instrument used is a wide sensor, i.e., 3 mm sensor. This also leads to lot of inaccuracies. Keisokki decided to eliminate the problems and developed a new instrument. The company introduced its computer technology-based Classifiber with:

EU clothing imports from China dropped by a considerable volume of 9.9 per cent in the first three months of this year compared to that of last year, reveals Textiles Intelligence in a recent report.

YarNet is the only software platform that can interact with each and every machine comprising the entire production process. YarNet is Marzoli’s highly innovative production management software. This product has been designed in order to make production management smart, easy and immediate:

Coimbatore-based MAG Solvics Private Limited has received the best R&D award from the Textile Machinery Manufacturers’ Association (TMMA) for ‘AccuTrash’, Automatic Trash Separator for the year 2015-16. TMMA constitutes various awards for the textile sector like outstanding export performance, R&D awards and segment wise and special awards. This year MAG has won the Best R&D award for its product AccuTrash.

The Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation (BTMC) is looking at reopening six closed textile mills with Chinese help.