Leading spinners are being invited to go ´back to school´ in a unique concept to promote high-level independent analysis of the problems facing the industry in the years to come. USTER® QUALITY UNIVERSITY offers a platform for discussion of the complex procedures involved in the profitable production of quality yarns

Shipments in some of the textile machinery segments experienced declines in 2015. Deliveries of new short-staple spindles fell by nearly 8 per cent from 2014 to 2015. Shipped long-staple spindles and open-end rotors decreased by 61 per cent and 6 per cent, respectively.

Located in Coimbatore, Lakshmi Automachine is well known for textile automation developed by a rare class of engineers, working comfortably with both electronics and textile disciplines of engineering, thereby redefining the benchmarks to improve performance by continuous monitoring.

The total foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in Vietnam in the first half of the year reached more than $11.2 billion, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) said. This is a significant surge of 105 per cent against the same period last year. Of the total, $7.5 billion came from 1,145 newly licensed projects, representing an yearly increase of 95 per cent in capital and 56 per cent in the number of projects.

CADINI, a fashion brand synonymous with premium Italian dressing for men has launched its first flagship store in India at Colaba, Mumbai. CADINI has embarked upon an investment of Rs 15 crore for its retail foray and is poised to open 10-15 stores during this year in the high streets and destination shopping malls of metro cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata.

The fiscal incentives in the package, which is expected to cost the ex-chequer an estimated Rs 6,000 crore, include enhanced duty drawback coverage with refund of State levies not being compensated so far, additional funding under the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) and enhanced scope of income tax exemption under Section 80JJAA of the Income Tax Act.

In an endeavour to promote sustainability while catering to the growing demands of fashion industry, Whitenife, has curated Asia’s largest marketplace for ethical fashion goods. “Fast fashion is significantly deteriorating the world we live in, making ethical fashion no longer a niche, but a necessity,” says Sonia Agarwal, CEO & Founder of Whitenife.

With its inception in 2013, Corporate Collars, one-of-its-kind Bespoke Tailoring Services at Altamount Road and Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai, has recently launched a unique service, Corporate Collars on Wheels. For the first time, Corporate Collars on Wheels is a complete solution to your styling needs, with the convenience of getting your tailoring services right at your door step.

ColorJet Group, the biggest and only Indian manufacturer of digital printers in India, will bring a paradigm shift to the Indian home furnishing industry at Heimtextil India 2016 in hall 11, stall no H06 by introducing its wider width direct-to-fabric digital home textile printer FABJET GRAND, which is suitable to print on all inks, viz. reactive, pigment or disperse. Heimtextile India 2016 will be held from June 22-24, 2016 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.