If you ask many an Italian textile machinery company, what are the factors behind their success, they mostly point out to two elements: Tradition & Innovation. For years, these companies have upheld the great values of their tradition, and by spending 5 per cent of their turnover constantly year after year on research and development (R&D), they have given priority to innovation.

Self-reinforced polymer composites (SRPC) consist of highly oriented reinforced polymer fibres and a low melting fraction of the same polymer family as matrix, write Marie-Isabel Popzyk, Sangeetha Ramaswamy, Volker Niebel, Thomas Gries, Linde De Vriese, Kristel Beckers and Lien Van der Schueren.

Ion Exchange, one of India’s largest environment solutions providers, has launched a new chemical blending facility in Bahrain. The company is expanding its facility in Bahrain in order to improve the products and services it offers the wider GCC region, a market currently worth around $1.5 trillion.

The International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) 2016 will be held between November 17-19, 2016 at Jaipur. Hosted by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), the three-day conference expects a mammoth gathering of more than 400 delegates including textile industry leaders, senior government officials and experts from across the world. The conference will offer a chance for textile manufacturers to interact with global leaders in the industry, experience new innovations in the industry and learn changing policies in global trade.

The need for energy conservation has assumed paramount importance in the textile industry with the rising energy cost on the one hand and the severe energy shortage on the other. S Ashok, BEE Accredited Energy Auditor, talks on compressed air savings in textile mills and various loss happening in compressed air generation.

The vibrant spinning industry of Indonesia is the perfect match for the USTER® TESTER 6. The world?s most advanced quality measuring system is the gateway to Total Testing, while the integrated Assistant Q support feature guides mills to the best quality and profitability choices for targeting high-end textile applications. Agansa Primatama demonstrated these benefits directly to the spinners at the Indo Intertex event.

Kornit Digital has announced that Buck Kim has been appointed as President of Kornit Digital’s Asia-Pacific region. In this capacity, Kim will oversee all of Kornit Digital’s operations in his territories. He follows Eyal Manzoor who was recently appointed as President Kornit in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

India’s Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has embarked on an exploratory visit to Iran to understand the market after removal of sanctions. A delegation under the stewardship of Ashok G Rajani, Chairman-AEPC and four executive committee members of the council visited Tehran recently.

European flax fibres and Chinese linen yarns are flooding the Indian market thanks to a spurt in consumers’ interest in linen products. Samuel Joseph reveals some emerging trends in the linen scenario. Linen is the coolest fabric material in the world, but its market is getting warmer day by day in India, thanks to a spurt in promotion mounted by the big names including Grasim, Raymond and many more small players.