Coimbatore, known as the textile hub of Tamil Nadu, houses a large number of small, medium and large textile mills. It also has textile research institutes like the Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR), South Indian Textiles Research Association (SITRA) and the Sardar Vallabhai Patel International School of Textiles and Management.

Sales of air and fluid filters in the US will expand 3.8 per cent per annum to $9.7 billion in 2020. Advances will be fueled by a positive economic outlook, including continued strength in manufacturing activity and construction expenditures, as well as by increasing consumer preoccupation with domestic indoor air quality and tap water purity. In addition, continued trends toward the incorporation of smart features and complementary monitoring devices that indicate when a filter must be replaced and toward specialised, industry-specific filtration media will support per unit value gains.

SUESSEN, a manufacturer of airjet, warp spinning and ring spinning equipment with facilities in Germany, Brazil, India, the Czech Republic and a subsidiary in the USA, is planning to exhibit its products during ITM Istanbul to demonstrate the competence in handling and processing natural and man-made-fibres within the ring- and rotor spinning process. SUESSEN’s EliTe CompactSet is the world’s most in demand compact spinning system.

Oerlikon Neumag will present itself at this year’s IDEA in Boston with its extensive technology portfolio for the production of nonwovens: from spunbond and meltblown to airlaid through to staple fibres for the production of carded nonwovens. Areas of application include technical, such as filtration, roofing, geotextiles and automotive, in addition to medical and hygiene applications.

ITM 2016 International Textile Machinery Exhibition and concurrent HIGHTEX 2016 International Technical Textile & Nonwoven Trade Fair—expected to attract 1,200 exhibitors and more than 60,000 visitors from 72 countries—will be held at Tuyap Fair Convention and Congress Center on June 1-4, 2016.

Under the terms of the partnership, Archroma will provide training sessions as well as technical support and guidance to the students of the institute.

Pranal Modani is Chief of Business Development at Sangam (India) Limited, the flagship company of the business conglomerate, Sangam Group

The Board of Directors of Rieter Holding AG has appointed Jan Siebert to Rieter?s Group Executive Committee, effective April 1, 2016

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