The proposed Textile Park at Padalur on the Tiruchi-Chennai National Highway has evoked good response from the entrepreneurs, with as many as 31 entrepreneurs from different parts of the Tamil Nadu expressing keen interest to launch venture.

With the acquisition of Cubic Tech Corporation last year, DSM Dyneema – the inventor and manufacturer of the Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibre branded as Dyneema® – is now not only responsible for world’s strongest, lightest fibres, sheets and tapes but also world’s strongest, lightest and most engineered fabrics and composites.

Located in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Darshana Trading Company is a supplier and trader of rapier looms, air jet looms and water jet looms.

During the last 30 years, the consumption of polymeric materials has increased dramatically in large volume applications such as clothing, food packaging, construction, etc., feel Vivek Mane, SB Vhanbatte and Rajanna L Gotipamul.

Doug Grossman, President of Q-Lab Corporation, a global leader in accelerated weathering testers, corrosion testers, contract testing services and standard test panels for paints, has received the prestigious Warren Ketola Memorial Award.

AUTEFA Solutions Germany, world market leader of automatic fibre logistics and manufacturer of hydraulic fibre presses, presented a new machine concept two years ago with the UNI-FORK.

The newly-developed VGT11-P4 Combi glass ring twisting machine, which was presented at the JEC 2015, successfully started production at the end of 2015.

Giving Shape to Ideas? is the major theme of everyone at the headquarters of Konica Minolta. Last year, it scaled a new peak of achievement. It was hectic time for Konica Minolta towards the end of 2015.

Khurshed M Thanawalla is an independent non-executive director of Mandhana Industries Limited. He holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from Mumbai University He is Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of London and is also a Fellow of the British Institute of Management and Associate of Textile Institute, UK.