This year?s ITMA set the scene as customers and prospective customers saw for themselves in Milan the market-ready Mayer & Cie. spinning and knitting technology that is better known as spinitsystems®.

The US company Milliken has been recognised by Future Materials as the ?Most Innovative Large Size Company.? Given by Future Materials, an international technical textiles magazine published by the World Textile Information Network (WTiN)…

Union Minister of State for Textiles Santosh Gangwar said the national textile policy will be finalised soon and it is likely to be ready by the month of April. Speaking to Indian Textile Journal, Gangwar said, ´The national textile policy will be finalised soon. May be at the end of April.

Mayer & Cie. is a world-leading manufacturer of circular knitting machines. For 110 years, the owner-managed family firm has been at home in the Swabian Alb, the location of the market and technology leader’s head office to this day – in Albstadt, where the knitting machines are, for the most part, manufactured. The company’s central administration and research and development (R&D) department are also in Albstadt.

It is well established that to achieve consistent quality of the sliver, the shape and the height of the wire points on the revolving flats are critical.

Over the last few decades, Rajasthan has emerged as a successful textile hub. Given the labour-intensive nature of the sector, the Rajasthan government has identified it as one of the thrust areas.

The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) is working closely with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to come up with better products in technical textile.

VDMA member companies are extremely satisfied with ITMA 2015 in Milan.

A new report published by the two leading global trade associations forecasts strong market demand for nonwovens materials through the next five years, according to the Worldwide Outlook for the Nonwovens Industry, 2014-2020.