The Autumn Edition of Intertextile Shanghai Home Textiles will be held over four days instead of three in 2016. Fair organiser Messe Frankfurt announced the change due to strong feedback for an extension from exhibitors

Global growth is forecast at 3.5 per cent in 2015 and 3.8 percent in 2016, with uneven prospects across the main countries and regions. Growth in emerging market economies is softening, reflecting an adjustment to diminished medium-term growth expectations and lower revenues from commodity exports, as well as country-specific factors.

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.

And pin strips are among the critical parts in many machines along the textile process from fiber to yarn.

Chinese cotton imports in December were down 29 per cent year on year at 188,200 tonnes in December, as demand from the world’s largest cotton consumer remains muted.

Winners of Interior Lifestyle Awards 2015, Anar Patel & Vandana Agarwal will be showcasing their winning collection representing the finest craftsmanship from Gujarat at the world?s most renowned Trade Fair for Home Furnishing and Textiles ? Heimtextil 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany.

India ITME Society organised a networking dinner on November 16, 2015 at Milan to promote the opportunities in India for textile machinery manufactures.

Evolon can absorb four times its own weight in water, providing users with excellent wiping performance.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has opened a specialist unit in San Francisco to oversee imports of apparel, footwear and textiles (AFT). The new centre – which joins three other units covering pharmaceuticals, electronics and petroleum, natural gas and mineral products – is aimed at encouraging collaboration between CBP and industry.