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.

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.

KARL MAYER´s exhibition stand at the leading trade fair in Milan had a lighthouse effect: trend-setting, eye-catching even from some distance away and outstanding. At ITMA in Milan the innovative market leader in the fields of warp knitting and warp preparation machines presented in Hall 5, Stand C 101, expecting its guests with a futuristic stand, the first port of call for the trade.

The classic phrase ?mass production? hardly has any meaning for technical textiles any more.

The World Textile Summit, that was launched on the second day of the ITMA Milano, gave more than 150 textile industry leaders a range of expert insights into the business issues that feed into decisions on sustainability in the textile supply chain.

The participation of J-Teck3 at ITMA 2015 was focused on its disperse dye ink J-Cube, a versatile range of inks dedicated to industrial print heads.

Dark clouds that have gathered over cotton, the once-white-gold, are yet to disperse. Rising stock, falling price, China’s detrimental policies, agricultural crisis and boom in synthetics are sending shock waves across nations, more so in India.