The Indian textile industry has been very dynamic & the stakeholders of the supply chain especially the colourists have to tackle a huge range of issues daily. The most challenging one is to make ´cleaner products´ of expected quality and at a competitive price.

Since the last ITMA edition, the global textile and garment industry has made rapid strides and evolved tremendously with technological innovations. And 2015 being the Year of Sustainability, the organisers have done well to make this as the main theme ´ Master the Art of Sustainable Innovation.

In Maharashtra, after the declaration of State Textile Policy, a total of 769 projects with investment of Rs 6,690 crore have been established. The investment have come predominantly into the developed textile machinery of spinning and weaving sector.

Shipments in most of the textile machinery segments experienced declines in 2014. Deliveries of new short-staple spindles fell by 15 per cent from 2013 to 2014. Shipped long-staple spindles and open-end rotors increased by 70 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively.

The Belgian consortium Van de Wiele signed an agreement to purchase the French company Superba and the US company American Superba. The agreement took place on May 27, 2015.

Clean and sustainable trade speak to support a better way of growing, processing and selling clothes have put a spotlight on the textile value chain. To make textiles sustainable the India Report Series highlight perspectives on the challenges on the transformation.

Does going organic make better business sense in textiles? This is one of the major questions that pop up today in every meeting bordering on sustainability in textiles. The humanity has to draw a line somewhere and say such & such textile products are harmless to the skin, environment and to life itself.

The Compagnie Mauricienne de Textile Ltée (CMT) is not only the largest and most successful textile and apparel company on the island of Mauritius, but also the biggest employer. It began in 1986 as a sewing company with 30 people.

Lower production costs, reduction of tariffs and competitive prices of raw materials are pushing Chinese companies to shift production to South-East Asia. According to a study by ANZ Bank economists that South-East Asia would take over from China to become the ?world?s factory? in the next 10-15 years.