Cotton imports by China in June have fallen by 26 per cent already. The see-sawing of prices in major countries including India is causing a lot of anxieties. Chinese prices are under pressure from significant left-over commercial stocks as well as sales of state reserve cotton, kicked off recently.

Dr Greg Constable of Australia is the winner for the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) Researcher of the Year Award for the year 2015. Constable holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Science and a Masters of Agricultural Science from the University of Sydney, and a PhD from the Australian National University, Canberra.

The Swiss company Benninger has been the textile industry´s leading partner across the globe for more than 150 years with global branches and service representatives. Benninger develops and manufactures textile finishing and cord production ranges as well as providing complete system solutions.

The Picanol Group is looking to expand its Ypres production capacity in order to meet worldwide demand for Picanol looms. The Picanol Group expects demand for its looms to continue over the next few months.

Days of weave, cut, stitch & sew are gone, and seamless technology is the in-thing in women´s intimate, active and casual wear, say the top brass from the Sangam (India) Ltd, Bhilwara, which has launched India´s first brand´CHANNEL NINE´born of a ´seamless experience´.

Huntsman International (India) Pvt Ltd, a global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals, has appointed Rohit Aggarwal as the Vice President and Managing Director of Huntsman India subcontinent with effect from July 1, 2015. Aggarwal will be succeeding Steve Stilliard who will be retiring from the position of Vice President and Managing Director.

Renu Aggarwal, Principal Consultant with Wazir Advisors, has been leading various consulting assignments related to business strategy formulation, expansion strategies, positioning, business planning, concept development, due diligence, feasibility studies, etc. i

Bräcker, Graf, Novibra and Suessen presented in Shanghai their newly developed Premium Components. Bräcker presented the latest two new spinning rings redORBIT und OPAL®. The redORBIT and the OPAL® rings are the answers to the demands of today?s fast paced spinning industry, where the spinning mills have to work with very tight cost control, whilst adapting quickly to the ever faster changing markets.

Founded in 1999, SKAAT has since become one of the largest privately owned companies in fancy segments in India. The company offers a wide range of products including SKAAT Slub, SKAAT Injection Slub, SKAAT Rainbow and SKAAT Tester, to name a few. In slubs, SKAAT provides SKAAT DS 3L, SKAAT DS 2L, SKAAT DS 2 and SKAAT DIGI 300.