Boom in housing as a result of the burgeoning middle class in India is a major growth driver for the home textile market. Change in lifestyle and growing awareness of hygiene is fuelling this growth. An ITJ report bares some details.

Textile Sector Skill Council (TSC) has begun collating data from the mill sector to understand the industry?s job role training requirement, for submission to the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

Sieger Spintech Equipments Pvt Ltd in Arasur, Coimbatore is a winner in more than one ways. Having scaled a peak in performance in the selling of yarn conditioning plants all over India, Sieger also has set new milestones in auto doffers.

FESPA Fabric is one of the four events under one roof in Cologne in May, including FESPA 2015 where visitors can learn more about screen and digital printing techniques, European Sign Expo for non-printed, traditional signage as well as Printeriors, a printed interior décor visual showcase.

AATCC recently honoured Nelson E Houser with the AATCC Education Award in recognition of his numerous contributions to the association´s education and training activities.

China is one of the most important markets for the textile industry. In the context of the expansion in Asia, on April 28, 2015 Rieter officially inaugurated the first Application & Research Centre for spinning technology in China. It is the most advanced in the world and is a key element in Rieter?s range of services.

In the Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Segment, sustainability stands as a fundamental principle in all dealings with customers and its own employees. With the Oerlikon Barmag and Oerlikon Neumag brands, the company is a global market leader in the field of filament spinning machines for manmade fibres, texturing machines, and BCF, staple fibre spinning and nonwoven systems.

Dr NN Mahapatra of Colorant Ltd has penned a new book titled ´Textiles and Environment´. The book has been written in accordance to the author´s personal experience while he was working in big corporate companies as general manager of the dye house.

Chiorino manufactures a complete range of high performing products able to meet all application requirements for the entire textile process, from yarn manufacturing to textile printing, as well as from inspection to cutting and to packaging.