The Government of India is promoting good cotton growing approaches to its farmers. India through its National Food Security Mission (NSFM) is promoting the use of technology to its farmers to enhance the yield and quality in cotton growing states.

Sunlight is the inherent source of energy reaching the earth´s surface. Approximately 5 per cent of the incident sunlight constitutes ultraviolet radiations. The UV spectrum present in the sunlight has shorter wavelength ranging from 280 nm?400 nm.

The global polyethylene terephthalate (PET) market will continue to be affected by upstream market volatility because of economic uncertainty. As PET pricing is partly driven by the upstream purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and monoethylene glycol (MEG) prices, margins are expected to remain thin.

Coimbatore-based Nestling Technologies has introduced an improved version of its i-Scan, called i-Scan-µ2C, which is ideally fitted immediately after the fine-opener exit for better elimination efficiency of foreign matters with minimum good fibre loss.

PHD Chamber organised a Conference on ´PHD manufacturing Signature Series 2015- Zed Effect´ recently at the PHD House, New Delhi which was inaugurated by Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon´ble Union Minister of Steel and Mines, Govt. of India.

Founded in Switzerland in 1887, Jakob Müller AG is the world´s leading company with regard to technology for the manufacture of woven and knitted tapes and webbing, woven ropes, woven labels and technical textiles, printed narrow fabrics, dyeing, make-up and winding machinery.

Bengaluru-based Zenith Software (ZSL) has announced its India expansion plans to strengthen its presence in India to tap the growing domestic IT market especially in the banking and government (e-governance) sectors.

When it comes to quality and cost calculations, spinners are well aware of the familiar parameters: raw material prices, machine downtime and production rates, for example. But a more detailed assessment of all the key performance indicators (KPIs) for a successful spinning mill can bring important new factors to light. Expert guidance on this wider view comes in USTER® NEWS BULLETIN No. 50, just published ´ and now available as an e-magazine.

SSM and Heberlein held a symposium in Daegu City, Korea on March 25, 2015. Over 70 delegates from the industry joined the event. The symposium stands under the theme of ´SSM GIUDICI state of the art in texturing, and HEBERLEIN new developments in air interlacing & air texturing´.