The Saurer Group´s roadshow covered eight major textile cities in India ´ from Chandigarh and Ludhiana in the north; Ahmedabad, Nagpur and Rajkot in the west to Coimbatore, Madurai and Vijayawada in the south.

WACKER, the Munich-based chemical group, recently appointed Anand Gopaladesikan as new Managing Director of its subsidiary Wacker Chemie India Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. He succeeds Raman Trikala who was appointed Key Account Manager of WACKER´s subsidiary Wacker Chemical Corporation in Adrian, Michigan, earlier this year.

If one thinks of cotton in the global textile arena, then the first country´s name that strikes a chord in memory is India. Cotton and India are inseparable since time immemorial.

The esteemed journey of the RSWM Limited (formerly known as Rajasthan Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd), a LNJ Bhilwara Group company, started in 1961. Since the formation, RSWM has been one of the largest textile manufacturers in India, primarily producing the best quality of yarns like synthetic, blended, mélange, cotton, speciality and value added yarns suitable for suitings, shirtings, hosiery, carpet, denim, technical textiles and industrial applications.

MAG Solvics, an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, is one of the leading textile testing instruments manufacturers, fulfilling the needs of the end-to-end textile industry´s testing solutions. Established in 1991, MAG Solvics has more than 7,500 installations worldwide.

The Textile Association (India), Mumbai Unit organised a seminar on “Challenges & Opportunities in Textile Processing ´ A Way Forward´ in Thane on May 21, 2015. The Chief Guest was RR Gorakhia, Director, Textiles Committee, Ministry of Textiles, Govt. of India. SM Khire, Director ´ Operations, Welspun Syntex Ltd was the Guest of Honour.

In the 2015-16 season, world cotton imports may recover modestly, increasing 2 per cent to 7.7 mts with imports outside of China rising by 3 per cent to 6.1 mts. In 2011-12, Chinese imports more than doubled from the previous season to 5.3 mts and surpassed the total volume of imports by the rest of world, which reached only 4.4 mts.

Decatising is a well-known method of improving dimensional stability and other physical features of woven and warp-knitted fabrics by use of steam and temperature. At the Shanghaitex, which was held from June 15-18, Santex (Shanghai) Textile Co presented its new Decofast machine, which was assembled in the Chinese subsidiary of Santex Group.

Trade encouragement policies of the western countries, availability of cheap labour and low energy costs have provided Bangladesh with huge potential in the global clothing market, especially in EU and the US, feel Rakesh Kumar Goyal and Dr RP Agarwal