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.

Some States have upped their ante in textiles, declaring it a ´sunrise industry´ and by improving infrastructure and policies, they promise to lend a helping hand to the Indian Government´s efforts to carve out a bigger slice in global textile trade. Joseph S and Karthik M recount the story with details.

The Swiss textile machinery group within Swissmem elected a new president during their meeting held end of May. After the resignation of Peter Gnägi, who has been member of the board since 2002 and president since 2013, the members of the group elected Ernesto Maurer as his successor.

In line with the GOTS´ policy to work for the benefit of the organic textile community worldwide and adopt latest changes and innovations, GOTS has released a 20 minutes short video outlining the new criteria and specifications or clarifications of differences between GOTS Version 3.0 and 4.0.

InspirOn Engineering Pvt Ltd, a manufacturer of Motex® model of Stenters at Ahmedabad and Batliboi Ltd, a multifaceted Engineering organisation with offices all over India, have entered into a strategic marketing alliance with effect from May 1, 2015. Batliboi will market Motex® and other recently developed ´InspirOn´ stenters.

SANITIZED AG, Switzerland´s leading worldwide producer of antimicrobial hygiene function and material protection for textiles and plastics, will be presenting at the Techtextil a new technology that, for the first time, assures a UV-resistant, outstanding anti-mildew effect, suitable for aqueous coating systems. This product innovation has already won the ITMA future materials award.

Some States have upped their ante in textiles, declaring it a ´sunrise industry´ and by improving infrastructure and policies, they promise to lend a helping hand to the Indian Government´s efforts to carve out a bigger slice in global textile trade. Joseph S and Karthik M recount the story with details.

The new head of Uster Technologies in China is Walter Kiechl, previously Managing Director of Jossi Systems AG and USTER´s Fiber Cleaning segment. He took up his new post as Chief Operating Officer for China on May 1, 2015, as a member of the Executive Management Team of Uster Technologies, reporting directly to CEO Dr Geoffrey Scott.

The already successful business relation between DIENES and Rauschert needs to become closer in order to realise new challenges in the implementation of large-scale innovation projects together.