For several decades, Allma has been a leading company in cabling and twisting of tire cords and industrial yarns as an innovation partner of industrial concerns. This year the focus of Allma is on the TechnoCorder TC2 with interesting developments in FlexiPly and the new 830 mm spindle gauge.

More satisfied customers for online and mail order purchases and fewer returns ´ that´s what French start-up company Sizzy is aiming to achieve in its stores with the Human Solutions GmbH 3D body scanners, which capture customers´ individual body measurements in private scanning cabins.

The exports of textiles and garments from Pakistan earned US$ 10.207 billion in the first nine months of fiscal year 2014-15 that began on July 1, 2014, according to the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Indian textile and clothing market is estimated to more than double from Rs $58 billion in 2013 to $138 billion by 2023 . All the three segments, apparels, home textiles and technical textiles, are expected to double their market size.

Converting sector is much needed for growing the technical textiles sector. Sushil Kapoor, President and CEO of Technical Textiles Business at SRF Limited, India emphasised the need for value addition in technical textiles sector while speaking at the recent Technotex International conference organised by FICCI with the support from Government of India in Mumbai.

SKF has launched a pioneering new model that will help engineers to calculate a more realistic bearing rating life by considering more influencing factors than before.

Lindauer DORNIER GmbH is presenting at this year?s Techtextil machines for upmarket high-tech textiles for the protection of people and the environment such as functional textiles for solid matter, wet and air filtration as well as shading.

Cotton prices in India are expected to remain subdued in the near future. Coming to the domestic scenario, prices are likely to trend in line with the international markets as domestic prices have plunged below the international levels offering no triggers for upside movement.

By the time the 12th edition of the fabrics and accessories show, F&A Show 2015 and the 4th edition of home textiles fair- Hometex closed its doors on 14th March, more than 3,500 unique visitors had streamed through the KTPO gates in Bangalore, the venue of the twin shows, up 11 per cent from the 2014 editions.