The RD 7/2-12 EN and the RDJ 5/1 was presented to a wider group of specialists, invited by KARL MAYER (China), to an open-house event recently.

The latest ´Textile Pipeline´ from PCI Fibres offers in 11 pages a highly focused review in the form of text, charts and tables of the Indian textiles economy; an economy which has been experiencing relatively disappointing growth among its local consumers; that is, until 2014. Following a bounce-back in per capita fibre demand of nearly 10 per cent in 2009, growth then slowed year by year down to just 2 per cent in 2013, coming back strongly in 2014 by nearly 8 per cent.

Hardik Shah, Director Marketing, Embee India, shares the step by step upgradation of the end-rings in the rotary screen printing industry. He says, ´In view of my experience in textile mills in different cities of Pakistan and subsequent evaluation, I can recommend two different upgrades for the rotary screen printing department to reduce energy and maintenance costs.´

The term ´SLUB´ is described as ´Thick Place´ in a yarn. In slub yarn, ´slubs´ are deliberately created to produce a desired pattern in the yarn. By altering the slub yarn parameters such as slub diameter, slub length and yarn length or slub interval, one can produce more varieties of slub yarn with different styles.

EURATEX, the European apparel and textile confederation, has recently signed an MoU with ACIMIT and VDMA, the associations respectively representing Italian and German textile machinery manufacturers.

In January 2015, Claudia Wagner has been appointed Head of Operations / COO at SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG in Horgen. She is in charge for SSM´s global production and supply network.

The new government is on the right path with ´Make in India´, but I just hope that the idea is carried forward with concrete steps in the upcoming budget. The budget should boost the domestic SME´s and encourage their growth.

Organised by Vardaan Events Pvt Ltd, Garfab-TX will be in its 12th edition, which will be held between 15-17 May 2015 at SIECC, Surat, Gujarat. Garfab-TX is an important trade show on embroidery, apparel technology, fibre, yarn, fabrics & accessories.

DOMOTEX Asia, one of the most important international trade fairs for flooring in Asia, took place at Shanghai from 24-26 March 2015. The Allma Volkmann trade fair team was delighted to welcome visitors to its stand H10 in hall W1. Competent specialists informed customers and interested persons about the latest novelties in two-for-one twisting and cabling technology for the manufacturing of high-quality carpet yarns and yarns for artificial turf.