KPR Mill from Coimbatore is planning to add a greenfield manufacturing facility of 36 million garment per annum capacity at an estimated cost of Rs 175 crore.

New dyes from Ahmedabad-based Colorant Ltd are said to use less water and energy, and decrease processing skills in comparison to conventional dyes, in a bid to tackle environmental and sustainability issues of the textile wet processing industry.

Savio India Ltd was set up with an intention of providing the world-class Savio products, specific to India?s textile market. With its corporate office located at Coimbatore with a strength of about 200 people and sales offices at Coimbatore, Ludhiana, Ahmedabad and Kolhapur, the company is presently serving the territory of India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Anders Jansson, CEO of Nordic marine energy technology company Minesto, finds the EU action on climate very encouraging and the most visionary major policy document ever produced in the renewable energy field, hopefully to be followed by other nations and regions outside the EU.

The requirement for technical nonwovens accounts for approximately 60 per cent of the entire nonwoven market worldwide. About half of these nonwovens are now produced in Asia. Oerlikon Neumag´s focus at this year´s ANEX and SINCE, from May 13-15 in Shanghai, was on nonwoven and meltblown plants for technical applications

Boom in housing as a result of the burgeoning middle class in India is a major growth driver for the home textile market. Change in lifestyle and growing awareness of hygiene is fuelling this growth. An ITJ report bares some details.

Textile Sector Skill Council (TSC) has begun collating data from the mill sector to understand the industry?s job role training requirement, for submission to the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).

Sieger Spintech Equipments Pvt Ltd in Arasur, Coimbatore is a winner in more than one ways. Having scaled a peak in performance in the selling of yarn conditioning plants all over India, Sieger also has set new milestones in auto doffers.

FESPA Fabric is one of the four events under one roof in Cologne in May, including FESPA 2015 where visitors can learn more about screen and digital printing techniques, European Sign Expo for non-printed, traditional signage as well as Printeriors, a printed interior décor visual showcase.