Garmatex Technologies, Inc (“Garmatex”), an industry disrupting inventor and supplier of scientifically-engineered performance fabrics, has launched its revolutionary fabric, Kottinu´, at The Outdoor Retailer Winter Market from January 21 to 24, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Digital printing is poised to capture a bigger share in the Indian market as the industry has started enjoying and reaping benefits of its technological advances. The ITJ Exclusive Report attempts to scan a view of this booming digital printing scenario.

Italian Ratti S.p.A. is a leading company in the creation and production of printed fabrics, plain and yarn-dyed, for clothing, neckwear, shirts, bathing clothes, underwear and furniture, as well as in the creation and worldwide distribution of male and female accessories for the most important international fashion companies.

Stewart, the name that has stamped an inerasable print in the minds of the textile industry for its renowned pinned products for over a century, has never let India out of its sight. In China, it established its set-up a decade ago. Now, only a year back, it opened its third factory in the world in Bangalore, India.

The technical textile industry has been registering an annual growth of 11 per cent, and it is expected to grow at about 20 per cent by 2017. The Union Ministry of Textiles has sought additional funds for the Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) in the current financial year, says Textile Commissioner Kiran Soni Gupta.

If our cotton could speak, it would describe the extraordinary people behind its growth and cultivation. Our farmers are passionate: about their work, their crops and their communities. They are devoted to transforming an element from the earth into a fibre of our lives. They see a singular vision of the crop´s connection to what matters every day, and its embrace of all.

Global warming´ and ´carbon footprint´ are buzzwords now. Their importance and the consequential long-term devastating effects of ´Climate Change´ on the environment, habitat and even the existence of our mother Earth are widely discussed. This warming of atmospheric temperature is attributed to the emission of green house gases (GHG)´carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorocarbons are the major contributors

Cotton price is still down, and the global acreage is likely to follow suit. China´s warehoused cotton poses quality problem but in the medium-term, there could be reliefs with the demand for cotton from countries like India going up.

Colorant Limited, a leading reactive dyes manufacturer and exporter based in Ahmedabad, received the award for the outstanding performance in domestic market for the 2013-14, organized by the Dyestuff Manufacturer Association of India held on 4 August 2014 at Hotel Sea Princess, Mumbai.