At SPOVAK, which was held last year in Biddinghuizen, the Netherlands, Hunter Sportswear launched its latest innovation: a safety glove for ice-skaters with the highest´class 5´cut resistance. The glove represents a breakthrough in hand safety. It offers users the highest level of cut resistance, combined with a high level of comfort.

US-based home textile company Nextt, which is as a key supplier to big retailers such as Walmart, Target, Kohl´s, Dillard´s, etc., may soon introduce its popular brands to Indian market, according to its CEO Arun Agarwal who has been in India to explore what he says ´Make in India´ possibilities.

In a matter of two decades Suditi Industries Ltd, located in the Pawana Village of Turbhe in Navi Mumbai has made rapid strides since its humble beginning sometime in 1992. Today Suditi has introduced a variety of materials ´ from cotton, polyamide to silk, wool, modal, denim, and anything the consumer desires.

One of the leading German textile finishers, the Lörrach-based enterprise Textilveredlung an der Wiese GmbH (TVadW) has invested in a new textile calender line concept by ANDRITZ Küsters, Krefeld, a company of international technology group ANDRITZ.

With its companies ANDRITZ Asselin-Thibeau, ANDRITZ Küsters, and ANDRITZ Perfojet, ANDRITZ Nonwoven provides worldwide leading turnkey and individual production solutions for spunlace, wetlaid, needlepunch, technical textiles, bonding and finishing for spunbond applications.

Julferkar Ali Bhutto, a student of the Apparel Training & Design Centre (ATDC), has got a chance to represent India at the ´43rd World Skills Competition´ to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from August 11-16, 2015.

Among the emerging markets for textile machinery, Vietnam is one of the most promising one. The heading target for the local authorities is to raise Vietnam up to the leading textile and apparel export countries.

Sunlight is the inherent source of energy reaching the earth´s surface. Approximately 5 per cent of the incident sunlight constitutes ultraviolet radiations. The UV spectrum present in the sunlight has shorter wavelength ranging from 280 nm?400 nm.

EDANA, the International Association Serving the Nonwovens and Related Industries, released preliminary European annual statistics for 2014, offering a comprehensive picture of the nonwovens industry in Greater Europe.