The 10th anniversary of the Annual Meeting of China Textile Round-Table Forum, again sponsored by Oerlikon Manmade Fibers, was held on January 31, 2015 in Beijing Capital Hotel. Ten years have pastsed since Oerlikon Manmade Fiber first sponsored this high-end forum. China Textile Round-Table Forum is organised by CNTAC and hosted by the China Textile Economy Research Center and News Center of CNTA.

The Karnataka Government has earmarked 1,000 acres for the upcoming textiles park at Yadgir in north Karnataka. The Government intends to also develop an integrated park at Yadgir. The Karnataka Government is also planning to develop smaller textile parks at various places such as Vijayapura, Ballari and Chamarajanagar districts.

The fashion industry full supply chain will massively benefit from wider and smarter use of information technologies. EURATEX joins the next edition of IT4Fashion to widen the debate on the benefits and industry needs for digital data exchange.

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

Some production enterprises, brand owners and dealers do not fully understand the domestic product quality standards. The lack of full understanding of the domestic product quality standards has led to an increase in frequency of products that do not pass product quality spot checks. Failed spot checks can seriously affect the enterprise image and brand value.

ATDC has received the ´Best Institute: Innovation´ award for exemplary contributions in introducing new innovative skill development training courses for youth.

At Coimbatore-based Indo Texnology, the focus is on automation for the textile industry. System and Process Automation when integrated to the operation, yields a significantly positive impact on the business and all its stake-holders. In process automation, the company offers SORTLINK´, AUTO CONE-PACK´, BALEXpress®, Honeycomb, and in system automation, it offers spinnova´ and TexManage.

Gujarat-based ABN Industries is a manufacturer of textile weaving machinery spare parts for shuttleless looms. It provides rapier drive wheels for textile weaving machinery. The company participated at the recent GTTES event in Mumbai in which the company displayed its wide range of drive wheels for the textile industry.

Three-Dimensional (3D) printing technology, earlier known as additive manufacturing, has been around for more than a decade. The key difference in the past few years is the evolution of the technology, reduction of production and material-related costs and the speed of 3D printing.