Loepfe Brothers is a manufacturer of sensors and monitoring equipment for yarn spinning and fabric weaving processes.

The technical seminar, organised by Oerlikon Group in Daman, underscored the wider scope of manmade fibres in India. ´China will for the first time slowly change from planning industry principle to market-driven principle. Secondly, focus of China´s textile industry is more on domestic market development.

The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil) has urged the Centre to reduce the level of value-addition and simplify the process to get duty concessions under the Advance Licensing Scheme.

An amount of Rs 288.4 crore have been released for setting up of textile parks in the country during the last three years,´ Textiles Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar said.

Stäubli will be exhibiting at 12th Dhaka International Textile & Garment Machinery Exhibition between February 4-7, 2015 at Booth No. 251, Hall 2. Staubli exhibits at a common booth of its agent Spintex Technology Ltd. A selection of most modern textile machinery products includes the high performance type 1681 cam motion and a warp tying machine.

A New Year is the right time to explore new horizons. To highlight new developments and showcase new offerings to a market that is poised for substantial growth in future. This is why Screen Print Vietnam 2015 will make its debut from July 30 to August 1, 2015 at Saigon Exhibition Convention Center (SECC).

EURATEX welcomes Serge Piolat as its President taking the office in January 2015 for a two year term. Piolat, succeeding Alberto Paccanelli who headed EURATEX during the last four years, pointed out: ´Alberto Paccanelli achieved impressive results in consolidating the voice of the European textile and apparel companies.

1st January, 2015 was indeed a new beginning for ITAMMA members at Ahmedabad. On this auspicious day, ITAMMA initiated the formation of ITAMMA Lean Manufacturing Forum Group´II, by signing off the Tripartite Agreement along with National Productivity Council and AddValue Consulting Inc (AVCI).

According to the 2012 International Textile Machinery Shipment Statistics report of the Switzerland-based International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF), Indonesia was the third-largest importer globally in 2012 of short-staple spindles, with 594,288 or 5.7 per cent of the total; the third-largest importer of shuttleless looms, with 3,727 or 4.3 per cent; and also the third-largest importer of large circular knitting machines, with 1,350 or 3.7 per cent.