The story of the Mafatlal Group is a stirring saga of a blend of traditional values and modern technology triumphing over circumstances. Mafatlal Gagalbhai, the founder, took over the management of a small mill in Ahmedabad, and named it Shorrock Mill.

The Society of Dyers and Colourists, India (SDC EC) along with B.D. Somani, successfully organised its 5th Colour event of the year 2014 on September 22, 2014.

FESPA China 2014, which took place from 19-21 November 2014 at the Guangzhou Pazhou Poly World Trade Centre, Guangzhou, China, attracted 11,667 individual visitors, making it the best-attended FESPA China and CSGIA event to date.

Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has sold 1,100 bales on the first day of auction creating international curiosity very recently.

Tunisia is swelling the ranks of manufacturers of fashion products at Apparel Sourcing Paris for the first time. Also for the first time, this trade fair for manufacturers of men’s, women’s and children’s ready-to-wear clothes is thus offering a short circuit, a fast alternative and multiple specific skills, for which some visitors have been hungering.

GTTES-2015 ? India’s ‘leading textile engineering expo? is all set to open its door to the Indian and International audience from 20-22 January 2015 at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre, Goregaon East, Mumbai.

In the global economy, diverging confidence indicators point to uneven expansion and producer confidence in manufacturing, says Edwin De Boeck, Chief Economist, KBC Group (a leading Belgian bank), while presenting his views in a Euratex convention in Brussels.

The ITJ, in an exclusive report, presents the pulse of the industry in summarised statements about prospects in 2015 from a cross-section of industry leaders, experts and concerned authorities.

The government has launched four schemes, including a technology mission, for promotion and growth of technical textiles. Technical textiles are materials manufactured primarily for their technical performance and functional properties rather than aesthetic and decorative purpose.