The Autoconer is the firm favourite for the most efficient winding process giving the best technological value in denim production. Competition is tough in the growing market for denim. To stay ahead of rival companies successfully in this fiercely contested market, optimally configured machines offering maximum productivity are a must.

Launch ceremony of Technotex 2015, the 4th edition of the largest international exhibition and conference of the Technical textile industry in India was presided by the Minister of State for Textiles (Independent Charge), Santosh Kumar Gangwar at ´Taj Lands End´, Mumbai recently.

Addressing the ongoing demand for the disposable hygiene products namely feminine hygiene products, baby diapers, adult incontinence products, nappy pads, etc., BCH successfully conducted a technical symposium – How to Make the ´Right´ Disposable Hygiene Product? on the 10 September 2014 at Leela Palace hotel in Chankyapuri, New Delhi.

Coimbatore-based Amanaarthh Enterprises (AE) has been one of the leading retrofit card manufactures in India for the last 25 years. More than 6,500 machines has been retrofitted in India and abroad.

It all begun in 1998 for Wacker Metroark Chemicals Pvt Ltd, when WACKER and Metroark decided to form a joint venture under Soumitra Mukherjee´s leadership. Mukherjee joined his father Swaraj Ranjan Mukherjee at Metroark to develop the know-how and install plants for manufacture of siloxane intermediates and silicone resins and varnishes, making Metroark the only manufacturer of silicones in India.

Vardhman Group, one of the leading textile companies in India, is set to invest Rs 560 crore for setting up weaving and fabric units in Himachal Pradesh´s Baddi town. Managing Director of Vardhman Group, Sachin Jain, said the first phase of the project would start from February 2015 and would be completed by June 2016.

Marvel Gloves; the name fits well like a glove for a company, which has grown by leaps and bounds in a matter of 34 years! It all began with seamless knitted gloves in 1980, when Marvel Gloves Industries´ Managing Partner, Farooq Abdullah, showed his iron fist (read, determination) inside his soft-spoken, glove-like personality by entering a field that invited only mockery from his industry friends.

Honeywell Process Solutions announced that Vikas Chadha has been appointed as managing director for Honeywell Automation India Limited (HAIL), and India country leader for Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS).

The Indonesian company, Indorama Synthetics, produces 280,000 tonnes of polyester per year in the form of fibres, yarn and chips. It is considered the world´s biggest producer of PES fibres. With spinning plants in Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Sri Lanka and Turkey it is also in the top ten of the most successful spinning mills in the world.