An electronic Jacquard machine allows many ways to set the shed openings, and a harness can be leveled either this way or the other. However, achieving optimal quality when weaving a specific type of fabric on a specific weaving machine requires suitable equipment and proper setting of these parameters.

The use of nanotechnology in the textile industry has increased rapidly due to its unique and valuable properties, affirm Tanveer Malik and TK Sinha.
Finishing is the final step in the fabric manufacturing process, the last chance to provide the properties that customer will value.

Clothing needs to be designed with safety in mind if escalators and playgrounds are not to become a death trap for children. The DIN EN 14682 standard “Safety of children’s clothing – Cords and drawstrings on children’s clothing” contains recommendations how garments for kids aged up to 14 years should be designed.

Acche Din´ for the Indian textile industry seemed to have come true, when the curtains came down after lively presentations and debates addressing an audience of over 400 on the second day of the 8th Asian Textile Conference (Atexcon), organised recently by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) at the Westin Hotel in Mumbai.

Picanol, technological market leader in both airjet and rapier weaving machines, organised an open house in Daegu (Korea) from 6-8 October 2014. This event, which is aimed at Korean weavers, will see Picanol demonstrating its latest rapier technology

The office of the Textile Commissioner was established in 1943 during the World War II for arranging the supply of cloth to the defence forces as well as civilian population.

The new Impulse from James Heal is one of several instruments within their range for evaluating pilling

The 60th Annual General Meeting of BTRA was held on 25 September 2014. Prem Malik, Chairman, BTRA Governing Council, chaired the meeting.

Itema, the leading global provider of advanced weaving solutions, announced financial results for the first half of 2014 (H1 2014) exceeding expectations and register-ing a further growth to the already spectacular results of 2013.