VASTRA- a journey that successfully took off in 2012 continues. Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Ltd. (RIICO) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly announce 3rd edition of VASTRA viz “VASTRA- An International Textile and Apparel Fair 2014” (VASTRA-2014)

Textiles are known to mankind since or earlier than 7,000 BC. The knowhow of textiles is older than metal working or pottery making. There are evidences that have been unearthed which has proved that people in Harrapan civilization knew weaving and spinning. Such is the age of textiles in India.

Energy Conservation in textile mills needs to be given top priority now. The textile industry in Pakistan had stepped up a drive since 2009, to save electricity as 42 spinning mills, after their energy audit, are saving up to 10 percent power without any additional cost, with the technical inputs from GTZ, APO etc.

Better days seem to be on the way, begins the 54th Annual Report of the Textile Machinery Manufacturers Association (TMMA). Then follows a hint of the hopes reposed on the new Modi Government, which has completed over 100 days, filled with more promises than action.

Pursuant to the 60th Annual General Meeting of the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil) held on 13 September 2014, RK Dalmia, Senior President of Century Textiles; Ujwal Lahoti, Executive Director of Lahoti Overseas;

Sakthi started during the year 2007 and it is promoted and run by a team of dedicated qualified engineers led by managing partner A Sundararajan, who has over two decades of product development and promotion experience in spinning machinery.

Orders of textile machinery for the second quarter of the year showed an increase, thanks to demand from foreign markets. Raffaella Carabelli, President of ACIMIT, said: ¨Good results from abroad, but we´re still concerned about poor domestic demand.

Hardik Shah, Embee India, shares step by step upgradation of the endrings in the rotary screen printing industry.

Reliance Industries of India, the world´s largest producer of polyester fiber is venturing into needlepunch nonwoven manufacturing. Reliance Industries is installing two needlepunching lines to develop products that will cater to the automotive sector. The total capacity of the two lines will be 2,000 metric tonnes per annum.