Textile Exchange has released a new version of its Global Recycling Standard which, for the first time, includes restrictions on chemicals used in the production of GRS products.

The Lenzing Group has successfully initiated production at its new TENCEL-« jumbo production facility, the largest in the world, at the Lenzing site in Upper Austria. The plant is in the midst of a stable ramp-up phase. The feedback on the part of the market is very positive.

Giacomo Sala is the Group CFO and Managing Director of Itema Switzerland, a leading global provider of advanced weaving solutions, including best-in-class weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services.

On 9 April 2014, The Textile Association (India) (TAI) has celebrated its 75th birth anniversary – The Platinum Jubilee, at Emperor Hall, Hotel Kohinoor Park, Mumbai, during which a befitting programme was chalked out under the able leadership of the National President of TAI, DR Mehta.

Dow Corning, a successful pioneer in promoting the use of silicones for various applications, is upbeat about the Indian market, and with the intention of staying closer to the market needs of the Indian sectors, has launched its third largest application development centre globally at Powai in Mumbai.

In a context of continuous adaptation to markets and in line with the vision of a global group, SANTEX GROUP has started about two years ago a programme to achieve growth and strength, investing in companies, personnel and know-how.

StSublis SAFIR S30 automatic drawing-in machine is a mobile drawing-in machine that travels along the stationary warp beam as it draws the filament yarn into the healds and reed.

Static electricity is generated everyday. A charge can build up when two unlike materials make contact and are separated from each other, for instance by friction or the rubbing of garments.

Poland is the only European country to achieve uninterrupted GDP growth from 2009 through 2013. But its pace of economic expansion slowed in 2012, and further