With the AGM of the Synthetic and Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council getting over all the required formalities and agenda at the Ambassador Hotel in Mumbai recently, the rest of the time was devoted to the most urgent of matters – the ongoing Anti Dumping Duties (ADD)

Breathable films and coatings are useful for designing fire fighter dress material, feel Subhasish Pal, Sagarika Pal and Syamal Maity. A continuous progress in technology demands smart garments for different uses. Waterproof breathable fabrics – which use smart technology

Dr NN Mahapatra, BSc in textile chemistry from UDCT, has written a book on textile dyes and dyeing. The book is written based on the 30 years of practical experience of the author working in various textile mills in India and abroad.

Today technical textiles account for 27 percent of worldwide textile fabric production and a worldwide growth of 3 – 5 percent a year is expected for the technical- textiles sector: Michael Jänecke,, Director, Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH, says in no uncertain terms with a beaming smile. He is the official ambassador for the Techtextil in Germany next year, to be held from May 4 to 7, 2015.

SSM has announced their participation to the 15th China Yiwu International Exhibition in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China, from November 19-22. The Swiss based SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG, the inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system, will continue their tradition of trend-setting with the presentation of breakthrough technologies.

Suditi Industries´ corporate journey began with export. Promoters, before starting the company, were involved in exports of fabrics especially to France and other European countries.

The DyStar Denim Team has developed new blues based on DyStar´s patented Indigo Vat 40 per cent Solution. The Denim team has a strong focus on environmentally friendly solutions and on providing the best service to their customer.

Global demand for medical disposables is forecast to rise 6.6 percent annually to $245 billion in 2018. The strongest influence on growth will involve the upgrading and stricter enforcement of infection prevention protocols by hospitals and other health facilities throughout the world. Additionally, in most countries an increasing volume of hospital.

The researchers of Teijin Aramid, based in the Netherlands, and Rice University in the USA, are awarded with the honourary ´Paul Schlack Man-Made Fibres Prize´ for corporate-academic partnerships in fibre research. Their new super fibres are now driving innovation in aerospace,