It all started in 1939 with a man´s gritty decision to challenge the British monopoly in the field of textile machinery in India, as a part of India´s freedom movement. The man in question took upon himself the difficult task of selling German textile

The ITMF Annual Conference 2014 will be held in Beijing, China from October 16-18 hosted by the China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC). The general theme of the conference ¨Shared Responsibility Shared Opportunity¨ indicates that the global textile industry cannot be looked at and analysed in an isolated manner. Approximately 400 participants from around the world will attend.

Textiles have always played a vital role in enhancing the comfort of human life and increasing world population, drives the dynamism and growth potential of the industry. Textile is one of the very few industries, where all the stakeholders involved work in tandem with each other, starting from fibre

Itema S.p.A. will be exhibiting at CAITME 2014, the largest textile machinery exhibition in Central Asia, held in the capital of Uzbekistan. Itema is strongly committed to investing in the Central Asian markets and has a long history of working closely with Uzbekistan with the support of Motex agency.

It is with great sadness that the Textile Institute announces the death of its World President Dr Peter Dinsdale CText FTI. Peter passed away at the age of 69 on Sunday 10 August 2014

As the leading specialist DILO offers a complete production range for all needle looms with all working widths, stroke frequencies, needle densities and needling technologies.

US demand for wipes is expected to expand 3.6 per cent per year through 2018 to $2.9 billion. Improving economic conditions will support increasing demand for wipes used in both consumer and industrial markets. Increased consumer spending will promote the use of higher value, more task-specific wipes in the consumer market.

The history of clothing is very intriguing and it is believed that wearing clothing can be traced through genetic analysis on human body traces, to as far as 107,000 years ago.Existence of sewing needles date back to 19,000 BC, while the use of dyed flax were found as far as 36,000 BC.

Began as an offshoot of the textile industry, the Indian textile machinery industry, today, is reckoned as one of the largest sectors in the country. The roots of the textile engineering industry (TEI)