The Textile Association (India) has elected the new office bearers for the term 2014-2015 during their Governing Council Meeting held on 05-07-2014 at Ahmedabad.

Bhadresh Dani has recently joined Bharat Bijlee as Vice President & Head – Drives & Automation Division. A Power Electronics Engineering graduate, he completed his management education from Henley Management School

Picanol of America has appointed Tom Johnston as new Sales Manager with immediate effect. In his new function, Johnston, who has wide international experience in the textile sector, will be responsible for the sales of Picanol weaving machines in the US.

Rieter closed the first half of 2014 with significantly higher net profits of CHF4.3 mn or 2.7 per cent of sales, respectively. The market environment in which Rieter operates was consistently favourable in the first half of 2014.

Saurer inaugurated a state-of-the-art service centre at Mohali, near Chandigarh. The inauguration of the service centre is to enhance customer support in the Chandigarh region.

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.

International Textile Fair (ITF) Dubai will be held between 3-4 November 2014 at Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai. ITF Dubai aims to be UAE´s premier platform for fashion fabrics and clothing accessories,Dilip Nihalani

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.

Van de Wiele has developed a new generation of velvet weaving machines that offer fully electronic control as well as expansion of the weaving width up to 3 metres.