We expect a good cotton and signs are already there. With this there will be certainly good export of yarn and garments in 2014. China is already importing a lot of cotton yarn, particularly up to 60s count.

Indian textile industry is the second largest in the world, next to China. But the gap between the No 1 and No 2 is huge. If we go back to the 50s, India used to have a larger market share in the textile & clothing – say about 13 per cent.

In the embossing calenders, instead of woollen paper bowl, if super elastic bowl is introduced, it will be more suitable for CREPES. As you know there are many designs of crepes

Atlas Material Testing Technology, the global leader in weathering technology and services, has introduced a new weathering instrument suitable for performing accelerated testing on a variety of materials.

Scientists in Finland say they are close to perfecting a new, more sustainable process for the production of man-made cellulosic staple fibres, which uses ionic liquids to dissolve wood pulp.