CITI organised an interactive meeting with Ravi Capoor, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India with the office-bearers of 48 textile Associations in South India representing the entire textile value chain.

Abundant young talent, simple trade agreements, income tax breaks, cheap labour and power, friendly tax laws, strategic geographical position and the announcement of African Continental free trade area (AfCFTA) makes Africa the preferable destination for apparel manufacturing industry.

Jhankar Dutta, Managing Director, B&R Industrial Automation, India, explains trends in textile manufacturing in India and importance of automation and digitalisation in textile industry.

LAPP Group, a leading supplier of integrated solutions for cable and connection technology, celebrated the 16th anniversary of the ‘Stuttgart meets Mumbai’ Wine Festival at Taj Land’s End Hotel, Mumbai on February 7-8, 2020.

Textile mills face a number of issues with the movement of raw materials such as cotton, yarn, and fabric from one department or machine, or floor to another.

Ashwin Chadran of SIMA has stated that the Ministry is also planning to launch a scheme “Nirmal Cotton Mission” with CCI as a nodal agent that would go a long way to make Indian cotton to become the best quality cotton in the world.

Material handling involves the movement of materials, manually or mechanically in batches or one item at a time within the plant. The movement may be horizontal, vertical or the combination of these two, says R Senthilkumar.

Aditya Vazirani, Founder Director, RGL, speaks about the automation systems adopted by the company, and how it has helped the garment and textile business.

The textile industry is keeping its fingers crossed over the emerging threat of coronavirus in the months to come.