India’s textile exports have plateaued during the past five to seven years. The domestic textile and apparel industry, including handicrafts, stood at $140 billion in 2018, of which $40 billion was exported to the world market.

The new product line from Saurer Automation Solutions serves as customers’ expert engineering partner for integrated automation solutions across the entire textile value chain.

At INDEX, Truetzschler Nonwovens introduces new line concepts for efficiently making cotton nonwovens for wipes or hygiene textiles.

A village in the deep south of India starts manufacturing nonwoven shopping bags as part of “self-help” effort. Azhvarthirunagari, a village on the southeastern border of India, about 30 km from seashore is using nonwoven fabrics to manufacture multiple use shopping bags.

The B&R drive technology portfolio now offers a Blackout mode that ensures safe machine control in the event of a network failure. Machine downtime can be avoided without costly redundancy solutions to ensure maximum machine availability.

In the latest short film released on the Monforts YouTube Channel – captured at the recent Denim Première Vision show in London – some of the leading global manufacturers discuss their initiatives for more sustainable denim production.

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), the National apex body for the textiles & clothing industry across the Nation, 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.

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.

The Ministry of Textiles under the dynamic leadership of Union Textile Minister, Smriti Zubin Irani, is in the process of formulating the new textile policy and it is likely to be announced in 2020.