MARKET & ECONOMY
Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) said that stopping textile units in Tamil Nadu during night hours and on Sundays would affect the production activities, exports and also the jobs of several lakhs of workers.
Customers can now use the Eco-calculator from Freudenberg to assess the environmental impact of the bedding and bath towels from Evolon textile solutions. This will help them calculate their environmental footprint.
SpyKar joins hands with Swag Fashions and becomes the official fashion apparel licensee for Kabir Khan’s new movie, 83, set to release on 4th June 2021. This partnership will make SpyKar a cricket-based lifestyle brand.
Piyush Goyal, the Commerce & Industry Minister, announced the launch of the DGFT ‘Trade Facilitation’ mobile application to make automated processing systems, online data exchange, and trading, easier for importers and exporters.
To boost supply chain transparency, Lenzing will offer E-branding services via online certification and licensing of its VEOCEL brand, for the nonwoven industry. It will help partners and brand-owners raise brand value.
Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) has requested the government to exempt factories from lockdowns and asked for an essential service tag for the labour-intensive apparel export industry.
The new sulphur dyeing process does not require water. BRFL Textiles will shortly increase efficiency of reverse osmosis unit from 50% to 90% resulting in recycling capability of 7.2 million litres of water per day
Constant contamination of groundwater and the Luni River in Rajasthan’s Barmer by the textile units in the Bhituja Industrial Area, has forced a joint committee to investigate the matter.
Birla Cellulose has won the Innovative & Sustainable Supply Chain Award of UN Global Compact Network India