The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will develop new standards and emission control norms for the textile industry to cater to the emerging ecological challenges and strengthen environmental compliance.

The government may make the use of anti-hail nets to protect crops, chemical-protection suits for defence, and drapes, gowns, sanitary napkins and implants for medical use mandatory as it seeks to develop the potential of technical textiles and facilitate their public procurement.

Joe Nicosia (Global Platform Head of Cotton at Louis Dreyfus Company), will make his return to the International Cotton Association’s (ICA) stage at its upcoming Liverpool 2019 Trade Event, which takes place this October.

At this year’s All China Leather Exhibition (ACLE), which took place from September 3 to 5, 2019, in Shanghai, China, speciality chemicals company LANXESS presented a new system offering for functional coatings under the name Pellart.

Xaar has announced that Stratasys has entered into an agreement to purchase shares of Xaar 3D Ltd that will increase Stratasys’s stake in Xaar 3D from 15 to 45 per cent, with Xaar plc, through its fully owned subsidiary, Xaar 3D Holdings, having the remaining 55 per cent.

According to Stratistics MRC, the global textile films market is accounted for $3.56 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $7.51 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 8.6 per cent.

Shree Pushkar Chemicals & Fertilisers (SPCFL) has launched its new range of reactive dyes for the textile industry in Bangladesh under the brand name – Dyecol.

Reliance Industries (RIL), the world’s largest integrated polyester yarn and fibre producer, has taken a big stride to make ‘sustainable clothing’ affordable, taking a leaf from the success story of the group’s telecom venture Jio in getting volumes with competitive pricing.

The dynamic President, Ashok Ramachandran, Schindler India and South Asia, was featured in the coveted list of 40 under Forty Young Business Leaders of 2019 by Economic Times.