The 60th Annual General Meeting of The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA) was held on September 9, 2019 at The Residency, Coimbatore.

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order from Zhejiang Yanpai Filtration Technology Co, China, to supply three needlepunch lines to be installed at their site in Tiantai.

Agarwal’s supplier, who manufactures 600,000 square meters of fabric per day is hoped to consume about 500,000 bales of United States’ cotton this year.

Timely and effective communication is vital for the industry. As the global cotton sector is under tremendous pressure in terms of demand and price levels…

Applied DNA Sciences has announced a partnership with Navarpluma that extends Applied DNA’s textiles business to include the global down and feather supply chain.

Fortum India has signed an agreement with Chaudhary Charan Singh, Haryana Agricultural University of Hisar to make textile fibre from paddy straw that is otherwise burnt by the farmers causing pollution in northern states.

GOTS Bangladesh Seminar 2019, focussing on issues relevant to the organic textile industry, was held on September 8, 2019, at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

India ITME Society organised a press conference at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to promote its International event ITME AFRICA 2020, scheduled from February 14-16, 2020 at Ethiopia.

The plan of Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation Limited (TNHDCL) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Tiruchi, to support ventures for large-scale extraction of banana fibre is yet to take off in Tiruchi region.