MARKET & ECONOMY​

SGS is helping textile manufacturers reduce their reliance on hazardous chemicals through services like hazardous substances control workshops which empower companies with the right knowledge to achieve compliance with regulations, maintaining competitive advantage and better reputations.

Preparations and innovations are continuing at full speed for the ITM 2020 Exhibition which will host the latest innovations of the leading companies in textile technology.

Huntsman, the global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated chemicals has announced that it has built 60 individual household latrines (IHHLs) at Bakrol village, Ankleshwar in Gujarat as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility programme.

The shifting of polluting textile dyeing and printing mills outside the city limits could be a reality with the state government approving specified shifting zones for the industrial units with the addition of few provisions in the General Development Control Regulation (GDCR).

Archroma launched the ‘Color Atlas by Archroma®’ in 2016, a unique tool dedicated to providing fashion designers and stylists with off-the-shelf colour inspiration that can be implemented in production with just a few clicks.

New research and innovations in cotton address the immediate needs of the industry. At a meeting in Lubbock organised by the Memphis-based The Cotton Board, about 65 people participated to discuss about the present and the future of cotton research and development.

The Cotton Association of India (CAI) is launching a “CAI Cotton Mobile App”, which will give an revolutionary opportunity for the cotton community to do business.

Bernie Jordan, a cotton grower from Yazoo City, Mississippi, will serve as the Cotton Incorporated Board Chairman. Jordan was elected to the two-year Chairman’s term at the joint Cotton Incorporated and Cotton Board meeting in Charlotte, NC this past December.