MARKET & ECONOMY​

Kochi-based Kitex Garments Limited, currently the third largest infant apparel manufacturer in the world, is on track to raise production capacity by over 3.5 times to produce 22 lakh pieces per day by 2025 from the current six lakh pieces of finished garments per day for new-born and babies up to two years.

Telangana has allotted Rs 500 crore for modernisation of powerlooms in the textile town of Sircilla to boost the textile industry and weavers in the region, State Handlooms and Textiles Joint Director Purnachandra Rao said inaugurating a four-day buyer-seller meet in Hyderabad organised by the State Textile Ministry recently.

The Gujarat industries and mines department gave an adrenaline shot to the textile sector by declaring its “scheme for assistance to strengthen specific sectors in the textile value chain” policy, which will be valid from September 2018 to December 2023.

The Gujarat industries and mines department gave an adrenaline shot to the textile sector by declaring its “scheme for assistance to strengthen specific sectors in the textile value chain” policy, which will be valid from September 2018 to December 2023.

The 16th Dhaka International Textile and Garment Machinery Exhibition (DTG) will be held from today at Dhaka’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).

The Ministry of Textiles has conferred Pratibha Syntex Managing Director Shreyaskar Chaudhary with Outstanding Young Entrepreneur Award in the textile sector, in the category of garments and made-ups.