The Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), the single largest employer’s organisation for the organised textile industry in the country, has planned to come out with its 12th edition of TEXFAIR 2019, the largest expo for textile machinery, spares and accessories during August 9-12, 2019 at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore.

Arvind Limited, the $1.7 billion textile-to-retail conglomerate, announced the launch of its largest garmenting hub in Gujarat, as part of its capacity expansion strategy, with two manufacturing facilities in Bavla near Ahmedabad.

Cotton is finding applications as novel biomaterials. Professor Noureddine Abidi, Managing Director of Lubbock-based Fiber and Biopolymer Institute (FBRI) at Texas Tech University is using waste and low-grade cotton to develop bio-products that could find many non-conventional applications for cotton.

Grundfos, the award-winning world leader in advanced pump and water application systems, bagged the coveted ‘Supplier Best Performance Award’ during 2017 in the ‘Strategic Partners’ premium category.

The Service Shirt developed by Professor Rebecca Earley is designed to last for over 50 years

EuroFibers, the leading Dutch supplier of high performance fibres, is introducing its new sister company EuroFabrics, which is an innovative supplier of High Performance Fabrics like BodyShield®

Speciality chemicals company LANXESS is expanding its range of halogen-free flame-retardant compounds based on polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) to include variants with outstanding fire resistance in glow wire tests.

With 80 years of experience in water treatment and purification, the speciality chemicals company LANXESS with its Liquid Purification Technologies business unit (LPT), had a solid basis to appear at the recently-concluded IFAT.

Alongside foams with directly applied silicone adhesives, Freudenberg Performance Materials also presented MDI-based PU foams and laminates with superabsorbent nonwovens.