Exports of the Textile Export Council increased 3 per cent in the period between January to October 2017 to stand at $673 million, as compared with $651 million a year earlier, the council said.

Sven-Erik Bucht Minister for Rural Affairs from the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation Sweden arrived in Mumbai to discuss a joint project on smart textiles involving potentially Aditya Birla Group, Swedish company Domsjö and the two governments as well as the European Union.

Birla Cellulose of the Aditya Birla Group has been ranked Number one globally by the NGO Canopy, in its Hot Button Report for it work on the conservation of ancient and endangered forests

Sanjay K Jain, Chairman, CITI has applauded the Finance Minister and GST Council for bringing in number of reforms in GST law for promoting ease of doing business especially among small businesses

Nanofibre production may become cheaper due to a new development by researchers from Cambridge, USA-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Nonwoven sector is an established sector in developed countries, while some work needs to be done in markets where it is still at infancy

In order to be closer to the customer in the future, Groz-Beckert is moving its Ludhiana office. The new site – Cedar Chambers, 2nd Floor, SCO 12, Sector 32-A, Chandigarh Road, Ludhiana – 141 010 – is now home to Groz-Beckert Asia Pvt Ltd and Groz-Beckert Carding India Pvt Ltd.

Reliance Industries (RIL) is to increase its presence in the polyester space after the launch of its new brand, RElan, through which it will get into co-branding of apparel. The largest manufacturer of polyester in the country, it has an annual capacity of 2 MT, almost half the country’s 4.5 MT.

The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has said that the government must ensure availability of raw materials to the struggling textile industry as promised under Prime Minister’s Export Package at the earliest).