MARKET & ECONOMY​

Ethiopia very recently showcased its prowess in textile and garment industry at the African Sourcing and Fashion Week, which gathered some 230 international producers and exporters from 25 countries, among which India also played a key role, the organisers Trade and Fairs East Africa and Messe Frankfurt said.

The ambitious project of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to create a textile mill museum at the India United Mill located at Kalachowki, Mumbai, is picking up some pace. As of now, it’s not just the JJ School of Arts that would help the BMC to prepare a blueprint of the museum, but Nitin Desai, who will be involved.

Seiko Epson will invest 16 billion yen in a new building in the campus, in Hirooka office in Japan. The new building, which will house a factory for prototyping and volume-producing large commercial and industrial printing systems and a test laboratory for digital textile printing, is part of Epson’s mid-term plans to grow its printing solutions business.

Italian yarn supplier Marchi & Fildi had made a strategic choice and undergone an authentic evolution, aiming straight at the circular economy and focusing on their innovative cotton yarn, Ecotec smart cotton.