Scientists from the University of Texas at Dallas and the Hanyang University in South Korea have developed high-tech yarns that generate electricity when stretched or twisted.

The Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has identified 12 indigenous plants for manufacturing natural textile dyes. A study by the College of Agriculture (CoA), Vellayani, as part of the Western Ghat Development Programme (WGDP), has identified 12 indigenous plants capable of giving colour to cotton and silk textiles.

J Thulasidharan, Managing Director of Coimbatore-based The Rajaratna Group of Mills, will continue as president of Indian Cotton Federation, formerly known as South India Cotton Association, for 2017-18.

Cotton sowing has reached a record high of about 120 lakh hectares in the country during the ongoing kharif season on the back of good rainfall in key growing regions.

Over 4,500 exhibitors from nearly 30 countries will gather under one roof at October’s Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics, the China’s international trade fair for apparel fabrics, during October 11-13, 2017.

The Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) is organising training courses to impart sound understanding of colouration, colour management and colour fastness.

The Uttar Pradesh Government will bring a new policy to promote Khadi on the lines of Gujarat and is likely to be implemented from next year, Minister for Khadi and Gramodyog Satyadev Pachauri said.

To overcome the difficulty in dyeing on lycra, Everflow Petrofils Ltd (EPL) has developed an alternate product, which is directly fibre dyed lycra yarn and need not be dyed again. This is a very low priced and faster way to get cotton lycra yarn suitable for shirting.

The Cotton made in Africa (CmiA), the largest label for sustainable cotton from Africa, brought around 50 million CmiA textiles to the market in 2016, increasing its license revenues by 47 per cent in comparison to 2015. It certified 30 per cent of cotton production in sub-Saharan Africa.