The 3rd Defence ITTA joint seminar-cum-exhibition was inaugurated by Smriti Irani, Minister of Textiles, on May 22 at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi.

ThreadSol, a pioneer in enterprise material management for sewn products sector, has launched its ‘cost-cutting’ garment solution—IntelloBuy—for the Tirupur knitwear hub.

The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) together with the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) will host a seminar on sustainable textile industry on July 13, 2017.

Teijin Frontier Co Ltd, a fibre and products converting company and a part of Teijin Limited, has developed a new sweat-suit fabric, four-dimensional, bulky, light, and extra soft, DELTAPEAK.

Bharat Bijlee handed over its 10,000th AC drive to its customer Ferromatik Milacron India (FMI) on April 21, 2017, at a celebratory function at its factory in Airoli, Navi Mumbai.

Cotton seed companies will no longer require a no-objection certificate (NoC) from licence providers for developing new varieties based on the latter’s technology.

The Agriculture Department of Pakistan’s Punjab Province has launched a cotton crop monitoring system to safeguard cotton crop from pests.

Speciality chemicals company Lanxess has appointed Dr Jens-Christian Blad as the new head of Corporate Development. with effect from September 1, 2017, at the latest.

The eight-day training programme—Cotton Classing & Testing—that took place in Bremen, Germany from May 9-16, was delivered by industry experts from ICA Bremen, and the Bremen Fibre Institute (FIBRE).