The VDMA Textile Machinery Association will host B2B Forums and Technology Conferences on November 6, 2017 in Charlotte (NC), USA, and on November 8-9, 2017 in Mexico City.

The Manmade Fibers segment of the Swiss Oerlikon Group is entering into a strategic partnership with the Italian company Teknoweb Materials s.r.l. aimed at extending the nonwovens production systems portfolio to include the high-growth market for disposable nonwovens.

India’s leading producer of fine-quality cotton textiles, Premier Fine Linens, is investing in its first Monforts installation to better control the quality of its output.

German nonwovens manufacturer Sandler AG from Schwarzenbach/Saale, Bavaria, reports a successful year 2016. Despite a sharp fall in raw material prices, the company was successful in keeping sales stable at Euro 288 million and further increasing output.

In the two months of early 2017, Indonesia’s textile and textile product (TTP) export have touched US$2 billion, or up by 3 per cent compared to the same period in the previous year.

High visibility apparel plays a critical role in making the jobs of those who work in hazardous environments safer. Indeed, high visibility apparel is a key category of the industrial protective clothing market.

Pakistan?s textile and clothing exports rose 6.2 per cent year-on-year to $1.064 billion in March 2017, mainly driven by value-added products such as garments, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said.

The fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) will present a challenge for Vietnam’s textiles and garment sector within the next five years, according to Le Tien Truong, CEO of the Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex).

Stage is set for the launch of long-pending textile park, slated to be the biggest ‘fibre to fabric’ (end-to-end) facility in the country, in Warangal with the authorities completing land acquisition, one of a key challenge that every government has been confronting.