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

A.T.E. has joined hands with Beba Mischtechnik GmbH, Germany, one of the leading manufacturers of mixers and foam generators in Germany as A.T.E. will now be Beba’s exclusive sales and service agents in India and Bangladesh.

The Indian Government is expected to announce a Rs 4,000-crore incentive package for the leather and footwear segment in July to boost manufacturing, exports and job creation in the country.

Resil Chemicals, one of Asia’s leading textile finishing chemicals and auxiliary manufacturer has joined forces with Acticell GmbH, an Austrian Chemical research company committed to developing environmentally friendly, sustainable textiles.

Running into its fourth edition, India’s finest home fashion business platforms – Heimtextil India & Ambiente India—will open doors from June 20-22 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

The year 2017 has started off on a positive note for Italian textile machinery manufacturers. For the first quarter, orders have increased both in Italy and abroad. Says ACIMIT President Raffaella Carabelli: “Orders for the start of 2017 confirm a positive trend in major foreign markets, and a climate of trust for Italy’s textile industry that is on the upswing.”

“In India particularly, Italian sales last year amounted to Euro 135 million, a 3 per cent drop compared to 2015,” says ACIMIT President Raffaella Carabelli, who interacted via email with Samuel Joseph, Editor of Indian Textile Journal.

Itema, the world’s largest privately held provider of advanced weaving solutions, including best-in-class weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, finalised the agreements to acquire 61 per cent of shares in Lamiflex, leading supplier of technical composite products, and a minority stake in NoeCha, provider of high-tech, wide-format printing solutions.

The environmental awareness of consumers has been growing steadily over the last decade, more recently in the fashion and textile industry.