For the first time, Australia will have the capacity to produce carbon fibres at scaled-up level. A wet spinning line has been installed at Waurn Pounds, Australia.

The Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has bagged orders worth crores from hospitals, research institutions, railways and companies.

Textilwerke Todtnau Bernauer KG, a well-established textile company, plans to install Brückner stenter, which will be sold under the name BERATEX®.

Archroma, a global leader in colour and specialty chemicals who pioneered custom colour engineering in textile and fashion, launched a portable version of its popular Color Atlas system at the ‘Sourcing at MAGIC’ fashion industry show in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Telegana is trying to woo investors for Warangal textile park, which is coming up on 2,000 acres and is expected to create large-scale employment to the entire region.

The Federation of Indian Export Organisation (FIEO) is in talks with various agencies to set up a technical textile cluster in Tamil Nadu, where common facilities, including R&D, could be provided for start-ups, A Sakthivel, Chairman, FIEO (Southern Region), said.

The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI), a not-for-profit organisation stewarding the global standards for Better Cotton, and bringing together cotton’s complex supply chain, from farmers to retailers, and its members, has announced the top 10 Better Cotton Sourcing high-street and small BCI retail and brand members from all around the world.

The Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is working on branding of handicraft items, which will be introduced to the market very soon, a top official said. The branding exercise is very similar to that of handloom items, which has been launched recently.

Aiming to scale up employment at rural locations and push up the khadi and village industries products from the villages, the Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has initiated a project named Khadi Gaon (Khadi Village).