Raising serious concerns over an Environment Ministry?s proposal to mandate virtually all the textile units to reduce their effluent discharge to zero

India’s textile and apparel export growth has slowed down in the recent times on account of various internal and external factors

Meghalaya is set to introduce ?geo-textile and geo-cell? technology for construction of roads

Chinese cotton imports in December were down 29 per cent year on year at 188,200 tonnes in December, as demand from the world’s largest cotton consumer remains muted.

VDMA member companies are extremely satisfied with ITMA 2015 in Milan. About 96 per cent stated that both the quantity and the quality of visitors to their booths were good to very good. Nearly 87 per cent evaluate the prospects for post exhibition business to be good to very good.

The Maharashtra Government plans to chalk out a special policy to address the issues in the six integrated districts of the Vidarbha region to promote cotton production.

The newly formed Telangana state has ambitions on the textile front too. It is planning to present a new textile and Apparel policy (T-TAP) in January 2016. Besides, the state is also planning to set up textile parks in each of the district where cotton is grown as a major commercial crop.

A new report published by the two leading global trade associations forecasts strong market demand for nonwovens materials through the next five years, according to the Worldwide Outlook for the Nonwovens Industry, 2014-2020.

Over the last few decades, Rajasthan has emerged as a successful textile hub. Given the labour-intensive nature of the sector, the Rajasthan government has identified it as one of the thrust areas.