DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company have announced that their BODs approved a definitive agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger of equals.

Total exports of textiles and garments from Vietnam to the USA gained a year-on-year increase of 11.7 per cent to US$9.88 billion from January to November 2015.

The South India Textile Research Association (SITRA) is working closely with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to come up with better products in technical textile.

Textile printing is proving to be one of the fastest growing sectors in the digital wide format print industry, and with technology a key driver for the changes, demand for education is high on the agenda for print service providers.

The Palladam Hi-tech Weaving Park (PHWP), Palladam was the first park to be developed under the Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) of Ministry of Textiles by availing 40 per cent grant from Central Government and 9 per cent grant from the State Government.

Raw cotton exports from India plummeted by over 50 per cent in the 2014-15 cotton season (October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015).

With a mission to impart skills to the new and existing workforce in the domestic and export apparel industry and textiles sector, Apparel Training and Design Centre (ATDC) India’s Largest Vocational Training Network for the Apparel Sector inaugurated ‘Kaushal Vikas Bhawan’ in Patna.

Winners of Interior Lifestyle Awards 2015, Anar Patel & Vandana Agarwal will be showcasing their winning collection representing the finest craftsmanship from Gujarat at the world?s most renowned Trade Fair for Home Furnishing and Textiles ? Heimtextil 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Leading South Korean technical textiles company, Dongyang MirAcle, has developed one of the strongest synthetic fibres, called the ?UHMWPE? yarn.