On eve of handing over the 6,00,000th A.B. Carter ring to KTTM, Sandeep Shetty, Director has presented the memento to Masafumi Kunito, Managing Director, accompanied with A. B. Carter BR Nand Kishore, Head?Sales

The Russian authorities have invited foreign clothing brands to localise their production in Russia, Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Yevtukhov says. Yevtukhov explains that State support programmes currently envisage subsidies for partially recovering the costs of materials,

The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has placed the cotton crop for the season 2014-15 beginning on 1st October 2014 at 405.50 lakh bales of 170 kg. each.

Glen Raven Inc, the leading global provider of high performance fabric is holding concept gallery which would display more than 150 different Glen Raven products of high performance fabrics for various industries including Automotive

Dong Il Textile Co Ltd, which sells its premium home textile fabrics in the Chinese, the US and European markets, was in India recently to woo buyers for its products.

The Hohenstein Institute will be holding its new webinar, “Feeling good means … wearing comfortable clothes!” on February 2, 2015. This one will be about skin sensory functions.

With the product label ¨Made in Green by OEKO-TEX-¨, the Switzerland-based OEKO-TEX Association presents a new certification for textiles proven to be safe in terms of human ecology and that are additionally produced in a sustainable and socially responsible manner. The label replaces the previous certification system OEKO-TEX Standard 100plus and the Spanish mark ¨Made in Green by Aitex.

BASF India Limited has inaugurated its large-scale chemical production complex at Dahej, Gujarat. With a project cost of Rs 1,000 crore, the site represents BASF´s single largest investment in India. The site was jointly inaugurated by Anandiben Patel, Hon´ble Chief Minister of Gujarat; Saurabhbhai Patel, Hon´ble Minister for Finance, Energy and Petrochemicals, Government of Gujarat and Michael Heinz.

Asian countries, particularly China and India, should boost their cotton consumption. Jose Sette, executive director of Washington, DC-based International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) speaking in Mumbai at the 8th Asian Textile Conference stated that although increasing cotton yield per hectare is important in India, China and India should focus on increasing its per capita cotton consumption.