On May 2, Indias Shri Govindaraja (SGT) Textiles announced its intention to invest $40 million in a new textile operation in Rockingham County, North Carolina, creating 84 jobs over the next two years. A part of the largest spinning group in India, SGT already operates 14 manufacturing units across two states in Southern India, boasting an installed capacity of 400,000 spindles.

Woven-like nonwoven hydroentangled apparel fabrics are a reality. However, it will take time to penetrate into apparel sector.

Although nanofibre research and development have progressed tremendously in the past two decades, commercial products that appeal to consumers are a decade away.In his speech this week at the 2014 TAPPI Conference in Nashville, tracing his journey from a chemist to a successful entrepreneur, Dr. Jayesh Doshi of eSpin Technologies.

Eleven Indian companies have closed business deals worth $1.85 with their Peruvian counterparts. The deal took place at the 1st Business Roundtable and Exhibition of Indias Garment Industry.

A cotton mechanisation programme would be introduced in Punjab following the state governments approval for the programme aimed at cultivating high density cotton at a bigger scale. Under the ambitious programme, John Deere would sow the cotton crop with the pneumatic planters in about 1,500 acres of field in Muktsar districts Malout.

India-based Shri Vallabh Pittie (SVP) Group is setting up a $550 million spinning mill in Kombolcha town, located in the Debub Wollo Zone of Ethiopias Amhara Region. The textile mill, to come up on 50 hectares of land at the industrial zone in Kombolcha, is likely to significantly contribute in achieving the objectives for the textile industry set in the Governments Growth and Transformation Plan.

After visiting the powerloom cluster in Palladam and Avinashi, Secretary, Union Ministry of Textiles, Zohra Chatterjee observed that the sector is in dire need of modernisation.

Sisley represents an unmistakable fashion presence in the clothing world, and a recognisable way of dressing.

“There is huge potential for technical textiles in India. The players in this space will have to move up the value chain to realise the potential,” observed Sashi Singh, Executive Director, Indian Technical Textile Association and former Joint Textile Commissioner.