Donear Industries Ltd has been felicitated and awarded the title as one of the 70 Most Trusted Power Brands. The Most Trusted Power Brand awards is one of the most prestigious awards for brand positioning and recognition. Recently, the Power Brands Mumbai Summit took place in which Ajay Agarwal, Executive Director of Donear, received the award from Bollywood film personalities, Shaan and Divya Dutta. The guests from various fields such as government, corporate and entertainment industry were present to grace the occasion.

SSM showed their newest textile machines at ShanghaiTex for the first time. The Swiss based SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG, the inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system, took part at the ShanghaiTex on the booth of their agent Union Trading as well as on the booth of Rieter Components.

The Gaurs is focused on wet processing and finishing operations of the industry and is associated with the best known companies.

The R|Elan fabrics, a portfolio of speciality fabrics created by Reliance Industries, score over regular fabrics in a number of different ways, such as enhanced breathability, dry feel, and anti-odour.

One of Dilo’s innovations is the “Vector 200”, a new crosslapper by DiloMachines, which is unique with an infeed speed of more than 200 m/min.

The first European roadshow of 14 textile machinery manufacturers took place on October 18 in Bogota and the following day in Medellin. With over 100 Colombian textile producers attending, it exceeded the expectations of the organisers, the Belgian (SYMATEX), French (UCMTF), Spanish (AMTEX) and Swedish (TMAS) textile machinery associations.

Sven-Erik Bucht Minister for Rural Affairs from the Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation Sweden arrived in Mumbai to discuss a joint project on smart textiles involving potentially Aditya Birla Group, Swedish company Domsjö and the two governments as well as the European Union.

The minister visited the Aditya Birla Group Textile Research Application Development Centre at Kharach in Gujarat, which is India’s pioneer in viscose staple fibre (VSF), a man-made, bio-degradable fibre with characteristics akin to cotton. The prime aim of this visit is to boost development on smart textiles from using VSF, cellulosic fibre and pulp as an alternative to cotton and hence the Aditya Birla group is a natural fit with its easily blendable cellulosic fibre.