Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while inaugurating India’s largest ever textile meet, Textiles India 2017 on June 30 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, spoke at length on the strength and capacity of the Indian textile industry.

A further feature of the A 12 is the innovative bale scanning. The take-off unit determines the heights of the bales by means of scanning force measurement and quickly equals them out.

SSM is a global technology leader with a strong brand and this acquisition is expected to result in strengthening of the Rieter’s Business Group Components.

Alessandro Zucchi succeeds Raffaella Carabelli as President of ACIMIT. Alessandro Zucchi has succeeded Raffaella Carabelli following the members’ assembly of ACIMIT, which was held on June 27.

“In the next 10 years, home textile players will focus more on Indian markets rather than focus more on exports,” says Shrinidhi Nadgauda, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, InterMarket (India) Pvt Ltd, during the recently-concluded Textiles India 2017 event in Gandhinagar, while speaking on the home textiles market in India to Karthik Muthuveeran, Sr Sub Editor of the ITJ.

Truetzschler India Pvt Ltd and A.T.E. recently completed phase-I of the prestigious Sintex Industries – its Yarn Division’s project of 1 million spindles at Rajulah, Amreli, in Gujarat. The project once fully operational will produce cotton, melange and linen yarns.

Raga Tex, was launched in 1996 as a proprietorship concern by a young lady entrepreneur Thiurmagal, ably assisted by her doctor husband Dr Bharathi Muthurathinam. “It appears that many big retailers abroad, either have already done, are planning to open shop, in India. We should therefore have plans to start investing in brand building and product promotion, within India”, says G Shekar, Executive Director, Raga Tex India Private Limited, in an interview with ITJ Senior Editor Karthik Muthuveeran.