Cotton’s natural benefits and improved manufacturing practices are enabling it to penetrate into high performance and active wear markets.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate for textile machinery has been fixed at 18 per cent by the GST Council at a recent meeting held in Srinagar.

Spot benzene prices in Asia were volatile in the week ended 12 May as a result of uncertain outlook caused by downstream buyers staying on the sidelines and spot benzene FOB (free on board) Korea prices recovered to $715-725/tonne as of closing of assessment recently, after dipping close to $700/tonne. on Tuesday.

A proposal from Chalmers University of technology, Sweden has been granted funding on the basis of its innovative application for on/off dyeing by inkjet printing and its potential to influence new design and business models in the future.

OFFIS Textile Ltd, a leader in Israel textile industry, has launched a new OFFIS Textile Sleeping Bag Sleeve which can be used in wet conditions, especially high-flood areas where many insects are widespread.

The Indian Texpreneurs Federation (ITF) has urged the Tamil Nadu Government to ensure that textile industry gets uniform rate under Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Lenzing, a supplier of high-quality, botanic cellulose fibres, ranging from dissolving pulp to standard and specialty cellulose fibres, to the textile and nonwovens industry, has reported €586.2 million revenue in Q12017, up by 14.3 per cent in comparison to Q12016.