The 57th Joint Technological Conference of the four research associations, held at the BTRA Campus, showed a great tilt in its focus towards the emerging areas of textile industry, specifically the technical textiles. The Chief Guest, Dr Kavita Gupta, Textile Commissioner, struck the keynote for the conference by saying that while Germany has more than 50 per cent of textile products are technical textiles.

MOL, BMD beef up IT front with datatex NOW
Maral Overseas and BMD has joined a very well respected list of Datatex customers globally and in India where some of the country’s leading textile corporations have gone for the Datatex ERP solution.

The 2016 financial year was characterised by a significantly higher order intake, especially in the first half year, and lower sales compared to the previous year. Despite the decline in sales, Rieter achieved an EBIT margin of 6 per cent. Against the background of the solid financial and earnings position, the Board of Directors proposes to the shareholders to increase the dividend compared to the previous year.

Voltas is India’s largest air-conditioning company, and one of the world’s premier engineering solutions providers and project specialists. Founded in 1954, Voltas Limited offers engineering solutions for a wide spectrum of industries in areas such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning, refrigeration, electro-mechanical projects, textile machinery, mining and construction equipment, water management and treatment, cold chain solutions, building management systems, and indoor air quality.

LVD adds two new models to Phoenix series
Available in 3, 4 and 6 kW versions, the new Phoenix models offer high versatility as all-round machines able to deliver first-class cut quality in both thin and thick materials

Incorporated on August 1, 1995 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Rieter Group, Switzerland, Rieter India Private Limited is one of the leaders in the market for textile spinning machines, and is recognised as a supplier of entire spinning systems from a single source, complemented by its reliable and proficient customer service. Rieter India provides sales, service and technical support from the branch offices at Coimbatore, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Bhilwara and Guntur. Rieter India manufactures its spinning product range from its manufacturing facility at Wing, Satara.

In the 1970s, manufacturing of weaving machines was one of the weakest links (even now a little weaker) of the Indian textile industry. To design and manufacture, weaving preparatory machinery namely warping and sizing machines without the helping hand of collaboration, to ultimately enable production of good fabrics single-handedly at that time is no mean achievement!