Martin Kueppers, Senior Vice President – Sales, Saurer, speaks on the recent record delivery of 2.5 millionth Autoconer spindles in India, and its outcome from two of the major events in textile fairs – ITMA Asia in China and India ITME.

During processing cost reduction is strongly needed and one of the area is hard waste control. RN Yadav presents possible hints for keeping the hard waste at minimum level in various sections of spinning, weaving and during transportation whether internal or external.

Epson, the pioneer of digital printing on fabric, announces two new centres dedicated to the development of new products for industrial digital printing on textiles. The Innovation Research Lab, dedicated to R&D on ink technology, Epson has been created in collaboration with FOR.TEX.

By adopting the dope dyeing process, less chemicals and energy are needed as the process is short and less waste water is generated, infer Ajay Sardana and Amit Dayal.

The focus during the budget session was predominantly on infrastructure, affordable housing, agriculture, rural development, employment, speedy accountability, prudent fiscal management and transparency in taxation, says Amit Gugnani.

KARL MAYER, the market leader in the fields of warp knitting, warp preparation and machinery for technical textiles, is celebrate its 80-year anniversary this year. “We will organize various in-house shows for our business partners, giving them an insight into the future of textile development and production technology.

Budget measures like corporate tax cut for MSMEs, plan to set up 100 international skill centres, and support to cluster approach for contract farming have brought cheer to the textile industry. An ITJ Report on the pros and cons of the Budget 2017-18.