Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Textiles, Government of India, underlined the need to address the issue of lack of manpower in the technical textiles for which industry needed to first define the requisite skills. After defining the skills, the task would be to bridge the gap in which the industry would be supported adequately by the Government of India.

You talk about springs, Utpal Shah virtually springs into action, waving around to show a variety of springs in various colours and sizes! Utpal Shah, Managing Director of Accurate Helical Springs Pvt Ltd, is matter-of-fact and straight to the point etc.

Marvel Gloves has entered into a partnership with Atom Corporation, Japan for distributing their range of industrial gloves in India. ‘Covering safety needs of working hands’ is the motto of Atom Corporation, Japan, a manufacturer of protective gloves of global repute.

Durst, a manufacturer of advanced digital production technologies, displayed its extensive Alpha Series portfolio with multi-pass inkjet printing systems for the digital production of home textiles and fashion at Heimtextil 2017, held in Frankfurt, Germany from January 10 to 13, 2017.

The 39th Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Indian Art Silk Weaving Industry (FIASWI) was held in Mumbai on the December 14, 2016. Arunchandra N Jariwala has been declared as Chairman, EMERITUS. Bharatbhai T Gandhi, Director, Bell Textiles Pvt Ltd, Surat, was elected as Chairman of FIASWI for 2016-17.

Splice Strength Tester is an instrument, which determines the splicing strength of the yarn at the time of spinning. Splice strength (single/double) yarn tester (Schlafhorst type)/(breaking strength tester) is mechanical type with maximum pointer with suitable carrying case and operating manual.

Ahighly-productive interlock machine, a mattress cover specialist and a spinning and knitting machine that can produce patterns. That is, in a nutshell, the product portfolio Mayer & Cie. presented in Mumbai at the India-ITME 2016.