To make India a manufacturing hub in the area of technical textiles, under the Make in India initiative of Government of India, Technotex 2016 has been organised by the Government of India in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). The 5th International Exhibition & Conference on Technical Textiles recognises the immense potential of technical textiles and its increasingly diverse and innovative applications.

The Karnataka Government is angling for global investments in the textile sector, especially for specialised industries such as hospitals, sports and infrastructure. Karnataka is home to 70 large and medium textile companies and more than 50,000 small units operate under the micro, small and medium (MSME) categories.

ASTM International, one of the world’s leading standards development organisations, has launched the “Year of the SME: Small Business in Action” at its first major meeting of 2016. Throughout the year, ASTM will emphasise how input from small and medium-sized enterprises is crucial to creating high-quality technical standards.

India’s overall exports of textiles and clothing in 2015-16 may stand at $40 billion, similar to the level a year ago, according to the new Textile Commissioner Kavita Gupta who has assured the textile industry all-out support to overcome global slowdown.

Based in The Netherlands, Hollanders Printing Systems B.V. develops, designs and manufactures digital textile printers and machinery for disperse fixation and washing that have been designed to achieve the highest possible uptime, combined with the lowest possible purchase and operational costs against the best ecological footprint.

India’s cotton industry is a happy lot now, thanks to the whitefly ravage that has gripped Pakistan, threatening to push Pakistan’s cotton production to an 18-year low
in 2015/16, according to the latest projection from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Anew 16-page brochure from A. Monforts Textilmaschinen has introduced an innovative one-stop complete coating range for virtually all applications, including solvent treatment, wider width fabrics and technical textiles.