Reduction in excise duty on man-made staple fibres of Chapter 55 and filament yarns of Chapter 54.
Interest rates to be capped at 7% for exporters. Expansion of interest subvention scheme to the entire MMF textiles sector. Best FTA treatment to SEZ units. Special Additional Duty (SAD) on MMF. 4% SAD on all man-made fibres should be abolished.

A two-day certificate course on advances in testing of textiles and apparels was organised by Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, jointly with the Department of Fashion Technology. This course exclusively benefited the students from textile institutions.

ITAMMA was the only Indian association that participated in the 12th edition of INDO inter TEX 2014, the Indonesia International Textile and Garment Machinery & Accessories Exhibition, organised jointly by PT Peraga Nusantara Jaya Sakti

In their first collaboration with an Indian brand, COTTON USA and Supima have partnered with FREECULTR to create a range of premium t-shirts that will redefine the way people interpret comfort and softness.

Three big challenges were highlighted by Dr Bryan Haynes, Director, Global Enterprise Research and Engineering, Global Nonwovens, Kimberly-Clark for effective utilisation of nonwovens in the medical and consumer product sectors.

Baltic Fashion & Textile is being held from 16-18 October 2014 at Vilnius, Lithuania. The event is organised by UAB Lengvosrcs Pramones Centras and is being promoted by Comnet Exhibitions Pvt Ltd in India.

Yarns are made from different fibre types and weights for the different application purposes. Yarn can be wound by various methods, namely random winding, step precision winding and precision winding. The spindle speed, package format, structure and design, as well as the stroke can be adjusted individually.