Wheelabrator organised a symposium on ´Advancements in Shot Blast and Shot Peening Solutions´, in Indore on 7 June 2014 for process industries focusing on construction, foundries, automotive etc.

The Ministry of Industry has issued a new Decree of Minister of Industry No. 07/M-IND/PER/2/2014 for the compulsory implementation of Indonesian National Standard (SNI) 7617:2013.

Italy´s textile machinery sector displays its latest technology to Russian textile manufacturers at a technology seminar to be held in Ivanovo on 9 April. Raffaella Carabelli (President of ACIMIT): ´Italian businesses are ready to meet the demands of modernising Russia´s textile industry.´

Single-use medical nonwovens market, has rebound from saturation level and is expected to grow at about 5 percent. Dave Rousse, President of the United States based Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry-INDA

A Textile Technology Business Center (TTBC), the first of its kind in Bangladesh, has been inaugurated by Lilianne Ploumen, Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, at the Embassy of the Netherlands in Dhaka.

The Southern India Mills´ Association (SIMA) representing the organised textile industry in South India is organising SIMA Texfair 2015, 9th edition in its series and also SIMA Farm to Finish Expo 2015, 2nd edition in its series during January 9-12, 2015 at CODISSIA Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore.

The Narendra Modi-led government recently elected Santosh Gangwar as the Minister of State for the Ministry of Textiles. He was educated in Rohilkhand University, Bareilly and at University of Agra.