New textile developments for the sports and apparel sectors from KARL MAYER show how lightness and functionality characteristics are the latest buzzwords in the clothing sector.

SM Industries, with its head office located at Islampur, Sangli district in Maharashtra, has been involved in the manufacturing of fabrics. Today, the company has about four Chinese loom manufacturers under its fold.

Polyester filament yarn (PFY) has always posed various problems in India due to different lobbies from the textile industry acting in their own interests. A national fibre policy could have led the industry to a solution but so far, it has been only a far cry.

In March 2014, Marco Sarain started as CFO of the Swiss-based SSM SchSrer Schweiter Mettler AG, Horgen. SSM is the brand and trend-setter that drives the global market in winding technology.