French textile equipment association UCMTF unveils its new website. It can be used by the textile industrialists to find a French textile partner looking for new equipment, technology partners, and textile manufacturers.

In this interview, Abhay Sidham, CEO, Batliboi Textile Machinery Group, explores the potential of India’s knitwear industry and how his company is supporting the growth of the knitting industry.

Deliveries of new short-staple spindles, open-end rotors, and long-staple spindles dropped by -48%, -27%, and -46%, respectively, says ITMF report. However, shipments of large circular knitting machines marked the exception with a 13% growth.

Moda Biella in collaboration with NIFT announced a contest for the students where the winner gets a chance to feature the designs in the Moda Biella Collection. The webinar was conducted for 14 NIFT centres. Moda Biella, the Italian luxury heritage fashion brand producing superfine exotic fibres, had forayed into the Indian market by partnering with textile manufacturer OCM.

To add wow factor to home wear, KARL MAYER created a crinkle-effect look made on an HKS 4-M EL. The look is beautiful and comfortable and is inspired by the trend towards “stay-at-home” feel-good clothing.