Eradicating child labour in any form of employment is an important issue across the world. All the major importing countries, especially United States of America in particular, are very sensitive to this issue.

BRFL Textiles Pvt Ltd(BTPL), home to India’s largest single-roof state-of-theart fabric processing facility, has set a new benchmark in sustainability by introducing a new sulphur dyeing process by continuous dyeing method that does not require water.

Dark clouds of lockdown are back with the Tsunami of Covid 19 cases resurfacing across the country. With major textile producing states – Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat – under lockdown, the industry is staring at huge losses again this year.

After almost 30 years with the company, Klaus Heinrichs, Vice-President, Monforts, is to retire at the end of May. A very well-known and respected figure in the industry, Klaus began working in marketing for the company in 1992.

In this interview, Vinod Kumar Gupta, MD, Dollar Industries Ltd, says that the work from home (WFH) norm and the prevailing pandemic are helping athleisure/comfort wear gain immense popularity.

In line with the recent announcements and new measures in place to tackle resurging cases in Mumbai, Industry leading shows such as Gartex Texprocess India, Screen Print India, ISH India powered by IPA, Media Expo and LED Expo have been rescheduled.

In this interview, C Kamatchisundaram, VP – Textile Machinery Division (TMD), Voltas Ltd, explains the importance of modern technologies for Indian spinning industry for maintaining productivity at highest levels.