The Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) technical committee for chemical and textile products submitted 70 draft standards on chemical and textile products to the secretariat general of the GCC Standardisation Organisation (GSO) during its 25th meeting held recently.

Tengri, a UK-based luxury lifestyle brand specialising in clothing, accessories and home interiors that since 2014 has championed the manufacture of noble yarns and fibres from the endemic Khangai yak of Mongolia’s remote north-west region, has strengthened work with its cooperatives of over 4,500 herder families to introduce a rare new yarn to the market.

The first initiative is to organise guaranteed supplies and build resilient value chains in Europe for critical PPE and other textile products to avoid an impact of this magnitude in the future.

Recently, Marzoli launched an application TAOMapp (Trash Analyse Opening Marzoli Application) on trash analysis, which helps users to identify the trash.

Sivasailam G, Managing Director, Freudenberg Performance Materials India, Chennai, speaks on the present Indian nonwovens market, and importance of sustainability in the development of spunlace and wetlaid nonwovens.

Ernesto Maurer has been appointed as the new President of Cematex, the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers.

Sivasailam G, Managing Director, Freudenberg Performance Materials India, Chennai, speaks on the present Indian nonwovens market, and importance of sustainability in the development of spunlace and wetlaid nonwovens.