The Better Cotton Initiative Council has appointed to serve as the new CEO of BCI, with effect from September 28. McClay replaces Patrick Laine who is retiring, but will continue to manage specific BCI projects during a transition period.
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What do handbags, hovercrafts, habitats, hang-gliding, halyards, healthcare and horticulture have in common? Natural fibres like wool, cotton, silk, jute and linen were used to make textiles more than 5,000 years ago. Textiles, once used primarily as a means of protecting oneself from the environment and for ornamentation, has moved beyond the home into construction, transportation, aerospace, agriculture and medicare, over the last hundred years.
Imports of fabrics by China in 2013-14 is Rs 5,500 crore, which is grossly undervalued to the extent of at least 50 per cent. Therefore, actual value will be over Rs 8,000 crore. Imports of fabrics consist of manmade (polyester, viscose and nylon) fibres and yarns as India is the net exporter of cotton yarn and raw cotton to China.
Core yarns, which are used for woven and knitted stretch fabrics, consist of at least two different components.
Stretch fabrics become more and more popular in clothing industry. Not only sports fashion but also day-to-day garments have a better fit and retain their shapes, when elastic yarns are used.
Recently, the 5th International Textile Conference at SSM College of Engineering, Komarapalayam, Erode was organised jointly with the Textile Association (India), Erode unit. The theme of the conference was ?Emerging Trends in Textile Industry: New Innovations 2015´. Subhash Bhargava, Technocrat and MD, Colorant Ltd, was the Special Guest of Honour and Dr NN Mahapatra, Vice President, Business Development was the keynote speaker.
Santex Textile Division is showing with newest addition to the Santex family of knits finishing machines.
M aster the Art of Sustainable Innovation? is the avowed message for ITMA 2015 & rightly so. Humanity cannot make the Earth sick due to its greed. It is very easy to grasp the meaning of ethics in the sustainability exercise because textile manufacturing being one of the worst polluters on Earth needs to clean its act, by the R-routes — Reuse, Reduce & Recycle.