The history of textile is almost as old as that of human civilization and as time moves on the history of textile has further enriched itself. In India, the culture of silk was introduced in 400 AD, while spinning of cotton traces back to 3000 BC. In China, the discovery and consequent development of sericulture
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Spinning has remained as an indispensable preliminary step to fabric formation in spite of many technological developments that provide the means to achieve direct conversion of fibres to fabrics. Ever since the spinning wheel was invented in India, first of the kinds of automation effort towards mechanisation
Textiles have always played a vital role in enhancing the comfort of human life and increasing world population, drives the dynamism and growth potential of the industry. Textile is one of the very few industries, where all the stakeholders involved work in tandem with each other, starting from fibre
The practice of weaving traces back to the Neolithic period and even before the actual process of weaving was discovered, the fundamental principle of weaving had been applied to interlace branches and twigs to produce fences, shelters and baskets for protection.
India has a diverse and rich textile tradition. The origin of Indian textiles can be traced to the Indus valley civilization. The people of this civilization used homespun cotton for weaving their garments. Excavations at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
The Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA) was set up in the year 1954 as a Co-operative Research Association. BTRA is a premier institute for R&D in textiles and allied sciences with over 60 years of glorious service to the textile and allied industry.
The art of textile making began to develop in the Stone Age. The first textile fabric was probably a nonwoven crude felt, made by compressing loose clumps of fleece from wild sheep. The second stage was invention of yarn which was extracted from various barks of various plants in accordance to their availability.