The Swiss textile machinery industry is strongly export-oriented and has a presence with its own companies, sales and service organisations in all the world’s key markets. Cornelia Buchwalder, Secretary General, Swissmem, speaks about the response to Swiss textile machinery globally post ITMA and how the Swiss textile machinery industry has been faring in India since the beginning of 2016.
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The textile industry continues to be the second largest employment generating sector in India. West Bengal has a long history and tradition in textiles. The sector provides both indirect and direct employment to a large number of people, with the potential to be a major contributor to the Indian economic growth.
To spur this economic growth, The Ffuture Events-a leading Event & PR Management & Advertising House of Kolkata-in association with Freeman Apparel & Lifestyle plans to organise ‘Fashion Mega Trade Fair 2016’, which is a three-day event to be held from December 9 to 11, 2016 at Milan Mela Ground in Kolkata, India.
The textile industry continues to be the second largest employment generating sector in India. West Bengal has a long history and tradition in textiles. The sector provides both indirect and direct employment to a large number of people, with the potential to be a major contributor to the Indian economic growth. To spur this economic growth, The Ffuture Events a leading Event & PR Management & Advertising House of Kolkata, in association with Freeman Apparel & Lifestyle plans to organise “Fashion Mega Trade Fair 2016â€Â, which is a 3-day event to be held from December 9 to 11, 2016 at Milan Mela Ground, in Kolkata, India. The theme of the event will be innovation, design and sustainability.
The dynamics of the global garment and apparel industry have changed considerably in the last decade. The industry is shifting from China, the world’s largest clothing exporter, towards developing regions like South Asia and other emerging markets. Increasing wages in China have led international brands to focus their energies on, and seek alternatives in countries like Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
During the recent weeks, cotton prices have increased by 50 per cent and are skyrocketing as multinational corporations are holding benami stocks with 0 per cent interest funding from their origin countries. Speculators via MCX, NCDEX are playing havoc with the cotton users, says Rikhab C Jain, Chairman, T T Group.
The announcement of portfolios for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new-look Cabinet saw some big portfolio changes among the existing ministers. In one such change, Smriti Irani will now take charge as Textiles Minister. She has taken over from Santosh Kumar Gangwar, who has now been given the Finance department. Ajay Tamta will also be given an active role in the Textiles Department. Irani was earlier the Minister of Human Resource Development. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2003. She became Vice President of the Maharashtra Youth Wing in 2004.
Tamilnadu Water Investment Company Limited (TWIC) is a pioneering developer of water/waste water projects in India. Promoted by Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Limited (54 per cent) and Government of Tamil Nadu (46 per cent). Over the last few years, TWIC has been in the forefront of a number of initiatives both in the urban water space as well management of industrial effluent.