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Maharashtra textile industry is a blend of culture and technology and provides resources for every investment in the entire value chain of textile industry, says Avinash Mayekar. Dreams are usually seen of the milestones which are not achieved till date, however, in case of Maharashtra textile industry, the dreams can be ‘achieving the same glorious past of Maharashtra witnessed during the golden days of British era’.

Beijing SOL Flame-retardant Fiber Limited (SOL) has developed a new flame-resistant (FR) cellulose fibre—SOL FR—after more than 10 years of research. SOL FR is produced through spinning and solidifying action after a grafting reaction between cellulose solution and new silicon-nitrogen flame retardants, making it a revolutionary innovation.

Ujjwal Uke, Principal Secretary (Textiles), Government of Maharashtra, tells The ITJ how big a potential exists for plenty of new textile projects in Maharashtra.

There are about 160 sizing units, consisting of 250 sizing machines, which include conventional to modern machines and 1.2 lakh powerlooms in Ichalkaranji, explains Prof (Dr) PV Kadole and Prof (Dr) UJ Patil. Ichalkaranji is a city in Kolhapur district in the state of Maharashtra. This city, popularly known as ‘Manchester of Maharashtra’, is one of the prominent centres of decentralised textile sector in India.

Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has exempted sales tax on the import of machinery (not manufactured locally) by textile units registered with the Ministry of Textile Industry from January 16, 2017 till June 30, 2018. In this connection, the FBR has amended SRO 1125(1)2011 through an SRO 36(1)/2017 issued recently.

Indian cotton prices are seeing unusual rise during the current peak arrival season.

Consumers buying home goods and apparels in the USA may be looking more closely at product origins, and could demand more transparency. Thirty percent of Americans said that they would completely stop purchasing a brand if they made a false product claim about a bedding/clothing product being 100 per cent organic, 100 per cent Pima cotton, or other claim of this type, etc.