India has great textile tradition dating back to centuries with stories of the famous ‘Dacca muslin’ getting around the world in older times. India’s textile sector is one of the oldest also dating back to centuries. Today also the textile sector is one of the largest contributors to India’s exports. After the agriculture sector it is the second largest employer giving employment to nearly 45 million people. It contributes to nearly 14 per cent of the industrial production and 4 per cent share of the GDP of the country. These figures are enough to highlight the importance of this sector to the nation.
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Fong’s, Monforts Fong’s, Xorella, THEN, Goller, FWT and Monforts are the leading brands under CHTC FONG’s Industries, and also the renowned labels in the global textile industry. The CHTC FONG’s Group is proud to present the ‘one-stop’ sustainable solution in dyeing and finishing range of pre-treatment, dyeing, post-treatment and waste water treatment at ITMA ASIA+CITME 2016 in Hall 6, C01, National Exhibition and Conventional Center, Shanghai, China from October 21-25.
A member of the World Bank Group, IFC, has partnered with Levi Strauss & Co to reduce water, energy and chemical use in textiles factories in Bangladesh. The new partnership will build on the extensive experience of IFC?s Bangladesh Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT) programme, focusing on providing advice on implementing cleaner production practices in over 165 textile factories in Bangladesh.
A member of the World Bank Group, IFC, has partnered with Levi Strauss & Co to reduce water, energy and chemical use in textiles factories in Bangladesh. The new partnership will build on the extensive experience of IFC?s Bangladesh Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT) programme, focusing on providing advice on implementing cleaner production practices in over 165 textile factories in Bangladesh.
A member of the World Bank Group, IFC, has partnered with Levi Strauss & Co to reduce water, energy and chemical use in textiles factories in Bangladesh. The new partnership will build on the extensive experience of IFC?s Bangladesh Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PaCT) programme, focusing on providing advice on implementing cleaner production practices in over 165 textile factories in Bangladesh.
Thanks to the charitable GoodTextiles Foundation most recently founded by Dibella, socially and ecologically engaged hotel guests and entrepreneurs can become involved in sustainable projects within the textiles value added chain. Use of the donations collected during the first initiative, the ‘GoodCotton Fund’, means that the living conditions of ecologically operating small cotton farmers will be improved. Dibella has been engaged for years now in sustainably produced hotel textiles.
With EvoTape, the process for manufacturing tapes has literally been revolutionised, and depending on the configuration, the systems output can be increased by up to three-fold, writes Jens Weinhold of Oerlikon.
The technology used for manufacturing tapes has remained the same for many years now. Although minor optimisations have been achieved with regards to the production speed, there have been no quantum leaps in the technology. For this reason, there has been very little replacement investment over the years.