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Waterborne polyurethane raw materials evaluated and certified Bayer MaterialScience and bluesign technologies are joining forces for a sustainable textile industry and want to advance their initiative globally. The two companies have agreed to enter into a strategic alliance for this purpose. The objective is to ensure safe production processes and working conditions along the entire value chain.

With the product label ¨Made in Green by OEKO-TEX-¨, the Switzerland-based OEKO-TEX Association presents a new certification for textiles proven to be safe in terms of human ecology and that are additionally produced in a sustainable and socially responsible manner. The label replaces the previous certification system OEKO-TEX Standard 100plus and the Spanish mark ¨Made in Green by Aitex.

Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals for the textile, paper and emulsions sectors and a portfolio company of US-based private investment firm SK Capital Partners, has announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire the global textile chemicals business of BASF.

Vardhman Group was ranked as the second most admired company in the Indian textile industry by Fortune India (July 2013). As one of the few ¨AA¨ rated companies by CRISIL in the textile industry, Vardhman Group has made rapid strides since its inception in 1965.

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

Dow Corning, a global leader in innovative silicon-based technologies, has set up a new Application Development Centre (ADC) in India to serve the growing demand for silicone materials and services in the India region

German technology can play a major role in nations´ efforts to make the environment cleaner and to increase the energy efficiency of the textile industry.On occasion of a guided tour initiated by the German VDMA Textile Machinery Association at ITMA ASIA CITME in Shanghai, high representatives from Chinese authorities