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KPR Mill from Coimbatore is planning to add a greenfield manufacturing facility of 36 million garment per annum capacity at an estimated cost of Rs 175 crore.

Woes for the man-made fibre (MMF) industry have been piling up, with the proverbial last straw being the dumping of cheap fabrics in the last one year amounting to $850 million by countries including three major Asian nations ´ China, Taiwan and Korea.

Itema has grown by about 60% in the last two years in a market that declined by about 30% over the same period.
Itema, the world´s largest privately held provider of advanced weaving solutions, including best-in-class weaving machines, spare parts and integrated services, announced results for the full year (FY2014) ended December 31, 2014, maintaining positive trend for the second year in a row after the FY2013 and H1 2014 spectacular results.

Among the emerging markets for textile machinery, Vietnam is one of the most promising one. The heading target for the local authorities is to raise Vietnam up to the leading textile and apparel export countries.

Sarah Bellos, founder and president of Stony Creek Colors, is the recipient of the AATCC Young Entrepreneur Award. Bellos is being recognized for producing regionally-sourced natural dye colorants and pigments for industrial use. By blending education and experience, she has developed a complete agricultural supply chain to deliver reliable and safe bio-based dyes to the textile industry and to help fashion brands reduce hazardous chemical use.

Joe Walkuski, Founder and CEO of TEXbase, will be talking on weaving compliance and regulatory requirements into textile R&D on April 23 at 11:00 am (EDT). The increasing demands of social compliance and regulatory requirements are forcing the industry to rethink the approach to textile R&D.

Amith Garment Services, the name itself is synonymous in India for providing quality material testing solutions for the textile & apparel industry. The company, ever since it was launched in 1999, has been working with the intention to serve Indian textile industry and trade for ensuring its quality of final product made.