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Textile chemicals are the most widely used specialty chemicals in Vietnam and areused during various stages of textile processing for imparting specific properties and qualities to the manufactured fabric.

The abolition of quota system in 2005 witnessed the new emerging markets in Asia and China for textile manufacturing and sourcing by the developed countries in the West. China surged ahead of all Asian countries and cornered maximum market share.

Deep in the southwestern corner of Germany, in a region known affectionately by locals as the ?Ländle?, ?the little country?, stands Weitmann & Konrad (Weko), the inventor of a non-contact rotor system for precise, metered application of liquids and chemicals to fabrics.

The Spanish company, Jeanologia, specialist in sustainable technologies for garment finishing, made an exclusive presentation at ITMA Milan of the´zero discharge production centre´, the first Jeans finishing plant that guarantees ZERO®Ø contamination.

Is 2015 a watershed year for the textile technologies? Is the ITMA 2015 a gamechanger for the global textile industry? Joseph S, who witnessed some developments at the Fiera Milano Rho, attempts to explore the sentiments that prevailed at the fairgrounds.