Browsing: Dyeing

The clothes reflect the personality of individuals and can be used as a marker of a group, community, family, region and even country. Khadi is one such cloth that had played a key role in the freedom struggle of India and thus has been referred to as the ‘fabric of Indian independence’, narrate Shruti Gupta, Deepali Rastogi and Ritu Mathur.

Clothing is among the basic amenities required by the 1.2105 billion strong, and growing, population of India. The Indian textile industry, which caters to this need, has an estimated market size of $108 billion. There are two broad segments within the industry, namely the traditional hand-woven and hand-spun textile segments, and the modernised mill segment (Nair & Dhanuraj, 2016).

A number of yarn, weaving and dyeing projects in Vietnam have restarted after a period of postponement due to the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). However, the textile & garment industry still faces difficulties.

A100-per cent subsidiary of Getriebebau Nord, NORD Drivesystems Pvt Ltd opened a world-class 13,300 m² factory in Pune in 2008, after it established a sales branch in 2005. The company?s Pune plant has enabled it to provide quicker and comprehensive sales and customer service in India and all over the subcontinent.

ITM 2018, the International of textile, yarn, knitting, weaving, dyeing, printing, finishing and hosiery machinery, sub-industries and chemicals, organised by Tüyap Fairs and Exhibitions Organization Inc & Teknik Fairs Inc partnership with the Cooperation of TEMSAD (Turkish Textile & Machinery Industrialists Association) will be held 14-17 April, 2018 at TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center, Istanbul – Turkey.

The 2nd edition of ITMACH India is scheduled from December 7-10, 2017 at The Helipad Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad. In its second edition, the show has grown to a much larger format covering 40,000 sq m of exhibition space at the picturesque venue.

Archroma has created Colour Atlas, a colour library to easily bring colour creativity and manageability to an entirely new level for stylists and designers, brands and retailers, and their suppliers.

The number of facilities certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) kept on growing last year, from 3,663 facilities in 2014 to 3,814 facilities in 2015. GOTS is recognised worldwide as the leading processing standard for textiles made with organic fibres. GOTS certified facilities are now located in 68 (63 in 2014) countries around the world.