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Dumping is a two-way traffic. ´Dumpers´ are victims themselves at times. For the global textile industry, which has come a long way since dismantling of quotas in 2005, this is a disputable irritant that rears its ugly head now & then.

Clothing needs to be designed with safety in mind if escalators and playgrounds are not to become a death trap for children. The DIN EN 14682 standard “Safety of children’s clothing – Cords and drawstrings on children’s clothing” contains recommendations how garments for kids aged up to 14 years should be designed.

With the AGM of the Synthetic and Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council getting over all the required formalities and agenda at the Ambassador Hotel in Mumbai recently, the rest of the time was devoted to the most urgent of matters – the ongoing Anti Dumping Duties (ADD)

ECHA (chemical agency of the European Union) has urged all companies to start preparing now for the REACH registration deadline of 31 May 2018.

ECHA, chemical agency of the European Union, has urged all companies to start preparing now for the REACH registration deadline of 31 May 2018. To support this, ECHA has published new web pages with improved access to relevant information.

They came, they saw, they conquered. Less than three decades back, some entrepreneurs from textile industry achieved a similar swift victory when they had a go at the potential of home textiles, particularly in exports. Welspun, Bombay Dyeing, Alok Industries, Fabindia, Portico… the list now has grown bigger.

The Russian nonwovens industry has shrugged off the potential impact of tougher sanctions that maybe imposed against Russia by the European Union (EU) and the US because of the Ukraine crisis, although there is concern about the loss of valuable imported inputs.