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VASTRA- a journey that successfully took off in 2012 continues. Rajasthan State Industrial Development and Investment Corporation Ltd. (RIICO) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly announce 3rd edition of VASTRA viz “VASTRA- An International Textile and Apparel Fair 2014” (VASTRA-2014)

The history of textile is almost as old as that of human civilization and as time moves on the history of textile has further enriched itself. In India, the culture of silk was introduced in 400 AD, while spinning of cotton traces back to 3000 BC. In China, the discovery and consequent development of sericulture

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

The history of clothing is very intriguing and it is believed that wearing clothing can be traced through genetic analysis on human body traces, to as far as 107,000 years ago.Existence of sewing needles date back to 19,000 BC, while the use of dyed flax were found as far as 36,000 BC.

Sutlej Textiles and Industries Ltd (STIL), a company promoted by Dr KK Birla, is an integrated textile manufacturer with presence across the value chain, from yarn to fabric to home textiles. STIL is a one-stop-shop for all kinds of spun yarn from natural or manmade fibres

During texturing, with the increase of D/Y ratio, yarn denier and tenacity decrease while the breaking strain increases, find Dhavale AJ and Sarda NR. Texturing is the process of imparting the comfort characteristics such as voluminousness, luxuriousness, bulkiness, good dimensional stability, etc.

Spinning has remained as an indispensable preliminary step to fabric formation in spite of many technological developments that provide the means to achieve direct conversion of fibres to fabrics. Ever since the spinning wheel was invented in India, first of the kinds of automation effort towards mechanisation