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The Cotton Association of India (CAI), the apex body for India´s cotton sector, will hold a conference, -´COTTON INDIA 2014´ from 24-26 November 2014 at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel, Mumbai, India. This conference will be attended by a large number of delegates from across the globe especially the Indian subcontinent. Eminent speakers will share their experience and expertise.

The inauguration of the Italian textile machinery training centre is slated for this month at DKTE´S (Textile & Engineering Institute of Ichalkaranji, India). Following the signing of an agreement roughly two years ago between the Association of Italian Textile Machinery Manufacturers (ACIMIT) and the DKTE´S Textile & Engineering Institute in Ichalkaranji in the district of Kolhapur.

Reliance Industries of India, the world´s largest producer of polyester fiber is venturing into needlepunch nonwoven manufacturing. Reliance Industries is installing two needlepunching lines to develop products that will cater to the automotive sector. The total capacity of the two lines will be 2,000 metric tonnes per annum.

In July, two Texas Tech researchers released their paper on the study of low-grade cotton and its ability to absorb oil. Seshadri Ramkumar, professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology, and Vinitkumar Singh, a doctoral candidate in the same department, led the research project, which started in the summer of 2010 after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Ramkumar said.

The Cotton Association of India (CAI), the apex body for India´s cotton sector, will hold a conference, -´COTTON INDIA 2014´ from 24-26 November 2014 at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel, Mumbai, India. This conference will be attended by a large number of delegates from across the globe especially the Indian subcontinent. Eminent speakers will share their experience and expertise.

Santosh Kumar Gangwar, India´s Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Textiles, has urged rural women to promote sericulture for increasing silk production in the country. Speaking at the inaugural session of a national workshop on ¨Empowering Women Through Sericulture¨.

Four foreign fast-fashion brands were named in Chinas top five worst in terms of safety among imported clothing, the countrys quality watchdog announced recently. Forever 21, Zara, H&M and Mango were the most frequently found to fail quality