Browsing: investment

The 220,000-square feet, 7-storey headquarters will house some 300 Huntsman associates, including over 100 technical staff spread across three floors of state-of-the-art laboratory and research facilities.

Investment is a necessity for growth, but innovation is indispensable. In the Indian textile industry, this is a late realisation. India is No. 2 in textiles, everyone trumpets, but where are we? India´s share is about four per cent in global textiles and clothing, and China is way ahead with 36 per cent.

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.

The Russian authorities have invited foreign clothing brands to localise their production in Russia, Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Viktor Yevtukhov says. Yevtukhov explains that State support programmes currently envisage subsidies for partially recovering the costs of materials,

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has played a key role in helping countries adjust to four recent trends that have considerably altered the relationship between trade and development, according to the latest edition of the WTO?s flagship publication released recently in Geneva.

Textiles are known to mankind since or earlier than 7,000 BC. The knowhow of textiles is older than metal working or pottery making. There are evidences that have been unearthed which has proved that people in Harrapan civilization knew weaving and spinning. Such is the age of textiles in India.

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)