The Synthetic & Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC) is one of the oldest Export Promotion Councils in India. The council has played a transforming role over the years, inculcating export culture and promoting exports of Indian man-made fibre (MMF) and textiles.
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ITMACH India from December 5-8, 2019 showcased latest textile technologies and machinery to the Indian textile industry. The International textile machinery and accessories exhibition was held in the country’s most vibrant textile manufacturing hub, Gujarat.
The major technological advancements associated with the First Industrial Revolution – that lasted from the mid-18th century to about 1830 – were concerned with textile manufacturing, especially spinning. John Kay’s invention of flying shuttle, which enabled wider cloth to be woven faster, in 1767 marked the beginning of modernisation (or automation) in the textile industry.
Four new organisations have been added as ZDHC contributors. Solution provider, Kaken Test Center and Achille Pinto from the textile and footwear industry have joined as part of the value chain affiliate category.
India like other Asian countries has growing middle class, able and willing to spend more for clothes and home textiles than former generation were able to do.
Connecting for Success was the theme of the second GOTS seminar in Dhaka on September 8, 2019. It was the second regional GOTS event in Bangladesh, after the one held in November 2016.
Around four lakh people across 18 states will be skilled under ‘Samarth’, a scheme for capacity building and skilling in the textile sector, as part of agreements signed between the Centre and state governments.